Pratica di Shadowing: Why your English still isn’t improving - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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If you've been learning English for a while but feel like you're not improving, this could be why.
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It might be because you are still using the same old boring words.
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So for example, I'm sure you know the meaning of words such as awful, delighted, livid, and massive.
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But when you go to speak, you still say bad, happy, angry, and big.
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And this is the difference between your passive and your active vocabulary
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so in this video i'm going to show you my simple five-step system
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that you can use to turn the words that you know into words
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that you actually use step number one is very easy buy a notebook
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so this is going to be your vocabulary bank this is
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where you're going to write all of your words in
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and it does actually have to be a physical notebook you can't just write them on your phone
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because it isn't the same there's something about actually buying one of these
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and physically writing the words in with a pen
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that just makes you way more likely to actually stick to this system
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so buy a notebook it's a good investment i promise
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so now that you have your notebook it's time for step two fill it up with useful words
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and for this you just need to consume content
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so you could read it you can watch it you can listen to it
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but the main thing is to try and consume content
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that is slightly above your english level then you'll be able to see You'll see lots of words
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that you don't already know.
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And when you do find a word that you'd like to start using, just write it into here, okay?
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And don't just go for really hard words.
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This is important.
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Go for words that you know already, but you don't actively use.
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For example, words such as awful or livid, as we mentioned at the start of the video.
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This isn't necessarily about learning words, it's about activating words.
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Now if you're wondering how many to write into this book, I'd recommend between 5 to 20 but that does depend on you.
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So now that you have your words written down, you need to find the definition of these words, okay?
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And for this I'd recommend this exact format, so word, word type, simple definition and one example.
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For this it's probably easiest if you just go to chat gbt
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and give them the list of your words
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and say send these back in this exact formula
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and then i want you to actually write all of them down using your hand
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and your pen right so you want a different section you want the word bank
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and a few pages on you want all of the words
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with the definitions okay that's step number two for step number three you need to choose your focus words
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and these are the words from your list that you want to start activating
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right away so words
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that you want to start using on a regular basis i'd
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recommend selecting between five to ten words although once again this
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does depend on you step number four is where things get clever
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because now that you have your focus words
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that you want to start using i want you to connect them to the basic boring alternatives
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that you already know
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so let's just look at the examples from earlier we have awful massive thrilled
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and livid so you're going to connect these to bad, big, happy, and angry.
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Because now when your brain reaches for the basic word, we have created an alternative pathway to the more advanced version that we want to start using.
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And step five is where it all comes together.
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So during real conversations with real people, I want you to swap in the advanced alternative to these basic boring words that you were using before.
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So to look at the previous example, when you want to say bad, just say awful instead.
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When you want to say big, say massive.
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When you want to say angry, say livid.
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And this is how you turn these passive words into active words.
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And the best part is you only really have to use each of these words maybe once
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or twice in order for you to start feeling very confident using them regularly without even having to think about it.
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And that's the system.
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As mentioned, it's very simple but extremely effective.
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Now I did also promise you a bonus tip at the end in order to make this whole thing fun
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and that is to gamify it, okay?
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So write down in your book how many times you use these words in real conversations and set goals for yourself.
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If you use your focus words five times in a week or three times in a day, then treat yourself.
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Buy yourself an ice cream or a nice coffee or a book or whatever it is that makes you happy, okay?
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And these small things will encourage you to actually use these words throughout the day
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and therefore will make it faster and easier to actually level up your vocabulary
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and finally sound like you are improving your English.
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Now there are a few caveats that are worth knowing.
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Firstly, this system is flexible, okay?
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So play around and just see what works best for you.
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Maybe you're better off having two focused words.
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Maybe you're better off having 15 focused words at a time.
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Secondly, and this is really important, don't just aim for the big fancy words.
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Start off with small, everyday words.
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These are the quick wins.
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So if you're not already using words such as awful, delighted, starving, challenging, boiling, freezing,
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then there isn't really much point of you learning these amazing but advanced words such as pernicious, pugnacious, equivocal.
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Okay, it doesn't really make sense.
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And finally, you do actually need to speak out loud in order to make this system work.
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So ideally with other people, but you can just speak to yourself at home if you want to, as long as you are using these words.
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That's the most important thing.
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So as mentioned you can do all of this at home
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but if you really want to speed up the process my online community is basically the cheat code
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and that's because the weekly vocabulary booster classes
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and the speaking classes follow this exact process
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so you get eight live calls every single week including speaking
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calls accent calls with an actual modern rp british accent coach we have vocabulary booster sessions
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and much more not only that but we also have daily posts
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and messages and tips so you can literally learn these words and start using them right away.
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It is by far the fastest and easiest way and also most enjoyable way of improving your English.
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Now there is also a seven-day free trial so you can try a full week in the community for free, do all of the classes for free and you don't need to pay a penny.
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So the link to that is in the top comment.
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I would definitely recommend checking that out.
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Anyway, boosting your vocabulary is very important to mastering English.
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However, if you really want to achieve fluency, you need to start thinking in English.
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Now, if you watch this video right here, I will tell you exactly how to do that.
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And I'm also wearing the same shirt.
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It's not really relevant, but just an observation.
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Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.