Pratica di Shadowing: Why Your Voice Shakes When You Speak (And Exactly How to Stop It) - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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I want to tell you about the worst moment I have ever had while speaking in front of people.
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I was standing in front of a room, fully prepared.
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I knew my material, I had rehearsed and the moment I opened my mouth, my voice came out shaking.
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Not slightly, noticeably.
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And I could hear it.
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And because I could hear my own voice, I got more nervous.
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And because I got more nervous, it got worse.
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And I just stood there thinking, why is this happening to me?
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I know this stuff.
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Then why is my body betraying me?
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and if you have ever felt the same this video is for you
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and i promise you by the end of this you will understand exactly why it happens
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and you will have the tools to stop it welcome back
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to speak with power i'm captain ruta kumar singh i'm a former army officer
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and i'm your communication and presence coach
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and today we are going deep on to one of the most common fears i hear from the professionals
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and speakers i work with
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the shaking voice it doesn't matter
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if you're speaking in a boardroom presenting to a team speaking on the stage
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or just raising your hand in a meeting
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if your voice shakes it steals your credibility right in the moment you need it the most Come on, let's fix it today.
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Okay, now let me go back to that story I started with.
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Because I think understanding where this comes from is just as important as the fix.
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Early in my career as a Judd Advocate General's Branch Officer in the Indian Army, I was asked to present in front of a room of senior officers.
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people with experience, authority and titles.
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And I remember standing outside that room and telling myself, you have got this.
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all the self -talk which you do, You know this.
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Just go in and speak.
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And I genuinely believed that I was enough.
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I walked in, I was introduced, I stood up and the moment the attention of the room shifted to me, Every single eye on me,
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something happened in my body that I did not ask for and could not control.
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My heart started hammering.
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My throat went dry.
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And when I spoke, the first two sentences came out with this slight tremor.
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This wobble in your voice that I knew was there and that I was convinced everyone in that room could hear.
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So let's talk about why it happens.
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Because once you understand the why, the fix makes a lot more sense.
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So when you stand up to speak in front of people, your brain reads the situation as a threat.
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not a physical threat, you're not in danger as such.
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But your nervous system doesn't always know the difference between there's a line in front of you
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and there are 30 people staring at me, waiting for me to say something smart.
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The response is the same.
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Your body floods with adrenal.
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your heart rate goes up your breathing gets shallower.
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Blood moves away from your digestive system and toward your muscles
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because your body is getting ready to either fight or to run.
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And your voice, your voice is powered by your breath.
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It needs a steady controlled flow of air to come out smooth and consistent.
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But when you are in that nervous state, your breathing becomes shallow and unsteady.
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So the voice wobbles.
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It's not a weakness.
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It's not a character flaw.
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It's a completely involuntary physiological response.
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The people who seem completely calm when they speak publicly, they have either trained their nervous system to respond differently
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or they're not a person this is the version most people don't want to hear They're still nervous.
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They have just found out a way to work with it instead of against it.
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That's the whole game.
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So what is the solution for this?
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How do we fix it?
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Fix number one, and this is the most important one.
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Breathing.
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But not the way most people think about it.
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Most people try to remember to breathe while they are already speaking, which doesn't work.
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Because by the time the nervousness is already running
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and your conscious mind is too busy trying to remember what to say next.
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the breathing has to happen before you speak in
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that moment just before you open your mouth whether it is before you stand up
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or before you're introduced or even while someone else is still talking and you know you're about to contribute
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That is when you focus on your breathing.
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I'm going to tell you the exact technique.
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It's called box breathing.
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Some of you might have heard about it already, and it takes about 30 seconds.
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Breathe in for four counts.
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hold for four counts and then breathe out slowly for four counts one round.
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That's it.
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And repeat it.
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Do it once, maybe twice.
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What this does it, it activates your parasympathetic nervous system, the calm down system
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and starts pulling your heart rate back down before you have
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even said a word i do this before every single session
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i run every single presentation every live video i am on
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every video i record on youtube like this it looks like
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nothing from the outside i just look like i'm sitting quietly but on the inside i'm resetting my nervous system
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just in 30 seconds.
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But do it before you speak, not while you're already in it.
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Fix number two.
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Lower your voice intentionally.
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Here's what I mean when I say that lower your voice intentionally.
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See, when nervousness will hit, your vocal cords will tighten, physically tighten.
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And when your vocal cords are tight, your voice goes higher and thinner, which is exactly the register where shaking is most noticeable.
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So one of the fastest ways to reduce the wobble is to consciously bring your voice
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down in a pitch not fake law, not performing a deep voice that isn't yours,
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just consciously dropping your register slightly lower than where your nervous system is trying to push it.
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Think about it this way.
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When you're relaxed talking to a close friend or your family, your voice naturally sits at a comfortable mid to lower register.
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That's your real voice.
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That's the voice that comes from a relaxed throat.
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When you're nervous, it climbs up.
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Your job is to bring it back down.
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Practically, how do you do this?
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So before you speak, hmm, literally, hmm, quietly in the car, in the bathroom, outside the room,
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humming warms up your vocal cords and bring them back to
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relaxed position and it takes only 10 seconds and it works my little goes my little goes
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all right let's move to fix number three
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give the nervous energy somewhere to go because the energy
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that makes your voice shake doesn't disappear you can't just suppress it
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but you can redirect it
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so i had this client a senior manager excellent at her
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job incredibly knowledgeable who would freeze the moment she had to
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present to a leadership team her voice would shake she would lose her train of thought
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and afterwards she would be devastated because she knew she hadn't shown up as herself
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and when we worked together one of the first things i told her was Stop trying to be not nervous. Be nervous.
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That is losing a battle if you try not to be nervous.
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Instead, use that nervous energy somewhere.
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Let's redirect it.
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Here's what that looks like in practice.
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So before you speak, press your feet firmly onto the floor.
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Feel the ground under you that physical grounding actually helps your nervous system orient itself.
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You're literally angering your energy.
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Then use hand gestures where you speak.
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Controlled, intentional gesture.
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Because when your hands are moving purposefully, the nervous energy that was sitting at one place in your chest has somewhere to flow.
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It moves through your arms
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and out through your gestures instead of traveling up into your throat and coming out as a shake.
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You can also move around a bit if it's a big stage, let the energy flow and not be stuck at one place.
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She started doing this in practice.
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Feet grounded, gestures intentional, moving around and within two sessions she was presenting to
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that same leadership team and she came back and told me, I actually enjoyed this time.
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Same room, same people, completely different experience because she stopped fighting her nerve and started channeling it properly.
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So let's recap.
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Three things to do the next time your voice starts to shake.
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One, box breathing before you speak, not during.
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Four counts in.
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hold Four counts out, hold.
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30 seconds outside the room or before you start.
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2. Lower your voice intentionally.
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Hmm, before you go in, bring your real voice back.
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3. Ground your feet, use your hands, give the energy somewhere to go instead of fighting it stuck at one place.
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Try even one of these next time.
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That's all I'm asking.
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One.
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And then come back and tell me in the comments what happened.
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I genuinely want to know.
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If this helped you, subscribe to my channel because I'm on this channel every single day talking about communication,
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confidence, presence and the skills that actually change how the world experiences you.
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I'll see you tomorrow.
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Jai Hind.
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Namaste.
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Contesto & Sfondo
Esprimere il proprio pensiero davanti a un pubblico può essere un'esperienza stressante per molti. Il narratore della nostra storia, un ex ufficiale dell'esercito, condivide il momento in cui la sua voce ha tremato while speaking, nonostante fosse ben preparato. Questa reazione fisiologica non è rara e colpisce frequentemente anche i professionisti e gli oratori più esperti. Comprendere perché la voce possa tremare può aiutare a migliorare la pronuncia inglese e a sentirsi più sicuri durante la comunicazione.
Top 5 Frasi per la Comunicazione Quotidiana
- "Hai tutto ciò che serve per farcela." - Un promemoria comune per prepararsi mentalmente.
- "Non sei in pericolo, stai solo parlando." - Aiutare a riconoscere la situazione.
- "Respira profondamente per calmarti." - Tecnica utile per ridurre l'ansia.
- "Le persone sono qui per ascoltarti." - Ricordare che l'uditorio è favorevole.
- "Parla con chiarezza e sicurezza." - Consiglio per mantenere la calma durante la presentazione.
Guida Passo-Passo per il Shadowing
Per affrontare la difficoltà di avere una voce tremante, possono essere utilizzate delle tecniche di shadowing in inglese. Ecco come procedere:
- Scegli un video su YouTube: Inizia con un video che ti piace, preferibilmente in inglese, in cui il parlante ha una pronuncia chiara.
- Ascolta attentamente: Guarda il video una volta senza cercare di parlare. Presta attenzione alla pronuncia e al ritmo.
- Ripeti con shadowspeak: Metti in pausa il video e cerca di ripetere ciò che hai appena sentito. Concentrati sulla respirazione e sulla rilassatezza.
- Registra la tua voce: Usa un registratore per ascoltare il tuo "shadow speech". Confronta la tua pronuncia con quella dell’oratore.
- Pratica regolarmente: La ripetizione è fondamentale. Pratica questo esercizio ogni giorno per migliorare la pronuncia inglese e acquisire fiducia.
Attraverso il metodo di shadowing, puoi affrontare la tensione nella tua voce, imparare a parlare più fluidamente e sentirti sicuro mentre interagisci in inglese. Non dimenticare che ogni grande oratore ha affrontato sfide simili!
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | was asked · was introduced · is powered |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | have ever had · have ever felt · have just found |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | people who seem · thinner, which is |
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.