쉐도잉 연습: “How I Reached Fluency in English | My Personal Journey” - YouTube로 영어 말하기 배우기

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Hello everyone, welcome to another video.
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My name is Alva, I'm a teacher and a learner at the same time and today I wanted to talk about something that every English learner dreams of.
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We could say it's the ultimate goal for anyone learning English, fluency.
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Everyone wants it but how do you actually reach it?
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Many people have shared their experiences here on YouTube and I always find their stories super inspiring so I decided to do something similar.
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I want to talk about my experience, what helped me reach fluency in English, hoping it can inspire you as well.
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You have asked a lot of questions about where I come from and guys it's a little complicated.
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I was born in Russia but my background is circadian.
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You've probably never heard of this ethnicity so I'm not going to go into details here.
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I'll just say that I grew up speaking Russian and Circassian.
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Then I moved to Turkey and learned Turkish as well.
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As for English, even though I studied it at school and university and I have lived abroad,
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I have never lived in an English-speaking country so I had to work really hard to create opportunities for myself to practice English and reach my current level.
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And here is exactly what I did.
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One of the biggest things that helped me was making English part of my everyday life.
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Instead of only focusing on grammar and learning vocabulary words, I try to incorporate English into everything I do.
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For example, whenever I cook something, let's say I'm trying a new recipe, I look it up in English.
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I search for it on YouTube, watch a video paying attention to words for ingredients, cooking tools, actions, or if I'm exercising.
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I love working out.
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I do it almost every day.
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I don't search for workouts in my native language.
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I only follow English speaking trainers online.
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I have my favorite girls here on YouTube and you're sort of killing two birds with one stone here.
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You are exercising and you're practicing your listening as well.
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I can't tell you guys how much vocabulary I've learned from these workout videos.
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Words for body parts like hamstrings, pelvis, calves, or verbs like kneel, bend, lean forward, and so on.
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Next, even small tasks like making a grocery list, writing notes, scheduling appointments.
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I do it all in English.
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I also switched all my devices and app settings to English.
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I'm pretty sure you've done it already because that's the first thing you do when you start learning a language, right?
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And whenever I have a question, I Google it in English.
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Because we all do it anyway.
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with unlimited access to the internet nowadays, we look up a lot of information online.
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So why not do it in English?
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For instance, I recently bought this cute little plant.
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It's a ficus and I needed to repot it.
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Since I don't have much experience with house plants, I decided to find a video on YouTube how to repot a plant.
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I could have done it in my native language,
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but instead I chose to do it in english little habits like this add up over time and give you
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constant exposure which trains your brain to think in english automatically another habit that helped me
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was surprise surprise watching tv shows and movies in english of course nothing groundbreaking here but here's the
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thing i hardly ever watch anything in my native language anymore whether it's a tv show a movie a book i'm reading, it has to be in English.
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And it's funny, sometimes my family makes fun of me or even gets a bit annoyed because they want to watch something in Russian, but I don't have the luxury to do that.
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Since I don't live in an English-speaking country and there's no natural exposure to the language, I need to create this English-speaking environment myself.
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Regarding the genre, I would normally opt for comfortable shows like Friends, The Big Bang Theory, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, the classics, right?
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They're fun, easy to understand, and they don't make you feel overwhelmed.
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However, at some point, I felt like it wasn't enough.
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I wanted to expand my vocabulary even more.
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So I started watching a legal drama.
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I think it was called Suits.
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It's very famous.
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And wow, there were so many words I didn't even know in my native language, let alone English.
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Later on, I watched Dr.
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House, which was packed with medical terms.
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And yes, it was a little hard at first, but I learned so much about diseases, the human body, medical procedures.
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Sometimes I even think I know more medical vocabulary in English than in my native language.
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A few tips I learned along the way.
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Be careful with the level of difficulty.
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If you're not advanced, don't pick shows that are too hard to understand.
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It'll be frustrating.
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Instead, choose content slightly out of your comfort zone.
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Just enough new vocabulary to challenge you, but not so much that it overwhelms you.
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And third, try mixing genres.
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Comedy, drama, legal, medical, business.
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This kind of variety helps you pick up vocabulary in all sorts of contexts.
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Watching shows in English isn't just about passive learning.
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You pick up slang, idioms, and expressions that you rarely see in textbooks and your brain gets used to natural speech patterns.
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Another major factor in my fluency was actively using English in daily activities.
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I made it a habit to speak to myself, narrating what I'm doing, imagining I'm telling a story, and commenting on every little detail.
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Of course, I normally do it when there's no one around because it might look a little creepy and weird that I'm talking to myself.
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For example, while I'm making an omelette, I describe my actions in English.
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I crack two eggs into a ball, sprinkle a little bit of salt, pour in some milk, and then mix it all together with a whisk.
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After that, I turn on the stove, put the pan on it, add a little bit of oil, and so on.
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Or I love telling stories to myself while, let's say, I'm doing my makeup.
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So I'm in front of the mirror, applying my mascara and narrating what happened this morning.
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I was sleeping and all of a sudden I got a phone call from a delivery guy.
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He couldn't find my address so I had to get out of bed, go outside and look for him while still in my pajamas, yada yada yada.
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I absolutely love this method.
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It really activates your brain and if you stumble or forget something, you can just start over.
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It's an amazing way to practice speaking.
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Over time, these small but consistent practices train your brain to think in English automatically, so you don't have to translate in your head anymore.
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Next, this might actually surprise you a little bit.
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Teaching English was another turning point for me.
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After I graduated, I moved abroad and started looking for a job.
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There was a company in China, a language school, that was hiring non-native English teachers, which was exactly what I was looking for.
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Later I also worked for another school somewhere in Asia.
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And at first, I was only teaching kids and beginner students, which was very comfortable.
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But then I started working with group classes and intermediate and advanced students who were asking a lot of tricky grammar and vocabulary questions.
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So I had to research some grammar topics I had forgotten, which forced me to better understand the material myself.
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Advice for you, find somebody you can teach English to.
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A sibling, a friend, a relative, doesn't matter.
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When you explain something to others, it helps you understand it better and I believe it's one of the fastest ways to improve your fluency.
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Next, I want to talk about how I learn new words.
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Well, I've always been an auditory learner.
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I listen to tons of podcasts, YouTube videos, and I pick up new expressions and words this way.
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For memorizing vocabulary, I tried flashcards and I know that a lot of learners find them super useful.
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Honestly, I didn't.
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But that's just my experience.
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What I do, I simply keep a running list of words and expressions.
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And I go back to this list every now and then to see if I remember the words.
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And if I don't, I look them up again, make example sentences.
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Multiple encounters are important to move words into long-term memory.
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And there is something that I want to confess.
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I am not particularly fond of writing, to put it mildly.
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I do not enjoy writing or typing neither in my native language nor in English.
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For example, if I'm replying to a friend on WhatsApp, it is so much easier for me to press that record button and record my voice instead of typing a long message.
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I guess I'm just not very patient.
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but I know writing is important so I'm trying to work on it.
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I journal in English not as often as I should but I'm gradually building this habit and I do believe small consistent steps make a huge difference over time so I'm not giving up on writing.
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All right that's my journey to English fluency.
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I hope my story inspires you.
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If you like this video hit the like button, subscribe and comment below what is one habit you can start today to improve your English.
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Remember, fluency isn't magic.
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It's daily effort, consistency, and curiosity.
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Thank you so much for watching.
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I'll see you in the next video.
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Bye.
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  • “Can you repeat that?” (다시 말씀해 주실 수 있나요?) - 이해하지 못했을 때 필요한 표현입니다.
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  • “Let’s take a break.” (잠깐 쉬어 가요.) - 대화 중에 휴식을 제안할 때 유용합니다.

단계별 그림자 연습 가이드

영상의 내용을 효과적으로 익히고 싶다면, 다음과 같은 단계별 그림자 연습(shadow speech)을 시도해보세요:

  1. 먼저, 유튜브 영상의 자막을 켭니다. 필요한 경우 내용을 이해하기 위해 여러 번 시청합니다.
  2. 그 다음, 특정 구문을 선택하여 반복해서 듣습니다. 예를 들어 “I try to incorporate English into everything I do.”와 같은 문장을 자주 들어봅니다.
  3. 그 이후 해당 문장을 따라서 소리 내어 읽어 보세요. 발음 교정([영어 발음 교정](#))을 하는 데 도움이 됩니다.
  4. 각 문장을 반복할 때, 발음과 억양을 주의 깊게 따라 하세요. 여러 번 연습하여 몸에 배도록 합니다.
  5. 마지막으로, 같은 주제를 갖고 자신의 생각을 영어로 표현해 보세요. 예를 들어, “영어를 일상에 통합하는 방법”에 대해 작성하실 수 있습니다. 이를 통해 실질적인 [IELTS 스피킹](#) 준비도 할 수 있습니다.

이러한 방법을 통해 자주 접하는 문장과 표현들을 익히고, 자연스럽게 영어를 말할 수 있는 환경을 만들어 보세요. 유튜브 영어 공부를 통해 다양한 콘텐츠를 소비하며 어휘를 확장하는 것도 좋은 전략입니다.

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