쉐도잉 연습: Why Studying More Isn't Making You Fluent - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기
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I want you to tell me if this sounds a little like you.
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Every time that something negative happens while you are speaking in English, maybe you freeze or you forget a word,
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the conversation doesn't really go the way that you wanted it to.
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In that difficult moment, your default reaction is, I don't know enough English yet.
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I need to learn more.
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If I learn more, I'll be better.
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And so you start looking for YouTube lessons to watch
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or spending more time using language apps and you start to feel better
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because it feels like you're doing something to fix the problem, right?
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And even though you have notepads full of sentences that you've never actually said to anyone,
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even though you have a login to 10 different courses online that you've never actually finished,
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you still tell yourself, I'll be able to speak fluently soon.
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I just need to learn more.
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hey ladies welcome back to our regular listeners and a big welcome
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if you are joining us for the first time this is
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the confident english podcast my name is emma i'm the founder of hey lady an online community
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The link to get it is down in the description or in the show notes.
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But in the meantime, let's dive straight into this episode.
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Around eight years ago, I spent six months learning Spanish and about three months living in Spain to immerse myself in it.
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And by the end of that time, I could have conversations in Spanish.
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My Spanish was not beautiful in any way, but it was enough to meet and connect with people.
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And that was great.
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But then I took a break.
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I didn't have anyone to talk to in Spanish, so I didn't talk much at all.
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In truth, I didn't speak to anyone until recently when I decided
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that I needed to pick it back up again because I'm going to need it when I travel to Mexico.
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And I found myself trying to cram, trying to learn as much or remember as much Spanish as I could every single day.
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And instead of using my Spanish to talk to people, I've been avoiding that.
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because it feels harder.
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It feels more complicated.
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It feels more embarrassing.
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And I really just felt like I needed to learn more first before I spoke so that I never got stuck.
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I'm laughing because this is the opposite advice that I give to you every week.
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And it's because I caught myself doing it.
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And the fact that I'm a language teacher,
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that I wanted to make this episode for you because I realized just how easy it is to fall into this trap,
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this loop of endless study, even when I know that it's not the best use of my time.
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i want you to imagine a bucket the size of your
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bucket is how much english you actually need for the life
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that you actually live some people need an enormous bucket like
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if you are writing research papers in the academic department of an english -speaking university you need a big bucket,
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a huge bucket.
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Most native speakers don't have a bucket anywhere near that big.
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Most English learners spend years and years trying to fill a bucket the size of a swimming pool,
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learning English that they don't actually need for the life they live.
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Now, if you are a B2 learner,
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your problem is not that you need a bigger bucket to fit more English in it.
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The problem that you have is that your bucket has holes in it.
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The English that you don't use consistently and regularly is leaking out those holes.
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That's why it feels like you keep forgetting your words.
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That's why you feel like you need to know more, to learn more.
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But what you actually need to do is stop the leaks.
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And the only way to do that is to practice using the English that you already have.
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When you can use the English you already have, then you'll be ready to pour more in.
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And when there's no more room to pour more in, that's when you know you're ready for a bigger bucket.
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You don't need to know all of English before you start using the English that you already know.
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And this is the part I really want you to hear from me today,
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because practice takes less time than studying does, much less, certainly less time than you're spending right now.
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And the reason is, you only have to practice the English that you're actually going to use.
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Think about the last few things you sat down to study a video about slang,
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30 phrasal verbs, or 50 words that you need to know?
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Was any of that for a conversation that you actually had?
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A moment where you used those 30 phrasal verbs?
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Or was it just in case one day I'll need these?
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Maybe you were just curious or you were interested in learning all these phrasal verbs, but they weren't really practical.
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They weren't something that were going to help you in a moment where you really needed it.
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Because just in case is where the years go.
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Into things that you might need one day for conversations that you're not having right now.
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Tell me this.
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Is this something that you've been doing?
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Do you notice these patterns in your study behaviour?
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Do you have pages of notes and sentences that you've never actually said to anyone?
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Let me know down in the comments because this is something that I see with my students all the time.
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Now, I do not want you to hear the wrong thing here.
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Learning more can be valuable.
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And it's necessary too, right?
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More vocabulary and more grammar will make you more accurate and it will give you more range.
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It will help you to express yourself better.
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It will help you to understand more.
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But there is an order to it.
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The right time to learn phrasal verbs is when you keep hearing them in conversations and they're confusing you.
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They're stopping you from understanding what's happening.
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Or maybe there's a topic that you want to be able to talk about
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and knowing these phrasal verbs or some expressions related to this would help you to express your ideas.
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Let your conversations tell you what you should learn.
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They will guide you so much more effectively than YouTube ever will.
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And with your own conversations guiding you, you're pouring just a little more English into your bucket, just the right amount.
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And then as you practice using these phrasal verbs, you make sure that they don't leak straight out of the bucket again
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because you keep focusing on bringing those phrasal verbs back into your conversations.
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So how much speaking practice are we actually talking about here?
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Not so much, actually.
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15 minutes, three or four times a week.
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That is all it takes.
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And consistent practice is so much more important than the length of any one conversation that you have.
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15 minutes of speaking practice every Monday,
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Wednesday and Saturday will do more for you than a big extended three -hour batch of practicing once a month.
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And those 15 minutes They will guide you as to what inputs you need to improve your speaking skills,
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and you'll be able to improve it the next time that you speak.
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Now, anyone can find 15 minutes.
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That's not the hard part.
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The hard part here is in order to have just one 15 -minute conversation,
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well, four different things need to happen.
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You need someone to speak with.
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You need a place to practice.
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You need to agree on the time that you're going to practice.
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And you need something to talk about, right?
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So these four things are really important.
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Every single conversation that you plan to have three to four times a week, you need to do these four things.
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And because that takes so much work and effort just to make that practice happen,
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no wonder you're not actually getting around to it.
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It's no wonder that you're just jumping onto YouTube because it feels so much easier right now, right?
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You can do it whenever you want.
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You don't rely on anyone else.
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But that is exactly why I built Hey Lady.
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It's a place to practice where those four things are already organized for you.
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So all you need to do is to show up.
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We've already found you the people to practice with.
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Women from all over the world who are just as motivated as you are.
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We've already organized the times with sessions happening every single day in your time zone.
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We give you the topics to talk about and expressions
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that you can learn and practice so that you never actually have to sit down and wonder, what am I going to say?
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What am I going to talk about?
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And all of this happens inside the HeyLady platform.
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And you can have your very first conversation today, like right now, right after this episode,
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because we also have a seven -day guest pass so
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that people like you can come in and try Hey Lady for yourself.
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You don't need a credit card.
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You just need to show up
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and see what it's actually like inside Hey Lady before you decide if you want to become a member.
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Ladies, the link is down in the show notes.
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And if you're watching this on your computer or on your TV screen, then you can scan And this link right here with your phone,
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it's going to take you straight to the website.
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If you enjoyed this episode, make sure you hit that like button and subscribe to the channel
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if you haven't already so that you don't miss our next episode.
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It also helps us to reach more women who need to hear this so that we can help them too.
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Thank you so much for spending time with me today.
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And I do want you to remember as you get on with your day, the reason that you don't feel fluent,
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it's not because you don't know enough English.
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It's because you're not using the English that you already know.
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So take that with you today and I will see you in the very next episode.
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실생활 속 시나리오
영어로 이야기하다가 단어를 잊거나 대화가 흐르지 않을 때, 당신은 "더 많이 공부해야 해"라고 생각하지 않나요? 비디오에서 언급된 것처럼, 많은 학습자들이 유튜브 강의나 앱을 열심히 사용하고 노트에 문장을 적지만 실제로는 아무에게도 말하지 않는 경우가 많습니다. 이렇게 "공부만 하면 유창해질 거라" 믿는 것은 함정입니다. 영어 실력은 단순히 지식을 쌓는 것이 아니라 사용하는 데서 나옵니다. 특히 IELTS 스피킹과 같은 시험에서는 실제 의사소통 능력이 중요하죠.
유용한 표현과 어구
- "default reaction" – 기본 반응 (예: "나의 기본 반응은 더 공부해야 한다는 것이었다")
- "cram" – 암기하다, 몰아넣다 (예: "스페인어를 몰아넣으려고 했지만 말은 피했다")
- "fall into this trap" – 이 함정에 빠지다 (예: "끝없는 공부의 함정에 빠지기 쉽다")
- "fit more English in it" – 더 많은 영어를 담다 (예: "더 큰 버킷에 영어를 담으려고 하지 마라")
당신의 쉐도잉 챌린지
영어 쉐도잉(shadowing)은 발음 교정과 유창성 향상에 가장 효과적인 방법 중 하나입니다. 이제부터 5분만 투자해 보세요. 비디오에서 "I found myself trying to cram..."부터 "best use of my time"까지의 구간을 찾아서, 듣고 바로 따라말하기를 반복하세요. 목소리 높이, 억양, 발음을 최대한 비슷하게 따라하려고 노력하세요. 이 과정에서 "shadowspeak"처럼 순간적으로 말하는 능력이 키워집니다. 영상 영어 공부를 할 때는 단순히 보는 것이 아니라 말로 표현하는 연습이 필수적입니다. 매일 5분, 1주일 후에는 분명한 변화를 느낄 수 있을 거예요.
이 영상의 문법
화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 문형 | 영상 속 표현 |
|---|---|
| 현재완료진행 have/has been + -ing — 전에 시작해 지금도 계속되는 동작 | I've been avoiding · you've been doing |
| 현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때 | you've never actually said · you've never actually finished · We've already found |
쉐도잉이란? 영어 실력을 빠르게 키우는 과학적 방법
쉐도잉(Shadowing)은 원래 전문 통역사 훈련을 위해 개발된 언어 학습 기법으로, 다언어 학자인 Dr. Alexander Arguelles에 의해 대중화된 방법입니다. 핵심 원리는 간단하지만 매우 강력합니다: 원어민의 영어를 들으면서 1~2초의 짧은 지연으로 즉시 소리 내어 따라 말하는 것——마치 '그림자(shadow)'처럼 화자를 따라가는 것입니다. 문법 공부나 수동적인 청취와 달리, 쉐도잉은 뇌와 입 근육이 동시에 실시간으로 영어를 처리하고 재현하도록 훈련합니다. 연구에 따르면 이 방법은 발음 정확도, 억양, 리듬, 연음, 청취력, 말하기 유창성을 크게 향상시킵니다. IELTS 스피킹 준비와 자연스러운 영어 소통을 원하는 분들에게 특히 효과적입니다.