Shadowing Practice: Repeat-After-Me + Shadowing Practice! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello English learners!
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My name is Claire, a native speaker from the US and an English teacher.
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And you keep asking for it So here it is, more shadowing practice.
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Shadowing is a really useful tool for working on your pronunciation, and sounding more natural in English.
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Essentially, it is repeating after native speakers.
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or someone you want to sound like in terms of your inflection and rhythm of your English speaking.
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And by doing so, you create good habits for your own English speaking.
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So whether that is pronunciation,
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tone, inflection, rhythm, any or all of those things that you want to improve upon in your own speaking,
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shadowing practice is really going to help you achieve that and sound more natural.
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So as I said, I'm a native speaker and I have kind of a standard American Midwest accent.
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So obviously I will be doing the American English pronunciation of things So if you're interested in that,
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then Welcome to today's shadowing practice.
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Let's jump right in.
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English made easy with Claire.
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So first, I'm going to give you plenty of time to repeat after me, after each phrase.
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that I will say in this short story.
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And then I will invite you to shadow a section of this story after me.
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At the end of the video, we will say the entire story all together.
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So again, you will have the opportunity to shadow, but this time the entire story.
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If you're wondering what's the difference between repeating after you and shadowing, Well, repeating after me is what it sounds like,
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I say it, and then you repeat on your own.
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Shadowing is you saying it with me.
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So once you've had a chance, to say it on your own, repeating it after me, then you'll try saying it with me.
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So you've had time to practice it first, and then again with me at the same time to match my tone,
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inflection, rhythm, pronunciation, all that.
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So it just reinforces all of those things to help you sound more natural.
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Okay, so first repeat after me.
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Thank you.
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Yesterday morning, Yesterday morning Thank you.
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I was running late for work.
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you I was running late for work.
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Thank you.
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I grabbed my bag.
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I grabbed my bag.
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you lock the door, lock the door, and rush to the station.
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and rush to the station.
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Before we shadow this section, say it all together.
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I want to point out the different pronunciations of the ending "y -d" that we have here.
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We have three verbs with the ending "e -d." grabbed locked, and rushed.
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Now, There are three different pronunciations of the -ed ending, but here we have two of them.
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The third pronunciation comes later in the story, so don't worry, I will point that out to you.
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But between these three verbs,
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we either pronounce the ed ending as a deed or a "tee" - grabbed grabbed,
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that's the D ending, And locked.
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Locked.
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That one has the T ending.
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Can you guess?
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which one rushed has.
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rushed.
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Say it yourself, rushed.
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Is it /d / or /t/.
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Can you hear?
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If you said "t," you're correct.
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Now, in very rapid speech, you may not be able to tell the difference between the "d" and the "t." And that's okay,
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as long as you know which one it is.
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So let's take the "d" ending in grabbed.
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Because you know you're saying a D, you have the intention of saying the D and you're thinking "d" when you speak.
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But you don't need to over pronounce this.
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You don't need to say, I grabbed my bag.
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I grabbed my bag.
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No one speaks like that.
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Right.
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I grabbed my bag.
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I grabbed my bag.
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You may even not even hear the D when I speak.
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I grabbed my bag.
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It's so subtle that it could just sound like I grab my bag to you, but we need to at least think
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of the D and have the intention of pronouncing this D
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sound so that it doesn't sound like we're speaking in the present tense.
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I grabbed my bag.
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We need to be in the past tense, of course, because this story takes place in the past.
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So we do need to have the intention of pronouncing the D sound So as long as you're thinking that,
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as you speak quickly, then it will come across as Grabbed.
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Grabbed.
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It's so fast, but I'm not over pronouncing grabbed.
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Now the /t / sound for the /e / -d / ending locked the door locked the door,
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Again, think T, make sure you know it's not locked locked, right?
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That's incorrect, but locked.
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And then as long as you have the intention of the T sound, It will come across locked and rushed to the station.
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Again, think T because we know it has the T ending, rush to the station.
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- Rushed to the station.
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It may still even just sound like rush to the station,
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to you, but I am saying rushed and it will come across.
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that I'm speaking in the past tense because at least my intention is to have this T ending.
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Now, that might be a little bit of a different way to be thinking of pronunciation than you're used to.
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You know, it would be easy for me to say every time pronounce the D and the T clearly grabbed locked, rushed.
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But if you really want to work on this native speaker sounding accent, or you really want to sound natural,
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of course, this is a great way to be able to think of those pronunciations.
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Okay, now we can shadow this whole section together.
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So say it with me.
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Yesterday morning, I was running late for work.
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I grabbed my bag, locked the door, and rushed to the station.
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you When I got there, Thank you.
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When I got there, Thank you.
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I saw the train doors were about to close.
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you I saw the train doors were about to close.
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you "I sprinted toward them.
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I sprinted toward them.
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but the doors shut right in front of me.
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you but the doors shut right in front of me.
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Okay, before we shadow, a couple pronunciation things to point out.
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the s sound at the end of the word close should be a z,
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a voiced sound, z and not s, right?
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So s is unvoiced.
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I can't hum on it.
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For example, s, Peace.
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but the voiced sound, I can.
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right?
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You can hear I can hum on that sound.
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That's what makes it voiced.
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So this one has a voiced sound ending, close.
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Close.
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But of course, very quickly, we would just say, "I saw the train doors were about to close." close.
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close.
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And here we have another "ed" ending.
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So this is the third pronunciation of "ed".
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Sprinted.
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sprinted.
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So this ending is not a /d / or a /t / sound, it is Ed.
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Ed.
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You could think of it like a short I sound.
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plus a D or the schwa sound plus D?
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Sprinted.
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Sprinted.
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I sprinted toward them.
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Another tricky word that a lot of people have questions about in English pronunciation is the word toward Now,
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in American English, most people pronounce this as one syllable.
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Toward.
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It's almost like that first O doesn't exist.
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"toward".
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It's like a "TW" sound at the beginning.
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"Toward".
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Now, some people might pronounce it "toward".
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That is a little bit more British English, so if you've heard that before, toward That would be that pronunciation.
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If you did pronounce this word as "toward" in American English, it wouldn't be that strange.
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But if you are aiming for an American English pronunciation, toward toward.
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And the final phrase, in front of me, Instead of pronouncing each word in front of me, individually.
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In rapid speech, we would squish these sounds together so that it's in front of me.
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in front of me. In -fra -na -mi.
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So you kind of drop the T at the end of front
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and you don't pronounce the /v / sound at the end of /ษv/.
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but drop that as well.
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In front of me.
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in front of me.
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Okay, let's shadow this whole section together.
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When I got there, I saw the train doors were about to close.
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I sprinted toward them.
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but the doors shut right in front of me.
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I thought I thought, Great.
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Now I got to wait another 10 minutes.
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you Great.
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Now I gotta wait another 10 minutes.
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- Let's repeat the word thought.
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together one more time because that's a tricky one for pronunciation.
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thought thought we have the unvoiced at the beginning,
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which you can think of as blowing air between your teeth with your tongue.
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And if you've seen some of my other shadowing videos, I have pointed out before,
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that at the if you see a t at the end of a word in american english we often Stop that T.
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or we drop the sound.
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So it's thought.
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Got to becomes gotta.
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gotta similar to when we squish together in front of We have gotta.
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So again, that stop T sound, because we have the T at the end of got, But it's a stop T,
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so it kind of sounds like a D when we say it quickly.
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Gotta.
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"Gotta." Also, wait another.
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The T also becomes a stop T and kind of alides with the next word because it starts with a vowel.
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So it again, it sounds like a D or it has this stopped T sound.
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Wait another.
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Wait another.
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Okay, let's shadow this sentence together.
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I thought Great.
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Now I gotta wait another 10 minutes.
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That's when I realized: Thank you.
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That's when I realized I'd left my phone at home anyway.
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Thank you.
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you I'd left my phone at home anyway.
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I guess missing that train.
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I guess missing that train.
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wasn't such a bad thing after all.
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- Wasn't such a bad thing after all.
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Thank you.
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The silver lining you the silver lining,
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was that I had time to go back home, Thank you.
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was that I had time to go back home Thank you.
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you grab my phone, you grab my phone,
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and let my boss know I'd be late.
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Thank you.
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and let my boss know I'd be late.
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Thank you.
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you realized that one has Which ending?
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If you said 'd', You're correct.
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Realized.
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and in rapid speech.
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realized, realized.
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And in the last sentence, we have a kind of list separated by commas.
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So I'll just point out the inflection here.
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Whenever we have a list like this,
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before each comma, the inflection stays raised and you lower your inflection only at the end of the sentence.
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And this makes it really clear that you are listing things.
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So here, listen to me say the whole sentence and listen to my inflection.
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The silver lining was that I had time to go back home grab my phone,
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and let my boss know I'd be late.
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So we had before the comma, Go back home.
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Inflection went up.
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Grab my phone.
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The inflection went up again.
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And let my boss know...
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I'd be late.
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I'd be late goes down and inflection.
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So if you're ever listing something separated by commas, remember this inflection rule.
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because it will make it really clear that you are listing something.
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So that's why mastering inflection like this,
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in overall sentences, so not just the inflection or the stress of individual words in English,
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but the overall stress and inflection throughout in a sentence is even more important then getting the accent correct.
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So even if your goal is not to sound exactly like me or a native speaker,
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you can keep whatever accent you have when you speak in English, but you want to be understood, right?
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You want to be able to communicate.
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So getting the inflection and the stress, both in individual words and in an entire sentence, is so important.
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for your overall English speaking and learning.
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And communication so that others can understand you.
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Okay, back to shadowing.
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Let's say this whole section together.
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That's when I realized I'd left my phone at home anyway.
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I guess missing that train wasn't such a bad thing after all.
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the silver lining was that I had time to go back home,
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grab my phone and let my boss know I'd be late.
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Okay, awesome work so far.
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Let's say the whole thing together.
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So I'm going to read through the entire story and you are going to shadow me.
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Yesterday morning, I was running late for work.
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I grabbed my bag.
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lock the door, "and rushed to the station.
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When I got there, I saw the train doors were about to close.
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I sprinted toward them.
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but the door shut right in front of me.
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I thought, "Great, now I gotta wait another 10 minutes." That's when I realized I'd left my phone at home anyway.
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I guess missing that train wasn't such a bad thing after all.
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The silver lining was that I had time to go back home, Grab my phone.
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and let my boss know I'd be late.
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Guys, thank you so much for sticking around to the end of this video.
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I hope you found this shadowing practice useful.
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I will continue to put out more shadowing videos because you guys request them so much.
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Go check out my shadowing playlist, which I'm building all the time.
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More shadowing videos definitely to come.
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So let me know in the comments what you'd like me to focus on.
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Maybe there's a specific
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word or group of words that you struggle with in terms of pronunciation or when you are speaking very quickly,
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or maybe it's an inflection or a tone.
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Or maybe you want me to add more idioms
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or phrasal verbs in a shadowing practice
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I can also go over some of those so
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that we can kill two birds with one stone and have a shadowing practice while also learning new vocabulary.
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So let me know what you guys want to see from me next, particularly my members.
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You guys get priority reply in the comments section.
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If you're interested in joining my channel as a member, click the join button below and you'll get to see more information about that.
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I'm so grateful for the support.
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Happy shadowing, guys, and I'll see you next time.
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Bye for now.
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you you you you
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About This Lesson
Welcome to today's lesson centered around shadowing practice, a powerful technique to improve your English pronunciation. In this session, you'll engage in a repeat-after-me format where you will initially listen to phrases spoken by a native English speaker and then echo them to reinforce your speaking skills. The lesson will emphasize natural speech patterns, helping you sound more fluent and confident in your English. As you progress, the practice will evolve into shadowing, where you'll say the phrases simultaneously with the speaker. This method not only enhances your inflection and rhythm but also helps you internalize standard American English pronunciation. Get ready to dive into rich content that supports your journey to improve English pronunciation!
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Running late - A common expression used when someone is behind schedule.
- Grabbed - The past tense of grab, meaning to take hold of something quickly.
- Lock the door - A phrase often used before leaving home to ensure security.
- Rush to the station - Indicates hurried movement towards a transportation hub.
- Pronunciation - The way in which a word is spoken, crucial for clear communication.
- Inflection - Refers to the modulation of voice and tone when speaking.
- Rhythm - The natural flow of speech that contributes to how engaging your spoken English sounds.
Practice Tips
When engaging in this shadowing exercise, itโs essential to align your practice with the videoโs pace and tone. Here are some specific tips to maximize your learning:
- Start Slow: Initially, focus on repeating after the speaker at a slower pace. This will help you accurately capture the nuances of pronunciation.
- Listen Carefully: Pay attention to how the speaker emphasizes certain words and the intonation patterns used. This will aid in sounding more natural.
- Shadow Together: When transitioning to shadowing, try to match your rhythm and speed with the speaker. Remember, the goal is to sync your speech with theirs, creating a flowing exchange of dialogue.
- Focus on 'ed' Endings: Notice how various verbs are pronounced, such as 'grabbed' and 'locked.' Being aware of these differences will refine your pronunciation skills.
- Record Yourself: To track your progress and make adjustments, consider recording yourself during practice. Listening back will help you identify areas for improvement.
- Repeat Regularly: Consistency is key in mastering pronunciation. Engage in this shadowspeak exercise frequently to see significant improvement.
By utilizing these tips during your practice sessions, you'll be on your way to mastering English pronunciation with engaging learn English with Youtube sessions. Embrace the benefits of shadowing and experience the joy of speaking confidently in English!
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop โ als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1โ2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert โ waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.