Shadowing Practice: When someone is more introverted than you - Learn English Speaking with Video

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uh hey there uh everyone else in class seems to have a partner already so it looks like
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you and i are a team you know process of elimination yeah
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so are you like new like a transfer student huh i hadn't really noticed you in class before oh So you're new?
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No, I've sat two desks behind you all year long.
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How is that even possible?
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I fade into the background sometimes.
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Okay, the fade into the background, that's what I do.
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That's my thing.
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There's no way you could have pulled it off all year.
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Yeah.
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So anyway, our topic is the French Revolution.
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You know what?
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How about we split up the duties between us so I'll just do all the work and you can do the talking.
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Well, okay, I think personally my strength lies in research, less so public speaking.
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Same with me.
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Well, the last time I got up in front of the class to present, I threw up.
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The last time I got up in front of a class to present, I blacked out, hit my head on the floor, and had to be rushed to the hospital.
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I died and had to be resuscitated twice.
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Okay, I guess I'll do the talking.
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I'll just make sure I have a garbage can nearby.
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So, uh, what's your name, huh?
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Uh, I need to know your name.
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Why?
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I mean, we're working together on a project.
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Isn't it a little odd if I don't know your name?
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Okay, well, my name is Frank.
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Yeah, I don't really like small talk.
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Is that what I'm doing?
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Let me just, you know, get to work in silence.
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Okay, and I'll just sit here and mentally prepare myself to give a presentation tomorrow.
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Oh.
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So, the varsity basketball team's been doing pretty well this year, huh?
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Sorry, I have never been this uncomfortable with silence before.
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You're just so quiet.
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I feel like I have to keep talking
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and be the outgoing one in order to save this interaction from becoming a mattress fire of awkwardness.
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You are really draining me.
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Is this how other people feel when they talk to me?
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Okay, this is getting to be too much for me, so I'm gonna take the textbook
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and go to the bathroom for the rest of the class period so I can research in peace.
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What is happening to me?
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I have become the thing that I dread.
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I'll see you next time.

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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 — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 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 — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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