Shadowing Practice: Psalm 46:5-6 || Reflection - Learn English Speaking with Video
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So today the Holy Spirit descended upon the church.
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In that descent, it gave birth to the church and everyone becoming dwelling places of the Holy Spirit.
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So today we can consider it like The first birthday of the church, kind of.
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where today It is called the Feast of the Virgin Mary, but in reality it is a feast for all of the churches.
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because today is the day that The very first building, the very first church was consecrated, and our Lord and Savior, this is in the exerium as well,
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but Our Lord and Savior along with the apostles came down and conducted divine liturgy, sanctifying the church, setting it apart.
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for the sacraments.
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So, Before, it was the birthday of the church.
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Today is like the first birthday.
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Because this is the first church Built in Antioch, it was built on Sene the 20th or, what's the name?
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So June 27th.
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So it was built yesterday, and then today is the day it was consecrated and sanctified, and the first divine liturgy was conducted within a building of the church.
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Now obviously, before there was no Divine Liturgy.
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But as we know, as it says in the book of Acts, "Before this time, There was no like, oh, let's go to church.
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It was, oh, okay, let's go to Thomas' house on Sunday to do liturgy.
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And let's go to Aquila's house on Sunday to do liturgy.
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People would do liturgy from house to house.
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There was no, oh, this is a church.
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People just use houses, especially considering those times.
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it was also a time of persecution, right?
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So you're doing liturgy like whispering under someone's basement so no one can hear you.
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God forbid a soldier walks by and hears the name of Jesus, you're done for, you're getting killed immediately.
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So now this is the first time where it's a very big proclamation in our history where the church is
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publicly proclaiming her worship.
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So, This Psalm is used to, and today's Psalm is from Psalm 46 where David says, "The most high sanctified is tabernacle." God is in her midst,
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she shall not be shaken.
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God shall help her early in the morning.
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So this psalm is another psalm that David uses to proclaim and give thanks to God.
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In this specific scenario, David is giving thanks to God because he has been once again
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delivered from one of the enemies of the Israelites and again I want to really emphasize.
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Being delivered isn't just a "Oh God, you saved me from my enemies." It's a lot bigger than that because back then war with the Israelites, it wasn't about me versus you.
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It was about my God versus your God.
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So whoever wins this battle, that's a declaration to all the other nations of whose God is the strongest God whose God is the greatest God?
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So David is giving thanks to God for being saved, not only because he himself was saved, but also because now he doesn't have to worry about being conquered.
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The people of Israel have to worry about being conquered by foreign gods.
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Because when a nation conquers, they don't just take your land, they take your religion.
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They burn everything.
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They burn all the stuff that had to do with your personal religion.
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And they enforce upon you their pagan gods.
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So David is giving thanks to God for saving him from a fate and which and saving him from a life where?
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He is separated from God.
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He's not able to publicly and openly worship Him.
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but it's also, as Psalm is also used to And so in the Psalm, when he's saying sanctified his tabernacle is speaking about the nation of Israel but it's also speaking about the church.
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The church just literally means, the church is literally a community of people, a group of people.
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So, He starts by saying God sanctified his tabernacle.
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What does this mean?
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Well, in the commentary of the Psalms, It's-- a twofold meaning.
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First that God sanctified his tabernacle, we are the church.
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I know a lot of times we say church and we think of like a building, like this is a church, spot is a church.
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or St. Michael Parish is a church, or this is a church.
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But the first thing when St. Paul writes about the church It's the community, the body of Christ, the accumulation of all the believers who believe in the Lord Jesus.
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And so being sanctified, we have been set apart by Christ.
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How?
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By the sprinkling and spilling of His blood, right?
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He has made us set apart from the world, from sinfulness.
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and from a purpose and living a life that is very ungodly.
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He has set us apart, made us holy for a new purpose.
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to live with Him, to live in Him, to live and love Him.
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And this has happened through the spilling of his blood, through his sacrifice.
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Without the cross, without the resurrection, there is no church.
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There is no open gateway to be able to come into the kingdom of heaven
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or open gateway for Christ to come into our heart and live within us.
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And it's also through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
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As you said before, the birthday of the church is what feast?
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This is what feast?
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We just had a lie one minute ago.
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What?
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Pentecost, beautiful thank you.
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Yes, so Pentecost is the birthday of the church and
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so we are also set apart and sanctified because the Holy Spirit now also lives within us.
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He dwells within us, not like a roommate, but as a companion.
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Somebody who's always echoing inside of us speaking inside of us ushering, encouraging, affirming us and holy action helping us to, attain the glory that we ought to attain.
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and then he says God is in her midst she shall not be shaken.
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What does this mean?
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Why shall she not be shaken?
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We see in the epistles for the readings, there's a consistent theme.
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When it came to Ephesians, the first principle of Peter, there's a consistent theme where We keep on going back to the Psalm of David where he says the chief cornerstone.
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which the builders rejected, right, has become the chief cornerstone.
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right we shall not be shaken because we are built upon a rock and that rock is Christ
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So if you live by the Lord, you will not be shaken.
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And as Christ said in today's gospel as well, right, we see this, it's like one big cobweb.
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Where also Christ says right to Peter
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that upon you I will build my church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.
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Now, I want to kind of touch on this a little bit.
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What does it mean not to be prevailed against?
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Doesn't mean you're not gonna be tempted.
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Because if you ask Peter and Paul, especially Paul, he was shaken a lot, right? scourged beyond measure, stoned to death and left for dead, All these things happen to him.
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What does it mean when David says, "God is in her midst, she shall not be shaken." God is in the midst of the church.
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He's in the midst of us, we will not be shaken.
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It means that as Christ said in the gospel, right?
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We look for a reward where moth dust does not touch our reward, right?
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So when he says God is in her midst she shall not be shaken.
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It doesn't mean we're not going to be having a hard time in our life.
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It doesn't mean we're not going to experience tribulation
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but rather we rise above tribulation because God has used the very weapon that was used against us for our gain now.
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Right?
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The thing that is death, the thing that is suffering that was used against us to have us in fear and suffering, now we are no longer shaken.
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Because through his cross and through his resurrection, This weapon that was death, this scary object and this scary tool that the devil used
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that is suffering and pain can now be used for our very salvation.
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Right?
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So we shall not be shaken.
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Meaning that our eternal salvation cannot be taken away from us unless we give it up willingly ourselves.
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And then lastly, God shall help her just at the break of dawn or shall help her early in the morning.
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This is, this Psalm is all about, I love it, this Psalm is like a summary of like what it is, what is life in the church.
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And so lastly, when it says God shall help her at the break of dawn, showing us what is the posture of a Christian within the church?
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Is that Christ is constantly in our midst.
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It's not like a one -time thing.
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It's not a one -time thing where He just sanctifies us once and then we're gone and we're good forever.
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No. But He consistently is affirming us through His love.
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He continues to purge us.
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He continues to cleanse us.
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And so to wrap up, The important message for today and especially this holiday that is the first birthday of the church you could say.
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That is the sanctification of a building that is the church is that?
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The church, the body of Christ, She holds the mysteries...
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She holds the mysteries of His personhood.
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She holds the mysteries of the gifts of His resurrection and death.
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St. John Kasastam says, "On this rock, I will build my church.
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That is on the faith of his confession.
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When he's comment, when he's commentating on what Peter said, when Peter made the declaration, you are the son of the living God.
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Right?
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When Christ, Chrysostom is saying, "On this rock I will build my church," that is on the faith of his confession.
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Our faith is built on this soul fact that Jesus is the Son of the Living God.
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And I think it's so beautiful that we are the body of Christ and
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Christ could have chose anybody or like chose anywhere else to seal the mysteries of who he is, right?
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But, He seals it within us.
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We are the body of Christ.
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He seals His mysteries, His gifts within us.
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This is why Christ says the kingdom of heaven is within you.
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He sealed it within the apostles and the apostles passed it down.
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This is why when Christ says, I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, this is the holy priesthood.
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the mysteries of his personhood is sealed within the presence of Christ in the church, and that is the clergy.
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That is the Holy Mysteries. And so...
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It's very important for us, as we come to this place every single Sunday, we don't just come in and go out.
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And this is like a very bad stigma we have in our church, in the EOTC.
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We come, we wear our Anath Allah, we do our liturgy, we go home.
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Right?
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But this is not what the church is about.
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This is not what we who we are as a body.
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The body of Christ is somebody who interacts with one another.
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So this means that we interact with the church and that we partake of the divine sacraments, we partake of the Eucharist, we partake of the Holy Confession.
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But not only that, we show love and lean on one another as well.
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We are one body.
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So that means we don't have superficial relationships.
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We have close friends, people who we edify with one another.
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We also, this is why like you see EUL or Nazi, all the people who are doing announcements are always like, "Info table, info table." We always invite you guys to come and participate more.
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because it isn't just a building.
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This is a living community.
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So I pray that.
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You will emulate the early church and how they participate with one another.
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Glory be to God.
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Let's call up choir.
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Context & Background
The transcript derives from a reflection on Psalm 46:5-6, presented in a religious context where the speaker conveys the significance of the church's origins and the spiritual meaning behind communal worship. The message emphasizes the transformation of worship practices from private gatherings in homes to a more public and sanctified form within a church setting. This transition highlights the historical challenges faced by early Christians and their resilience in proclaiming their faith despite persecution. Understanding this profound shift can deepen one’s connection to both the faith and the English language, as one navigates religious vocabulary and context.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- “God is in her midst” - A phrase acknowledging the divine presence within a community.
- “Shall not be shaken” - Used to express unwavering faith or stability in difficult times.
- “I have been delivered” - A declaration of salvation or relief from struggles.
- “Publicly proclaiming her worship” - Signifying the importance of openly sharing one’s beliefs.
- “Sanctified his tabernacle” - Referring to a consecrated place of worship, symbolizing spiritual purity.
Step-by-step Shadowing Guide
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- Select a segment: Choose a short excerpt from the video to focus on, ideally 1-2 minutes long.
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By engaging with this content thoughtfully through shadow speech, learners can enhance their language skills while deepening their understanding of the themes presented in the video. Embracing the rich vocabulary associated with faith and community can significantly bolster your English learning experience.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is called · was consecrated · was built |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has been · have been set · has made |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | somebody who interacts · people who we · people who are |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.