Shadowing Practice: Simple Ways to Learn Russian Effectively (in Russian) - Learn English Speaking with Video

I will tell you how I'm learning foreign languages

and why this podcast and these videos on YouTube will be different from the internet.

Russian Radio Show Russian Radio Show Hello, good morning, good evening, good evening, good evening, good evening.

I don't know, when you watch this video on YouTube and when you watch this podcast.

My name is Сергей Griffiths and today is the one of the first episode of Russian Radio Show.

You know, I've been thinking about the first program, the first podcast and the first video, and I decided to call it a lot.

Thank you is the word that we usually know on many languages.

I think you know the word thank you, of course, you know it on your own language.

I think if you travel a lot, well, maybe not now, when in the pandemic pandemic, but if you travel a lot,

you know, the word thank you can be at least on 2, 3, 4, 5 languages.

So my first podcast is called Спасибо.

Why, спросите вы, почему спасибо?

Because I would like to say thank you to those people who are me вдохновing,

The people who were, beautiful English word, influencer-me.

English word, which we use in Russian.

Also today I will tell you how I'm learning foreign languages and why this podcast and these videos on YouTube

will be different from what already exists in the Internet.

Russian radio show So, first of all, I want to say thank you to my students,

to those people from different ends of the world, from different countries, who are learning the Russian language with me and who are really inspired me.

Because these people all the time said, that you are a teacher, you work on radio, you know how to speak,

you know, how interesting things are, how откровенно it is.

And these people inspired me to start this project.

So to you, my dear students, thank you very much.

Because I actively study Italian language, and also trying to fulfill my English language,

I want to say thank you to those who are watching podcasts and which videos I watch with great pleasure.

First, I want to say thank David, author of the podcast Italiano, a person who perfectly speaks English,

who speaks English, a Russian language is very difficult, I think you know it well.

He's the person who always makes podcasts and videos about Italy,

about culture, about mentality and, of course, about Italian language.

So, David, thank you!

You also have me вдохновit.

When I understand, that I'm forgetting English, I'm listening to the podcast of Luke's English Podcast.

If you also learn English, I recommend it.

Luke is an Englishman, but lives in Paris, France.

He is a author of this project.

He is a stand-up.

Another English word we use in Russian, stand-up.

A person who speaks jokes, who has a good feeling of humor,

as a rule, and a person who is just a happy, a pleasant, pleasant and pleasant in the conversation.

So, Luke, thank you.

I want to say thank you to people who do different interesting projects,

videos on YouTube, podcasts for students, who study Russian language.

Можно сказать, что мы коллеги.

Это, конечно, Татьяна Климова.

Я думаю, вы прекрасно знаете ее подкаст.

Я думаю, что вы часто смотрите ее видео.

И, может быть, вы даже являетесь членом ее клуба «Русская дача».

Татьяна тоже очень вдохновила меня.

Тонна обаяния, интересные темы и хороший русский язык.

Хочу сказать спасибо Антонии Рамакер, автору канала English and Russian Online.

If my students don't understand Russian grammar, and if we don't want to spend time on grammar,

I always send them a link to an Antoni video, where she explains the English language.

If you don't understand anything, how works the part of the padage, what are the ends of the padage, please follow her channel.

This is also a person who has a very вдохновé.

I want to say thank you to your colleagues from the project ulang.ru.

If you student, maybe you know this site.

If you are a teacher of Russian as a foreign language, you 100% know this site and,

maybe, you can see that ULANG is my voice.

I'm one of the participants of this project.

I do the same small work, because there are people who create lessons,

who create exercises, who do design.

I only do the text that they send me, but I do it always with great pleasure.

Finally, thank you all for creating interesting podcasts,

videos, materials, lessons for students who learn Russian.

Thank you very much!

The first episode of my first episode is called How I learn foreign languages.

I think that every person has their own methods and methods, how he does it.

First rule, which you should remember, is a short rule.

You should study abroad every day.

Ok, from Wednesday to Friday.

Five times a week.

In Saturday and Sunday you can rest.

But the most important thing is to do it constantly.

I always compare the English language, English, Italian, any other language.

It's like a sports club, fitness club.

You go to fitness club and you do sport one time in a week.

In a week, for example, you come and three hours you do sport. will be useful.

I'm not surprised.

But imagine that you are doing a sport every day 15, 20, 30 minutes.

It's easier to do it every day, than one week in a week, but three hours.

And more useful is that you will be able to do it every day.

If you have a chance, every day.

This is enough.

2. Do it with pleasure.

I am a procrastinator.

Another word is not even a Russian.

Sometimes it is a shame.

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and think, so, today I will watch 30 minutes a video on English.

Then 30 minutes I will listen to a podcast on Italian.

языке планов много и в какой-то момент я понимаю что мне

лень я не хочу сегодня ничего делать один раз в неделю

вы можете себе сказать мне лень конечно не нужно говорить это

каждый день вспомните правило номер один рутина но самое главное изучать иностранный язык с удовольствием вы должны be in context.

You should be interested in it.

Кстати, about context.

If you study Russian language, if you watch this video and watch this podcast, you, probably, are you really studying it.

Create atmosphere, create context.

This is a little life hack.

You hear and see that we use a lot of foreign languages.

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There are philologists who say, that it's not very good, but I'm not a conservative person,

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so sometimes I use these words, as they do all the Russian.

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So, a little hack.

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For example, sometimes when I listen a podcast on Italian language or do a exercise,

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I have a wonderful book, I love doing exercises, I create atmosphere.

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I am creating Italian music, with the phone on the TV,

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I am creating slides, photographs of Italian cities,

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Italian regions and just interesting Italian photographs.

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Sometimes I even add a bottle of Prosecco.

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Why not?

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If you are studying foreign languages, create a atmosphere.

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Of course, it is difficult to create it every day, but once in a week, I think, it's easy to do.

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3. Do the third rule.

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Do the thing you love to do.

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You can say that this rule is a little more like the second rule, but you do it with pleasure.

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But there is a small difference.

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What do I mean?

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When I say, do what you love to do.

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For example, when I study abroad, I really love grammar.

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It sounds strange.

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I like to sit down for a book, do exercises, I like to write everything,

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because I don't know, my character is a kind of a kind of a mind.

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But when I write, I very well remember the material.

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There are people who hate writing, hate grammatical.

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But, for example, they love watching subtitles.

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Watch subtitles.

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You don't want to make a video of subtitles.

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You don't want to watch subtitles.

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But you love reading podcasts.

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You do what you love doing.

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Of course, it's hard to say, how much education will be effective.

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I don't know if someone who loves to listen to podcasts on foreign languages, but, for example, doesn't like to do exercises,

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can he learn to learn foreign languages on 100%?

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It's a big question.

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But, nevertheless, find a compromise.

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Например, if you love podcasts, but you don't really love to do exercises.

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Okay, you listen to podcasts 90% of the time. But 10%?

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You should, you should, you should, you should.

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And you do two or three exercises.

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If you don't like grammar in English, look at YouTube videos.

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There are a lot of interesting videos that explain grammar, English, Chinese, Japanese, any other.

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4. If you don't have motivation, find your motivation in another person.

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I have a lot of motivation.

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And I also.

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I wanted to start this project a year ago, but I didn't have time.

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I had a lot of work on radio, I had other things.

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and sometimes there was no motivation, no inspiration.

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But find a person who will motivate you.

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I have a secret.

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For example, when I actively study Italian language, after 2-3 weeks of such an active study,

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I feel that I'm tired, I don't want to learn more. And I think, why?

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I don't live in Italy, why I study?

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Maybe I will live in Sicily, maybe I will not be able to live in Sicily, maybe I will not know what will tomorrow.

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And in this moment, I, for example, watch a video of David's podcast Italiano, and I see how David's speaking on the Russian language,

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and I say to myself, stop!

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The person who lives in Italy has learned a Russian language.

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Why am I, living not in Italy, not able to learn Italian?

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I must learn to learn.

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And this is very motivating.

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Look at people who motivate people, who motivate them, who love to learn foreign languages, what they do, what they do, what they have secret.

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This always helps.

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And the 5th tip is, if you want, the 5th tip is to be a theory of small steps.

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For example, you have a online lesson with a teacher with a teacher.

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You can write, dear teacher, I'm so sorry, blah, blah, blah.

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Why do you write in English?

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You write in Russian.

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Dear teacher, I can't be on the lesson.

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I have a heart, a heart, a heart.

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напишите по-русски не знаете слов посмотрите в словаре это будет маленький

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шаг вперед это будет маленькая победа напишите на русском языке у

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меня есть студенты которые всегда в начале урока пишут I'm ready

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знаете что я отвечаю этим студентам я пишу я не понимаю and they write me I'm ready or I'm ready

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write it in Russian if you have a chance

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small phrase on Russian maybe you very well know this phrase but you can write it in Russian

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all we want to use your own language if your language is English it is easier to write it in Russian.

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We all want to use a native language.

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If your language is English, it is, of course, easier to write I'm ready.

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But if you learn Russian, write it in Russian, write it in Russian, write it in Russian, write it in Russian.

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If you watch the channel on YouTube, of course, it is very easy to write in Russian, if you like it or not.

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But if it is Russian, write it in Russian.

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It's a little step forward.

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маленькая победа русская радио шоу ну а теперь переходим к следующей

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части первого подкаста и эта часть называется что это русское радио

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шоу и так русское радио шоу это видео на ютюбе и подкасты для студентов которые изучают русский язык я думаю

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if your level is A2 and higher, you will understand my videos, my podcast.

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If your level is lower, it will be a little bit difficult.

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The most important thing is that you don't understand 100%.

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Of course, if you understand 100%, then, maybe, this material will be very easy for you.

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But if you You can understand, say, 50%, 60%.

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Maybe you know not all the words, but you can understand them from context.

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You can watch the podcast and watch videos on YouTube.

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Every episode is a small fragment of a real radio show.

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I told you that my mom didn't do the UZI, didn't do the research, when they were watching it.

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Well, then it was like a child, then they still didn't have a child.

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A child in 1982, I don't know. In 1800. In 1882.

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And they thought that they would be a girl who would call it Natasha.

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I already have a phone call.

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Natasha.

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Natasha Griffiths.

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We will talk about the Russian culture, the Russian mentality, the eating, the traditions of not only Russia, but also other countries.

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We will talk with other students who also learn Russian.

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I think it will be interesting.

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In the beginning or the end of each video, I will tell you about interesting phrases or phrases,

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which you hear, see or see or see or see.

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I plan to release a radio show every Friday.

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But if I have more time, I will do it more often.

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How to support this project?

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The best support is your attention, your likes, your comments.

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I do this project with pleasure.

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Remember, I said that it is important to learn a language or something to do in life with pleasure.

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I do it with pleasure, but I'm glad if you, of course, you can support me with your...

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...you can do it, the link you will see below.

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And if this project will really be interesting, if it will be popular,

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I think the project will become more, more interesting and more useful for you.

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I want to say that my subscribers on Patreon will first learn new news,

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first get interesting and useful materials.

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Also, you will find scripts to all the videos that have on the channel.

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And it's very useful to listen, to watch the text, to write script,

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to find words that you don't know and remember them.

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So I'm going to be a fan of my subscribers on Patreon and I'm very grateful for your support.

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This was the first episode, this was a little debut.

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I hope you enjoyed it, I hope you enjoyed it, I hope you didn't have a lot of fun.

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And I want to say that in the next episode of the Russian radio show, the next episode will be in the next week, we will talk about Russian names.

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What Russian names are now very popular?

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What Russian names were popular and popular, for example, 10 years ago.

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This is about the second episode of the Russian radio show in the next week.

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Listen to podcasts, watch videos on YouTube,

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like, comment, ask questions, let's talk about it and let's study Russian.

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I'm Sergei Griffiths.

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See you soon!

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How This Video Boosts Your English Speaking Practice

This video offers a unique opportunity for english speaking practice by blending casual conversation with cultural context. The speaker’s natural, unscripted tone—discussing language learning, gratitude, and inspiration—mimics real-world interactions, making it ideal for shadowing technique practice. Shadowing, where you repeat phrases aloud immediately after hearing them, helps build fluency and confidence. By following the dialogue, you’ll learn to respond naturally in similar situations, whether thanking someone or sharing language learning tips.

Key Grammar & Expressions to Master

The video uses several practical structures that English learners can apply daily:

Present perfect for ongoing actions: "I’ve been thinking about the first program" shows how to describe actions that started in the past and continue. This is essential for discussing long-term projects or experiences.
Causal clauses with "because": "Because these people all the time said..." connects ideas clearly, a common structure in both formal and informal speech. Practicing this helps you explain reasons smoothly.
Recommendations with "I recommend": "If you also learn English, I recommend it" is a simple way to share advice. This phrase is invaluable for giving tips in conversations or writing.

Navigating Pronunciation Challenges

Improve english pronunciation by focusing on these tricky areas from the video:

"Influencer": The stress on the first syllable ("IN-flu-en-cer") is often misplaced. Listen closely to the speaker’s emphasis to avoid common errors.
"Pandemic": The "a" sound in the second syllable ("pan-DEM-ic") can be hard to master. Use shadow speech—repeating the word immediately after the speaker—to nail the rhythm.
"Stand-up": The hyphenated form is pronounced as two separate words ("stand up") but written as one. Pay attention to the natural flow to avoid pausing incorrectly.

For effective practice, use a shadowing site to slow down the audio and repeat phrases until they feel natural. This technique trains your mouth to form sounds correctly and improves your overall intonation.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	If your level is lower, it will be · if I have more time, I will do · if this project will really
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	people who are · people who were · those who are
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is called · are really inspired
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should remember · should study · should be

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →

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