Shadowing Practice: Speak Smooth and Confident English SHADOWING Repeat-After-Me - Learn English Speaking with Video
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All right, here we go.
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English speaking practice.
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We're going to do some repeat after me,
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work on your pronunciation, and then we'll do some shadowing to work on your fluency and overall speaking skills.
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All right, let's do this.
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Here we go.
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Setting goals is a vital skill that plays a key role in personal growth and achieving peak performance.
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Setting goals is a vital skill that plays a key role in personal growth and achieving peak performance.
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Without clear objectives, how will you find direction in life? in life.
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If you're unsure of where you're headed, what does that mean?
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If you don't know where you're going, if you don't know where you're going, if you're unsure where you're headed,
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it's likely that you'll end up end up.
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That means like find.
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Another way to say it is you'll find yourself.
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Likely.
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Probably.
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You will probably find yourself.
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It's likely that you'll end up in a place you'd prefer to avoid.
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You'll end up you'll find yourself somewhere you don't want to be.
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Somewhere you don't want to be?
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In a place you'd, you would, prefer to avoid.
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All right, let's say all of it.
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Ready?
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Here we go.
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If you're unsure of where you're headed, it's likely that you'll end up in a place you'd prefer to avoid.
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If you're unsure of where you're headed, it's likely that you'll end up in a place you'd prefer to avoid.
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End up in a place you'd prefer to avoid.
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Say that again.
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Okay.
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I encourage you to establish daily or short-term goals.
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Again, I encourage you to establish daily or short-term goals.
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I encourage you to establish daily or short-term goals.
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The secret to reaching long-term aspirations is...
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Long-term aspirations.
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For example, English fluency.
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That's a long-term aspiration, right?
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The secret to reaching long-term aspirations is...
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to break them down into manageable steps.
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To break them down into manageable steps.
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Alright, let's say that twice, all of it, two times.
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Ready?
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Here we go.
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The secret to reaching long-term aspirations is to break them down into manageable steps.
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The secret to reaching long-term aspirations is to break them down into manageable steps.
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Think of effective goal setting as climbing a staircase where each step
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represents an action point, a measure of progress.
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Okay, all of it.
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Here we go.
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Think of effective goal setting as climbing a staircase where each step represents an action point,
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a measure of progress.
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Again.
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Think of effective goal setting as climbing a staircase where each step represents an action point, a measure of progress.
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There's a saying that goes Inch by inch is a cinch
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There's a saying A saying is a common phrase that many people say A saying A saying
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There is a saying that goes It goes like this Inch by inch is a cinch Inch by inch is a cinch
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and a cinch means easy to do.
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Inch by inch is easy to do.
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An easy thing to do.
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It's a cinch.
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Ah, it's a cinch.
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It's easy.
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Don't worry about it.
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It's a cinch.
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You can do it.
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Inch by inch.
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Okay, you got it.
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This highlights that tackling things bit by bit All right,
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all of it together, here we go.
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This highlights that tackling things bit by bit makes them much easier to deal with.
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Again, this highlights that tackling things bit by bit makes them much easier to deal with.
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One more time.
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This highlights that tackling things bit by bit makes them much easier to deal with.
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So what are your goals?
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If you lack a clear destination,
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you might find yourself drifting off course.
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If you lack a clear destination, you might find yourself drifting off course.
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If you lack a clear destination, you might find yourself drifting off course.
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Drifting is like floating off course, right?
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You're drifting away, slowly moving in the opposite direction.
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what's your major objective what's your major what's your major objective
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fantastic now let's deconstruct that goal into smaller actionable steps What does deconstruct mean?
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Deconstruct So if you deconstruct something You analyze it You break it down Break it down Deconstruct Analyze
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So let's deconstruct that goal Into smaller Actionable Actionable It means steps that you can take You can take action on it.
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It's actionable.
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Actionable steps are steps that you can take action on.
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Actionable steps.
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All right, all together.
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Ready?
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Fantastic.
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Now let's deconstruct that goal into smaller, actionable steps.
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Again, fantastic.
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Now let's deconstruct that goal into smaller, actionable steps.
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Transform your big goal into micro goals.
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and devote all your energy to achieving the next small baby step.
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All of it.
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Here we go.
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Transform your big goal into micro goals and devote all your energy to achieving the next small baby step.
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Again, transform your big goal into micro goals and devote all your energy to achieving the next small baby step.
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Start by identifying the first domino and knock it down.
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Knock down that first domino.
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This will set off a chain reaction
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Start by identifying the first domino and knock it down.
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This will set off a chain reaction for larger successes.
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Again, start by identifying the first domino and knock it down.
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This will set off a chain reaction for larger successes.
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don't try to leap to the top of the staircase in one go
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in one go is in one attempt in one attempt don't try to all at once in one attempt jump,
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leap to the top of the staircase take it one step at a time All right, together.
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Don't try to leap to the top of the staircase in one go.
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Take it one step at a time.
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Again, don't try to leap to the top of the staircase in one go.
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Take it one step at a time.
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Now, back to you and your goals.
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What's your grand vision?
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What's the next small step you can take?
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Now, back to you and your goals.
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What's your grand vision?
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What's the next small step you can take?
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Again, now, back to you and your goals.
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What's your grand vision?
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That's the next small step you can take.
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Organize those daily and weekly goals and commit to taking consistent action each day.
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Organize those daily and weekly goals and commit to taking consistent action each day.
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I stumbled.
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Let's try again.
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those daily and weekly goals and commit to taking consistent action each day.
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One more time.
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Organize those daily and weekly goals and commit to taking consistent action each day.
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Not just action, consistent action, right?
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All right.
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It's a cinch if you go inch by inch.
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inch by inch is a cinch.
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All right, that's the same thing, right?
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Let's look.
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I want to go back.
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Say it again with me.
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It's a cinch if you go inch by inch.
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Inch by inch is a cinch.
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Okay, I think we got that.
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It's shadowing time.
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It's shadowing time.
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We're going to say it all.
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Read along with me.
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See if you can match my pace, rhythm.
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Here we go.
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Setting goals is a vital skill that plays a key role in personal growth and achieving peak performance.
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Uh-oh.
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Looks like I...
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Okay.
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I set this up differently than I thought.
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So what we're going to do is we're going to say each group two times.
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Okay, we'll do it once with the red and then this, I think.
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I'm sorry.
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Let's keep going.
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Setting goals is a vital skill that plays a key role in personal growth and achieving peak performance.
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Without clear objectives, how will you find direction in life?
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Again, without clear objectives, how will you find direction in life?
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If you're unsure of where you're headed, it's likely that you'll end up in a place you'd prefer to avoid.
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Again, if you're unsure of where you're headed, it's likely that you'll end up in a place you'd prefer to avoid.
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I encourage you to establish daily or short-term goals.
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The secret to reaching long-term aspirations is to break them down into manageable steps.
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Again, the secret to reaching long-term aspirations is to break them down into manageable steps.
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Think of effective goal setting as climbing a staircase where each step represents an action point,
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a measure of progress.
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There's a saying that goes, inch by inch is a cinch.
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This highlights that tackling things bit by bit makes them much easier to deal with.
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So, what are your goals?
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If you lack a clear destination, you might find yourself drifting off course.
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What's your major objective?
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Fantastic.
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Now, let's deconstruct that goal into smaller, actionable steps.
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Transform your big goal into micro goals and devote all your energy to achieving the next small baby step.
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Start by identifying the first domino and knock it down.
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This will set off a chain reaction for larger successes.
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Don't try to leap to the top of the staircase in one go Take it one step at a time Now,
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back to you and your goals What's your grand vision?
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What's the next small step you can take?
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Organize those daily and weekly goals And commit to taking consistent action each day
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It's a cinch if you go inch by inch inch by inch is a cinch.
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Boom.
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Good job.
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Good workout.
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Way to go.
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I made some mistakes there with my slides at the first, but I think we got a good rhythm going there in the end, didn't we?
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All right.
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That's the way.
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You just pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and keep moving forward one step at a time, and you'll eventually get to the promised land that you are seeking.
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All right, get all the steps at EnglishCoachChad.com, and I will see you in the next step.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Speak Smooth and Confident English SHADOWING Repeat-After-Me”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: goal, step, inch, cinch, action. This video has 188 sentences and 1653 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:27. The speaker talks slowly, about 100 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cinch noun | /sɪntʃ/ | A simple saddle girth used in Mexico. |
| actionable adjective | /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/ | Able to be acted on; able to be used as the basis for taking action. |
| deconstruct verb | /ˌdikənˈstɹʌkt/ | To break something down into its component parts. |
| staircase noun | /ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/ | A flight of stairs; a stairway. |
| aspiration noun | /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/ | The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and… |
| manageable adjective | /ˈmænəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/ | Capable of being managed or controlled. |
| unsure adjective | uncertain, ambivalent. | |
| drift noun | /dɹɪft/ | Anything driven at random. |
| domino noun | /ˈdɑməˌnoʊ/ | A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. |
| leap verb | /ˈliːp/ | To jump. |
| tackle verb | /ˈtækəl/ | To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them. |
| highlight verb | /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/ | To make prominent; emphasize. |
| devote verb | /dɪˈvəʊt/ | to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate. |
| microwave noun | /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/ | An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves. |
| organize verb | /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ | To arrange in working order. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| drift off verb | To fall asleep slowly. |
| set off verb | To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip. |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. |
| knock down verb | To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls. |
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- If you're unsure of where you're headed, what does that mean?
- Somewhere you don't want to be?
- What's your grand vision?
- What's the next small step you can take?
- What's your major objective?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might find |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | we'll do · will you · you'll end |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | you're going · You're drifting · are seeking |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | We're going to do · We're going to say |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 50 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, you'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: actionable /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: actionable /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, manageable /ˈmænəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like cinch, actionable, deconstruct.
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.