Shadowing Practice: Speaking With The Mind | Neuralink - Learn English Speaking with Video

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In a few words, tell me what you're calling about.
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I didn't quite catch that.
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Can you try asking in a different way?
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Terry is an extrovert.
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He loves to talk and it is heartbreaking to see what he's going through.
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That's part of his identity that now is no longer there because of the ALS.
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He had made partner relatively recently at his company and was really enjoying kind of the apex of his career.
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It was becoming difficult to communicate with his clients as well as with his peers at work.
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He would come home from a business dinner and his speech would get slurred.
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And at first I would joke with him, I'm like, oh, how much wine did you have with dinner?
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And he would look at me and go, I didn't have any wine.
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He unfortunately was placed on long -term disability and retired from his career that he was enjoying.
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He's getting to a point where I'm having trouble understanding more and more of what he's saying on a regular basis.
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That's one of my biggest fears is that I'll lose that ability to communicate with him and know instinctively what he's needing.
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You know, it takes a while to digest that and learning more about the condition.
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And we finally hit a point where, okay, you know, we've kind of made peace, this is the diagnosis, what can we still do and how can we still be happy and thrive?
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Terry will be the third participant in the Neuralink voice study.
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The more we learned about the study and what this would mean to him, it just seems like it's a no -brainer.
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He needs to have his voice, and this can give him that.
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At that point, I was all in and said, sure, let's go for it.
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first we're going to connect to your implant
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and use this to look at some of the signals
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that it's producing and we'll see if there's any modulation
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when you try
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and think about doing different actions every row on this view is one channel on the implant
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and so there's 3 000 of those channels in this implant
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and so as this thing sweeps across it's populating new data in each column
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And so this is a real -time view of the neural signals.
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Wow!
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One thing you can try to do is we can try and get these to light up a little bit.
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Since we implanted this in the speech motor region, if you try and think or attempt speaking, we might be able to see some modulation.
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So now, do you want to try and give this a hello world?
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Okay, that's pretty wonderful.
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Wow!
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Yeah.
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this is already super exciting to see like how much activity lights up
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when you try and do different things next thing we want to do is collect data
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and we'll actually build a decoder taking your neural signals
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and translating them into your intended speech you'll see a sentence on the screen
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and you'll attempt the best you can to speak
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that sentence our understanding doesn't matter all that matters are your brain signals and your intention Make sense?
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Okay, let's do this.
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You'll start with this, it'll turn blue, you'll say what you want to say, then you'll press this button, and that will say it out loud through the computer speakers.
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Sound good?
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And press that top blue.
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Hello, how are you doing today?
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You just got your wife's back.
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That impact of giving him his speech back has been remarkable.
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Giving him a piece of his life back that is just such an integral part of him.
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Neuralink has given me back my voice do you have more information about
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that great thank you this works
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really really well with ALS you start learning about what your priorities are
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and it does put a lot of things into perspective what this means for him
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and for us It's something
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that I know I took for granted to just be able to have a conversation with my husband.
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This means the world to us to be able to have that communication back.
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That was a total game changer.
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Is that all your brainwaves?
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Oh my gosh, that is so cool.
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Oh, oh, oh, what is this?
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What?
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Wait, you're syncing the words?
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And they're popping up?
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I, I love you.
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Oh, gosh.
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Getting back to normal life is what having Neuralink is all about.
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Boost Your Speaking Skills with This Neuralink Clip: Perfect for IELTS Practice!

This video isn’t just about technology—it’s a goldmine for English learners aiming to master real-world communication. The dialogue focuses on clear, intentional speech, making it ideal for hitting that fluency milestone where you can convey complex ideas with confidence—key for IELTS speaking practice and everyday interactions.

Phrase Bank: Reusable Expressions to Elevate Your Speech

  • “I didn’t quite catch that. Can you try asking in a different way?” – Great for polite clarification.
  • “With change comes opportunity” – A powerful phrase for discussing challenges.
  • “It takes a while to digest that” – Perfect for talking about processing difficult news.
  • “That’s a no brainer” – Informal but useful for emphasizing obvious decisions.

These phrases work in professional and personal settings—start using them today to sound more natural!

Fix Your Weak Spots: Pronunciation & Rhythm with the Shadowing Technique

The video’s slow, deliberate speech (especially during the neural signal tests) is ideal for practicing the shadowing technique. Here’s how: Play a short clip, pause, and repeat it immediately, mimicking the tone, stress, and pauses. This trains your mouth to form English sounds correctly and improves your rhythm—critical for improving English pronunciation. For extra practice, use a shadowing app (like Shadowspeak) to record yourself and compare it to the original. Focus on sentences like “A leather handbag would be a suitable gift” to master tricky words like “leather” and “suitable.” With consistent practice, you’ll notice your speech becoming clearer and more confident—perfect for acing that IELTS exam or connecting with others!

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 →