Shadowing Practice: When an Interview Turns into Laughter 😄Featuring Reshma Ma’am!❤️ @EnglishYaari - Learn English Speaking with Video

hello good morning hello good morning how are you i'm doing fantastic thank you

so much for asking how are you doing i'm doing equally

fantastic i would say how's the weather treating you it's getting pretty chilly there no no not too chilly

but a pleasant one i would say it's sunny and bright today

but yes i'm habitual to these sweaters layering up

and everything i feel cozy comfortable yes exactly

so how was your day going all good all good i was just waiting for this session

and uh you know the topic was really boring

so i was planning some questions for today

so you did you get a bunch of questions to ask

or are you still uh in a dilemma with it no

no i am crystal clear with my questions now like this is something really interesting i'm not sure

if you're going to find it as interesting

but I'm going to interview you today oh great yes are you excited very much excited

and still very you know curious about the questions

that you're going to ask me let's see if I can crack it

or not then yeah let's see

so yes these are going to be simple questions like the way people ask in podcast

and everything right so I've got some inspiration from podcast usually like whatever we see okay

so shall we start bring it on i am

so excited all right i'm nervous also

so uh you need not to be like just go with the flow yes okay

so my first question is how are you feeling being on

sunita's english adventure oh very excited very very very excited

because i've seen a lot of videos of yours

so i'm always fascinated about the videos

and fascinated about how well you handle everything

so yes are you a fan very much i i

because i i i can also understand

that a lot of learners are also a big time fan of yours you know

so that attention with english

so it's it's become a viral sensation right now where people come

and basically i also got to know that you're indirectly promoting me also with

that because i get a lot of you your video

and they come mom we saw your video with sunita mom it was really great

so i also become happy along with that excited as well

so yeah amazing that's that's so generous of you that you said

that you are also a fan but i don't know the backstory

but yes it feels so good when people say that

because your videos are doing exceptionally good and i'm i'm also very proud

that you're a learner of mine yes which keeps me going on yes

so have you given any kind of interviews on any channels before this uh not exactly no i don't think

so i've given other than for job applications i don't think i've given all right

so the excitement is same like the way you

uh get the kind of excitement when you give interviews for your jobs

and now it's a journal interview for audience exactly

so do you find any kind of difference in the excitement um yeah

so when when it comes to job application we are more tense

because this is going to decide if we are in

or not so that tension is different and this is more of like an excitement with nervousness so So that's also different.

This is like, it doesn't have any, you know, end result or anything of that sort.

But still, when you hear the word questions itself, it's, it slightly brings a nerve break into us.

Yes, same here.

Exactly.

Same here.

But it feels so great that I'm on the other side of the table.

So I'm quite at a relaxing state today.

Yes.

So yes, our audience wants to know who is Reshma as a person.

Hmm.

Okay, so I think Reshma as a person has changed a lot over the years.

She's been different from the beginning till now.

Very different person.

Taking into consideration my childhood, I think I was a very introverted.

But at the same time, I was very friendly also.

From what my parents used to tell me.

I was not very rude or you know, I used to go on.

But I was hesitant to come up and talk.

That was the only thing that was pulling me back.

But then I took English as my best friend.

And that's how I started growing up.

I had a lot of journey.

I had a lot of ups and downs throughout the journey.

I was not good academically.

So I think I gave a big tough time to my parents.

But then eventually, I did achieve a lot of things which was not achieved by a lot of people of my age.

Even like when your relatives comes in, there's a lot of comparison that happens in between families, right?

So I was a black sheep in the family for all that.

But then I started proving myself

or proving out to people after I took up this as my main subject during my bachelor's.

I started talking to a lot of people and then I realized only if I come up, I'll be seen or heard to a certain extent or else I'll be just shut down forever.

So I think during my bachelor's, I stood up for my union.

I stood up as a candidate for the union.

That's when I started talking that's the first time

when i opened up and spoke to a lot of people in front of me

so reshma as a person was different in different stages of her life

but then currently i would say i'm loving what i'm doing

right now this particular language has made me grow into who i am right now

yes thank you thank you so much for sharing your story with us

and i would say it's surprising and shocking at the same time

because people have this preconceived notion that if If someone is speaking really fluently, so they must have had a smooth journey.

They must be speaking English from the very beginning and must be privileged to have the surroundings and everything.

But your story is really inspiring.

Thank you for sharing that.

And you're not only beautiful inside and out, I would say, but you're also a YouTube sensation because people love your natural presence on YouTube, I must say.

So what do you think?

What is that unique thing in you that sets you apart from other tutors on YouTube?

So I don't know much about a lot of other tutors, but from the things that I've said and from my learners feedback also,

they've told me that there are three things that have told me one

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that I'm very approachable person

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because I don't I make them comfortable in the beginning itself

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like I'm very friendly I talk openly I'm always you know chit-chatting with them like a friend

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that is something that I do another thing what I felt

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that my learners pointed out in me is

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that I correct every single sentence of yes every single word is being corrected by me

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so I think that is something which takes a lot of effort to do

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and takes a lot of practice also to you know

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notify them on each and everything that you're making mistaken

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and i think there's a bunch of learners who likes having

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that you know pointing out their mistakes each and every mistakes

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and helping them to come over with that yeah i think that's something

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that makes me stand out is and that's not something

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that i have got it from my side it's something

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that my learners have told me that from yes other

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because learners have the choice to choose their tutors right they totally have the platform to choose their tutors

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so the learners who come back to me come back to me

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because of this is what they have told me right right

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but yeah what i believe is

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that everybody has a different style of teaching you can't just

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feel like everybody's the same everybody's unique there are individual differences

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the way i speak might not be the way the other person speaks

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and the way i teach my teaching style my methodology would be totally different from others

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so everybody is unique everybody's doing a great job

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but this is what makes me unique is what i feel right

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and i've got a really funny example here like shashi tharoor he is an epitome of vocabulary words

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and so but i would never like to be taught by him he doesn't give

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that vibe you know the friendly kind of vibe like the

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way you give like from my own lens also i can say i find you friendly i find your uh

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english really natural the way native speakers speak

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so i'm actually into this i'm not into advanced vocabulary words

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a lot of idioms a lot of heavy words something

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that people can't understand most of the people can't understand

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so i'm not into this so i'm able to resonate with you

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or whatever you talk whatever you discuss you discuss i feel

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that whatever is there inside your mind you simply speak it

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out it's not um what do you say sugar coated kind of you know

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yes that definitely stands you uh among stands you out among other tutors

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but other tutors are also nice yes yeah that's what i

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said everybody's unique they have a different style of learning there are a lot of learners who come

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and tell me this mom was really good her way of

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asking questions was good the way they put up a role play was

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so i get compliments about it most of the tutors

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that they've been through and i feel happy about that

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because everybody's taking their effort everybody's doing whatever they can from

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so that's equally important you know instead of judging people you

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can say yeah she's different her way of style is different my way of style is different

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and that's good to hear also yes good to hear

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that okay you both are the same what's the difference good to hear

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that you both are very different your style is different my style is Yes.

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And that's what I've also realized lately that you need to be comfortable in your own style.

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And that's when you can give the most to your students, right?

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When you're comfortable in your own way of teaching.

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But if you try to copy others, you can't give them the originality right that's

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that is something they can get on any other platform as well exactly amazing i'm

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so glad that i came across your profile

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and we met i'm also glad

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that you came across my profile very very much thankful to you for all

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that because you know you being a viral sensation you being a youtuber it's not

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that you come across a lot of people like that right

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so you taking an initiative to come to my session has helped me in a lot of ways

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so I'm really grateful and thankful to you also

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but I'm equally grateful

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because I'm adding a lot of new things learnings to my speaking as well

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so it's a win-win yes it's something

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that you take for both sides right right

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so my next question is what advice would you like to give to your learners who look up to you

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and who want to speak confidently like you okay

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so the one thing that i have learned throughout my journey is confidence is something

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that you can do or get with a lot of practice and for

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that you need to interact with a lot of people like i said i was a very introverted person

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but then the moment i stepped in to take something

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that i love that is during my bachelor's i took english language

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and literature so at

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that time obviously i had to speak speak with a lot

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of people there was a lot of programs in my colleges So I had to come up.

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Otherwise, I would be the backbencher throughout my life.

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I was a backbencher till I got into bachelors.

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But then I didn't, I wouldn't say that I went to the first bench or anything like that.

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But I was in middle.

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I didn't want to be the first or the last.

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I just wanted to be in the middle.

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So for people who are looking for confidence, who want to boost up their confidence, one thing that I would always suggest is speak a lot.

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Speak a lot, interact with a lot of people, make sure.

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And I think this platform is the best platform for that

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because you get to choose your tutors

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and every day you talk it's it's more like you're talking with somebody

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so you get to know that this is what happens

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and this is how it works and i tell all my learners

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if you have a problem with confidence first thing you need to learn is to hide your confidence confidence

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or fear doesn't go off for me also even

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if you ask me to speak with a big crowd all of a sudden i would be tense even

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if i'm prepared i would be tense but it's all about covering it and for

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that you need to talk to a lot of people to

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become somebody like me like you said this that's not something

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that is you know achievable

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because everybody's different you can't be like me i can't be like

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but you can learn from me and see

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if it works for you i tell my learners all this tips are something

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that everybody can give but it's all about trying those

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and seeing if it works for you that's something

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that i've also learned see my teachers used to give me a lot of tips

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and in this platform also i can watch a lot of videos

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and simply pour out tips to you but that's not thing that's not something

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that i would like to do

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because i've also been through it i have experience i take

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tips from videos i experience it i try it out for

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myself then i tell my learners i don't pour it out like

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that because that's not right from my side i love this job i love what i'm doing right now

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so i don't want to do something just for the sake

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of doing it i want to do it from my heart

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because this is something

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that i love to do i don't want to waste on

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it i keep working every single day on this every single time

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when some look there's another plus point in this platform also

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you get to learn a lot of things from the learners

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also i learned a lot of things from my learners

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so it's basically a learning process for everybody for me

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or you even if i'm an experienced person

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or a professional professional in this i it's not

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that I stopped learning I'm still learning

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and from this platform I can say I can truly say 50% I've learned from my learners a lot

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so it's a give and take policy so for me that's something

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that works throughout I'm so very impressed I must say because you know every expert go through

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these kind of emotions nervousness then hesitation

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and then they become expert at certain point in time

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but they conceal these things from their audience their learners they always show

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that we were always confident but how amazingly you told about all these things

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that you have experienced in your own life

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and you want to convey the same idea to your learners also

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that these things are going to be there the fear the

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hesitation the underconfidence it is always going to be there

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but you have to face it right to overcome it it's all about hiding it yeah

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so i had a learner before your session

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and i told him he he's a very cheerful person he

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always smiles okay there's no there's not even one session where i've never seen him not smiling

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so he told me

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that he has confidence issues he's not he's very under confident sometimes he gets nervous

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when he talks to tutors so then i realized

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and i said i never noticed that because he's always smiling

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and then i told him you have a plus point in you you're able to hide your fear

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which is a very good thing for you

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so he then only he realized oh yeah i can actually do

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that why am i under confident there and he told me

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that okay mom you made me realize something

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that i have a plus in me and that is and

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that and i told him that was there throughout your life it's just

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that you didn't realize it you just wanted somebody to come

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and tell you this is where your confident lies

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or this is your plus point so it's all about

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that you just have to learn how to hide it nervousness is not something

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that goes off every time you talk to a new person

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some sort of nervousness will be there what do i talk

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with him how can i talk to him how can i handle her what do i tell them

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so these are all questions that goes through everybody's head

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so it's quite natural yes yes

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and here you broke the biggest myth i would say

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that people say that i need to stay confident throughout my life

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and that's not true right that's not completely true i would

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say no right you will have to like i was also feeling nervous before this session

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that the topic is really boring the what should i do so i found a solution

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that's all it's all about you

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so there was a nervousness yes it's all about bringing out the things

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that you have inside but at the same time you get to break those stereotypes also

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yes yes amazing so uh my last question

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because we are running out of time if you were not a trainer what would you be today

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that's a question that nobody has asked me

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but still i think i would be i would have three

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options one i think i would have been a dancer i

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love dancing i love bringing out the talent inside me sometimes

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but i don't show out to people a lot i think

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if i had had a chance to show it out

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and bring out i think i would have become a good dancer someone secondly i think uh i love cooking

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i i love baking i love cooking a lot i love cooking for people whom i love

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so that is something that that was genuine yeah i i love doing it

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and that's something that i also like other than

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that i think i would have stuck in this language also

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but maybe a different profession maybe as a coach in a communication

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or an interview prep person i don't know i'm still in a dilemma

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but these two things i think i would have become

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if not teaching but i think i've always been passionate about teaching this is something like

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and english also learning new things in in English is something that fascinates me still.

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Yes, learning never ends.

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Like we have chosen this profession.

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And I'm also grateful that learning never ends here.

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So you keep on brainstorming, you keep on learning, it goes and goes on and on.

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So it's really great about this field, especially language field.

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Yes, yes.

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And it's an endless day.

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Even if you achieve certain things in this language, vocabulary is something that doesn't stop.

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Because every day you're learning new words there's no end to

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it one word you learn you'll be like okay i've not

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i've finished learning no that's not the end it's just become

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the journey towards getting to know a lot of words right

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so it keeps happening that way plus it evolves over time

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so you have to keep yourself updated yes right that's that's about the learning process right it never ends even

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if you get out of college even

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if you go out of education you're still learning certain things right yes yes okay

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so before we sign off what one advice would you like to give to our viewers

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regarding english yes regarding english anything anything whatever you like

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so it's all it's all about taking your first step once you take

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that step you've achieved everything in your life so nervousness is something

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that happens but try to break from it take one step

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and then you'll start becoming confident it's all about that one step that you take in your life amazing

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So whoever is viewing yours, one thing that I would like to say is this, don't hesitate.

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Don't think about anything else.

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Think about yourself.

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Keep yourself as a priority more than anybody else.

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Nobody is going to stand for you.

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You'll be alone throughout.

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So for that, bring out yourself first and then think about others.

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Your words really struck a chord inside me, I must say.

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And I'm feeling so grateful that we did this today.

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Yes, I also feel grateful.

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I opened up about a lot of things.

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Right right so thank you for bringing up this opportunity for interviewing me

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and bringing out a lot that i've forgotten way before thank you

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so much for that thanks to you too i'm equally happy and uh

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yes we are running out of time no yes okay thank you

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so much have a wonderful evening take care thank you bye take care

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Who Will Benefit from This Video?

This video is perfect for intermediate English learners aiming to master conversational fluency and interview skills. Whether you’re prepping for job interviews or casual discussions, the natural back-and-forth between the speakers models real-world communication—ideal for practicing shadow speak (repeating phrases aloud to mimic rhythm and tone). Beginners can also gain confidence from the simple, relatable dialogue, while advanced learners will appreciate the nuanced emotional expressions, like balancing excitement and nervousness.

Words & Idioms Worth Stealing

Crystal clear: Completely clear or understandable. Example: "I’m crystal clear with my questions now."
Go with the flow: To adapt to a situation without stress. Example: "You need not be nervous—just go with the flow."
Viral sensation: Something that becomes extremely popular online quickly. Example: "Your focus on English has become a viral sensation."
Exceptionally good: Extremely well-done. Example: "Your videos are doing exceptionally good."

These phrases add color to everyday speech and are easy to integrate into your own conversations.

How to Get the Accent Right

To nail the pronunciation in this video, focus on intonation—the rise and fall of the voice that conveys emotion. Notice how the speakers stress words like "fantastic" and "excited" to emphasize positivity. For improve English pronunciation, practice shadowspeak by pausing the video and repeating short segments, matching the speed and rhythm. Pay attention to reduced forms, such as "you’re" instead of "you are" and "i’m" instead of "I am," which make speech sound more natural. Also, mimic the warm, friendly tone—key for building connection in interviews or casual chats. With consistent shadow speech practice, you’ll soon sound more confident and native-like.

Use this video as a tool to bridge the gap between classroom learning and real-life communication—your next conversation (or interview!) will thank you.

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 I come up, I'll be · if i'm prepared i would be
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true	used to tell · used to go · used to give
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	i've seen · i've given · has changed
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was not achieved · be seen · must be privileged

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 →