Prática de Shadowing: American English Connected Reading | IELTS Topic: Describe an occasion when you lost sth - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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Hey, what's up?
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It's Alex.
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Today, I'd like to look at the connected sounds in a short text to answer the question, describe an occasion when you lost something.
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Let's take a look.
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It's funny.
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The first thing that comes to mind isn't something very expensive.
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It's funny.
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When you begin a sentence with the word it's, I sometimes notice that people completely drop the i part,
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and they just begin with it's funny, it's funny, it's funny.
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They kind of connect the it's to the next word.
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It's funny.
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Now this doesn't always happen.
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If someone's speaking a little bit more clearly, they wouldn't do this, and it wouldn't happen quite so obviously in the middle of a sentence.
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It's funny, the first thing that comes to mind, the first thing, you know, the t in first thing gets deleted,
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the first thing that comes to mind, that, the T in that, turns into a glottal stop, that, that comes to mind,
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isn't something very expensive, isn't, the T in isn't also turns into a glottal stop, isn't something, isn't something.
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And now if I say this faster, I might say isn't something, and remove the T entirely, no glottal stop, isn't something, isn't something.
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Or if I'm speaking a little slower and clearer, I'll say isn't something.
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Isn't something with a glottal stop.
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But I just happen to have.
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But I just happen to have.
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But I, that T in but turns into a tap before I, and the T in just gets deleted because it's in front of a consonant.
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Just happen.
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But I just happen to have.
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But I just happen to have a very strong memory about it. About it.
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Here about that T turns into a tap. About it. About it.
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I was waiting for a bus.
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I was waiting for a bus once. For a.
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Here for a turns into for a.
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I was waiting for a for a bus once and I left some sunglasses.
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An-ni.
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That D in and disappears a lot of a time.
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And I, and I, and I left some.
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So here the T in left some gets removed.
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Left some sunglasses.
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And I left some sunglasses on the bench.
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On the, on the bench.
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That N and TH connect together.
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On the bench.
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Once I was in the bus and driving away, in the bus, just like on the, we connect in the.
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The N and TH connect together.
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In the bus and driving away.
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Here, and, because it's between two consonants, we remove the A and the D sounds.
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N driving becomes bus and driving.
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Once I was in the bus and driving away, bus and driving away, it's just an N sound.
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I saw them out the window.
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Now here, I saw them.
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That's a little bit extra clear.
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We could say, I saw him.
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I saw him out the window.
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Saw him.
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We could remove the th entirely.
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That's okay.
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I saw him out the window.
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Here, out the, we connect that sound together, and you could think of it as a glottal stop plus th,
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out the, or you could think of it as the t connecting into th, out the.
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Both are fine.
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I saw him out the window and knew they were gone forever.
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Window, new.
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Here, window.
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Well, this consonant's a little bit softer than s, so we have a little bit of an e sound.
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Window, and it's not just an end sound.
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So I'm removing the d.
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It's not just window, n, new.
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It's window, when, when, when.
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So we have a small uh sound.
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Window-wen-nu.
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Now the d gets removed.
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Window-wen-nu.
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And the two n sounds, after the d gets removed, the two n sounds get connected.
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And new they were gone forever.
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It's been almost 15 years.
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Almost 15?
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The t disappears between s and f.
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Almost 15 years since then.
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And I still try to take.
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And I still...
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We remove the D in AND I.
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And I still try to take.
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Here to gets reduced quite a lot.
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Try to.
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Try to.
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That T is kind of a very light dd sound.
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Try to.
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Try to take.
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And the vowel is reduced too.
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Try to take better care of my sunglasses.
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Here of turns into uh before an M sound.
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Better care of my sunglasses.
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care of my sunglasses.
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It's funny, the first thing that comes to mind isn't something very expensive, but I just happen to have a very strong memory about it.
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I was waiting for a bus once and I left some sunglasses on the bench.
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Once I was in the bus and driving away, I saw them out the window and knew they were gone forever.
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It's been almost 15 years since then, and I still try to take better care of my sunglasses.

Contexto & Antecedentes

O vídeo apresentado por Alex explora como os sons conectados na língua inglesa podem influenciar a fluência e compreensão oral, especialmente para aqueles que se preparam para exames como o IELTS. Através de um relato pessoal sobre a perda de um objeto, Alex demonstra como pequenas mudanças na pronúncia e na ligação entre palavras podem facilitar a comunicação em inglês. Essa abordagem prática é fundamental para todos que desejam aprender inglês com YouTube e aprimorar suas habilidades em prática de conversação em inglês.

Top 5 Frases para Comunicação Diária

  • “It’s funny…” - Uma expressão comum que pode iniciar histórias ou relatos divertidos.
  • “The first thing that comes to mind…” - Útil para compartilhar pensamentos iniciais sobre um tema.
  • “Isn’t something very expensive…” - Uma maneira de expressar que o que foi perdido não tinha alto valor financeiro.
  • “I left some sunglasses…” - Um exemplo claro que pode ser usado em situações cotidianas.
  • “Out the window…” - Uma frase simples que descreve uma ação comum.

Guia Passo a Passo de Shadowing

Para praticar a técnica de shadow speak e melhorar sua fluência em inglês, siga este guia baseado no vídeo:

  1. Escolha um excerto: Selecione uma parte do vídeo onde Alex contém um relato claro e pessoal.
  2. Ouça atentamente: Preste atenção aos sons conectados e como as palavras se ligam durante o discurso.
  3. Reproduza em voz alta: Tente repetir as frases, imitando a entonação e a velocidade do falante. Aqui, a técnica de shadowing em inglês é essencial.
  4. Identifique os padrões de redução: Observe como certas consoantes ou vogais são omitidas quando um falante está em uma conversa mais rápida.
  5. Pratique regularmente: A repetição é a chave. Incorpore essas frases em sua prática de conversação diária.

Utilizando essa abordagem, você não só melhorará sua pronúncia, mas também ganhará confiança em sua capacidade de se comunicar em inglês de maneira mais eficaz. Lembre-se, a prática constante é fundamental para o sucesso, e cada novo vídeo pode ser uma oportunidade para aprender e aplicar novas técnicas de comunicação.

O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.