Prática de Shadowing: Improve Your English Each Week With These 5 Tips! - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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So, as many of you know, I am a native English speaker, but I also have taken the time to learn the French language.
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What I've noticed, though, is when you learn a language, if you don't regularly practice that language, if you don't do some reading and writing and speaking throughout the week, you start to forget things.
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This doesn't happen for me in English because as a native speaker, I get to speak English all the time.
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I'm always practicing. But if I don't take the time to practice my French, I start to forget things.
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So in this English lesson, I'm going to tell you the top five things I do each week to help me remember the French that I've learned in the past, the things I do to practice it each week.
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And you can use the same five techniques to help you with your English.
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So we're going to do these in reverse order.
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I'm going to start with number five, and I'll work my way up to the best piece of advice that I can give you.
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So let's start with number five.
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Number five is reading.
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In particular, I like reading books.
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And more specifically, I like reading books in my target language that I've already read in my native language.
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If you don't know those two terms, your target language is the language you're learning, and your native language is the language that you've been speaking since you were a little kid.
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I like doing this for two reasons.
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When I read a book in my target language that I've already read in my native language, number one, I know I'm already going to enjoy the book.
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I've already read it maybe five or ten years ago.
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And number two, I already know most of the story and the names of the characters.
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So as I'm reading in my target language, my brain can kind of fill in the blanks when I'm reading passages where I maybe don't recognize all the words.
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So number five, working our way backwards.
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Number five, the fifth most important thing for me to practice my target language is definitely to read books.
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So the fourth thing that I would recommend and something that I do is to watch a lot of television shows in your target language.
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I do this a lot.
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I'm a little bit of a TV addict.
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I'm not sure why.
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Maybe it's because I watched a lot of TV with my dad when I was a kid.
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I just naturally like watching TV.
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So it's really easy for me to watch TV in my target language.
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The Internet makes this really easy, by the way, it's much easier to find TV shows in the language you're trying to learn.
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And one of the reasons I like TV shows is I like the characters.
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I like following the story of a character through one episode and an entire season and sometimes multiple seasons.
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It's really fun to get to know the people in the show, and you also then train your ear to understand that person.
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So the fourth thing that I do quite regularly is I watch a lot of television in my target language.
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Okay, here we go.
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Number three, watch a lot of YouTube videos.
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Now, I know I'm a youtuber, and you might feel like I'm just trying to get you to watch more of my YouTube videos, but that's not the point here.
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The point is I find YouTube to be an amazing tool.
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It's amazing for learning a language.
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You can find YouTube videos that actually teach you the language.
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You can find YouTube videos on subjects that you are interested in.
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You can do a lot of watching and a lot of learning, not just of your target language, but of things you wanted to know anyways.
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So for me, number three, watch a lot of YouTube videos.
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Watch YouTube videos that specifically teach you the language you are learning, but also watch YouTube videos that you're just interested in.
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Maybe you want to learn how to make a pie.
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Maybe you want to learn how to take care of puppies because your dog just had puppies.
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Find YouTube videos in your target language and watch them.
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Number two, listen to a lot of music.
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I love listening to French music, and you should love listening to English music.
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One of the coolest things about music is A) it usually makes you feel really good.
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Sometimes it has a good beat, or when you finally understand the lyrics, it has a good message, but it also is something that you don't mind doing over and over again.
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I have a great playlist in my target language that I listen to quite regularly.
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In fact, I will listen to it before I do what's number one on the list?
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Because it puts my brain into that language.
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It's really, really helpful.
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So number two, something you should be doing a lot of.
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Listen to a ton of music.
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And here we go.
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Number one, find a speaking partner.
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I cannot emphasize this enough.
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Nothing will improve your language faster or better than having a regular meeting with a speaking partner.
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I don't know if this is a scientific fact.
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Sorry, I said it like it was some sort of fact.
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For me, the number one thing, the best thing I can do to get better in my target language, to speak French better, is to meet with my French speaking partner, which I'm starting again this Wednesday.
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I'm pretty excited to talk to them again.
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If you don't have an English speaking partner, do whatever you can to find one.
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I cannot once again emphasize enough how important it is to have a speaking partner.
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It just works wonders.
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It makes you work harder during the week, as you know that meeting is approaching.
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In fact, Vanessa mentioned this in her video a week and a half ago, the video that I was in.
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I'll put a link up here. At the very end, she talks about how if you know you're going to have a conversation, you do more reading, you listen to more music, you watch more TV because you want to have things to talk about when you meet with that person.
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Anyways, thanks for watching this short English lesson.
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I hope it gave you a little bit of advice for things you can do to improve your English studying and the things you can do to maintain the English you've already learned.
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Give me a thumbs up, leave a comment below and have a good day. Bye.

Contexto & Antecedentes

O aprendizado de uma nova língua, como o inglês, pode ser desafiador, especialmente se não houver prática regular. No vídeo, o falante, um nativo do inglês que também está aprendendo francês, compartilha suas experiências e estratégias que utiliza semanalmente para manter suas habilidades linguísticas afiadas. A mensagem principal é que, independentemente do idioma que você está aprendendo, a prática consistente é fundamental para não esquecer o que foi aprendido. Para isso, ele apresenta cinco dicas valiosas que podem ser aplicadas tanto por falantes de francês quanto por estudantes de inglês.

Top 5 Dicas para a Prática Diária

  • Leitura: Leia livros em inglês que você já leu em português. Isso ajudará a preencher as lacunas de vocabulário enquanto você desfruta da história.
  • Assistir Séries: Consuma programas de televisão em inglês. A narrativa e os personagens vão te ajudar a entender o contexto e melhorar sua escuta.
  • Vídeos no YouTube: Encontre vídeos que ensinam inglês ou que abordam assuntos do seu interesse. Isso torna o aprendizado mais prazeroso e relevante.
  • Música: Ouça músicas em inglês. Compreender as letras não só melhora sua compreensão auditiva, mas também torna o aprendizado divertido.
  • Conversação: Pratique a conversação regularmente. Tente se engajar em conversas em inglês com amigos ou em grupos de estudo.

Guia de Shadowing Passo a Passo

O método de shadowing é uma técnica eficaz para melhorar suas habilidades de fala e audição em inglês. Aqui está um guia passo a passo sobre como aplicá-lo baseado nas dicas do vídeo:

  1. Escolha do Material: Comece selecionando um vídeo de YouTube ou uma música em inglês que você goste. O material deve ser interessante e estar no nível adequado para você.
  2. Escuta Atenta: Ouça primeiro sem tentar falar. Foca em captar a pronúncia e o ritmo da fala.
  3. Repetição: Escute novamente, mas desta vez, tente repetir a fala enquanto ouve. Isso é o que chamamos de shadow speech.
  4. Tempo para Praticar: Dedique de 15 a 30 minutos diariamente para essa prática. Usar um shadowing site pode facilitar a sua rotina de prática.
  5. Feedback: Grave suas repetições e escute-as para observar melhorias. Isso ajuda a entender sua pronúncia e fluência ao longo do tempo.

Implementando essas dicas e a técnica de shadowing em inglês, você não só expandirá seu vocabulário, mas também ganhará confiança ao falar. Use essas estratégias constantemente para melhorar sua prática de conversação em inglês e se tornar mais fluente.

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.