Shadowing Practice: What reading ACTUALLY does to your brain - Learn English Speaking with Video
Ders oluşturuluyor...
1
We've all heard that reading is good for you and have probably done a fair bit of it.
2
Well, most of us.
3
But did you know that reading can actually change your brain?
4
Today we're going to take a look at some science and talk about five ways that reading rewires your brain.
5
Let's get into it.
6
The internet is where most of us get our news, connect with our friends and family, and stay on top of the latest trends and memes.
7
And while it's improved our short-term memory and our ability to multitask, it's also unfortunately split our attention.
8
And it's not just the internet, the pace of movies is faster than it used to be, and even the music industry has seen a change with songs decreasing about 30 seconds in length over the past two decades.
9
It's no wonder there's a public perception that our ability to concentrate has worsened.
10
Books have a sequential narrative style with a beginning, middle, and end.
11
This gives us the ability to improve our attention span by encouraging our brains to also think in a sequence.
12
As a result, we spend more time processing the narrative
13
and thinking about the complex layers of stories and how they all fit together.
14
The act of reading increases the capacity for longer attention spans, especially in children.
15
Reading has the ability to put you into a character's shoes both literally and figuratively.
16
Reading fiction, specifically literary fiction, which is a bit more active than genre fiction, presses us to search for meaning
17
and to produce our own perspectives on both the story itself and the complex characters they tend to feature.
18
Literary fiction tends to paint a more complex picture of social interactions, and since those stories have a bigger focus on the characters over the plot,
19
reading those works helps us develop complexity to the degree that we analyze the thoughts and feelings of other people, their behaviors, and our society in general.
20
Literary fiction in particular pushes us to assess others as unique individuals, to withhold some of our judgment, and to think more deeply about the world and the people around us.
21
Looking at the literal side of reading putting us into a character's shoes, it's been shown that reading increases activity in the brain's left temporal cortex.
22
This area of the brain is associated with receptivity for language and primary sensory motor activity.
23
Neurons in this region have been associated with tricking the brain into thinking that it's doing something that it's not, which is something known as grounded or embodied cognition.
24
So if you're reading about a main character running away from something or someone, neurons associated with the physical act of running are actually activated.
25
And this isn't a short term thing either.
26
Gregory S.
27
Burns was a lead researcher on a study all about this, and they found that reading stories, especially those with strong narrative arcs,
28
reconfigures brain networks for at least a few days, maybe up to five.
29
Speaking of networks, I had heard of the terms gray matter and white matter as it relates to the brain, spinal cord, and central nervous system,
30
but I never really knew exactly what it meant or why it was important before now.
31
Gray matter is the areas where the actual processing is done, and the white matter provides the communication between different gray matter areas
32
and between the gray matter and the rest of the body.
33
White matter-rich areas of the brain mainly consists of structures that allow the signals to be transmitted at high speeds, and it allows our gray matter to work faster.
34
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that reading exercises, at least in children, actually cause the brain to physically rewire itself and create more white matter,
35
which in turn improves communication.
36
Showing that it's possible to rewire a brain's white matter has important implications for treating reading disabilities, as well as other developmental disorders including autism,
37
so this is a pretty exciting discovery.
38
This creation of additional white matter is necessary because that gray matter and the brain is processing a lot as we're reading.
39
It's a neurobiologically challenging activity and it's like a workout for our brains.
40
It's been found that all this work has the ability to improve our working memory.
41
Reading involves several brain functions like visual processing, phonemic awareness, fluency, comprehension, and more.
42
And research shows that reading, unlike watching or listening to media, gives the brain more time to stop, think, process, and imagine the narrative in front of us.
43
All these parts of the brain have evolved for other functions like vision, language, and associative learning, and they all connect in a very specific neural circuit for reading,
44
which is very challenging.
45
This increased mental activity helps keep your memory sharp, very much like how lifting weights keeps your muscles toned.
46
Reading and processing what's written from the letters to the words to the sentences to the stories themselves boosts overall brain activity.
47
That memory boost is important to note too, because studies have found that daily reading may reduce dementia risk.
48
Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe a number of neurological conditions affecting the brain.
49
It's the loss of memory, language, problem solving, and other thinking abilities that are severe enough to interfere with someone's daily life.
50
Researchers at Hong Kong's elderly health centers tracked more than 15,000 people over the age of 65 for five years,
51
and all of them were dementia-free at the start of the study.
52
What they found was dementia risk was significantly lower among those who reported daily participation intellectual activities like reading books,
53
magazines, and newspapers, and even playing board games.
54
The study proves that it's never too late to start.
55
For people who initiated a reading regimen later in life, the impact was still significant enough to delay or prevent dementia.
56
All of this seems to back up a long-term study from the University of Michigan, which found that people who read books — any kind of books, fiction, non-fiction, poetry,
57
prose — for as little as 30 minutes daily over long
58
periods of time lived on average about two years longer than people who didn't read.
59
As always, I'll drop links down in the description box to all the sources cited in this video, and there was a ton of researching and reading of white papers
60
that I did in preparation for this so I'm looking forward to my brain's additional white matter.
✨ Video Öner
B21
75 cümleler
Video
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
C179
42 cümleler
How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B21
246 cümleler
What Reading Out Loud Does to Your Brain
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B21
169 cümleler
The Male Reading Crisis
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B22
112 cümleler
How Your Favourite Movie Affects Your Brain | The Psychological Impact
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B21
79 cümleler
BTL Thuyết trình
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B21
105 cümleler
How To Read People Without Them Knowing
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B21
350 cümleler
English Conversation Practice | 22 minutes of Everyday English Listening | English Podcast
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B21
458 cümleler
She Read 1,200 Pages in ONE Sitting… Has “Intellectual Consumerism” Taken Over BookTok?
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C156
40 cümleler
How Social Media Is Rewiring Our Brains
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B21
44 cümleler
🧠-health mini: train your brain during war
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B113
7 cümleler
Your Brain Isn’t Broken — It’s Just Overstimulated! 🧠 | English Reading and Listening Practice
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
Bu dersin kelimeleri ve konuşma notları
Bu B2 seviyesindeki konuşma dersi “What reading ACTUALLY does to your brain” videosuna dayanıyor. En çok tekrarlanan kelimeler: reading, brain, fiction, gray, dementia. Bu videoda gölgeleme çalışması için 60 cümle ve 1088 kelime var. Konuşma bölümü 5:23 sürüyor. Konuşmacı hızlı konuşuyor, dakikada yaklaşık 202 kelime; bu yüzden birbirine bağlanan ve zayıflayan sesler duyacaksınız. Kelimelerin %83’i İngilizcede en sık kullanılan 3.000 kelime arasında; geri kalanına başlamadan önce bakmakta fayda var.
Bu videodaki önemli kelimeler
Videodaki en ileri düzey 15 kelime, telaffuzu ve anlamıyla:
| Kelime | Telaffuz | Anlam |
|---|---|---|
| dementia isim | /dɪˈmɛnʃə/ | demans |
| researcher isim | /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ | araştırmacı, araştırıcı |
| neuron isim | /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/ | nöron, sinir hücresi |
| associative sıfat | /əˈsoʊ.ʃi.ə.tɪv/ | birleşmeli |
| cognition isim | /kɑɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ | biliş, sadınım |
| excite fiil | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | heyecanlandırmak |
| figuratively zarf | mecazen | |
| fluency isim | /ˈfluːənsi/ | akıcılık |
| sequential sıfat | /səˈkwɛntʃəl/ | sekansiyel |
| comprehension isim | /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ | anlayış, fehim |
| temporal sıfat | /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹəl/ | cismani, dünyevi |
| sensory sıfat | /ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/ | duyusal, duyumsal |
| prose isim | /ˈpɹoʊz/ | nesir, düzyazı |
| activate fiil | /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/ | etkinleştirmek |
| interfere fiil | /ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ/ | karışmak, müdahale etmek |
Duyacağınız deyimsel fiiller
| Kelime | Anlam |
|---|---|
| look forward to fiil | iple çekmek, dört gözle beklemek |
Bu videodaki dil bilgisi
Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:
| Yapı | Videoda |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + fiil — artık geçerli olmayan eski bir alışkanlık ya da durum | used to be · used to describe |
| Edilgen yapı be + fiilin üçüncü hâli — kimin yaptığı değil, ne olduğu önemli | been shown · is associated · have been associated |
| Present perfect have/has + fiilin üçüncü hâli — geçmişte olan ama şimdi de önemli olan bir eylem | have probably done · has seen · has worsened |
| İlgi cümlecikleri who / which + cümle — bir kişi ya da şey hakkında ek bilgi | fiction, which is · not, which is · those who reported |
Dikkat edilecek telaffuzlar
Konuşmacı we're, didn't, I'll gibi kısaltılmış biçimleri 8 kez kullanıyor. Bunları duyduğunuz gibi kısa söyleyin.
- “sh” ve “zh” sesleri: dementia /dɪˈmɛnʃə/, associative /əˈsoʊ.ʃi.ə.tɪv/, cognition /kɑɡˈnɪʃ.ən/, implication /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
- Uzun kelimeler — vurguyu doğru yere koyun: associative /əˈsoʊ.ʃi.ə.tɪv/, neurological /nɝəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/, implication /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/, initiate /ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/, developmental /dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəl/
Türkçe konuşanların zorlandığı sesler:
- /w/ — dudaklar yuvarlak, /v/ değil: rewire /ɹiːˈwaɪə(ɹ)/, sequential /səˈkwɛntʃəl/, withhold /wɪθˈhoʊld/, worsen /ˈwɝsn̩/, workout /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/
- Kelime başındaki ünsüz kümesi — araya ünlü eklemeyin: neuron /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/, fluency /ˈfluːənsi/, transmit /tɹænsˈmɪt/, prose /ˈpɹoʊz/, spinal /spaɪ.nəl/
- /æ/ — “e”den daha açık: transmit /tɹænsˈmɪt/, activate /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/, analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/, span /spæn/
Bu videoyla nasıl çalışılır
- Videonun tamamını konuşmadan bir kez dinleyin ve bilmediğiniz kelimeleri not edin.
- 0,75× hızla başlayın, cümle cümle tekrar edin ve kolaylaşınca normal hıza dönün.
- Kendinizi kaydedin ve orijinaliyle karşılaştırın; dementia, researcher, neuron gibi kelimelere özellikle dikkat edin.
Gölgeleme Tekniği Nedir?
Gölgeleme, başlangıçta profesyonel tercüman eğitimi için geliştirilen ve çok dilli Dr. Alexander Arguelles tarafından popüler hale getirilen, bilim destekli bir dil öğrenme tekniğidir. Yöntem basit ama güçlüdür: ana dili İngilizce olan bir sesi dinler ve hemen yüksek sesle tekrar edersiniz — konuşmacıyı 1-2 saniye gecikmeyle takip eden bir gölge gibi. Pasif dinleme veya dilbilgisi alıştırmalarının aksine, gölgeleme beyninizi ve ağız kaslarınızı gerçek konuşma kalıplarını eşzamanlı olarak işlemeye ve yeniden üretmeye zorlar. Araştırmalar, telaffuz doğruluğu, tonlama, ritim, bağlı konuşma, dinleme anlama ve konuşma akıcılığını önemli ölçüde geliştirdiğini göstermektedir — bu da onu IELTS Konuşma hazırlığı ve gerçek dünya İngilizce iletişimi için en etkili yöntemlerden biri yapar.