Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: 14 Minute Daily Pronunciation Practice for English Learners

Oh yeah, global citizens, this is Xenia, your RealLife English Fluency Coach.

And today we're going to work on 5 difficult sounds in English, so you can be understood more easily and sound more natural when you speak.

So here's how this lesson will work.

In the first part of the video, I'll explain each sound and show you exactly how to pronounce it.

Then in the second part, we'll practice them together with short clips from TV shows.

That should be cool.

And if this is your first time watching, start from the beginning.

But if you've already learned the explanations in this lesson

and just want to practice one more time next time you play this video, you can jump straight to the second part, which starts at this point you're seeing on screen,

and just do your daily pronunciation practice.

Doing the second part every day, let's call it your pronunciation workout, will make speaking English feel easier,

more natural and make you feel more confident.

Alright, so let's jump into the first sound.

This is the one that almost every English learner finds difficult, the TH sound.

More specifically today we'll focus on the unvoiced TH.

We can hear it, for example, in the word THINK.

Now, many learners mispronounce this one.

They may say SINK or TINK or THINK, but these are completely different sounds.

It's not an S.

It's not a T.

It's not an F.

To make this sound correctly, you wanna put your tongue between your teeth, like this.

Really exaggerate it, and don't worry about looking silly in the beginning, it's actually helpful to overcompensate a little.

Now say, think, think.

Now say the phrase, think again, think again.

Okay so just to remind you, later in the video we'll practice with the clips from TV shows like this ones.

Second thoughts.

No second thoughts.

I'm still thinking things through.

Then I shall henceforth call you chief.

By the way, isn't it frustrating when you're watching something in English,

then a word you don't know comes up and suddenly you have to pause and search for the word in a dictionary?

For example, in this clip we'll be using for practice later, one of the characters said the word henceforth.

Then I shall henceforth call you chief.

Do you know what that means?

If you don't know, yeah, pausing right now to google it would certainly help.

It sucks to be googling so many words all the time, right?

And then how do you even know you'll remember all these later?

It's just a lot to manage.

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Okay now let's move on to the next sound the dreaded r l sound like in the word girl so plain

and simple this will be combination of two advanced sounds here

what you'll do first focus on the r sound we're using the american accent as reference in this lesson

so the r sound we're making is this one fur air

dark i'll use my hand to show you the position of your tongue

so the tip of the tongue curls upward

and backward toward the roof of the mouth not touching it

r r r r next we'll make an l sound that is linked to that R sound.

We're talking about a dark L sound here.

It's not the basic L you hear in the words love or holy, this l-l-l sound.

It's the sound you hear at the end of the word or before a consonant, milk, spell.

The back of your tongue is raised while the tip of the tongue remains neutral.

help spell now let's talk about the RL combination the simplest

way you can do it is by adding a quick vowel sound there in between the R

and the L this will help you get the hang of the sound

so just for practice try saying girl girl world world and then try to minimize the vowel sound girl world

Let's practice with some minimal pairs.

For example, with the words car and carl.

The only difference between them is the dark L, so it's perfect for practicing this one sound.

Car, carl, word, world, per, pearl.

The next one is the short sound.

We can hear the sound in words like sit, live, and ship.

Now, this has caused a lot of problems for me personally.

For a long time, I couldn't differentiate between a long E and a short E sound.

So instead of saying sit, I, just like many other learners, would say sit.

Instead of live, I would say live.

But these are completely different words, right?

So to make this short E sound correctly, your mouth should be relaxed and just slightly open.

Your tongue stays low and forward.

There is no tension here.

Listen carefully.

Now repeat after me.

sit seat sit live leave live ship sheep ship

and by the way this vowel sound it may not exist

in your native language just like it doesn't exist in ukrainian

so really try your best to imitate it here we tend to default to sound

that exists in our native language when we don't exercise with intention first.

And don't worry, because it'll feel more natural and more automatic later.

The next one is final consonant clusters with a T sound.

You'll hear this a lot in past simple verbs, especially regular verbs that end in ED.

For example, helped, asked, missed, watched.

Now, here's the key thing.

When verbs end in an unvoiced sound, native speakers do not pronounce an ED sound here.

Basically, verbs that end in F, K, K, S, SH, CH.

So instead of saying help-it or ask-it, we pronounce these words with a quick T sound at the end.

Try saying this.

Missed.

He missed his bus.

Asked.

She asked a question.

And the last one is the glottal stop in TN clusters.

You'll hear this a lot in American English, especially in very common words like mountain, written, and button.

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In these words, the T comes before the end but native speakers usually don't pronounce a clear T sound.

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Instead, the T is replaced by a brief stop in the throat and then we move directly into the end sound.

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This is called a glottal stop.

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Like when a kid does something bad, they go, uh-oh, we have a glottal stop sound there.

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Try it yourself.

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Uh-oh, in the middle.

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Yeah?

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So the word keeps its rhythm but the T becomes a glottal stop.

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Listen carefully.

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Mountain, written, button.

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Now to make this sound first start the word normally, that when you reach the letter T,

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briefly stop the airflow in your throat and then release straight into the M sound.

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Let's try it.

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written written beaten beaten it might feel awkward at first but that's completely normal

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all right now that you understand how each of these sounds works

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and how to position your mouth correctly it's time for the

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real training in this part we're not gonna overthink anything we're just going to listen to these clips imitate

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and build muscle memory don't worry about being perfect and don't worry

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if you sound silly just pretend you're a parrot try to apply the mouth positions you learned

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and remember this is the part you can come back to

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every day the more you repeat these drills the more automatic these sounds will become let's get started

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okay starting with the th sound remember to put your tongue between your teeth Th-th-th.

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Get ready to listen and repeat.

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Second thoughts.

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No second thoughts.

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Second thoughts.

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No second thoughts.

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Still sinking things through.

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Sinking things through.

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Then I shall henceforth call you chief.

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Henceforth.

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Now, moving on to the RL combination, like in the word girl.

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Girl.

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Let's go.

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Yeah, that's right.

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We got halfway around the world.

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We got halfway around the world.

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Love of a good book.

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Love of a good book.

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You hurl accusations, I'll let the press hurl facts.

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You hurl accusations and let the press hurl facts.

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Now we'll do the short E.

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Remember?

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Ship, sheath, ship.

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Just relax your mouth and go for it.

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This is a win-win situation.

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This is a win-win situation.

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Okay, so

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the next one is the final consonant cluster with a T sound.

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We'll focus on practicing with verbs.

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It's mainly where we hear this pattern.

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Remember, it's not help it, it's helped.

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not ask it, it's asked.

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Let's go!

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And finally, let's practice the glottal stop in TM clusters.

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This one is all about stopping the flow there with your throat instead of pronouncing the T sound.

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Like uh-oh, uh-oh, flatten, written.

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Then you push this button.

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Then you push this button.

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That's for certain.

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That's for certain.

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Finally, we gotta peek behind the curtain, huh?

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Behind the curtain, huh?

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Oh, yeah, great job!

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You've just practiced five powerful pronunciation patterns that will help you sound more natural and understand native speakers more easily.

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Remember, you can come back to this lesson, practice a little every day, and most importantly, have fun with it.

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Be playful with words and sounds.

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And if this is your first time watching one of our lessons, you should know that every single week we make new lessons with movies

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and TV series to help you understand fast-speaking natives without getting lost, without missing the jokes, and without subtitles.

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And here's another lesson for you to watch next.

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Okay, so to start, you need to create your own arsenal of powerful automatic expressions.

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You know, ones that convey a lot of meaning.

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I mean, just check out how Harvey uses these.

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You want to see me?

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Did you go see Joy after I told you not to?

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I told you a puppy can't clean up its own mess.

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Look, my plate's full with in stable shelters, I need you to look into Jerome's daughter.

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But if you think that means that I can't kick your ass up and down this floor, take a swing and see what happens.

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Look, I took him the offer.

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I presented it to him and recommended that he take it.

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In fact, I urged him to take it.

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You know what he told me to do?

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He told me to tell you to shove it up your ass.

Phương Pháp Shadowing Là Gì?

Shadowing là kỹ thuật học ngôn ngữ có cơ sở khoa học, ban đầu được phát triển cho chương trình đào tạo phiên dịch viên chuyên nghiệp và được phổ biến rộng rãi bởi nhà đa ngôn ngữ học Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Nguyên lý cốt lõi đơn giản nhưng cực kỳ hiệu quả: bạn nghe tiếng Anh của người bản xứ và lặp lại to ngay lập tức — như một "cái bóng" (shadow) đuổi theo người nói với độ trễ chỉ 1–2 giây. Khác với luyện ngữ pháp hay học từ vựng bị động, Shadowing buộc não bộ và cơ miệng phải đồng thời xử lý và tái tạo ngôn ngữ thực tế. Các nghiên cứu khoa học xác nhận phương pháp này cải thiện đáng kể phát âm, ngữ điệu, nhịp điệu, nối âm, kỹ năng nghe và độ lưu loát khi nói — đặc biệt hiệu quả cho người luyện IELTS Speaking và muốn giao tiếp tiếng Anh tự nhiên như người bản ngữ.

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