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Someone asked me a question at lunch, and I did four things.
Có người hỏi tôi một câu hỏi vào bữa trưa, và tôi đã làm bốn việc.
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Four?
Bốn?
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Understood it, translated it, built my answer, translated it back.
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And by then?
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They had moved on.
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Somebody else was talking about parking.
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You were three seconds late to your own conversation.
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Every single time, Albert.
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Three seconds late, all day long.
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And three seconds is the whole difference.
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Let us fix that.
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Welcome to Leap Talk.
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Speak English Confidently.
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take it down because nobody tells them to how do i know
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if i am ready if you can read english without translating you are ready i can do
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that mostly then your brain already knows how it just does not do it
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when speaking why would it work for reading and not for speaking
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because reading has no time pressure and nobody is watching
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so the ability is there the conditions are different
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that is exactly it this is not a knowledge problem why does translating cost so much time.
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Because it is four operations where a native speaker does one.
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Walk me through the four.
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Hear English, convert to your language, think, convert back.
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And each step takes time.
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Each step takes time and each step can fail.
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So it is slower and less reliable.
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And it uses all your attention so you stop hearing the room.
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That is why I miss the next thing people say.
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You are busy inside your own head.
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The conversation kept going.
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There is something else though.
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Go on.
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When I translate my English sounds strange.
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Chromatically fine but strange.
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Because you built your language's sentence and dressed it in English.
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The shape underneath is wrong.
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And people notice the shape even when every word is correct.
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So translating creates two problems.
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Slow and slightly unnatural.
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Both come from the same habit.
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And both disappear together?
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They disappear together.
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That is the encouraging part.
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What does thinking in English actually mean?
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It sounds mystical.
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It sounds mystical and it is very ordinary.
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It means skipping the middle.
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Skipping the conversion.
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You go from meaning straight to English, no stop in between.
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Do I have to think in full English sentences all day?
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No, and that idea puts people off completely.
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So what is realistic?
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Thinking in English for 90 seconds, several times a day.
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That is much smaller than I expected.
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It is meant to be small.
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Small is what actually gets done.
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Does anyone think in complete sentences anyway?
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Almost never.
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Real thought is fragments and pictures.
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So I am not trying to narrate my life in English.
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You are trying to attach English words directly to things.
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Give me an example of the difference.
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You see a cup.
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Do you see the word in your language first?
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Sometimes.
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Not always.
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When you do not, that is thinking in English.
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You already do it.
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Just not under pressure.
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And not with abstract ideas.
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Objects are easy.
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Feelings are hard.
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So where should someone start?
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With objects, the easiest possible ground.
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Why objects?
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Because a cup does not need grammar.
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It is one word.
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And one word has nowhere to go wrong.
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Walk around your home and name things silently, nothing else.
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Just the noun?
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Just the noun.
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Table.
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Window.
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Cup.
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Door.
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That feels almost too simple to be useful.
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It is building the direct road.
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Object to English with no detour. And then?
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After a week, add one adjective.
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O-table.
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small window, two words, and after another week add an action.
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I am opening the window.
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So it grows very slowly.
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Three weeks to reach a full sentence and it will feel automatic.
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Whereas if I started with sentences, you would translate them because sentences invite translation.
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The single word does not.
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A single word has no room for your first language to get in.
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That is a genuinely clever detail.
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It is the whole method, really.
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Stay under the size where translating starts.
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Is there something to do while I am busy?
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I do not have much free time.
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Narrate what you are doing, silently, in English, while you do it.
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Give me an example.
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I am filling the kettle.
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I am looking for a clean cup.
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Very simple sentences.
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Deliberately simple.
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Present tense only at the start.
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Why only present tense?
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Because past tense makes you stop and check.
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Checking invites translating.
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And present tense just flows.
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It flows, and flow is the thing you are actually training.
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Not accuracy?
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Accuracy comes later.
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If you aim at accuracy now, you will translate.
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That feels wrong to say out loud.
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It feels wrong to everyone.
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But speed and accuracy trade against each other.
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And right now I need speed.
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You already have accuracy.
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You just cannot reach it in time.
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How long should I narrate for?
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Whatever the task takes.
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Making tea.
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Walking to the shop.
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So it costs no extra minutes at all?
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None.
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That is why this one survives past week two.
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What happens when I am narrating and I do not know a word?
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Do not look it up.
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That is the important instruction.
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Really?
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That seems like a wasted chance to learn.
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Looking it up means stopping.
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Stopping breaks the flow you are building.
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So what do I do instead?
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Go around it.
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The thing I use for the coffee.
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The describing habit again.
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The same skill, practiced privately.
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It is very efficient.
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And I look the word up later?
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Later, all at once.
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Keep a small list.
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Check it in the evening.
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Does that actually work?
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I might forget.
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If you forget it, it was not a word you needed today.
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That is a good filter, actually.
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It is a perfect filter.
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The words that survive are the useful ones.
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What if my own language keeps appearing?
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It will, constantly.
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Do not fight it and do not restart.
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Just carry on?
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Notice and carry on.
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Fighting it makes it louder.
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Like the word retrieval thing.
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The exact same mechanism.
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Attention makes things stronger.
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So the instruction is, be relaxed about failing.
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Be relaxed and be frequent.
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Frequency beats effort here.
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Can we talk about speaking, not just thinking?
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Yes, and there is one trick that helps immediately.
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Tell me.
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Learn 10-sentence openings so well you never have to build them.
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Openings?
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I think that.
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The thing is.
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What I mean is.
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So the first three words are free.
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Completely free.
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And while you say them, you plan the rest.
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The opening buys me planning time.
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That is exactly what native speakers use them for.
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They are not just filler.
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They are thinking room disguised as speech.
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Give me more.
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To be honest, it depends really, I would say. And actually.
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Actually is doing enormous work in English conversation.
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How do I learn them properly?
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Say each one aloud 20 times.
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Once.
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Then use them.
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20 times in one sitting?
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These are the exception.
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You want them completely automatic.
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Because they are the doorway.
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And the doorway should never require thought.
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How will I know it is working?
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Not the way you expect.
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And this catches people out.
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What do people expect?
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A moment.
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A day when suddenly they think in English.
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And that does not happen?
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It never happens.
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There is no moment.
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That is why people give up.
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Then what does happen?
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You notice afterwards that you did not translate.
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Hours later.
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So it arrives backwards.
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You only ever see it in the past tense.
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That is genuinely strange.
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Is there anything I can mention?
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One thing.
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How often does a conversation move on without you?
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The three seconds late problem.
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Count it for a week.
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Then count it again a month later.
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And it should happen less.
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That is your real measurement, not how you feel about your English.
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Because feelings about English are unreliable.
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Wildly unreliable.
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Everybody feels worse than they are.
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How long before the counting changes?
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Six weeks, if you narrate most days.
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That is not very long.
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It is not long at all, for a habit that removes a whole step from your thinking.
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Here is something I have noticed.
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Some words have no equivalent.
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Those are the most interesting words in any language.
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And the most frustrating.
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Frustrating at first, then they become your fastest route to thinking in English.
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Why?
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Because you cannot translate them, so your brain stops trying.
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The scaffolding is useless for that word.
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And it stores the word directly, attached to the feeling.
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Which is how native speakers store everything.
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Every word they own is attached to a situation, not a definition.
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Give me some English words like that.
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Cozy.
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Try translating it exactly.
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You cannot.
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It is warm and small and safe all at once.
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And now you have it.
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And you did not translate it.
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Give me more.
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Awkward.
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Cheesy.
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Overwhelmed.
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Cringe.
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Homesick.
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Those are all feelings.
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Feelings are where languages disagree most.
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Objects mostly match.
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So should I collect these deliberately?
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Collect them.
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Five is enough to change how your vocabulary feels.
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How do I learn one?
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Find three situations where it fits.
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Not a definition.
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Situations.
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Four cozy?
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A small cafe in the rain, a blanket, a pub with a fire.
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And now the word means those three pictures.
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And pictures do not need translating.
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That is the entire trick.
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This is the object exercise again, but for abstract words.
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The same method, one level up.
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Everything in this episode is one method.
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What about input?
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Can I translate less while reading?
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Yes, and there is one rule that does most of the work.
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Tell me.
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Never stop for a single word.
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Read to the end of the paragraph.
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And if I did not understand it?
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Read the paragraph again.
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Most of it will resolve itself.
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Without looking anything up?
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Context fills gaps far better than a dictionary does.
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And if it still does not resolve?
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Then look up one word.
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One per page maximum.
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Only one?
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What about the others?
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You will read them again.
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Words repeat.
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That is how language works.
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So the dictionary is a last resort, not a companion.
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A companion dictionary keeps the scaffolding permanently in place.
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What should I be reading?
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Something slightly too easy.
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That is the honest recommendation.
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Too easy feels like wasting time.
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Too easy means you read fluently, which is the thing you are training.
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And difficult books force me back into translating.
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Every hard sentence sends you home to your first language. And listening?
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Same rule.
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Never rewind for one word during a first listen.
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Keep going and let it flow.
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Flow first.
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Detail second.
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That order is the whole discipline.
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Can we gather this together?
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Let us.
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What is first?
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Translating is scaffolding.
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It was necessary.
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it is not permanent.
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Second, thinking in English just means skipping the conversion step.
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Third, start with single objects.
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Stay under the size where translating begins.
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Fourth, narrate what you are doing, in present tense, while you do it.
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Fifth, when stuck, go around the word.
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Never stop to look it up.
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Sixth, learn 10-sentence openings until they need no thought.
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And last of all, Measure how often the conversation leaves you behind.
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That is seven things, and none of them need extra time.
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You do them while the kettle boils.
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That is the entire program.
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Albert, one last question.
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Go on.
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What if someone has translated for 20 years?
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Then they built a very strong road, and roads can be built beside roads.
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The old one does not have to be destroyed.
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It just has to stop being the fastest one.
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That is a good place to stop.
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Thank you so much for listening today.
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And here is your question for the comments.
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Do you translate more when speaking or when listening?
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Tell us below.
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The answer says a lot.
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And we read every single one.
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And narrate one cup of tea tomorrow.
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Only one.
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That is enough.
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Truly.
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Small steps are still steps forward.
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See you next time.
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Take care.
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Join Leap Talk English.
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Daily podcast.
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Subscribe for more Daily English.
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Thank you.
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Từ vựng và ghi chú luyện nói cho bài học này
Bài luyện nói trình độ B2 này dựa trên video “English Learning Podcast for Easy Conversation”. Những từ được nhắc lại nhiều nhất trong bài: word, english, translating, sentence, translate. Video này có 340 câu và 2014 từ để luyện shadowing. Phần lời nói dài 13:14. Người nói nói với tốc độ tự nhiên, khoảng 152 từ mỗi phút, gần với hội thoại hằng ngày. 86% số từ nằm trong 3.000 từ tiếng Anh thông dụng nhất; phần còn lại nên xem trước khi luyện. 52 trong 340 câu là câu hỏi, nên bài này hợp để luyện ngữ điệu câu hỏi và cách trả lời ngắn.
Từ vựng quan trọng trong video
15 từ khó nhất trong video, kèm phiên âm và nghĩa:
| Từ | Phiên âm | Nghĩa |
|---|---|---|
| translate động từ | /tɹænzˈleɪt/ | dịch, phiên dịch |
| narrate động từ | /ˈnæɹeɪt/ | kể lại, thuật lại |
| tense danh từ | /tɛns/ | thì |
| dictionary danh từ | /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/ | từ điển, tự điển |
| cosy tính từ | /ˈkoʊzi/ | ấm cúng |
| kettle danh từ | /ˈkɛ.təl/ | ấm, bình đun siêu tốc |
| noun danh từ | /naʊn/ | danh từ |
| paragraph danh từ | /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ | đoạn |
| disappear động từ | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | biến mất |
| convert động từ | /kənˈvɝt/ | cải đạo |
| companion danh từ | /kəmˈpæn.jən/ | bầu bạn |
| instruction danh từ | /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ | hướng dẫn |
| adjective danh từ | /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/ | tính từ, hình dung từ |
| rewind động từ | /ɹiːˈwaɪnd/ | quấn lại |
| cheesy tính từ | /ˈt͡ʃiːzi/ | sến |
Cụm động từ bạn sẽ nghe
| Từ | Phiên âm | Nghĩa |
|---|---|---|
| give up động từ | đầu hàng | |
| look up động từ | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | ngước |
Những câu đáng luyện lại
Các câu ngắn, trọn ý trong video mà bạn có thể dùng lại khi giao tiếp hằng ngày:
- Do you see the word in your language first?
- Is there something to do while I am busy?
- How long should I narrate for?
- What if my own language keeps appearing?
- Can we talk about speaking, not just thinking?
Ngữ pháp trong video
Những cấu trúc người nói dùng nhiều nhất, kèm đúng cụm từ trong video:
| Cấu trúc | Trong video |
|---|---|
| Câu điều kiện if + mệnh đề, will/would + động từ — điều kiện và kết quả | if I started with sentences, you would translate |
| Câu bị động be + quá khứ phân từ — nhấn vào việc xảy ra, không phải người làm | is meant · is attached · can be built |
| Thì hiện tại hoàn thành have/has + quá khứ phân từ — việc đã xảy ra nhưng còn liên quan đến hiện tại | have noticed · has translated |
Phát âm cần chú ý
- Âm “sh” và “zh”: dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, measurement /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/
- Từ dài — đặt trọng âm cho đúng: dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, unreliable /ˌʌn.ɹəˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/, deliberately /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, chromatically /kroʊˈmæt̬.ɪk.li/
Những âm người Việt thường gặp khó:
- Cụm phụ âm cuối — đọc đủ từng âm, đừng nuốt âm cuối: tense /tɛns/, scaffold /ˈskæf.əld/, abstract /ˈæbˌstɹækt/, resolve /ɹɪˈzɑlv/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/
- Âm /tʃ/, /dʒ/ và /ʒ/ — tiếng Việt không có, đừng đọc thành “ch” hay “gi”: attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, cheesy /ˈt͡ʃiːzi/, measurement /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/
- Âm /æ/ — mở miệng rộng hơn âm “e”: translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, narrate /ˈnæɹeɪt/, scaffold /ˈskæf.əld/, attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, paragraph /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/
Cách luyện với video này
- Nghe hết video một lần, chưa cần nói, và ghi lại những từ bạn chưa biết.
- Bắt đầu ở tốc độ 0,75×, nói đuổi từng câu, rồi quay lại tốc độ bình thường khi đã quen.
- Ghi âm giọng mình rồi so với bản gốc, chú ý các từ như translate, narrate, tense.
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.