Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: How to build natural confidence

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If you want to be more confident, you might not need to build confidence.
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You might just have to remove what is blocking it.
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Look, we live in an ad society, right?
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You have a headache, add a painkiller.
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You're stressed, add meditation, add a workout, add a walk.
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But a lot of times, the solution is to remove something.
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If you're stressed, maybe you shouldn't add a walk or add meditation.
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Maybe you should remove some of the things that are making you stress.
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And confidence can work the exact same way.
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Maybe you need to remove a value
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that you have attached to an outcome thinking
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that okay rejection always means i'm worthless that's a value you have added onto an action
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that doesn't necessarily have to beat it i don't view rejection as anything being bad about me so
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because everyone doesn't do it it means it's added there by
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someone it's not a universal law it's not like gravity maybe
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it's a label you've put on yourself of being shy
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or a pushover a label has been put there it may be by you
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or maybe by someone else doesn't matter you can still remove it
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or maybe just any type of limiting beliefs you have about what you can do what you're capable of
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or what kind of life you can live i do confidence training i do communication training
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and i give a lot of like tips and tools
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and techniques and they can be great but before you start looking
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and asking yourself what can i add to be more confident
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how do i become more confident ask yourself what am i carrying that makes it harder for me to be confident

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “How to build natural confidence”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: add, remove, confident, confidence. This video has 24 sentences and 289 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:18. The speaker talks fast, about 223 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
label noun/ˈleɪ.bəl/A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
meditation noun/mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
rejection noun/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/The act of rejecting.
universal adjective/ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/Of or pertaining to the universe.
necessarily adverb/ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/Inevitably; of necessity.
technique noun/tɛkˈniːk/The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
belief noun/bɪˈliːf/Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
outcome noun/ˈaʊtkʌm/That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.
gravity noun/ˈɡɹævɪti/Of an activity such as a ceremony, a person's conduct, etc.: the quality of being deeply serious and solemn, especially in a dignified manner; seriousness…
workout noun/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
headache noun/ˈhɛdeɪk/A pain or ache in the head.
distress noun/dɪˈstɹɛs/Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
worthless adjective/ˈwɜːθ.ləs/Having no worth or use; without value.
attach verb/əˈtæt͡ʃ/To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
painkiller noun/ˈpeɪnˌkɪlə(ɹ)/A drug that numbs the pain in the body.

Ngữ pháp trong video

Những cấu trúc người nói dùng nhiều nhất, kèm đúng cụm từ trong video:

Cấu trúcTrong video
Thì hiện tại hoàn thành have/has + quá khứ phân từ — việc đã xảy ra nhưng còn liên quan đến hiện tạihave attached · have added · you've put
Khả năng với “might / may” might/may + động từ — điều có thể xảy ra nhưng không chắcmight not need · might just have · may be
Lời khuyên với “should” should + động từ — nói điều nên làmshouldn't add · should remove
Bắt buộc: must / have to / need to nói rằng một việc là cần thiếtneed to build · have to remove · need to remove

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as doesn't, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/, rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/, pushover /ˈpʊʃəʊvə(ɹ)/
  • Long words — get the stress right: universal /ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like label, meditation, rejection.

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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