跟讀練習: How to Force Yourself To Speak Coherently - 通過影片學習英語口語
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There is such thing as a mind to mouth connection.
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Being able to think and then say what you're thinking
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and still in the process of that sound coherent is a skill set.
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And just like any skill, your mind and mouth connection can be trained.
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So if you are really good at thinking, but you're not really good at speaking your thoughts, then what tends to happen is, what I'm trying to describe is there's like a,
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you know, it's kind of connected to your mouth And that's how I used to do it.
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I wasn't able to speak my thoughts and have it come across concise, clear and coherent.
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And if you ramble like this, especially in high-stake moments like a team meeting or a performance review or a job interview,
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then you're not going to get the outcome that you desire.
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I've spent over a decade teaching communication skills to thousands of professionals who struggle with this specific thing.
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And in this video, I'm going to show you the one exercise that's had the biggest impact on myself
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and many of my students.
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To help them be able to strengthen their mind and mouth connection.
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So they can speak their thoughts with ease.
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It's called the, wait for it, the random word generator exercise.
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I know, how creative of me.
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Go to a random word generator online, generate a random word, and then speak on that topic.
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Once you know how this works, and you do it just once, you immediately notice where you struggle, and you want to do it again and again and again and again.
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This is all in the reps.
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And the more reps you do, the better you'll be able to speak your mind with clarity.
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So when your boss puts you on the spot and you have to speak about a certain topic, or someone maybe pulls you aside and asks you a random question,
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you'll be able to speak your mind without lagging.
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This is the random generator and you can go to randomgenerator.com, literally, and if you hit the blue button, it will generate a random word.
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So can you see the word to the right there?
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Right now it's cultural.
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I'll click a random word and then I'm going to talk on it.
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Here we go, random word, grave.
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Now I have to speak on the word grave for at least a minute to three minutes.
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I still remember there was a book that I read and the book said,
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the richest place on earth is the graveyard.
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And I was like, what?
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What does that even mean?
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That doesn't make sense.
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And then the author further explained
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that the reason why the graveyard is the richest place on earth is
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because so many people live their lives in desperation
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and they fear what other people think and as a result they don't bring their dreams to life.
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So when they die, all of their dreams, their ideas, all die with them.
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So when you go to the graveyard, it's the richest place on earth, it's the wealthiest place on earth because there are inventions
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that were never invented because
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that person was scared of what other people think there was impact
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that never was realized because people didn't learn how to use their voice and bring their ideas to life
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there are visions there are dreams there are gifts and talents
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that are all buried with the person who unfortunately died and
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that has always stuck with me because i i never thought about it
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that way and it just goes to show the power of communication
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because even though that communication was in the written form
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that book and then the book i read it from was uh think and grow rich
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it's it's inspired millions of people around the world and it just goes to show that
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communication no matter verbal or written it has the power to change the world because it was that metaphor alone,
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it was that analogy alone that made me rethink my life.
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I didn't want to go to the grave with all of my ideas, all of my dreams, all of my impact.
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I wanted to live full and die completely empty because I want my grave slot
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to be the poorest place in the graveyard.
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I want to live full and die completely empty.
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All right, so that's an example of me just speaking my mind, right?
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And you have to appreciate that while you're practicing this, it will never be crystal clear wisdom.
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Now, this is you practicing speaking your mind.
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There are more techniques to be able to speak your mind in a more structured way
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and that's by you learning how to use communication frameworks.
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I've recorded a free two-hour training on this
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which you can access via the link in the description or the pinned comment below.
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And when you practice the random word generator exercise combined with the knowledge of communication frameworks,
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you're going to become a communication master.
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So do check out the free training
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when you finish this video i didn't know the word grave was going to come up i had no idea
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that this is genuinely random
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so then as a result i was able to still be
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fairly eloquent i was able to still be fairly concise
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and i was able to still be fairly coherent the first
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time i did this no way was it like this i'll
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give you a sense of what it was like the first
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time i did this i'll go back to the screen let's
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get another one i'll give you a sense of what it was like it was like eliminate um eliminating people,
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you know, in sports that sometimes happens because, you know, like dodgeball, someone throws it at you and then you get eliminated,
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you know, eliminate, you know, it's like game shows, people in game shows, you know, you get eliminated.
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And that's how I used to do it.
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And when you do it for the first time, it's going to be like that, It's got to be like that too and that's okay.
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Most people are not willing to pay the price of being a little bit crap to then ultimately become great.
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The reality is most people want to start out great.
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And then as a result, they don't start at all because it's impossible to start great.
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You must start poorly.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.
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Inside the stage community, we have an area called the practice lounge.
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So many students upload videos every single day of them doing the mind and mouth connection.
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Going, okay, the random word is monkey.
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Oh crap, I gotta talk about monkey.
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And then they're talking about monkey and you'll see their first video, you'll see their second video, you'll see their third video, fourth video, and you'll start to notice they get better and better and better.
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Why?
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Because they're starting to strengthen the mind and mouth connection.
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And if you don't practice, well, you'll never have that strong connection.
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And you will always forever be in a state where someone asks you a question, you know the answer, you know the answer in your mind, but then you go, well,
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I think it's, and then you just fall apart.
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Well, that's because the connection is not strong.
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It's not because you're not capable.
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It's not because you didn't know the answer, but rather because you haven't worked on a skill that has been holding you back.
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So I need you to understand that as you're going on the journey of strengthening your mind and mouth connection, please, please, please, please don't beat yourself up when you do the first one and it's absolutely terrible.
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Record a video of yourself on your computer and then you just do a selfie video and you go, all right, I'm about to hit the random word.
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So I'm genuinely gonna do this.
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Click random word, show the word on the phone and then go, all right, I'm gonna talk about pigeons and then go.
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99% of people won't do this exercise.
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So if you do it, post it on social media and tag me at AskVin and hashtag the hashtag VinsRandomWordChallenge.
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I know, I'm just super creative.
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I'm amazing.
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And I'll check it out.
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I might even share it.
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And if, listen, you want to take this to the next level, then make sure you combine that exercise with communication frameworks.
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And if you want to access that free training, the link is just in the description below.
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And I'll remind you of the quote again.
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In order for you to become great, you first must be a little bit crap or as I like to say it, you must be a little bit shit.
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I know, potty mouth, so naughty, Vin, so naughty.
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It's who I am.
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It's who I am.
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背景與語境
在學習英語的過程中,我們時常會遇到表達不暢的問題。影片中,講者強調了思維與口語之間的聯絡,這被稱為思維與語言之間的連線。許多學習者非常擅長思考,但在表達這些想法時卻顯得有些無措。此時,講者分享了一種名為“隨機詞生成器”的練習方法,這種方法能夠幫助學習者訓練思維與口語的連貫性,從而提升口語表達能力。在交流的重要場合,比如團隊會議或工作面試中,良好的口語能力至關重要。
日常溝通的五個常用短語
- 思維與口語連線:將內心的想法轉化為言語的能力。
- 清晰而簡潔:能夠快速表達思想,而不會 ramble。
- 提升溝通技巧:通過練習打磨自己的口才,讓表述更加流暢。
- 隨機詞生成:從隨機生成的詞中進行即興表達。
- 發揮潛力:將個人的想法與創意表達出來,避免“埋葬”於心。
逐步跟讀指導
要緩解表達困難,採用“shadow speak”進行練習是相當有效的。以下是一個逐步跟讀的指導方案,幫助你在看YouTube學英語的過程中提升英語口語技能:
- 選擇影片:找一個你感興趣的英語影片,可以是關於自我提升或者專業技能的內容。
- 專注聽講:第一次觀看時,集中注意力,理解講者的表達和情感。
- 重複跟讀:第二次觀看時,暫停影片,嘗試跟讀講者的每一句話。注意語音、語調和節奏。
- 記錄難點:如果在某些表達上有困難,記錄下來並尋找相關的“雅思口語練習”材料,進行專門的練習。
- 反覆練習:堅持每天進行這種跟讀練習,隨著時間的推移,你會發現自己的發音和流暢度都有顯著提高。
通過以上的方法,你可以有效提升自己的思維與口語連線,讓英語表達變得更加自信與自然。記得,將每一次的練習當成提升自我的機會,逐步增強你的溝通能力。
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構,並附上影片中的原話:
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 條件句 if + 從句,will/would + 動詞 — 條件及其結果 | if you don't practice, well, you'll never |
| “used to” used to + 動詞 — 過去的習慣或狀態,現在已不再如此 | used to do |
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | have it come · I've spent · has always stuck |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的 | can be trained · were never invented · was realized |
什麼是跟讀法?
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧,最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓,並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大:您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同,跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性,語調,節奏,連讀,聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。
































