跟读练习: How I Improved My Listening and Speaking in English 🇺🇸 - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Hey you guys, welcome to this channel.
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My name is Alba and I'm an English teacher.
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I've been teaching English for more than eight years now
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and today I just wanted to sit down and have a nice little chat with you.
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English is my second language.
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I learned it as an adult.
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So in today's video, I'm going to share with you some of the tips that have helped me improve my speaking,
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listening and just overall confidence.
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So here's the thing.
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Back in school, I was really good at English.
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At least that's what I thought.
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Well, English was my favorite subject.
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I absolutely loved it and my teachers were very happy with my performance.
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And later I went to college, studied business English there.
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Then something happened.
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I moved abroad and I started making friends who were native speakers as well as non-native speakers and I realized something.
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My vocabulary was so limited.
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I struggled to understand people,
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especially in fast casual conversations.
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And don't even get me started on speaking.
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I couldn't express myself.
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I was hesitating and just felt stuck all the time.
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And that's when it hit me.
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Even though I had studied English for years,
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I had almost no real practice.
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In school, we did a lot of grammar exercises like filling in the gaps,
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reading, and stuff like that.
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But we almost had no listening or speaking practice.
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At that time, I decided to do something with it.
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You know, I made a decision to start improving my speaking and listening.
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I started watching TV shows,
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movies, YouTube videos in English every single day.
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So sometimes I would just play it in the background,
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you know, while doing some chores and stuff.
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But most of the time I was really paying attention.
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And my goal was not to understand every single word or like translate every unfamiliar word.
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No, my goal was to help my ears and my brain get used to hearing English speech every day.
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And here's something that I've noticed,
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not just in myself, but also in my students.
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I can immediately tell when a student watches content in English.
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It's just so obvious.
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The ones who do, they sound more natural,
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they understand native speakers better,
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they're more comfortable with different accents,
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and most importantly, they have a better sense of the language.
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It's just like they can feel it, you know?
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So if you're not doing this already,
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seriously, pick a show or a YouTube channel you like and make it a daily habit.
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And also what I usually recommend to my students,
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do not try to understand every single word, you know?
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Don't pause every time you hear an unfamiliar word and look it up in the dictionary or translated.
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That's not the whole point of watching videos or TV shows.
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The point is to enjoy this process, right?
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Trick your brain into learning English in this easy, lazy way.
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If you start translating every word and writing the words down,
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this is not enjoyable.
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Yeah, this is a daunting task and your brain will not like it.
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So yeah, you can turn on the subtitles if you wish,
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but you don't have to understand every single word,
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especially if you are a beginner.
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Moving on to the next tip, let's talk about shadowing.
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Boy, do I love this method.
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I just wish I was more consistent with it.
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So shadowing is when you repeat what a native speaker says immediately and as accurately as possible,
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and you imitate, you try to copy their tone,
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their rhythm, their pronunciation, everything.
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However, a lot of people find this technique uncomfortable.
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They say that it just doesn't feel natural.
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They feel like they're pretending to be somebody else.
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And they say, what if I lose my voice?
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What if I lose my individuality?
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But shadowing is not about becoming a different person.
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It's about training your mouth and your muscles to produce the correct English sounds.
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Think about it.
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When you speak in your native language,
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you use a certain set of muscles, right?
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But for English, we need to use different ones.
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And if those muscles aren't trained,
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you simply cannot produce the sounds correctly.
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So when we shadow or imitate native speakers,
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our goal is not to copy their identity,
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but to build muscle memory to train those pronunciation skills and to become more comfortable and fluent.
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So how do you choose a native speaker that you would like to shadow or copy?
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I personally have a couple of girls,
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bloggers, YouTubers that I follow and I love their voice.
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I love how they express themselves.
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I love their accent, their pronunciation.
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I also noticed that it's not just about their voice but also about their personality.
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So if their personality matches my vibes,
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I'm more willing to practice shadowing with them.
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This technique changed the way I speak and it's done the same for many of my students.
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So highly, highly recommend you try it as well.
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Another thing that I absolutely love doing is reading out loud.
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I truly believe that people who read a lot express themselves better.
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They sound more sophisticated, more clear,
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their speech is well structured.
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So whether it's a book,
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an article, a magazine, a newspaper,
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or whatever you enjoy, just read it out loud.
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And the last tip, I just have to mention it.
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It's not going to surprise you because all the teachers talk about it all the time.
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Practice English with real people.
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The only way to get comfortable with speaking is to speak.
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And I'm talking about real people,
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not AI, not chatting online, which is also good.
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It can be useful, right?
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But nothing can replace real human communication because this is how we develop soft skills,
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how we build connections with the language and with the people,
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how we start using it as a tool, a communication tool.
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That's the whole point of learning a language, isn't it?
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And how do you do that?
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How do you find somebody you can practice with?
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Well, there are lots of different apps and platforms available where you can find teachers,
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tutors, language exchange partners.
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You just try them and see what's best for you.
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So that's pretty much it.
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I have a lot more to say but it's getting dark outside and I have to wrap it up.
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Anyway in the end I just wanted to mention that the key to learning a language in my opinion is consistency.
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Stay consistent, stay curious, and surround yourself with English every day.
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Let me know in the comments below what you think of these tips.
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If you find this video helpful,
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give it a like, subscribe,
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and share it with someone who's learning English too.
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Thanks so much for watching.
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I'll see you next time.
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Bye!
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大家好，欢迎来到这个频道。我是Alba，一名英语教师，已经教英语超过八年。在今天的视频中，我想和大家分享我在提高英语听说能力以及建立自信心方面的一些经验和方法。学习英语是我作为成年人所做的选择，尽管我在学校时对英语感到满意，但在出国后，我意识到我的词汇量非常有限，尤其在快速的日常对话中，我常常无法理解别人。此时我意识到，即使我学习了多年英语，但几乎没有真正的实践经验。
日常交流的五个重要短语
- Do you understand?（你明白吗？）
- Can you repeat that?（你能再说一遍吗？）
- What do you think about this?（你对这个怎么看？）
- I'm not sure I follow you.（我不太明白你的意思。）
- Could you explain that in a different way?（你能换个方式解释吗？）
这些常用短语不仅可以帮助你在对话中保持互动，还能够提高你的口语流利度，建议通过看YouTube学英语的方式多加练习。
逐步影子跟读指南
要提高你的英语听说能力，我推荐使用英语影子跟读（shadowspeaks、shadow speak、shadow speech）的练习方式。以下是一步步的指南帮助你克服这个视频所带来的挑战：
- 选择你喜欢的内容：选择一部你感兴趣的电视节目或YouTube频道，确保它有适合英语学习者的内容。
- 初次观看：第一次观看时，不必强求理解每一个单词。尽量关注整体的语境和语调。
- 逐句跟读：在观看的过程中，模仿发音和语调，尽量做到语音、语调的同步。可以暂停视频，逐句练习。
- 反复练习：反复观看和练习是提高口语流利度的关键。定期回顾你之前所学习的内容，找到你的进步。
- 记录和评估：录制你的影子跟读练习，并与原片段进行比较，这样可以识别你的发音和语调差异，从而更有效地进行调整。
通过这种方式，你可以在潜移默化中提高你的听力和口语能力，记得每天都抽出时间来练习哦！
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。