跟读练习: Why you can't understand English movies. - 通过视频学习英语口语
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If you find English movies difficult to understand, you're not alone.
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Most of my students have this problem, and it's not because your English is bad.
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It's just because you have to train your ears differently.
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In today's video, I'm going to teach you why you can't understand English movies
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and how you can work on fixing that so in future you'll be able to watch American, British, Canadian, Australian movies, whatever you want,
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and you'll be able to understand native speakers.
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So with that, let's get into today's video.
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Now, if you can't understand English movies, here's why.
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Native speakers speak fast, but it's not just about speaking fast.
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You see, when we speak quickly, we combine words together.
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This is called connected speech.
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And if you're not familiar with connected speech, you'll find it difficult to understand fast spoken English.
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For example, look at this sentence.
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Whatcha doing?
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It actually means what are you doing?
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Whatcha doing?
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Or this one.
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I gotta go.
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It means I've got to go.
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I need to leave.
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I gotta go.
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So the first step to understanding fast spoken English is to realize
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that connected speech is the reason you can't understand native speakers.
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It's because what you learned in school, what you learned in the textbook is not actually how native speakers speak in real life.
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So start identifying these connected speech patterns.
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If you want to learn more about this, you can check out my Conversation Confidence course.
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There are several lessons on connected speech in that course.
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The link is in the description below.
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One of the ways you can actually learn connected speech is by watching movies with subtitles.
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You see, if you can see the words on the screen and you can hear them being spoken at the same time,
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this is going to retrain your brain to connect the way the words sound with the way the words are written.
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If you want to improve your English by watching movies and using the subtitles.
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There are four levels.
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The first level is where you listen to the audio in your native language, and you put on the English subtitles.
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The second level is where you listen to the audio in English, and you put on subtitles in your native language.
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The third level is where you listen to the audio in English, and you put subtitles on in English.
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And of course, the fourth and most difficult level is where you listen to the audio in English without subtitles.
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Which level are you at right now?
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Let me know in the comments.
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Here's the thing, even if you're not at level three or level four yet, that's okay.
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Everybody has to start somewhere.
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So even if you need to turn on the subtitles in your native language or in English, that's perfectly okay.
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There's nothing wrong with that
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and it can actually be a really good way of working your way up
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and building the confidence you need until you can finally get to level four.
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Now when it comes to subtitles, you have to be careful because watching movies with subtitles might be making your English worse.
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You see, subtitles aren't always bad, but you don't want to become reliant on them.
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And they're there so you can eventually understand spoken English without having to use them.
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Because guess what?
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There are no subtitles in real world conversation.
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You should use subtitles if you're at the level where you can't understand a movie without them.
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But your goal should always be to eventually stop using them
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and get to the point where you can understand spoken English without subtitles.
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In English, we say you have to learn to walk before you can run.
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Now, before we continue the video, if you want to study English with me, check out my English at the Ready Club.
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The link to join the club is in the description below and you get live classes, support, a private community, and so much more as soon as you join the club.
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The link to join the club is in the description below.
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Something my students tell me all the time in the club is that they're listening to a movie, they're listening to a conversation, and they get stuck.
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Here's why you get stuck in conversation.
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You're listening for individual words and not the general meaning.
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Yes, native speakers speak quickly, but a big part of the problem is that your vocabulary is not big enough.
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So what happens is you're listening to a native speaker, you hear a word you don't understand, you stop, and you try to figure out what that word was,
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but the conversation is already 10 steps ahead.
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So, of course, you feel lost, you feel like you're stuck, you feel like you can't keep up,
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when in reality, the problem is that your vocabulary isn't big enough.
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It's not necessarily that you have problems understanding what they're saying.
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It's that you don't have the vocabulary yet.
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So that's why expanding your vocabulary and making
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that a priority can really help you so you don't get stuck as much in conversation or when watching movies.
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Now a question I get all the time, what are the best movies to learn English?
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And honestly, you're not going to like this answer.
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One movie is not better than another for learning English.
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You need to watch a movie you'll actually enjoy.
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Because if you don't enjoy the movie, if you're not paying attention to it, if you're bored, you won't be engaged, you won't be focused, and you won't improve your English.
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So turn on Netflix, go to a genre or category you enjoy, whether that's romance, history, action,
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suspense, and find a movie you'd actually watch in your native language.
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For example, I personally am not a huge fan of science fiction movies, so I probably wouldn't find them that useful to learn a language with,
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but other students would.
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So it completely depends on you.
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It depends what kind of movie you enjoy.
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It's the same with books or podcasts or news articles.
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You shouldn't do anything differently.
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You should do exactly what you would do in your native language, but in English because learning a language is not necessarily about doing things you don't find interesting.
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It's about doing the things that you already do, but doing them in English, doing them in the target language.
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So whatever type of movie you enjoy, that's good enough.
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And remember what I said earlier about subtitles.
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There's nothing wrong with using subtitles.
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You know the four levels of subtitles.
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It doesn't matter where you are right now, whether you're still at the bottom or you can already understand movies pretty well.
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Keep it up.
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Keep watching movies.
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Eventually, you will get there.
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And eventually, it will be a lot easier to understand native English speakers.
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I hope you found this video useful.
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If you did, make sure to leave a like, let me know in the comments, and subscribe to English at the Ready here on YouTube so you don't miss any future lessons.
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If you want to study with me personally, make sure to join the English at the Ready club for live classes every week, study resources, private community, and so much more.
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Thanks for watching today's video, and I'll see you in the next one.
关于本课
在本课中，您将学习如何提高对英语电影的理解能力。许多学习者发现，母语为英语的人说话速度很快，并且会将单词连接在一起，形成连读现象。通过理解这项技巧并练习相关的听力和口语技能，您将能更好地理解美国、英国、加拿大和澳大利亚的电影，进而提升您的英语口语能力和发音，达到流利的沟通水平。
关键词汇和短语
- 连读（Connected speech）： 在快速说话中，单词之间的连接现象。
- 听力（Listening）： 理解和识别口语的能力。
- 字幕（Subtitles）： 显示在屏幕上的文本，帮助理解对话。
- 自信（Confidence）： 在交流中的信心和流利度。
- 提高（Improve）： 增加技能或知识的过程。
- 影子练习（Shadowspeak）： 一种通过模仿听到的内容来提高口语技巧的练习方法。
- 雅思口语练习（IELTS Speaking Practice）： 针对雅思口语考试的练习方式。
练习技巧
为了提升您对快速英语口语的理解和口语能力，您可以采用以下的练习技巧：
- 影子练习（Shadowspeak）： 在观看英语电影时，尝试重复您所听到的对话。这不仅可以提高您的听力理解，还能帮助您掌握正确的发音和语调，建议选择与您当前水平相符的影片。
- 使用字幕： 在初期，您可以选择使用母语的字幕观看电影，帮助理解剧情和对话。随着理解能力的提升，逐步过渡到使用英语字幕，直到完全关闭字幕。
- 分级练习： 透过设置不同的听力级别（如先听母语后听英语），逐步提升难度，以便于适应母语者的说话速度与连读情况。
- 记忆短语： 注意影片中常用的短语及其连读形式，如“Whatcha doing？”（你在做什么？）和“I gotta go”（我得走了）。
- 定期练习： 确保每天有固定时间用于影子练习和听力提高，建立语言学习的习惯，有助于提升您在雅思口语练习中的表现。
通过这些方法，您将逐步提升理解能力和口语自信，最终能够在日常交流中流利运用英语。
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。