This is the second shadowing video, remember? It's a great technique that consists of repeating word for word with the same intonation what a native says. So you can do the shadowing or parrot technique with many things: a song, a passage from a film, a speech, my videos! The choice is very wide, you just need to have the transcription with you, listen and repeat, that's all! What is shadowing for? it is used to work on your pronunciation but not only, it also allows you to work on intonation, you can also work on vocabulary by learning new words. You can also work on the structure of the sentence, see how it is constructed orally. It is an inexhaustible source of benefits in learning, I assure you. If you progress in speaking, you are more confident, it allows you to be more motivated to learn more and you progress all the more, it's a virtuous circle 🙂 So ready to shadow with me?
Some steps to follow:
Step 1: listen
Step 2: listen and repeat like a parrot phrase by phrase
Step 3: listen to the whole text and repeat the whole text and record yourself Repeat steps 2 and 3 as many times as you need. It is through repetition that you will succeed in improving your oral.
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