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How to Improve Speaking Skill: SHADOWING
How to Improve Speaking Skill: SHADOWING
Thứ 2 | 06/12/2021
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HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR speaking skill: SHADOWING
Part 1: What is shadowing?Shadowing is an advanced language learning technique, which can be used by learners independently to improve their intonation and pronunciation.
It’s quite a simple concept - you listen to a model (i.e. a video or audio of someone speaking) and you repeat what they say in real time. Note that this is different from the listen-pause-repeat of yesteryear! The idea is that you repeat, word for word, sound for sound, what you hear, with as little delay as possible.
Part 2: Benefits of shadowing technique in speaking skill
Shadowing technique improves:
- Pronunciation (sự tạo ra âm thanh dựa trên chuyển động cơ miệng, độ rộng của miệng, vị trí của lưỡi, …)
3. Rhythm (nhịp độ và trọng âm của một ngôn ngữ, là cách bạn nhấn trọng âm một số từ và không nhấn trọng âm những từ khác trong câu.)
Shadowing also contributes tremendously in communicating like indigenous people. In addition, there are some researches shown that shadowing technique can enhance learners’ speaking fluency, and even listening skill.
Part 3: How to apply shadowing technique
1) Select a model
- Find a short piece of audio (max. 5 minutes) with just one person speaking.
- It doesn't have to be a native speaker, but they should be proficient and speak clearly.
- A news report or a TED talk is a good place to start (see the example video below).
2) Listen
- Before you start shadowing, listen to the audio at least once to get used to the speaker’s accent, rhythm and intonation. It’s not a problem if your learners don't understand every word, but if it's too fast or complex, look for an alternative.
3) Practise shadowing
- It can be challenging to begin with, but try to repeat what the speaker says as quickly and as accurately as possible.
- Start by doing 20-30 seconds and if you get stuck, just stop the audio and start again.
- Remind your learners that they’re not really concerned with meaning, they're just trying to mimic the speaker's voice.
4) Record it
- Once they’ve practised and they feel more confident, they can try recording themselves.
- Get them to listen to the audio through headphones and record their voice using a computer or smartphone.
5) Listen back
- Listen back to the recordings and compare their speech to the original audio. This can be done individually or as a class.
- Be sensitive to the fact that people generally don’t like to hear the sound of their own voices.
Như nhiều phương pháp học tập khác, phương pháp Shadowing cần thời gian để làm quen cũng như để thấy được kết quả. Để mang lại hiệu quả cao nhất, bạn hãy cố gắng dành một chút thời gian để luyện tập hàng ngày nhé. Chúc các bạn học tốt!
Source: https://www.freeed.com/articles/803/step-by-step-guide-to-the-shadowing-technique