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Welcome to another #AskHadar
episode, and today we have a
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question from Chiara from Italy:
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"Hi Hadar, I'm Chiara.
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I'm from Italy.
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And I was thinking about
a question for you.
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I was wondering if in your opinion,
doing just shadowing technique to
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speak English is enough to improve
fluency in speaking English?
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Thank you so much."
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All right, Chiara, this
is such a good question.
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Thank you so much for asking it, cuz I
think a lot of people need to hear it.
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In one word, my answer is no.
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And now, in a few more words.
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Fluency means being able to express your
thoughts and deliver them in a clear way.
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Fluency is all about communicating
your ideas and your feelings,
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and of course your thoughts.
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When it comes to shadowing, you are
just copying someone else's thoughts.
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So shadowing can definitely help
you with your intonation, with
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pronunciation, with vocabulary, with
grammar, it can help you with a lot of
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different things related to English.
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But here's what it cannot help you with.
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It will not help you produce the language,
which is what you need to become fluent.
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It will not help you with managing
your fears and building up
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confidence speaking to other people.
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That only happens when you
speak with other people and
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when you produce the language.
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So while shadowing is great, it should
only be in addition to the real practice,
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which is: producing the language, speaking
on your own, with other people, to other
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people, making videos, recording yourself.
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All of that is needed for you to
feel confident expressing yourself
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in English, as you feel confident
expressing yourself in Italian.
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I would combine a bunch of things:
learning the theory and implementing
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it, doing a lot of shadowing exercises,
but also doing a lot of speaking.
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If you're not there yet, I highly
recommend that you join the InFluency
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community where you can participate
in video discussions and in our
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speaking club where you have weekly
conversations with our incredible hosts
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and community, and it's absolutely free.
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So I hope to see you there.
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And thank you so much
for your great question.
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