Learn English by MIRRORING - (Lesson Only)- With PowerPoint link in Description

today let's talk about something called the  mirroring method so first let's answer our of  

course our first question what is the mirroring  method well we can think first of course what is  

a mirror well here we see someone looking into a  mirror right you see what we call your reflection  

right looks the same and what you do  your reflection does in the mirror right  

so this is where the name for the mirroring method  comes from is a mirror right it does the same  

thing as you mirroring is the  careful study of an english speaker  

so this includes using verbal and  nonverbal behavior which we'll talk about  

so here uh mirroring we use with video because  this is something we study and practice over time  

so we want to use a recorded video of a speaker  of an english speaker that we can use to study and  

practice their verbal and non-verbal behavior so  we'll talk about what that is so you watch a video  

of an original model english speaker and as you  watch you practice mirroring or repeating exactly  

what the speaker is doing this includes verbal  behavior so speaking and the way the person is  

speaking and non-verbal behavior so this is body  language maybe this means their facial expressions  

it can help to look at someone's mouth for  pronunciation what they do with their hands  

what facial expressions they make and so on  so why should you mirror why is this a useful  

strategy you can improve many different areas of  your language learning by doing something like  

mirroring so by watching studying and repeating  native speakers or just good speakers of english  

you can improve things like your rhythm so  rhythm is the uh like the pace and speed at  

which you speak right so each language has  some different rhythm so you can improve  

your rhythm you can improve your intonation and  intonation is the way our voice goes up and down  

when we speak uh any language right so different  languages have different intonation and also the  

way we talk about things we use different rhythm  and different intonation depending on the topic  

so mirroring and watching a really good model  and repeating after a good model speaker and by  

the way model means like a really good example  uh maybe no one is perfect but a great example  

is a model so someone who you want to be  like right oh they do they speak so well  

i want to be like them i they are my  model right they are a good example  

so also you can improve your nonverbal so  non-speaking communication so remember that's  

things like gestures facial expressions and so on  and of course your overall confidence this is an  

easy method to practice and you will see yourself  improve as long as you are consistent of course  

another reason why you should mirror is you can  see how all these different parts of pronunciation  

rhythm and intonation and sentence stress and word  stress and so on make a speaker more effective  

and easier to understand when they are sharing  what they want to say and finally it's enjoyable  

many students who have used this method  say that it gave them more confidence  

and helped them to be interested in english  again so if you feel like uh maybe the way  

you are studying now is not fun for you or  not interesting this is a really great tool  

all right so we now we know what is mirroring  and why you should do it so next let's talk about  

who so i mentioned the word model right  this is the person you are going to choose  

the model can be a native speaker of  english or a really good non-native speaker

choose someone you enjoy watching if  you really enjoy watching the news  

and you have someone that you really enjoy  watching you can watch them and model they can be  

your model you can mirror them so you can choose  anyone if you enjoy sports choose your favorite  

athlete and watch them in interviews and you can  mirror them it's up to you who you choose to model  

but make sure it's someone you enjoy if you are  modeling someone who uh so boring then this will  

not be fun right so choose someone you enjoy you  can mirror people on many platforms like youtube  

and netflix there are so many options available  and you can choose the person you want to watch  

and you can also choose the topic that you are  interested in talking about right you're mirroring  

someone's speech and body language so you  can choose the person and topic you enjoy  

so that's very important make sure you enjoy it  okay next let's talk about how how do you do it  

how do you mirror someone what is the  method so i'm going to give two simple steps  

and i encourage you to look back  maybe watch this part of the video  

again if this is a method you want to  try uh just to make sure you get it  

so step one is to analyze what you are  watching so let's take a look at this word  

analyze analyze means to look closely right  look at the details and really try to understand  

in a deep way really understand what you are  watching so start by focusing on the big picture  

or the big uh themes of what you are watching  like who the speaker is what they are trying to do  

and what speech characteristics they use  to accomplish that goal so let's go back  

first who the speaker is uh so of course  you want are you listening to an athlete  

are you listening to a scientist are you listening  to just a normal youtuber who is the speaker  

and next what are they trying to do  

so maybe you are watching uh something that is  trying to inspire you or make you feel motivated  

like you want to do something is that what they're  trying to do maybe they're trying to persuade you  

which means to change your opinion so  is that what they're doing in the video  

maybe you choose to mirror someone who is  teaching is that what they're trying to do and  

so on so there are many things maybe they are just  talking about their daily life maybe they are uh  

just sharing some simple information maybe they  are talking about a product and so on there so  

what are they trying to do this is very important  because this changes the way that we speak so for  

example if someone is trying to inspire you  the speed and volume and pausing that they use  

and things again like intonation are going to be  different than if they are teaching you let's say  

so it's very important to know what they are  trying to do in the video is it to inspire you  

is it to teach you is it informal which means  maybe just casual or maybe just talking about  

like a vlog or something talking about their  daily life like they would talk to a friend  

and how are they speaking so this is step  one analyze look closely right who are they  

what are they trying to do and what do you  notice about the way they are speaking to do that  

thing so for example when you listen to me maybe  you notice where what is the purpose of this video  

well of course it's to teach you about this  method so you might notice my speed is slow  

and clear my volume is normal right not too loud  not too quiet and i pause often to make sure that  

you can understand so this is uh these are some  different characteristics or qualities or traits  

when someone is trying to teach right so you  know why you are watching me you know who i am  

what i'm trying to do and you can hear my speech  is different than if i was trying to inspire you  

or persuade you or talk about my daily life right  okay so step one analyze what you are watching  

who is it what are they trying  to do and how are they speaking  

to do that if they are teaching how are they  speaking to teach okay the second step is to  

uh continue to analyze but in this we're going  a little bit deeper so let's change that to  

oh where'd my mask go there we go analyze  more deeply what you are listening to okay so  

maybe it is a 10 minute video well you probably  cannot use this method for the entire 10 minutes  

at one time maybe choose a short segment  maybe something like 15 to 30 seconds  

of the model's speech and focus on their  stress right that the way that they  

emphasize certain words in their sentence their  rhythm their intonation or uh maybe maybe these  

are areas that you are very good at so focus on  your area of need maybe you really want to work on  

your uh your into your body language for example  or you want to work on putting it all together  

and speaking more fluently with good flow and  so on so focus on your area of need for a small  

section of the model's speech then you are going  to spend time practicing it for memorization this  

is another reason why it's good that it's very  short right we don't want to memorize 10 minutes  

of speech and body language that's very hard  maybe you could do the whole thing eventually  

in small sections but just choose something small  and if 15 seconds is too long for you you can do  

even shorter than that you can do one sentence  right so start with something easy for you so  

first spend time practicing it just for memorizing  the words the uh intonation the rhythm and then  

slowly add those nonverbal gestures movements and  facial expressions to fully mirror the model so  

this is mirroring right so we're going to  choose the person that we want to model  

analyze or really look and listen  very closely to their speech  

and what they are trying to do with their  speech and then spend a good amount of time  

practicing memorizing and really  working on mirroring what they're doing  

so something important is that mirroring  takes time and practice so some of you this  

might be confusing this with another method called  shadowing shadowing is repeating a speaker with a  

short delay so for example maybe i am watching  a movie in the language let's say i am trying  

to learn spanish so if i'm watching a spanish  movie shadowing is just listening and repeating  

right away right there's very short time between  but that's not mirroring shadowing can be useful  

too if your level is a little higher and you're  just trying to quickly work on your comprehension  

and understanding takes time and practice  so one to three weeks depending on how long  

or how difficult what you chose is so if you  chose a vlog for example and you chose 30 seconds  

of someone talking about uh what they are going  to do that day maybe just one week if you chose a  

topic like technology with a lot of vocabulary and  that's a little more difficult maybe three weeks  

but it takes time and practice so also unlike  shadowing that you are choosing the model  

and you're focusing on verbal and  nonverbal so speaking and body language  

to mirror the speaker's emotions and purpose  so this can be very useful for learning how to  

express similar emotions and a similar purpose so  remember the purpose is the reason why they are  

speaking so their purpose again might be teaching  so maybe you are an english teacher i know some of  

you who watch this channel are so watching  a teacher and mirroring their the way that  

they speak and what they do might help you to feel  more confident in your ability to teach in english  

if you want to talk about a certain topic and try  to persuade someone remember change their opinion  

about some any topic listening to a good model  that you like that is very good at persuading  

can help you to learn and practice the ways that  they do that to become more effective this is  

something that second language learners do so you  learning english but uh we do this in our native  

language as well right there are people who we  think are very good speakers or very good teachers  

very good persuaders and we were very good at  inspiring people and we might try to be like  

them and this includes trying to speak like them  or express our ideas like them right so we do this  

with our role models anyway this is just doing it  in a second language and it can really really help  

you to uh learn how to do it express whatever that  uh emotion or purpose is more effectively okay  

so next i'm going to give you two very good  resources you can use to help you with this method  

so i'm going to give you one for netflix and one  for youtube all right so for netflix uh there is a  

google chrome extension so if you use google  chrome you can download this called language  

learning with netflix you can use this to study  your favorite shows and movies on netflix so let's  

talk about how to use it quickly you can download  it from the chrome web store which we see here  

right so it's in your settings extensions and just  search for language learning with netflix you can  

also just go to google.com and type in language  learning with netflix and you can download it so  

it's free no money free app to use free extension  and let me show you what exactly this does  

so after you download it you'll see uh when you  watch uh youtube or net or when you watch netflix  

a setting will come up and  you can click to turn it on

so after you turn it on this is the screen that  you will see you can see that it gives you english  

and the subtitles in your language so for this  example i used korean uh so here we have english  

and korean subtitles but it can be english and  any so many languages shown at the same time okay  

so once you get here you can click the settings  button and then you'll see this screen so  

choose the correct settings the audio so what  is the language you hear the netflix show in  

what the subtitle language  is and what the translation  

language is so here again i chose korean  but there are many many options available  

this is what you'll see and there are some cool  features with this as well you can highlight  

a word and then something will pop up and  you can see the definition of the word  

you can click this little play button here to  repeat the sentence and listen again this is very  

good for shadowing or if you want to really  just listen right you can do short 15 to 30  

seconds also very good for studying mirroring  as well so click that button to listen again

then uh if you see the sentence here you can  even hover over or put your mouse over the word  

all right so let's say your mouse is here this  screen will pop up and give you definitions and  

some examples of how it's used in the show that  you're watching so you can listen to just one word  

you can listen to a whole sentence you can even  just click the word and hear the pronunciation  

again and again and see the translation in your  language so i think this is a very cool tool

and if you want you can click this button  over here turn this ap on to stop the video  

after each sentence if you want to study  hard and really listen again and again  

so again this is called  language learning with netflix  

this is a really great way to study  with a show or a movie that you like

and also the last thing here is you can  click this star button to save the phrase  

so you'll be able to see it again in the future  and this really helps to organize your learning

so that's for netflix uh there's another  one called dual subtitle for youtube  

so same you can find this on the google chrome  

store it's also free and it's called  youtube dual subtitle so it's the same  

idea right you download it you go to youtube  and then you can choose the subtitles two at  

the same time that you want to see on youtube so  the netflix one is a little better you can click  

the words but here at least with so many youtube  videos you can see two subtitles at the same time  

so i encourage you to use this to study your  favorite youtube channels and if the person you  

want to mirror is on youtube this can be a really  great way of understanding what they are saying  

and what their purpose is right so as you  read in your native language ah they're  

trying to persuade me oh they're trying to make  me buy something oh they're trying to teach me  

right so having these subtitles can help you  to understand and analyze what they are saying  

and then go ahead and begin your mirroring study  so as i said this extension is similar to language  

learning with netflix but for youtube so  i encourage you guys to use these well  

and the last thing the last so we have netflix  

and youtube google chrome extensions and here  is something i have mentioned before ted.com  

so ted is an excellent resource i'm sure many of  you have watched ted talks people from all over  

the world on all different topics give speeches  in front of an audience where they talk about  

so many different topics many are about teaching  and sharing information but some are art artistic  

right there's music and poetry and um people  sharing stories about their lives things like that  

so many different topics and many many many  videos have subtitles in other languages so  

if you want to study some very very good model  english speakers ted.com is excellent for this  

you can improve your listening speaking your  vocabulary and your body language these people  

on ted are presenting so they are very careful  and very purposeful with their body language  

how they are speaking uh and because there are  so so so hundreds of topics you can choose from  

you can really improve your vocabulary about  many different topics also the videos have  

full transcripts so a transcript is the whole  everything that the person says in the video that  

you can read and you can also see a translation  of the whole transcript so this can help you with  

mirroring right you have it right there before  you you can memorize practice and really learn to  

mimic some really excellent english speakers okay  guys so that is it for today for this lesson about  

mirroring this is a really great way to learn  and practice and i really hope you give it a try