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Lesson 1 – Speak English Clearly! The Imitation Technique


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hello welcome to the very first video
training lesson for the imitation
technique thank you so much for signing
up I know you are going to love this
training now imitating something is
similar to copying something usually
imitating is copying actions or words so
this technique is all about copying
something that a native speaker is
saying exactly it teaches you to listen
to the sounds and patterns of English
and trained you to make those same
sounds yourself your training your mouth
with your ears so you’re listening to
the sounds and you’re not training your
mouth with your eyes by reading and
guessing the pronunciation of words you
are training your mouth with your ears
by practicing with this technique you’ll
reduce your accent and pronunciation
problems more quickly and become a
clearer and more confident English
speaker now there are three steps that
you’ll need to remember when you’re
using the imitation technique first
you’ll need to listen to me and read the
text at the same time so when I talk on
this video you’ll see the words come up
at the bottom of the screen in the text
the important stress has been marked so
you’ll be able to hear the stresses in
my expression and read them as well then
it will be your turn so you’re going to
hear me read each sentence again but
there will be a pause after each one and
this is where you’ll need to copy
exactly what I’ve said listen for my
pronunciation
the stress the pause the intonation and
then you’ll need to copy it exactly you
can do this step as many times as you
need to before you move on to step
number three then the bigger challenge
is for you to shadow me which is to copy
everything that I’m saying again but
this time you won’t have any text on the
screen you’re just listening to the
words that I’m saying now it might be a
little bit tricky especially the first
time because you’ll be listening to me
and speaking at the same time so it
might take you a few times to get
comfortable doing it and remember that
you might not understand everything
that’s being said as I’m saying it but
that’s not the point of this training
we’re not testing your understanding of
English we are testing and practicing
your pronunciation and speaking skills
so if you don’t understand it don’t
worry but do it again and again and
again until the sounds that you are
making sound very similar to the ones
that I’m making in the video and that’s
it the imitation technique is simple yet
so effective if you practice this
technique regularly soon you’ll sound
more natural more confident and more
relaxed when you’re speaking English
let’s try it
I love to travel to different countries
I love meeting new people and tasting
different foods that’s my favorite part
to date I think I’ve visited about 22
different countries but there are so
many more places on my list almost every
person that I know who has a decent
income does some sort of travel every
year usually overseas to a different
country in my opinion traveling overseas
and to different countries makes us more
accepting of each other’s differences
and teaches us respect for different
cultures traditions and beliefs it also
helps me to tell some pretty interesting
stories about my adventures I love
talking to people about places they’ve
visited and things that they’ve seen in
the world I think it’s because I can
easily relate to them and it’s easy for
me to share my stories and experiences
with them plus I love getting
recommendations about places to visit it
helps me to plan where my next holiday
is going to be okay now for step number
two you’re going to imitate exactly what
I say the pronunciation the stress the
pause and there will be a pause after
each sentence that will let you do that
ready I love to travel to different
countries
I love meeting new people and tasting
different foods
that’s my favorite part
today I think I visited about
22 different countries
but there are so many more places on my
list
almost every person that I know
who has a decent income
does some sort of travel every year
usually overseas to a different country
in my opinion
traveling overseas and to different
countries
this makes us more accepting of each
other’s differences
and teaches us
respect for different cultures
traditions and beliefs
it also helps me to
tell some pretty interesting stories
about my adventures
I love talking to people about places
they visited
and things that I’ve seen in the world
I think it’s because I can easily relate
to them and
that’s easy for me to share my story
with them
plus I love getting recommendations
about places to visit
it helps me to plan where my next
holiday is going to be
this is step 3 where you’re going to
shadow exactly what I’ve said as I’m
saying it so you’ll be listening to me
and speaking at the same time remember
it might take you a couple of goes to
get this right but that’s ok ready
I love to travel to different countries
I love meeting new people and tasting
different foods that’s my favorite part
to date I think I’ve visited about 22
different countries but there are so
many more places on my list almost every
person that I know who has a decent
income does some sort of travel every
year usually overseas to a different
country in my opinion traveling overseas
and to different countries makes us more
accepting of each other’s differences
and teaches us respect for different
cultures traditions and beliefs it also
helps me to tell some pretty interesting
stories about my adventures I love
talking to people about places they
visited and things that they’ve seen in
the world I think it’s because I can
easily relate to them and it’s easy for
me to share my stories and experiences
with them plus I love getting
recommendations about places to visit it
helps me to plan where my next holiday
is going to be
so that’s it tomorrow I’m going to send
you a new lesson to practice with if
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got four more lessons to get through see
you tomorrow
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