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What is shadowing?

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Hey, what up family? I know it has been a while, but I promise I will do my best to update this channel more often. That being said. Let me ask you a question. Do you know what “shadowing” is? If your answer was “no”. It's ok. I am a teacher and I didn't know exactly what that was about until today. I've heard of it before, but I’ve never really studied the topic. I’ve been taking this course “Tricky American English Pronunciation” at Coursera.com, you can check it if you want, they offer a great variety of free courses, anyway, and in one of the lessons they focus on “shadowing”. Right in the begging of the lesson there is a video introducing you to the concept. The professor explains how can try this activity. You should start by finding an interesting recorded conversation, by listening to it many times and then by repeating after the speakers. Simple isn’t it? But one thing that is important to keep in mind is that we´re a not robots. What do I mean by that? Simple, more than just listen and repeat like