English Shadowing

English Shadowing: MAP

Introduction:

My dear reader, the title of the article that surprised you; or to put it more clearly, the specific word that made you interested in reading this article is “map”, right?

First, let me tell you the full form of the acronym ‘MAP’.

So, ‘MAP’ means: “Mimic Authentic Phrases” This can be discussed in detail later.

The next part of the title is also interesting, isn’t it?

This means that there is only one way to speak English. And that is; by following just this MAP, you will be able to speak English.

The shadowing technique is quite easy and interesting. It allows us to learn new things. It helps us acquire a language. With this continuous practice, we can't fail. Shadowing is a great way to learn a language you want to say. Just mimic the daily used common phrases that you hear every day. By the way, you have to practice this skill every day.

Speaking English is hard:

Those of you who know English; or who are fluent in the English language; also know that reading English well and writing English well does not mean speaking English well.

I think the hardest part of learning English is being fluent in spoken English on any topic with a stranger, especially with a native English speaker. And I firmly believe that for those of us who don't speak English, this is the only dream we all have. One day we will be able to say that yes, now we have learned English.

I think I have correctly identified this exact question lurking in your mind. If so, I'll be waiting to hear your comments in the box below.

How do non-English speakers learn English?

In general, in most non-English speaking countries of the world, we learn the English language in all standards from the first day to the last day of school. I mean most schools will have the English language as a compulsory subject whether they have other subjects or not. But the most surprising thing is that we are able to grasp other subjects quite well but we lose our way when it comes to speaking in English.

In most non-English speaking countries, we write in this English language and easily pass all higher education subjects, get higher degrees, and not only that we get high office chairs. And in this very English language, we continue to do all the day-to-day official work. We have no difficulty with anything.

But if a Brit or an American comes to us and wants to talk to us about even the smallest family matter we start sweating and go into a frenzy. We all know it, we all know it very well but we never bother about it or try to find a way to solve this very important problem.

If anybody differs from my opinion, please don't hesitate to put your remarks in the comment box below. I will be waiting to read your opinion.

Methods of teaching English in most countries:

Generally, each institution has its own specific books or learning materials. They require students to complete the syllabus and pass an exam. And at the end of the training, they are given a certificate and told: “Come on, you are now qualified to work in English. The certificate in your hand is proof of that.”

And dancing we go home with the certificate; and show it to everyone and say "Listen, y'all, from now on I'm an English scholar."

And the most interesting thing is that the value of the certificate is also taken very seriously by the workplace officials and the appointment letter is handed over to them at the workplace. It is because once they also entered the workplace showing similar certificates. And the exact same tradition still continues today.

Just do one thing now; ask a pass certificate holder in the English language to talk to a five-year-old Australian boy for just five minutes, and you'll notice sweat rolling down his spine.

Don't get mad at me, better check the reality. I will keep writing even if you are angry because my writing does not depend on whether you are angry or not.

Enough is enough:

Please listen to me carefully. We have read enough English grammar. And we have also realized that it is not possible to speak English just by studying English grammar. Before I go and explain the word ‘MAP’ mentioned in the title, I would like you to listen to a story first.

I am sure that your confidence level will increase a lot in my suggested proposal. You will be absolutely certain and say that "Yes, I was looking for exactly this one".

So let's listen to the made-up story.

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From the diary of a non-English speaker:

I am an Asian. I am educated and doing a good job and my only child lives in New York, USA. I don't think he will ever return to his own country. He often asks me to visit him for a few days. So, I applied for a vacation request for a month in my office, and luckily, it was sanctioned. I had my passport ready and my son told me that he would arrange the visa. I thought, when he said so many times, let's go visit him once. As I could not give up the desire to see a new country and its culture, I agreed with my son.

And the boy replies, “Dad, the English you learned at school in those grammar books won't be useful here. I'm sending you some "survival English phrases", you better try to memorize them.”

Here, I'm going to keep a few randomly selected phrases here. At the moment you don't have to do anything with them. You don't even have to read them now, and if necessary, this part can also be ignored for the time being. Just forget about them for the time being.

N.B.:

These are the most common phrases used by native English speakers and are available almost everywhere on the Internet. I have collected them from various places, and in order to keep my content free from plagiarism, I had to convert them to an image format. I have implemented this method but I don't know if this will serve my purpose or not.

List of some phrases placed at random:

Collected from all over the world.

Now the actual story begins:

The story begins a month after the conversation with the son. It’s morning time in an apartment in the suburbs of New York City.

“Dad, I have to leave for my office now. My neighbor Mr. John is a gentleman, of the same age as you; you can hang out with him if you want. I've already talked to him about you. I'm leaving now.”

He started driving his car and was soon out of sight.

I started thinking about what to do now.

"Hey! Good morning sir! Pleasure meeting you!”

(I heard a man's loud voice right behind me. The man approached me while reciting these words.)

He came over and stood right in front of me and started saying, “They call me Old John because they think I'm too old. What's your opinion? I'm sorry; did I ask your name? By the way, I'm John, John Trevor. I'm actually from the UK. And you? "

I was totally dumbfounded and couldn't get any word to say. I was totally dumbfounded by the sudden situation. I suddenly remembered the phrases my son sent me to memorize, and I did memorize them well. So without trembling and pretending not to lose confidence, I became super sensitive and alert.

I hurriedly answered him back saying, “Yes! Yes! My name is Rajiv Kumar. Nice to meet you! And what’s your name?”

"Sir! I just told you my name, didn't I?"

And at that very moment, he realized that he had to slow down and talk in simple words. He said, "Yes, Raj, your son, he's my neighbor. He's a very good boy. I like him a lot. He helps me a lot with my household chores. He already informed me about you. So please come to my house and let's get to know each other."

We were both sitting in chairs on the large lawn in front of his house. Someone from inside the house came up to us and put two cups of coffee on a table.

"He's my cook-cum-gardener, my companion, too." Mr. John said.

And lo and behold! Without any interruption, I started reciting my memorized poem (phrases) and finished them all without taking a breath.

It was sort of like this: “I am an accountant in a financial company.

This was my recitation: "I am an accountant in the private sector."

I'll be here for a month… Let's go for a walk. What is there to see around here?"

"Have you visited the famous waterfall at the end of our city border?"

“I don't understand. Could you repeat that?”

“Sure, why not?”

On the way to the waterfalls, they arrived at a marketplace.

“Do you want to buy something here?”

“Do you have something cheaper? I think they are too expensive. Could you recommend a good restaurant?”

“Sure. Why not? Look, there’s a coffee bar.”

They had coffee and he could not resist his temptation saying, “Could I get the bill, please? That was delicious! It's getting late. We’ll have to go back home.”

So they came back home. And our story ends here because our non-English-speaking hero bids Mr. John a nice goodbye saying, “Thank you! We had a very nice time! See you tomorrow.”

And Mr. John bid him goodbye saying, “You're Welcome! Good night!”

And thus, the story ends here.

The gist of MAP:

I have already given you the full form of MAP. “Memorize Authentic Phrases”. Here, the word ‘authentic’ means 'genuine', meaning real; I mean, the original phrases used only by native English speakers. I can definitely say from my daily life experience that the more you worry about grammar rules, the more embarrassed you will be when you actually talk to other people.

Between pauses in speaking, you'll be busy thinking, should it have been said in the "gerund" form instead of the "infinitive" form?

The above sentence would have sounded better if it were in the past simple instead of the past perfect.

Listen to what I say. It is very easy to speak English just by listening to the short phrases spoken by native speakers and imitating them. By the word "mimic" I mean to blindly imitate their pronunciation, their gestures and all, and practice saying it out loud. It has to be done. This is the only way to speak English.

If you pay a little attention, you can understand that it was a fictional conversation.

Here, imagine that a non-native English speaker who does not speak English at all can spend a lot of time conversing with an unfamiliar English speaker with only a few memorized phrases. The story is of course made up, but by using your common sense you will realize that it is quite possible to practice speaking a language in this way.

You certainly don't see a one-year-old child studying grammar to learn his language. But he learns his language only by listening to his parents. You must apply the same method. There can be no other alternative.

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Conclusion:

I have tried to give my best possible suggestions; the rest is entirely up to your desire and effort. If you like the topic, don't forget to leave your comment in the comment box.

Today, many videos related to common phrases used daily by native English speakers are available. So where exactly is our problem?

If you spend enough time learning the most common English phrases, your lifelong problems will be solved. I just cannot find any other second way.

So no more today; see you next time with something new, until then stay healthy and keep mimicking native phrases as much as possible. Thanks!

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