what does shadowing in english actually train
Shadowing is speaking along with a recording, at the same time as you hear it, about one syllable behind. It came out of interpreter training, where the point is to hold meaning and sound in the ear at once, and it is not repeating: repetition waits for the speaker to finish, shadowing does not.
Shadowing is speaking along with a recording, at the same time as you hear it, about one syllable behind. It came out of interpreter training, where the point is to hold meaning and sound in the ear at once, and it is not repeating: repetition waits for the speaker to finish, shadowing does not. It loads perception, hearing how words join, because Not at all and must be do not sound like their spelling, and articulation, producing connected speech at the tempo you heard.
Because shadowing asks the ear and the mouth to work at once, the material sets its difficulty: a scripted read lets you stay on top of every word, while unscripted talk will push you past your comfortable rate. That is why a learner who changes nothing but the source changes what the practice loads, without adding minutes or harder exercises.