Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
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In today’s video lesson, we’re going to practice a simple but powerful exercise to help you improve your listening and speaking skills at the same time: the shadowing technique.
Did you know that research shows this technique can boost your listening, pronunciation, fluency, and vocabulary?
If you’re already familiar with this exercise, it’ll be great practice for you. If not, this is your chance to learn!
Join the Speaking Brazilian YouTube Club to support my channel and have access to the transcript of my videos: school.speakingbrazilian.com/p/youtube
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 How to improve your listening and speaking skills in Brazilian Portuguese
00:12 The shadowing technique and its benefits
00:50 What we’ll practice in this lesson
01:18 Download your free PDF to follow along: speakingbrazilian.kit.com/shadowing
01:48 Step 1 – Comprehensible input: listen and read
02:16 Clarinha’s Dream – story begins
03:54 Step 2 – Imitation technique: listen, pause, and repeat
04:55 Repeat the story with pauses
08:07 Step 3 – Shadowing technique: listen and repeat at the same time
10:58 How to incorporate shadowing in your studies
12:17 Tip for beginner students
12:29 How to choose the right audio to practice shadowing
12:46 Benefits of inferring meaning from context
13:43 How Speaking Brazilian can help you become fluent
14:21 Download your free lesson PDF and exercises: speakingbrazilian.kit.com/shadowing
14:31 See you next time! Tchau tchau!
Video production and cinematography: @roblanghammer (IG)
Video editor: fiverr.com/share/AwWyVB
Thumbnail design: @estudio.formiga (IG)
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Speaking Brazilian Language School specializes in Brazilian Portuguese. We offer online courses for students of all levels.
#BrazilianPortuguese #portuguesbrasileiro #portuguesdoBrasil #portugaisbrésilien #PortogheseBrasiliano #BrasilianischesPortugiesisch #Portuguesbrasileno
Get your FREE lesson pdf here: speakingbrazilian.kit.com/shadowing
In today’s video lesson, we’re going to practice a simple but powerful exercise to help you improve your listening and speaking skills at the same time: the shadowing technique.
Did you know that research shows this technique can boost your listening, pronunciation, fluency, and vocabulary?
If you’re already familiar with this exercise, it’ll be great practice for you. If not, this is your chance to learn!
Join the Speaking Brazilian YouTube Club to support my channel and have access to the transcript of my videos: school.speakingbrazilian.com/p/youtube
Start learning Brazilian Portuguese today! Take advantage of all the free resources offered by Speaking Brazilian Language School: speakingbrazilian.com/free
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 How to improve your listening and speaking skills in Brazilian Portuguese
00:12 The shadowing technique and its benefits
00:50 What we’ll practice in this lesson
01:18 Download your free PDF to follow along: speakingbrazilian.kit.com/shadowing
01:48 Step 1 – Comprehensible input: listen and read
02:16 Clarinha’s Dream – story begins
03:54 Step 2 – Imitation technique: listen, pause, and repeat
04:55 Repeat the story with pauses
08:07 Step 3 – Shadowing technique: listen and repeat at the same time
10:58 How to incorporate shadowing in your studies
12:17 Tip for beginner students
12:29 How to choose the right audio to practice shadowing
12:46 Benefits of inferring meaning from context
13:43 How Speaking Brazilian can help you become fluent
14:21 Download your free lesson PDF and exercises: speakingbrazilian.kit.com/shadowing
14:31 See you next time! Tchau tchau!
Video production and cinematography: @roblanghammer (IG)
Video editor: fiverr.com/share/AwWyVB
Thumbnail design: @estudio.formiga (IG)
*
Speaking Brazilian Language School specializes in Brazilian Portuguese. We offer online courses for students of all levels.
#BrazilianPortuguese #portuguesbrasileiro #portuguesdoBrasil #portugaisbrésilien #PortogheseBrasiliano #BrasilianischesPortugiesisch #Portuguesbrasileno
