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197. Shadowing Technique in English: are you wasting your time?

The InFluency Podcast

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How to Shadow a Speaker

Imitation exercises give you that extra sense of confidence and ability to express yourself. You also start noticing things like melody, intonation, rhythm. It's a very efficient exercise that you can leverage basically any situation into a practice opportunity. The biggest mistakes learners make when doing these shadowing exercises are not focusing on the words and sentences but losing elements we have in normal speech.

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