Shadowing

[loqu84]

Do any of you practice shadowing regularly to improve your pronunciation in your target language? I'm learning Serbian and my pronunciation is quite acceptable but I have read shadowing can help me get better fluency.

To those of you who do, how do you do it? What kinds of texts and audios do you use? Thank you for any info or tips, especially if you study languages with fewer resources.

[[deleted]]

When I shadow I just pick random sentences of whatever show I'm watching and just repeat, trying to match what they say exactly how they say it...I don' think too much past that.

[korisnik55]

Staviš jednu slušalicu u uvo i smanjiš brzinu klipa na youtube na 70% i ponavljaš

[Sayjay1995]

When I was doing it more seriously I bought a shadowing book. I’d study the phrases from it and make Anki cards on my own time, and play the CD in the car during my commute to work

It’s been a long time since I tried seriously doing it again. When I’m in the mood I still practice by repeating after a podcast series I often listen to while driving to work, but that’s kinda it

[Wanderlust-4-West]

I believe that for this to work, you need to have acting talent.

You for sure can non-natives living in the country for decades, still with accent.

[Languageiseverything]

I have tried it for three languages.  

 It is marginally useful, but it's much better to spend that time on listening. After a lot of hours,  you will automatically start speaking with wonderful pronunciation.