Shadowing with Barbie

7 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube shadowing exercise ("Shadowing with Barbie") by Hadar Shemesh that focuses on one practice sentence: "It is literally impossible to be a woman." The speaker breaks down segmental pronunciation (e.g., flap T and rounding for /r/ in "literally") and suprasegmental features—stressing and lengthening "impossible" and using pitch rise—while encouraging connected-speech practice and intonation work.

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It is literally impossible to be a woman. It is literally impossible to be a woman. Let's break down the word literally. Luh flap t r li round your lips for the r literally. It is literally impossible to be a woman. The word impossible is stressed, so you want to try and stretch it a little bit and raise your pitch. It is literally impossible to be a woman. In terms of intonation, I think it's such a great practice because it has so many different contrasting ideas, and it's a great opportunity to practice your intonation connected speech and pronunciation when working on this awesome monologue.