Shadowing Julian Treasure
How to Speak So That People Want to Listen — A sound expert on voice, pace and tone — and he demonstrates everything he describes, which makes it perfect for shadowing.
- Level: B1–B2
- Accent: British
- Length: 10 min · 154 lines to practise
- Timing: Sada measures how far behind the speaker you are on every line
Julian Treasure — How to Speak So That People Want to ListenStart from the beginning
The first lines: press any line to practise it
- 0:13 The human voice: It's the instrument we all play.
- 0:18 It's the most powerful sound in the world, probably.
- 0:21 It's the only one that can start a war or say "I love you."
- 0:23 And yet many people have the experience that when they speak, people don't listen to them.
- 0:28 And why is that?
- 0:29 How can we speak powerfully to make change in the world?
- 0:33 What I'd like to suggest, there are a number of habits that we need to move away from.
- 0:37 I've assembled for your pleasure here seven deadly sins of speaking.
How to practise this talk
- Press a line from the list; it opens in Sada ready to go.
- Listen once, then press Record and say it with the speaker (Shadow) or after them (Repeat).
- Open Compare to see every word, and go again until they are all green.
- Finish one minute a day, and Sada shows your first try against your latest.