SHADOWING 2 What shadowing looks for when repeating a sentence aloud at the same time as native speaker speaks is that the brain does not have time to process that information and translate in your brain what you hear into the sounds of your own language. By repeating aloud without any delay, the brain makes the sounds closer to the way a native speaker makes them. Because the brain does not have time to translate those sounds into your own language. HOW IS SHADOWING USEFUL? First, shadowing is especially useful for improving your Spanish intonation. Intonation is one of the things that Spanish students find more dificcult to learn. Learning how to pronounce single words is easier but learning the intonation and stress in a sentence is much more difficult. Shadowing is really useful to learn the patterns of intonation in an unconscious way. Just by repeating aloud what a native speakers says. In addition, shadowing is really useful to gain fluency in Spanish. You will be repeating out loud sentences that are correct from a grammatical point of view. Furthermore, you will try to mimic the intonation and pronunciation of a native speaker. I would say that for those ones who do not have the opportunity to speak to Spanish native speakers, it will be very useful. It will provide them a lot of fluency. They will be using the right grammar and vocabulary. They will be trying to produce a correct intonation an pronunciation in Spanish.