Is it normal to talk to yourself? – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.As your morning alarm blares, you mutter to yourself, “Why did I set it so early?” While brushing your teeth, you think, “I need a haircut
2.unless?” Rushing out the front door, you reach for your keys and realize they’re not there
3. you shout, “I can’t do anything right!” just in time to notice your neighbor
4.Being caught talking to yourself can feel embarrassing, and some people even stigmatize this behavior as a sign of mental instability
5.But decades of psychology research show that talking to yourself is completely normal
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
frustrated
A2To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
Example:
"Frustrated you shout, “I can’t do anything right!”"
ourselves
A2(reflexive pronoun) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
Example:
"So why do we talk to ourselves?"
development
B1The process of developing; growth, directed change.
Example:
"that this kind of speech was actually key to development."
important
A2Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"We know this internal self-talk is important,"
activated
A2To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
Example:
"What areas of the brain are activated during self-talk?"
activation
B2Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
Example:
"And how does this activation differ from normal conversation?"
sometimes
A2Former; sometime.
Example:
"sometimes called inner speech."
hypothesized
B1To believe or assert on uncertain grounds.
Example:
"In the 1930s, Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky hypothesized"
spontaneous
B1Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
Example:
"It relies on study subjects clearly tracking a behavior that’s spontaneous"
motivational
B1Tending or intended to motivate.
Example:
"Engaging in self-talk that’s instructional or motivational"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| frustrated | A2 | To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired. |
| ourselves | A2 | (reflexive pronoun) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject. |
| development | B1 | The process of developing; growth, directed change. |
| important | A2 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| activated | A2 | To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate. |
| activation | B2 | Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity. |
| sometimes | A2 | Former; sometime. |
| hypothesized | B1 | To believe or assert on uncertain grounds. |
| spontaneous | B1 | Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause. |
| motivational | B1 | Tending or intended to motivate. |
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