Shadowing-Übung: Vol 3 - test 4 - section 4 - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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Now turn to Section 4 on page 7.
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Section 4.
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You will hear part of a talk about research into learner persistence given by a university lecturer to her colleagues.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40 on pages 7 and 8.
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Thank you.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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My talk is about a research study I did over a period of five years on learner persistence,
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why some people stick at academic study better than others.
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As teachers, you will know that there is a tremendous variation in the learner's response to certain things.
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For example, a short period of illness might completely destabilize some students and cause them to give up their degree studies.
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Other learners might overcome tremendous difficulties to stay the course.
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I am particularly interested in this second group, who are the ones with learner persistence.
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What I decided to do was design a research study using a sample of my university's third-year undergraduate students,
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295 in all who obviously had already stayed the course pretty well.
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The sample was drawn from a range of ages, but there was deliberately a significant number of mature students,
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and all respondents were living at home in the local region.
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I wanted to have this element of consistency, not having some coming from outside the area and living in university accommodation.
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It should be noted, though, that there was significant variation in home background to reflect the variation in our student population.
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I designed questionnaires which were devised to elicit what their concerns had been as they started the course
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and what had sustained them throughout the three years.
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Findings from the first section indicated that their worries when they started varied from financial concerns,
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though this had not been as strong as I expected, to career prospects.
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but mature students with children tended to emphasize uncertainties about their relationship with them
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the second section of my questionnaire looked at learner persistence under three main headings social
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and environmental factors other factors and intrinsic
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or personal characteristics I identified three levels of importance for each
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of these at the first level those points identified by participants
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as most important in learner persistence for social factors many respondents
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said how crucial it had been to have good support though
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there was no one specific source it could be family
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or friends as regards other factors students are heartened not
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so much by high grades but by what they regard as success in study
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and for personal characteristics many respondents reported that they took pleasure in challenge and
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that this was regarded as very significant at the second level
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of importance in the first category a sizable percentage talked about the fact
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that they had enjoyed themselves in school as an important social
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factor in the second column other factors a number of people said
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that what was of most importance was decent health this had
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a fairly strong influence on their persistence in their studies
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and then under the heading of personal characteristics there were quite
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a large percentage of respondents who who mentioned they felt it was important to have lots of interests in their everyday lives.
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This gave them a depth and sense of perspective, which less persistent learners might lack.
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And then, on to the third level.
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Under social factors, several respondents talked about good relationships with their tutors.
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For other factors, they mentioned lack or absence of any problems in their families
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and Finally under column three they identified an ability to juggle several roles what we might call their capacity for multitasking
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Now these findings obviously helped inform the design of activities as I mentioned
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But in addition a number of further recommendations emerged
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firstly I propose
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that the department distributes questionnaires to first-year students to help get an idea of their maturity
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when starting the course this is really our overriding concern secondly
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I recommend we look into ways of offering induction courses for
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some selected students to allow them to take on the role
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of advisors we think they are the best people to act in
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that role this policy will make support much more accessible to
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our students thirdly this help is often most needed in the evening
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and night when offices are closed and
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so we should set up online services instead of the more traditional telephone services research has shown
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that these services are actually more accessible to the majority of students.
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And finally, it is often important to be proactive.
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If students are not meeting deadlines, then someone should contact them rather than wait for them to come to us.
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Now, are there any questions about the points that you have to ask?
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That is the end of Section 4.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Thank you.

Kontext und Hintergrund

Die Videoaufnahme zeigt einen Vortrag einer Universitätsdozentin über ihre fünfjährige Forschung zu Lernerpersistenz – also warum manche Studierende Schwierigkeiten meistern und andere abbrechen. Sie analysiert Daten von 295 dritten Semestern, darunter viele erwachsene Lerner, und beschreibt Faktoren wie soziale Unterstützung, intrinsische Motive und Gesundheit. Dieser Kontext eignet sich hervorragend, um komplexe Englischaussagen zu verstehen und gleichzeitig Englisch Shadowing zu üben.

Top 5 Phrasen für den täglichen Gebrauch

Extrahieren Sie diese nützlichen Ausdrücke aus dem Video und üben Sie sie:

  • Stick at – "Sieh etwas durch" (z. B. "She stuck at her studies despite difficulties").
  • Stay the course – "Den Kurs beibehalten" (übertragen: "Sie blieben am Ball").
  • Heartened by – "Ermutigt durch" (z. B. "Students were heartened by small successes").
  • Juggle several roles – "Mehrere Rollen balancieren" (wichtig für multitasking).
  • Inform the design – "Die Gestaltung beeinflussen" (z. B. "Findings informed the course design").
Diese Phrasen helfen, komplexe Situationen wie Studienalltag oder Forschungsergebnisse zu beschreiben.

Schritt-für-Schritt-Shadowing-Anleitung

Um shadowspeak effektiv zu üben, folgen Sie diesen Schritten:

  1. Hören und beachten Sie die Intonation: Die Dozentin spricht langsam und klar, aber mit komplexen Sätzen. Hören Sie sich wiederholt Abschnitte über "soziale Faktoren" oder "persönliche Merkmale" an – merken Sie, wie sie zwischen Punkten wechselt.
  2. Wiederholen Sie direkt nach ihr: Nutzen Sie die Pause zwischen Sätzen, um zu wiederholen. Konzentrieren Sie sich auf Wörter wie "tremendous variation" oder "significant number" – üben Sie die Betonung.
  3. Analysieren Sie die Struktur: Die Vortragsstil hat eine klare Gliederung (Fragen, Methoden, Ergebnisse). Versuchen Sie, die Hauptpunkte in eigenen Worten zu wiedergeben – das verbessert nicht nur das Englische Shadowing, sondern auch das Verständnis komplexer Texte.
  4. Üben Sie mit Schwierigkeitsbereichen: Passagen über "multitasking" oder "juggling roles" können schwierig sein. Teilen Sie sie in kleinere Stücke auf und wiederholen Sie sie, bis sie flüssig klingen.
  5. Reflektieren Sie: Notieren Sie, welche Phrasen Ihnen am schwersten fielen. Vielleicht sind es lange Adjektivphrasen oder spezifische Fachbegriffe – fokussieren Sie sich in der nächsten Übung darauf.
Mit dieser Methode verbessern Sie nicht nur Ihre Englische Aussprache, sondern auch das Zuhören und das Verständnis von wissenschaftlichem Englisch.

Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?

Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.

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