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Hi guys, my name is Tung Dang and these are 5 things that people don't tell you about Isle Speaking Band 9.
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Your number one goal should not be to impress.
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Your number one goal should be to speak naturally.
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You gotta have enough language to be able to carry on a conversation in a relaxed, genuine manner.
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You can't strategize your way to a high score.
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Grammar should be an afterthought.
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This is sort of an extension of the first point.
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Grammar should be something that is second nature to you.
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You should not have to think about whether you're conjugating your verbs correctly, or whether a simple or complex sentence would be more appropriate in a certain situation.
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Grammar is the conduit.
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It's like the electrical grid.
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It's the invisible infrastructure that allows you to organically,
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seamlessly, effortlessly, instantaneously convey what is in here through here.
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There's no such thing as fancy vocabulary.
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There's the right word, the almost right word, and the wrong word.
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A lot of the lexical items that people like to flaunt
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when they're delivering an IELTS speaking test are either almost right or outright wrong.
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The truly excellent candidate is always self-assured that his diction is measured, thoughtful, articulate, but appropriate.
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You don't always have to be comfortable with the topic to deliver good answers.
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The IELTS speaking test does not consist of any topics or questions that are highly technical in nature.
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You don't have to be an expert, nor do you need to possess any sort of specialized knowledge in order to succeed in the test.
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But sometimes you do get asked questions that you don't normally think about.
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Questions like, is your country a cash-centric society?
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Or should people be encouraged to travel less because of the enormous environmental footprint of travel?
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When you get asked questions like these, you might be stumped, and that's perfectly normal.
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You don't have to be comfortable with these questions, you just got to be comfortable with your temporary ignorance
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if you will on the topic and try to figure out what you think about it by talking about it.
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Don't be too reliant on contrived phrases like, oh that's an interesting question.
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Just start talking and it'll get easier, I promise.
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The only way to guarantee a certain band score is to be overqualified for that band score.
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You want 9?
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You should aspire to speak like an educated native speaker, not like other 9ers.
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If you focus too much on whether you're good enough for a certain band score, chances are you're going to be met with disappointment.
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The test is not perfect by any means.
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Sometimes you get a worse score than a person who is not as proficient as you are, sometimes you get a higher score than the performance that you give in the test room.
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And there's no point in rationalizing why you did or did not get a certain band score.
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There's no such thing as being good enough.
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You're either not good enough or you're so good
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that it will be unreasonable for the examiner to give you anything less than what you deserve.
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But at the end of the day, it's just a test.
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Take it seriously, but not too seriously.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “5 things about IELTS Speaking Band 9.0”. Las palabras que más se repiten: score, test, band, certain, grammar. Este vídeo tiene 41 frases y 545 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:28. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 157 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
grammar sustantivo/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/gramática
afterthought sustantivo/ˈæft.ɚ.θɔt/idea tardía, coletilla
aspire verbo/əˈspaɪɚ/aspirar, ambicionar
centric adjetivo/ˈsɛntɹɪk/céntrico
conduit sustantivo/ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/conducto
conjugate verbo/ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/conjugar
contrived adjetivo/kənˈtɹaɪvd/muy elaborado, maquinado
diction sustantivo/ˈdɪk.ʃən/dicción
effortlessly adverbio/ˈɛf.ɚt.ləs.li/aína, aínas
flaunt verbo/flɑnt/lucir, presumir
instantaneously adverbioinstantáneamente
lexical adjetivo/ˈlɛksɪkəl/léxico, lexical
proficient adjetivo/pɹoʊˈfɪʃ.ənt/competente, proficiente
rationalize verbo/ˈɹæʃənəlaɪz/racionalizar
reliant adjetivodependiente

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
figure out verboaveriguar, captar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • You can't strategize your way to a high score.
  • Questions like, is your country a cash-centric society?
  • Just start talking and it'll get easier, I promise.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 15 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, you're, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: afterthought /ˈæft.ɚ.θɔt/, thoughtful /ˈθɔːtfəl/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: diction /ˈdɪk.ʃən/, proficient /pɹoʊˈfɪʃ.ənt/, rationalize /ˈɹæʃənəlaɪz/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/, assure /əˈʃʊɹ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: effortlessly /ˈɛf.ɚt.ləs.li/, organically /ɔːˈɡænɪkli/, rationalize /ˈɹæʃənəlaɪz/, examiner /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/, articulate /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/, strategize /ˈstɹætəd͡ʒaɪz/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: contrived /kənˈtɹaɪvd/, verb /vɝb/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, convey /kənˈveɪ/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: rationalize /ˈɹæʃənəlaɪz/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/, strategize /ˈstɹætəd͡ʒaɪz/, examiner /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/, unreasonable /ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como grammar, afterthought, aspire.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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