Shadowing Practice: Cambridge 19 listening test 3 section 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The Children's Book Festival is coming up again soon, and here to tell us all about it is the festival's organiser, Jenny Morgan.
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So, tell us what we can expect this year, Jenny.
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Well, as usual, we've got five days of action-packed, exciting events for children, with writers coming from all over the country getting involved.
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Just to give you an idea of what's on offer in the workshops, first of all there's a very special event called Superheroes.
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This is a chance for deaf children to share their reading experiences with author Madeleine Gordon, who is herself hearing impaired.
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Just Do It is a practical workshop led by the well-known illustrator Mark Keane.
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He'll take participants on a magical journey to faraway lands with an opportunity for aspiring actors to do some role play.
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Count On Me is an inspiring and entertaining look at the issues of friendship for 13 to 14 year olds.
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It looks at some of the friendships described in popular books and asks participants to compare these with their own experiences.
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Speak Up is part of a series of workshops on the subject of mental health.
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This is a creative writing workshop encouraging children to describe situations where young people experience loneliness.
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A recent survey revealed that children can be lonely even when they're at home with their families.
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Jump for Joy, as many of you will know,
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is the heartwarming, best-selling story by Nina Caron about a young girl's trip to visit her relatives in India.
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It recently received the gold medal at the Waterford Awards.
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Nina will get children to celebrate the word joy by writing a poem.
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Sticks
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and Stones is the beautifully illustrated picture book for young readers
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about a community who organise an African Caribbean festival to help local children learn about their Jamaican roots.
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This will be a musical event where children will have the chance to play steel drums.
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This is bound to be very popular, so please book as soon as possible.
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Thanks, Jenny.
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That all sounds really interesting.
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I'm just wondering if you have a favourite book you could recommend for our readers?
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It's hard to choose, but Alive and Kicking is definitely worth mentioning.
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You won't have heard of the writer as it's her first book, which is really impressive.
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It's basically the teenage diary of a boy from Somalia who comes to live in the UK.
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It deals with the serious issue of immigration
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and all the challenges the boy has to face at school and with the language barrier, etc. Usually, books like this are quite sad,
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but this one actually made me cry with laughter.
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On each page there are simple but hilarious black and white stick drawings of the boy with his friends and teachers.
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At the end of each diary entry there are new English words the boy learns each day, which may help develop some children's vocabulary.
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I think my kids would enjoy that.
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What about any advice for parents on how to encourage their children to read more?
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Well, this is something I get asked about a lot.
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There are so many distractions for kids these days that it can be hard to find time for reading reading.
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One thing I'd say is to make time to sit down with your child and share books with them.
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A lot of parents give up reading aloud to their children as soon as they learn to read independently, but this is a mistake.
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It's good to read more advanced books to them as it helps to develop their vocabulary.
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If you don't have time for this, then let them listen to audiobooks.
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Often they'll want to read books they've listened to for themselves.
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I think it's a good idea to make a mental note of the type of books your child is reading.
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Often they just read the same genre all the time, which can get a bit boring.
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You can introduce new authors and genres to them.
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Librarians should be able to help you with this.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Cambridge 19 listening test 3 section 2”. Las palabras que más se repiten: reading, workshop, boy, Jenny, learn. Este vídeo tiene 45 frases y 678 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:23. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 155 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 84 % 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
workshop sustantivo/ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/taller
participant sustantivo/pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/participante, partícipe
vocabulary sustantivo/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/vocabulario
diary sustantivo/ˈdaɪ.ə.ɹi/diario, diario personal
genre sustantivo/ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/género
aspire verbo/əˈspaɪɚ/aspirar, ambicionar
audiobook sustantivo/ˈɔdi.oʊbʊk/audiolibro
excite verbo/ɪkˈsaɪt/emocionar
faraway adjetivo/ˈfɑɹəweɪ/alejado, distante
illustrator sustantivo/ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/ilustrador, ilustradora
impair verbo/ɪmˈpɛɹ/deteriorar, empeorar
aloud adverbio/əˈlaʊd/en voz alta, públicamente
organizer sustantivo/ˈɔɹɡənaɪzɚ/organizador
librarian sustantivo/laɪˈbɹɛə̯ɹi.ən/bibliotecario
loneliness sustantivo/ˈloʊnlinəs/soledad

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
come up verbosalir a relucir
give up verborendirse, entregar
speak up verbo/ˌspik ˈʌp/hablar más alto, hablar más fuerte

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahave heard · they've listened
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosabook, which is · time, which can
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónHe'll take · will know · will get
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasis coming · I'm just wondering · is reading

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 9 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, he'll, I'd. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, genre /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/, distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: participant /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, audiobook /ˈɔdi.oʊbʊk/, illustrator /ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/, organizer /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzɚ/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: teenage /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/, magical /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/

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 workshop, participant, vocabulary.

¿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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