Shadowing Practice: CELPIP Exam Speaking Practice | Expressing Opinions - Learn English Speaking with Video

Take a look at this guy.

He's taking the CELPIP exam

and on the speaking part of the exam he has to answer a question where he has to express his personal opinion.

Okay and he has one and a half minutes to answer the question but he doesn't know what to say.

Do you know what to say?

In this lesson I'm going to teach you how you should answer this question.

Okay, I'm making a lot of videos on CELFIP,

so if you haven't already subscribed,

make sure you subscribe right down there.

Okay, so here's our question.

Do you think that young adults should pay rent to their parents

if they do not move out by the age of 21?

Explain your reasons.

Okay, this is sort of an interesting question.

Do you think young adults should pay rent to their parents if they do not move out by age 21?

So you need to answer this question with your own opinion, your personal opinion.

Now, this is actually pretty challenging for a lot of people.

And this is why it's challenging.

Okay, individualism versus collectivism.

A lot of people taking the CELPIP exam are from countries like Japan,

Korea, China, and in their societies,

their opinion doesn't really matter.

Their personal opinion.

Like if you ask someone from Japan,

what do you think about this issue?

They won't probably talk very much, okay?

But if you ask someone from Canada,

what do you think about this issue?

They're going to talk, talk, talk, talk, talk.

They're going to talk your ear off.

Okay.

Talk your ear off is an idiom that means they're going to talk a lot.

Okay.

That's because in Canada, individualism is really important.

That means the individual is the highest in society.

But in countries like Japan,

the individual doesn't really matter.

It's the opinion of society or family that matters.

So this question on the CELPIP exam actually shows you that Canadians value individualism.

What your personal opinion is.

So you need to actually say your opinion.

Now, the question might be something that you don't care about or you don't know anything about,

but you still need to speak as though you're giving your personal opinion, okay?

So even if you don't care whether kids have to pay rent to their parents or not,

you still have to make something up and speak like you care about it, okay?

So you're going to use words like this.

You're going to say, I think,

or I believe, or in my opinion, or personally speaking.

Okay, this is how we share our opinions.

Okay, then you're going to say your opinion.

You're going to say, young adults should pay rent to their parents,

or young adults should not pay rent to their parents.

Okay, that's what the question is asking,

so you need to answer it directly.

Okay?

And then, after you say that,

you're going to give your reasons.

Why don't you think parents or why don't you think young adults should pay rent?

Or why do you think young adults should pay rent?

Okay?

So, your first sentence is going to look like this.

Okay, in my opinion, young adults should not pay rent to their parents for several reasons.

Okay, there you've said your opening phrase, your opinion.

Now we're going to talk about the reasons.

So you're going to say, firstly, blah, blah, blah.

or the first reason is that

and then after you talk about your first reason then you might say another reason is

that blah blah blah

and then your last reason you could say finally I think blah blah blah okay

so you're going to give all your reasons here after you finish that then you're going to give a little conclusion.

Just one sentence.

Okay?

So when you see your time running out,

maybe if you have 10 or 15 seconds left,

then you should just say your conclusion.

You could say something like this.

That's why I think parents should not charge rent to their kids even if they're over 21.

Okay?

That's a good little conclusion.

Then you stop talking.

Perfect.

Okay, now let's try to think about this question a little bit.

What would your reasons be?

Okay, should kids pay rent to their parents if they're over 21?

Well, we could answer no. No,

because young adults in their 20s,

they're busy paying for their education,

and education costs a lot of money, right?

So that's one reason.

And also, people in their 20s might be saving up to buy a house,

or they might be saving up for marriage.

Okay, so you're just going to take some really quick notes.

Remember, you only have 30 seconds in this question.

This is task 7.

Yeah, it's task 7 on the CELPIP exam.

Okay, you only have 30 seconds to take some notes.

So you're going to read the question and then you might just write two

or three words to help you remember what you want to say.

So this is the notes.

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These are the notes that I would take if I were answering this question.

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But we could also say yes.

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Yes.

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Young adults should have to pay rent to their parents after 21.

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Because a lot of young people these days are lazy and that's not good if they have to pay rent then,

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you know, that'll teach them about work,

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how to get a job, how to make money.

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It will also teach them how to manage their money,

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how to make a budget.

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Okay, so you just write down any ideas, okay?

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Because 90 seconds is a long time to talk.

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Look, I've talked to people who have taken a CELPIP exam,

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and they say, yes, 90 seconds is a long time.

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60 seconds is not too long,

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but the difference between 60 seconds and 90 seconds is a big difference.

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So you're going to need to speak for one and a half minutes on something like this,

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where you're talking about your opinion.

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Do you think you can do it?

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It's challenging.

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Okay, so when you see the question,

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you're going to pick whichever answer is easiest for you to give reasons for.

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Okay, so in this case,

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I think it would be much easier to say,

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no, young adults should not pay rent to their parents even after 21 because education, house, marriage.

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I think this would be easier to answer.

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Okay, so you have 90 seconds.

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I'm going to give you an example of how to talk about this in 90 seconds.

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So just be patient.

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But first I want to say,

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if you don't have enough to talk about in 90 seconds,

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like after a minute, if you run out of things to say and you don't know what to say,

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you can acknowledge some counter-arguments.

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Okay, what's a counter-argument?

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Well, a counter-argument is something that the other side of the argument would say.

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For example, like, kids will be lazy if they don't have to pay rent.

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That's a counter-argument.

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So you can acknowledge that.

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You could say a lot of people think that kids will get lazy if they have a free place to live.

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But in my experience, that's not true.

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For example, I have a friend who studied at university all the way up till he was 30 years old.

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And then after he graduated,

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he got a great job.

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He's working really hard.

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He's managing his money really well.

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So this would be a good way to acknowledge some of the other arguments.

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but to make them so that you are right.

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So you want to use these counter arguments to help your position or to counter them.

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You acknowledge them and then you counter them by saying,

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but in my experience, that's not true.

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So if you don't have enough time, you can do this.

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Okay, so like I said,

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I'm going to give you an example of how I would answer this question in 90 seconds.

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Now, if you want to try first,

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before you hear me, then just click on the pause button right down there.

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Otherwise, I'm going to start right now.

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I have my stopwatch here.

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Are you ready?

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Here we go.

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Okay, I don't think young adults should have to pay rent to their parents even after the age of 21

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for several reasons.

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Firstly, most people in their 20s are going to university and university costs are really high.

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So if young adults have to pay their rent and have to pay for a university,

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that's putting a really big burden on the young adults.

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Also a lot of people in

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that age are trying to save up money to buy a house

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which would be really good if they can buy a house early on in life

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that means they're going to be better financially or more financially stable later on in life.

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If they have to wait till like 35 or 40 years old to buy a house,

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then, you know, it's going to take them a long time to pay it off.

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If they can get it earlier, that's better.

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Also, a lot of young adults want to get married in their 20s,

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so that costs a lot of money too.

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The average wedding in Canada is at least $30,000, I've heard.

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So, it's good if kids can save for these things.

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So that's why, those are some reasons why I think that young adults should not pay rent to their parents.

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Done.

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Okay, exactly one and a half minutes.

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Okay, so, you know, I looked at my watch and I made a decision.

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Should I talk about some counter arguments or should I just stop with this?

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and I realized I probably don't have enough time to talk about the counter arguments.

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Okay, so I think that was a pretty good answer.

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I gave, you know, some good reasons why I had an introduction.

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I said, in my opinion,

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young adults should not have to pay rent to their parents for several reasons.

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I gave my reasons and then I had a conclusion.

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I said so that's why

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or these are some reasons why I think young adults should not pay rent to their parents after age 21.

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Okay so that was I think that was okay.

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What do you think?

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Do you think that was good or could I have have done a little bit better.

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Okay, so I think a good way to practice for this speaking question is to practice taking notes in your mind.

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Okay, like if you read the news and you see something on the news,

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practice taking an opinion on it,

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both sides, and think of three reasons why this side is right and three reasons why this side is right.

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Okay, here's an example.

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Do you think Muslim women in Canada should be allowed to wear hijabs?

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Explain your answer.

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Okay, this is a very,

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a very touchy topic in Canada and other countries like Switzerland, Europe, France, USA.

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Okay, And there's two sides to the argument.

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So what could we say?

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If we say, yes, they should be allowed to wear hijabs.

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What are three points we could say?

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Well, we could say Canada has religious freedoms,

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so women should be allowed to wear hijabs.

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Also, Canadian values are very open and multicultural.

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Canada loves multiculturalism.

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Okay, so that's another reason.

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Also, this will help to educate the rest of Canadians that Muslims are actually peaceful people.

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Okay, so there we have three reasons why women should be allowed to wear hijabs.

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But let's think about the other side.

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If we say, no, they should not be allowed to wear hijabs because it will instill fear into society.

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okay everyone will think about the news

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and they see all the the terrorist activities all around the world

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and

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if they see people from those cultures they're going to be

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afraid okay that's one reason another reason could be it's against

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Canadian values the Canadian values equality between Canada values equality between men and women so it goes against Canadian values.

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A third reason is we don't want our children growing up with foreign values.

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Okay so there I just made three reasons for yes three reasons for no.

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So if you do this kind of practice in your mind it's going to be easier on the exam

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when you have to think fast and write down two or three words, okay?

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For example, if you read the news,

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say it says something about North Korea,

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then you ask yourself, should Donald Trump attack North Korea?

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Yes, he should because boom, boom, boom.

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No, he shouldn't because boom, boom, boom, okay?

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This kind of practice helps strengthen your thinking skills skills and it will help you be better in expressing your opinion.

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Okay, so that's my tips for answering this question.

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Let's do some homework.

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Do you think university education should be free?

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Explain your reasons.

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Okay, so I want you to tell me your reasons down there in the comments

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and I'll see you over in the next episode of Mad English TV.

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Take care.

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Thank you.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “CELPIP Exam Speaking Practice”. Las palabras que más se repiten: rent, opinion, adults, parents, seconds. Este vídeo tiene 235 frases y 2199 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 16:17. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 135 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 91 % 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 14 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
hijab sustantivo	/hɪˈd͡ʒɑːb/	hiyab, velo islámico
individualism sustantivo	/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/	individualismo
firstly adverbio	/ˈfɜɹstli/	primeramente
financially adverbio		financieramente
subscribe verbo	/səbˈskɹaɪb/	suscribirse, subscribirse
collectivism sustantivo	[kəˈlɛk.tə.vɪ.zm̩]	colectivismo
instill verbo	/ɪnˈstɪl/	insuflar, infundir
multicultural adjetivo	/ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/	multicultural
stopwatch verbo		cronómetro
touchy adjetivo	/ˈtʌt͡ʃi/	touchy
whichever	/wɪt͡ʃˈɛvɚ/	cualquiera, cual sea
educate verbo	/ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/	educar, instruir
pause sustantivo	/pɔːz/	pausa
strengthen verbo	/ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/	fortalecer

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
move out verbo	mudarse de acá, independizarse
write down verbo	apuntar, anotar
run out verbo	agotar, quedarse sin
save up verbo	ahorrar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

Do you know what to say?
What would your reasons be?
Do you think you can do it?
What are three points we could say?
Do you think university education should be free?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

Estructura	En el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	haven't already subscribed · you've said · I've talked
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	should be allowed · should not be allowed
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa	people who have · friend who studied

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 51 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Palabras largas — cuida el acento: individualism /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/, collectivism [kəˈlɛk.tə.vɪ.zm̩], multicultural /ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: individualism /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/, collectivism [kəˈlɛk.tə.vɪ.zm̩], whichever /wɪt͡ʃˈɛvɚ/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: individualism /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/, collectivism [kəˈlɛk.tə.vɪ.zm̩], pause /pɔːz/
/dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: hijab /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːb/, individualism /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/, educate /ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como hijab, individualism, firstly.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Gramática en este vídeo

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?