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Complete IELTS, Bands 5 to 6.5, by Guy Brookhart and Vanessa Jakeman,
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published by Cambridge University Press.
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This recording is copyright.
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Track 15, Unit 4, Listening, Exercise 3.
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Today I'm going to be talking about amateur journalism.
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In other words, journalism practised by ordinary people, not professional journalists.
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For people like you, who want to get some real writing experience, this can be a good way to get started.
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And later I'll be offering you some practical tips to help you.
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Amateur journalists are providing more and more news.
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I think the main cause of this change has been the internet.
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Nowadays, anyone close to an important event can write a report and email it to a newspaper.
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Or they can take a photo with a digital camera, or use their mobile phone to make a video film of what's happening.
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Also, amateur journalism isn't just for people who are in the right place at the right time.
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People can now write reports and articles about things which a big organisation might not be interested in,
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and post their ideas on their website or blog.
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This means that all sorts of people can express their views.
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Also, in the past, if you wanted to make your opinions known, one of the few ways of doing this was to send a letter to a newspaper.
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But normally, newspapers only print a few of the thousands of letters they receive each day.
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Now, people can write about the things which are really important to them and the people around them, and they put it in a blog.
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As a result, amateur journalists often write about something which is a local issue.
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And by local issue, I mean something happening in the school in their area or the traffic in their town,
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but not something necessarily of national or international interest.
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Amateur journalism is a growing phenomenon.
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There are now major online newspapers.
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Oh My News in South Korea, for example, has a large number of readers,
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and for this reason they can attract advertising and get income from this.
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And as a result, it's become a profitable business.
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Track 16 Unit 4 Listening, Exercise 5 But how can you get involved?
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How can you begin to write articles which will be published on sites like these?
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Well, first you must have something interesting to say, something you want to communicate with readers.
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Assuming you have this, it's important in an article to attract people's attention and gain their interest,
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so put the main facts first, answering these questions – who,
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why, when, how and where.
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Get those basic facts down to start with and get people interested.
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Then fill in the details in the rest of the article.
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The best model is really shaped like a pyramid.
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You put the most important facts at the top of the article and lots of smaller details down below.
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Remember, you want people to keep reading, so you need to hold your readers' interest.
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A really good technique for doing that is to put in quotations from people who are part of the story, what they really said.
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You know the sort of thing.
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Tanya, mother of two, said, it all happened so quickly that we didn't have time to react.
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bring the article alive.
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Once you've written your article, go over it again to make sure that any figures you quote are correct.
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Make sure that Tanya really has two children and not one or three.
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Then, after that, once you've got your ideas down,
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rewrite your article, making sure that your paragraphs don't contain more than three sentences.
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People like them to be brief and to the point, and this will help to hold their attention.
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And another thing to bear in mind, if they're reading online, people will soon stop reading your piece and start reading something else.
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So keep the whole article brief.
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Don't put in a conclusion.
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Just let your article end without it.
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Another good piece of advice is to remember that old cliché which we've all heard, that a picture is worth a thousand words.
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It's true, so if you can, include a picture.
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It'll attract more attention and illustrate what you've been saying.
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Finally, you need to write a headline.
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Something eye-catching which will get people to just skim the article to start with, and then, if it's well written,
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they'll read it more carefully afterwards.
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Thank you.
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Today, I'm going to be talking about amateur journalism.
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In other words, journalism practised by ordinary people, not professional journalists.
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For people like you who want to get some real writing experience, this can be a good way to get started,
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and later I'll be offering you some practical tips to help you.
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Amateur journalists are providing more and more news.
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I think the main cause of this change has been the internet.
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Nowadays, anyone close to an important event can write a report and email it to a newspaper.
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Or they can take a photo with a digital camera, or use their mobile phone to make a video film of what's happening.
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Also, amateur journalism isn't just for people who are in the right place at the right time.
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People can now write reports and articles about things which a big organisation might not be interested in,
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and post their ideas on their website or blog.
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This means that all sorts of people can express their views.
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Also, in the past, if you wanted to make your opinions known, one of the few ways of doing this was to send a letter to a newspaper.
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But normally newspapers only print a few of the thousands of letters they receive each day.
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Now people can write about the things which are really important to them and the people around them, and they put it in a blog.
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As a result, amateur journalists often write about something which is a local issue.
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And by local issue, I mean something happening in the school in their area, or the traffic in their town,
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but not something necessarily of national or international interest.
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Amateur journalism is a growing phenomenon.
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There are now major online newspapers.
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Oh My News in South Korea, for example, has a large number of readers,
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and for this reason they can attract advertising and get income from this,
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and as a result it's become a profitable business.
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Track 16 Unit 4 Listening, Exercise 5 But how can you get involved?
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How can you begin to write articles which will be published on sites like these?
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Well, first you must have something interesting to say, something you want to communicate with readers.
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Assuming you have this, it's important in an article to attract people's attention and gain their interest.
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So put the main facts first, answering these questions.
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Who, why, when, how and where.
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Get those basic facts down to start with and get people interested.
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Then fill in the details in the rest of the article.
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The best model is really shaped like a pyramid.
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You put the most important facts at the top of the article and lots of smaller details down below.
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Remember, you want people to keep reading, so you need to hold your readers' interest.
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A really good technique for doing that is to put in quotations from people who are part of the story.
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What they really said.
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You know the sort of thing.
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Tanya, mother of two, said, It all happened so quickly that we didn't have time to react.
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Quotations bring the article alive.
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Once you've written your article, go over it again to make sure that any figures you quote are correct.
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Make sure that Tanya really has two children and not one or three.
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Then, after that, once you've got your ideas down,
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rewrite your article, making sure that your paragraphs don't contain more than three sentences.
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People like them to be brief and to the point, and this will help to hold their attention.
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And another thing to bear in mind, if they're reading online, people will soon stop reading your piece and start reading something else,
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so keep the whole article brief.
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Don't put in a conclusion.
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Just let your article end without it.
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Another good piece of advice is to remember that old cliché which we've all heard, that a picture is worth a thousand words.
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It's true, so if you can, include a picture.
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It'll attract more attention and illustrate what you've been saying.
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Finally, you need to write a headline.
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Something eye-catching which will get people to just skim the article to start with, and Then, if it's well written,
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they'll read it more carefully afterwards.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 113 frases y 1444 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 12:59. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 111 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 88 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

  • amateur /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/ (sustantivo) — amateur. A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or…
  • journalism /ˈd͡ʒɝnl̩ˌɪzəm/ (sustantivo) — periodismo. The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news…
  • journalist /ˈd͡ʒɝnəlɪst/ (sustantivo) — diarista. The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
  • reader /ˈɹi.dɚ/ (sustantivo) — lector, lectora. A person who reads.
  • attract /əˈtɹækt/ (verbo) — atraer. To pull toward without touching.
  • quotation /kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩/ (sustantivo) — presupuesto, cotización. A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
  • necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/ (adverbio) — necesariamente. Inevitably; of necessity.
  • practical /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/ (adjetivo) — práctico. Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
  • technique /tɛkˈniːk/ (sustantivo) — técnica. The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
  • carefully /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ (adverbio) — cuidadosamente. With care; attentively, circumspectly.
  • afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ (adverbio) — después, consecuentemente. At a later or succeeding time; after that;
  • ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ (adjetivo) — ordinario. Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
  • conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/ (sustantivo) — conclusión, neta. The end, finish, close or last part of something.
  • react /ɹiːˈækt/ (verbo) — reaccionar. To act in response.
  • phenomenon /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/ (sustantivo) — fenómeno. A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • put in (verbo) — meter. To place inside.
  • fill in (verbo) — informar. To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.
  • go over (verbo) — sentar, pasar. To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
  • talk about (verbo) — hablar de, hablar sobre. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 26 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you've, don't, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: quotation /kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩/, conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/, organisation /ˈɔː.ɡə.naɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, organisation /ˈɔː.ɡə.naɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, phenomenon /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

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

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúayou've been saying
Oraciones condicionales if + oración, will/would + verbo — una condición y su resultadoif they're reading online, people will soon
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosapeople who are · things which are · something which is
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahas been · you've written

¿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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