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A third benefit of online communities, of course, is the power of social networks for commercial purposes.
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Thank you.
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Many companies aim to develop an online marketplace where they can sell their goods and services.
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But a lot of companies also want to build a social community.
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They do this through the use of Social Media Marketing,
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or SMM, SMM is a type of internet marketing that uses social networking websites as a marketing tool.
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SMM aims to get users to share content with their social network.
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Shared content is a kind of business capital for a company.
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It increases brand exposure.
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It increases their customer base.
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It disseminates product information quickly.
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SMM
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also generates social interaction with the intended aim of creating a stronger relationship between a company
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and its customers and social networks for commercial purposes works within smaller niches as well not just for large companies.
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Okay, so we have social, professional, commercial, and now the fourth area concerns investment.
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Investment is vital for any business organization.
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Finding the resources to operate and expand.
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And investment is not just monetary investment, but social investment also.
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Non -profit organizations like the Red Cross, the World Wildlife Fund, or Ted,
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all need social communities to raise awareness of their ideas and causes and also to raise funds for operations.
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One way they do this is through crowdfunding.
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Crowdfunding is the practice of presenting a product
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or a venture to an online community and members of the community are encouraged to participate.
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to give money and to share ideas, and share their passion with others in their network.
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Crowdfunding communities such as Kickstarter, Meetup, or Indiegogo are not just for entrepreneurs trying to make money off of an idea or product.
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Social causes such as NGOs and nonprofits are also active users of crowdfunding,
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and these types of organizations are supported by passionate online communities.
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Alright, so we've looked at four different types of relationships that can benefit from online communities.
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The fifth type of online community concerns play, what we do in our leisure time, what we do for fun,
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One aspect of play communities is huge, and that is gaming.
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Playing games online with other players in a virtual gaming community.
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A recent poll in Game Studies, a journal of computer game research,
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suggests that approximately one out of every four internet users visits online gaming sites on a daily basis.
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These are visits to gaming communities such as Steam, or GameSpot, or Kotaku.
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where game players can interact with a number of games and an unlimited number of players from around the world.
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Members of these online gaming communities feel they are doing more than just playing games.
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They feel a sense of camaraderie, a sense of belonging, a feeling that they are part of a genuine community.
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Okay, so today we've looked at five benefits of online communities.
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I'll leave you with this final thought.
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People have been using the Internet for decades now, and online communities have been a major social force behind the growth of the Internet.
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which has enormous potential benefit for improving social relationships, and building social communities.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “contemporary topics unite 3”. Las palabras que más se repiten: communities, online, gaming, investment, crowdfunding. Este vídeo tiene 41 frases y 526 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:54. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 135 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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 13 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
crowdfunding sustantivofinanciación colectiva, micromecenazgo
camaraderie sustantivo/ˌkɑm(ə)ˈɹɑdəɹi/camaradería
disseminate verbo/dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/diseminar
marketplace sustantivomercado
niche sustantivo/nɪt͡ʃ/hornacina, nicho
nonprofit adjetivosin ánimo de lucro, sin fin lucrativo
leisure sustantivo/ˈlɛʒə(ɹ)/ocio
entrepreneur sustantivo/ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/emprendedor, emprendedor comercial
interact verbo/ɪn.təˈɹækt/interactuar
passionate adjetivo/ˈpæʃənɪt/apasionado
intend verbo/ɪnˈtɛnd/pretender, intencionar
unlimited adjetivo/ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/ilimitado, sin límite
monetary adjetivo/ˈmʌnɪtəɹi/monetario

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 ahorawe've looked · have been
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceare encouraged · are supported

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 3 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we've, I'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: leisure /ˈlɛʒə(ɹ)/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: camaraderie /ˌkɑm(ə)ˈɹɑdəɹi/, disseminate /dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/, entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, unlimited /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/, monetary /ˈmʌnɪtəɹi/

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 crowdfunding, camaraderie, disseminate.

¿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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