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Hello!
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Over the next four days, I'm going to share with you my best tips for improving your English speaking.
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Let's get started!
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Hi, and welcome to the Espresso English Podcast, where you can improve your English in just a few minutes a day.
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My name is Shaina, and I'm the teacher at Espresso English.
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Make sure to visit the website, EspressoEnglish .net, where you can get online courses and ebooks that will help you learn English even faster.
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Let's get started with today's lesson.
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Here's one reason it can be hard to speak English.
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You might know a good number of English words, but then it's difficult to put them together into sentences when you speak.
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First of all, it's a lot of work to put together an entire sentence word by word.
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That takes a lot of time and it makes your speaking slow.
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Second, a lot of questions come into your mind.
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Am I using the right words?
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Is the grammar in this phrase correct?
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What if I make a mistake?
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Will the other person laugh at me or not understand what I'm trying to say?
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These doubts and worries can stop you from speaking or make you nervous to try.
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So my first tip that will help you speak English more fluently
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and confidently is not to focus on memorizing words or grammar rules.
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Instead, focus on learning whole phrases.
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Let me show you why this is so powerful.
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Think about one of the first phrases you learned in English.
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Nice to meet you.
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You learned this expression as a complete phrase, so now it's easy to say it automatically.
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Nice to meet you.
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You don't need to think about whether to use the word nice, pleasant, or enjoyable.
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You don't need to debate which tense the verb should be in.
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If it should be to meet, or meeting, or have met, or will meet.
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You don't need to think about any of that.
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You can just say nice to meet you quickly and naturally without worrying about mistakes, just like a native English speaker.
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And the reason is because you learned it as a phrase, a whole phrase, instead of putting together the individual words by yourself.
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So you can get fluent in English faster if you focus on learning phrases, the same phrases that native speakers use every day.
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So how can you learn useful English phrases?
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One way is by watching TV shows and YouTube videos.
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Pay special attention to the phrases that are used in each situation, and write them down to help you remember them.
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A faster, easier way to learn phrases is to take my Everyday English Speaking course,
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because the lessons in this course are based on conversations that happen in day -to -day situations, from shopping to traveling to socializing.
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In this course, you'll learn hundreds of phrases that you can use with confidence, without having to think about how to put the words together.
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You can click on the link in the video description to sign up and start the Everyday English speaking course today.
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That's all for now.
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Remember, focus on learning whole phrases, not just individual words.
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And tomorrow, I'll give you some tips on how to increase your confidence to speak English.
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If you want more great English lessons,
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visit EspressoEnglish .net, where you can sign up by email to receive a free ebook with 500 plus real English phrases.
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You'll also find online courses to help you improve your English fast, even if you don't have much time to study.
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Keep practicing your English and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Don't focus on words or grammar rules”. Las palabras que más se repiten: English, phrase, word, speaking, meet. Este vídeo tiene 46 frases y 608 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:49. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 159 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. 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

13 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
phrase sustantivo/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/frase
lesson sustantivo/ˈlɛs.ən/lección
grammar sustantivo/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/gramática
naturally adverbio/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/naturalmente, a natura
pleasant adjetivo/ˈplɛz.ənt/placentero, placible
tense sustantivo/tɛns/tiempo
enjoyable adjetivo/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ə.bl̩/agradable, ameno
verb sustantivo/vɝb/verbo
fluent adjetivo/ˈfluənt/fluyente, fluente
confidently adverbio/ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/confidentemente
fluently adverbiodominar, con fluidez
memorize verbo/ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/memorizar
socialize verbo/ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/socializar, sociabilizarse

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
put together verboconstruir, elaborar
sign up verboinscribir, alistar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Let's get started with today's lesson.
  • Am I using the right words?
  • What if I make a mistake?
  • You don't need to think about any of that.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill help · Will the other person laugh · will meet
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesarioneed to think · need to debate · having to think
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasAm I using · I'm trying

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 10 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, you'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, pleasant /ˈplɛz.ənt/, memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, socialize /ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/

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 phrase, lesson, grammar.

¿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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