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Oh, hey!
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Nice to meet you.
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I'm Maddy.
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Hey, Maddy.
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My name is Jack.
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I'm from London.
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And who's your friend?
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Oh, this is Rick.
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Rick, Maddy, Maddy, Rick.
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Hey, Rick.
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It's nice to meet you.
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Eh...
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Say something.
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Hi.
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Introduce yourself.
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Erm...
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I'm London.
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I'm from Rick.
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What was that?
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You really need to learn how to introduce yourself in English.
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When you first meet someone, the most important thing you need to know how to do is to introduce yourself.
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In this lesson, we're going to learn this, and I'm going to show you five easy steps.
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Step one is greeting.
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This is where you basically say hello.
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If it's a casual situation say one of these hello hi how are you
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if it's a formal situation use these good morning good afternoon good evening
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and never ever do this sup yo howdy step two say your name
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now there are different ways to introduce your name one of them is this my name is
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and then you say your name or i'm
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and then you say your name my name is christopher i'm christopher however
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if your name is long
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or it's difficult you can also use this you can call me and then say your nickname for example,
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my name is Christopher.
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You can call me Chris.
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Step three, basic details.
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Now you have greeted this person and you have introduced your name.
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It is time to add some basic details to the introduction.
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You can talk about location.
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Where are you from?
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I'm from, and then mention the country.
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I'm from Italy.
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Or you can talk about the city where you live.
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I live in, and then mention the city.
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I live in Milan.
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Another interesting basic information you can add to your introduction is to talk about work or study.
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I work as, and then mention your job.
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I work as a teacher.
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Or you can say this, I'm a, and then name your occupation.
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I'm a teacher.
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I'm a student.
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i'm a nurse or if you are studying something at university college
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or even school or high school you can use this i study engineering
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or i study architecture
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and of course it's a great idea to talk about your hobbies the things
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you do in your free time you can say i like and then name the hobby.
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You can say I enjoy and then name an activity or you can say I'm really into and then mention your interest.
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I like playing tennis.
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I enjoy swimming.
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I'm really into classical music.
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Step four is to add extra details.
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Now, depending on the situation, you may want to make your introduction a bit longer.
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You can talk about purpose.
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Why are you there at that time meeting
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that person what's the purpose behind you being there why are you there you can say i'm here too
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and then mention the purpose for example if it's a language school
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i'm here to learn english
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or you can talk about your feelings about being there i'm really excited too
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and then mention that activity that you're going to do i'm really excited to join this group.
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Another thing you can do is to talk about a fun fact.
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What is something fun about you that you think people would like to hear?
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For example, I have two cats.
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No, I don't have two cats in reality, but I'm just saying.
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If you have any pets, it might be a good idea to talk about your pets.
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Or maybe the fact that I speak four languages.
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I speak four languages.
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That's a fun fact about me
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and step five is ending you want to close your introduction nicely
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you can simply say nice to meet you nice to meet you or
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if you want to make it a bit more formal
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it's a pleasure to meet you it's a pleasure to meet you
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or you can say something like i'm very happy to be here i'm very happy to be here okay
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so let's put them all together greeting saying your name adding basic details adding extra details and ending Great!
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Let's see some sample introductions.
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Hey, I'm Marco.
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I live in Milan.
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I'm a barista.
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I love cycling on weekends.
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Glad to meet you.
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Hi, I'm Morty.
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I'm from Canada.
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I study business and in my free time I play football.
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Nice to meet you.
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Good morning.
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My name is Rick Sanchez and I'm from the States.
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I work as a scientist.
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I enjoy learning new skills
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and I'm very happy to be here today see very easy right now
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if you want to have the summary of this lesson in a single pdf file for free so
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that you can use it to review this lesson later you can simply click on the link above my head
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and on my website you can download it for free go ahead
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and get it i highly recommend this
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and now your homework go down to the comments section of this video
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and using the five steps that you have learned introduce yourself i will check your introductions
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and I will try to reply to your comment.
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See ya!

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “English Speaking Practice: Introducing Yourself”. Las palabras que más se repiten: meet, step, Rick, introduction, mention. Este vídeo tiene 105 frases y 873 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:08. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 142 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
introduce verbo/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/presentar
lesson sustantivo/ˈlɛs.ən/lección
greet verbo/ɡɹiːt/saludar
formal adjetivo/ˈfɔɹməl/formal
pet sustantivo/pɛt/mascota, animal de compañía
hobby sustantivo/ˈhɑ.bi/afición, hobby
architecture sustantivo/ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃə/arquitectura
skill sustantivo/skɪl/destreza, habilidad
nurse sustantivo/nɝs/enfermera, enfermero
summary sustantivo/ˈsʌm.ə.ɹi/resumen, sumario
tennis sustantivo/ˈtɛnɪs/tenis
casual adjetivo/ˈkæʒ(u)əl/casual
scientist sustantivo/ˈsaɪəntəst/científico, científica
swim verbo/swɪm/nadar
depend verbo/dɪˈpɛnd/depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de)

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
go ahead verbo/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/venga, adelante

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • It's nice to meet you.
  • Where are you from?
  • I'm from, and then mention the country.
  • I'm really into classical music.
  • Let's see some sample introductions.

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 greeted · have learned
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingenjoy swimming · love cycling · enjoy learning
Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguromay want · might be
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasis greeting · are studying · I'm just saying

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 31 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, we're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, occupation /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: architecture /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃə/, occupation /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: skill /skɪl/, swim /swɪm/
  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/, homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/, howdy /ˈhaʊdi/

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 introduce, lesson, greet.

¿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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