Shadowing Practice: 🇬🇧 Giving Directions - English B1 lesson 31, Intermediate - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello and welcome to this B1 Intermediate Lesson 31 with me Kate.
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Today we will be looking at giving directions.
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Okay, here on the screen I have 10 different phrases that are used for giving directions.
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We have go down to the end of the road, go past the cinema, it's on the corner,
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go straight at the lights, take the next right, it's the second right,
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turn left at the traffic lights, cross the road, it's on your left,
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it's on the other side of the road.
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And here I have 10 different images.
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I want you to match these phrases with the images.
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If you need to pause the video, do that now.
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Okay, let's see how you got on.
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First one, what phrase goes with this picture?
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Turn left at the traffic lights.
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Turn left at the traffic lights.
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So, turn left is showing movement.
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Next one.
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Go down to the end of the road.
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Go down to the end of the road.
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It's important to note that go down to doesn't mean there is a hill.
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Just means you go to the end of the road.
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Next one.
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It's on the corner.
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It's on the corner.
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Go past the cinema.
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Past here is a preposition of movement.
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You are moving past the cinema.
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It's on your left.
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It's on your left.
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It's important to note the difference between on your left which is showing position and turn left which is showing movement.
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This one.
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Cross the road.
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Cross the road.
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Here we are showing movement.
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Go straight on at the lights.
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Go straight on at the lights.
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Here the word lights means traffic lights.
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It's very often shortened.
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It's on the other side of the road.
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It's on the other side of the road.
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Again, it's important to note the difference between it's on the other side of the road
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which is showing position and cross the road which is showing movement.
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What about this one?
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Take the next right.
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Take the next right. And this one.
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It's the second right.
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It's the second right.
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So, the second right describes the second opportunity to turn right.
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Okay, we're going to have a little practice.
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I want you to imagine that this stickman here that's just appeared outside the station has asked for directions.
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I will give him directions.
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On the map, I want you to follow those directions.
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Where is the final destination?
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We're going to do this three times.
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So, let's start.
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The first one is the more simple.
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So, number one.
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Go down to the end of the road.
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Turn left.
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It's on your left.
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What's the final destination?
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It's the bank.
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So we go down to the end of the road, turn left and it's on your left.
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Okay, let's try another one, a little bit more difficult, number two.
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So, turn right and go down to the end of the road.
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Turn left at the traffic lights.
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Go down to the end of the road, past the cinema on your right.
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Follow the road around to the right and take the next left.
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It's on the corner opposite the car park.
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What's the final destination?
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It's the bookshop.
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Let's follow those instructions.
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So we start here.
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We turn right and we go down to the end of the road.
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We turn left at the traffic lights and again we go down to the end of the road, past the cinema which is on our right here.
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And we follow the road round to the right and take the next left, it's on the corner opposite the car park, it's the bookshop.
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Okay, we're going to do this one more time.
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Here we go, here he is.
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So, go down to the end of the road,
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turn left, take the next right and go past the park which will be on your right.
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Take the next right, keep going until you see it on your left before the traffic lights.
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What's my final destination?
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It's the supermarket it.
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Let's follow those directions together.
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So here we are, we go down to the end of the road,
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we turn left, we take the next right and go past the park which is on our right,
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we take the next right and we keep going until we see it on our left just before the traffic lights.
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Well done.
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That's it for today.
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I have two questions for you.
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Here are two phrases that we have looked at today.
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Each one has a word missing.
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Can you complete the phrases?
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The first one, it's the corner and the second one, left at the traffic lights.
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Please leave your answers in the comments below.
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Don't forget to subscribe and show your support and coming next in lesson 32 we will be looking at giving written directions.
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Thanks very much for watching, have a great day, goodbye.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 96 frases y 816 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:07. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 115 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 94 % 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 menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ (sustantivo) — frase. A short written or spoken expression.
- cinema /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ (sustantivo) — cine, cinematógrafo. A movie theatre, a movie house.
- destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/ (sustantivo) — destino, destinación. The place set for the end of a journey or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
- lesson /ˈlɛs.ən/ (sustantivo) — lección. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
- goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ — adiós, hasta luego. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
- instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ (sustantivo) — instrucción. The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
- subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/ (verbo) — suscribirse, subscribirse. To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
- pause /pɔːz/ (sustantivo) — pausa. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
- supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/ (sustantivo) — supermercado. A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing.
- bookshop (sustantivo) — librería. A shop that sells books.
- preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/ (sustantivo) — preposición. Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense…
- shorten /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/ (verbo) — acortar, acorzar. To make shorter; to abbreviate.
- stickman (sustantivo) — muñeco de palitos. A simple drawing of a man with lines to represent limbs and torso.
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
- go past (verbo) — traspasar, rebasar. To elapse. (said of time)
- look at (verbo) — mirar, funar. To observe or watch.
- ask for (verbo) — pedir. To request; to order.
- get on (verbo) — montar, cabalgar. To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 5 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we're, doesn't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, shorten /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/
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 phrase, cinema, destination.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
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| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | left which is · road which is · cinema which is |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | has asked · have looked |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | keep going |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | is showing · are moving · are showing |
¿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.