Shadowing Practice: Globalization explained (explainity® explainer video) - Learn English Speaking with Video

Globalisation is a widely discussed topic it is therefore not all

that easy to explain such a complicated term in simple words

let's start from the beginning with the background to globalization advances in technology such as mobile phones airplanes telephones

and the internet have made the growth of transport

and communication networks possible amongst other things this means that people

and countries can exchange information and goods more quickly

and in a less complicated way this process is called globalization globalization comes from globe

and means the worldwide coming together of countries and nations let's look at an example

Companies used to manufacture products in their home countries, just like the companies ProfiTV and SuperColor, who produce televisions in country A.

Their products are in direct competition with each other, but both companies pay the same salaries and production costs.

They have the same customers, use similar suppliers and sell televisions at similar prices.

In short, the same conditions apply to both companies.

So far, so good.

Due to technical, cultural and economic developments that have come about through globalisation, other companies, which manufacture products under different conditions,

can now offer their products in country A too.

That's why a company from country B can sell televisions here at a lower price, because they were produced for less.

The local firms Supercolour and ProfiTV have to react to withstand the competition.

And so the world grows closer together, and there is an active exchange of goods between countries.

More affordable products are available for more people.

However, not only does an exchange of products and economic goods take place, but also of services, knowledge, cultural goods and even languages.

All of these individual elements are closely linked and influence each other.

But where there is light, there is also shadow.

Because of globalization and this intense exchange of goods, people and the environment often suffer.

If a company decides to move production to an economically disadvantaged country, people in industrialized countries lose their jobs.

At the same time, job opportunities open up to many locals in the economically disadvantaged country.

Many people in these countries work for very little money in comparison to those in industrialised countries.

Therefore, they often remain poor and more often than not, do not have sufficient insurance, social insurance or health insurance cover.

A further disadvantage of globalisation is ecological problems such as climate change.

The use of aeroplanes, ships and lorries to transport goods over international borders is constantly on the increase.

This causes more carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere, which, in turn, is the main cause of global warming.

Even national environmental standards are ignored.

This is a further cost factor in the worldwide international site competition, which should be kept as low as possible to be attractive for a company.

There are therefore many sides to globalization which affect almost all aspects of life,

causing me to think that the chain of positive and negative effects will continue to grow further.

What's important is to realise that globalisation itself is neither good nor bad.

It just depends how people deal with all the new possibilities in the future.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Globalization explained”. Las palabras que más se repiten: countries, products, globalization, companies, globalisation. Este vídeo tiene 36 frases y 530 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:51. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 138 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 86 % 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:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
disadvantage sustantivo	/ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/	desventaja
complicated adjetivo	/ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/	complicado
economically adverbio	/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kli/	económicamente
topic sustantivo	/ˈtɑpɪk/	tema, tópico
ignore verbo	/ɪɡˈnɔː/	ignorar, desoír
atmosphere sustantivo	/ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/	atmósfera, aire
element sustantivo	/ˈɛləmənt/	elemento
suffer verbo	/ˈsʌfɚ/	sufrir, penar
shadow sustantivo	/ˈʃædəʊ̯/	sombra
aspect sustantivo	/ˈæspɛkt/	aspecto
telephone sustantivo	/ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/	teléfono
intense adjetivo	/ɪnˈtɛns/	intenso
salary sustantivo	/ˈsæləɹi/	salario, sueldo
amongst	/əˈmʌŋst/	entre
globe sustantivo	/ɡloʊb/	globo terráqueo, globo terrestre

Gramática en este vídeo

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

Estructura	En el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	is called · were produced · be released
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	have made · have come

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, sufficient /səˈfɪʃənt/, globalization /ˌɡloʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, globalisation /ˌɡləʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, economically /ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kli/, affordable /əˈfɔɹ.də.bəl/, ecological /ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

/z/ — sonora, no /s/: globalization /ˌɡloʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, globalisation /ˌɡləʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, industrialize /ɪnˈdʌstɹiəlaɪz/
/dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, ecological /ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/

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 disadvantage, complicated, economically.

¿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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