Shadowing Practice: How I master English grammar - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Let me tell you a secret.
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I was scared of English grammar.
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Yes, very scared.
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Tenses, prepositions, articles.
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They all confused me.
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I used to look at grammar books and feel sleepy.
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Sometimes I felt stupid.
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I thought, maybe I will never learn.
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I even thought, maybe English is not for me.
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But one day, something happened.
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Something small.
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but powerful.
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From that day, grammar stopped being my enemy.
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It became my friend.
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Yes, my friend.
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Today, I will tell you that story.
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Expect step by step.
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And remember, if I can do it,
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you can do it too.
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Let's go on this journey together.
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I remember my school days very clearly.
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My English teacher always said,
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learn the rules, learn the grammar.
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But the rules were hard to understand.
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past perfect, future continuous, so many big names, so many rules.
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I memorized everything before the exam.
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But after one day, I forgot it all.
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The next day, I was blank again.
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I felt sad.
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I felt like a failure.
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Sometimes I didn't even try.
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I thought, grammar is too hard for me.
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I thought, only smart people can understand it.
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deep.
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In my heart, I still wanted to learn.
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I wanted to speak English with confidence.
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I just didn't know how.
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Then one day, something unexpected happened.
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I went to the library.
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I was looking for a storybook.
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But I saw a man sitting in the corner.
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He was reading a grammar book,
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but not with a serious face.
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He was smiling.
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I was shocked.
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I asked him, do you really enjoy grammar?
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He looked at me and said,
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yes, because I don't just study grammar.
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I play with it.
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Play with grammar?
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I asked.
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Yes, he said.
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I learned grammar with fun,
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with examples, with real stories, not only rules.
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That moment changed something inside me.
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It was a small idea,
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but it gave me hope.
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That night I went home.
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I looked at my old grammar books.
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I smiled and closed them.
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Then I picked up a notebook.
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I wrote, day one, present, simple tense.
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I didn't read 10 pages.
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I just wrote five sentences about my day.
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I wake up, I brush my teeth.
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I eat breakfast.
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I go to work.
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I sleep at 10 p.m.
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That's it.
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It felt so easy.
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Next day.
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Day 2.
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Past Simple Tense I woke up.
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I brushed my teeth.
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I ate breakfast.
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I went to work.
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I slept at 10 p.m.
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Just like that.
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I started learning grammar through my own life.
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I connected grammar with real things,
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not rules, from a book.
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And that made a big difference.
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I started talking to myself in English.
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Yes, it sounds funny, but it helped.
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I said, what did I do today?
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Then I answered in past tense.
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I went to the market.
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I bought apples.
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I cooked lunch.
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I watched cartoons with English subtitles.
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I paused the video and repeated the lines.
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I tried to say those lines with the same emotion.
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I wrote small stories.
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Very small, but full of practice.
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Like, yesterday I visited my grandma.
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She gave me sweets.
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We drank tea and talked about old stories.
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And when I made mistakes, I didn't cry.
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I didn't give up.
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I smiled.
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Because every mistake was like a small teacher.
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My mistakes taught me more than the rules did.
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I didn't study for 10 hours.
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I didn't join expensive classes.
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I just made one promise i will learn one small thing
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every day that's it one bets one grammar point one grammar
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rats one example one exa rats one new sentence slowly i
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became stronger in three months i could use tenses easily in
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six months i started speaking better english in one year grammar was no longer scary.
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It became simple.
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It became normal.
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It became my friend.
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Then I learned about parts of speech.
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These are the building blocks of English grammar.
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There are eight of them.
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Let me share.
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Nouns.
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Names of people.
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Places.
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Things.
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Like.
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Teacher.
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City.
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Book.
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Pronouns.
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Words like he, she, it, they.
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They replace nouns.
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Verbs.
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Action words like eat, go,
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sleep, Adjectives, words that describe nouns,
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like tall boy, red apple,
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adverbs, words that describe verbs,
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like walk slowly, speak loudly.
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Prepositions, words that show place or time,
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like on, in, at, before.
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Conjunctions, words that join sentences, like and, but because.
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Interjections Words that show feeling Like, wow, oh no, hooray!
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I didn't try to memorize them.
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I just used them in fun ways.
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I made my own silly sentences.
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Wow!
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The red dog jumped on the table and barked loudly.
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That one sentence had seven parts of speech.
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It became a game for me.
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And slowly, grammar became fun.
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My dear friend, listen to me.
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You don't need to be perfect.
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You just need to be Curious grammar is not just for exams grammar is for expressing yourself talk about your life
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Use simple grammar make small sentences start with present tense talk about your day
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I eat rice I go to work then go to past tense I ate rice I went to work Then future tense.
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I will eat rice.
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I will go to work.
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That's it.
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You're already learning.
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Make it fun.
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Make it your friend.
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Don't be afraid.
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Even if you make a hundred mistakes,
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each one will help you grow.
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So now when someone says,
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grammar is boring, I smile.
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Because I know the truth.
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Grammar is not your enemy.
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It is your superpower.
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You just have to use it the right way.
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And if I, a scared,
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confused, shy student, can learn grammar, then you can too.
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Yes, you.
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You just need to take one small step today and another tomorrow.
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And then one more the next day.
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Keep going.
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Don't give up.
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Your English will become strong,
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your grammar will become easy,
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and one day someone will ask you,
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how did you master English grammar?
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And you will smile and say,
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let me tell you a story.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “How I master English grammar”. Las palabras que más se repiten: grammar, english, tense, became, words. Este vídeo tiene 178 frases y 1003 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:16. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 138 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 79 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| grammar sustantivo | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | gramática |
| tense sustantivo | /tɛns/ | tiempo |
| noun sustantivo | /naʊn/ | nombre, nombre sustantivo |
| scare verbo | /skɛɚ/ | asustar, atemorizar |
| memorize verbo | /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/ | memorizar |
| preposition sustantivo | /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/ | preposición |
| verb sustantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| loudly adverbio | /ˈlaʊdli/ | en voz alta, ruidosamente |
| rat sustantivo | /ɹæt/ | rata |
| interjection sustantivo | /ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/ | interjección |
| pronoun sustantivo | /ˈpɹoʊ.naʊn/ | pronombre |
| storybook sustantivo | libro de cuentos | |
| subtitle sustantivo | /ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/ | subtítulo, título seccional / menor |
| superpower sustantivo | superpotencia, hiperpotencia | |
| sleepy adjetivo | /ˈsliːpi/ | tener sueño, cansado |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| give up verbo | rendirse, entregar | |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
| pick up verbo | coger, asir |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Let's go on this journey together.
- Sometimes I didn't even try.
- I just didn't know how.
- I asked him, do you really enjoy grammar?
- I said, what did I do today?
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 13 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, don't, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, interjection /ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/, conjunction /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, interjection /ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scare /skɛɚ/, sleepy /ˈsliːpi/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, pause /pɔːz/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: interjection /ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/, conjunction /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/
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 grammar, tense, noun.
¿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.