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So you're doing your IELTS speaking test and suddenly you get to part two.

Talk about a topic.

Now it gets more difficult.

What do you talk about?

How do you start?

How do you keep going for two minutes?

Let's find out.

Hello, it's Keith again from Keith Speaking Academy and this YouTube channel English Speaking Success.

Here to help you become a more confident speaker of English.

Now, many students I know find IELTS speaking part two, the most difficult part of the test.

I mean, you have to speak for one to two minutes on a new topic you've just been given.

I mean, that's probably even difficult in your native language, right?

You may not know anything about the topic.

You may not know how to start speaking.

And you may think, I can't speak for two minutes about that.

Well, don't worry.

In this video, I will give you some ideas,

phrases and strategies so you can navigate part two and show your real level of spoken English and shine.

Also, there is a PDF you can download to get the phrases and to practice more and more on your own, right?

Let's dig in.

Now, the beginning of part two, right, you are given one minute to prepare your talk,

and the examiner will give you the topic or the card.

Oh, thank you.

That was lucky.

There's an examiner in my office.

When you get the card, look at the question carefully, pick out the keywords, look at the bullet points,

normally three, and then find the example you're going to talk about as quickly as possible.

Doesn't have to be perfect.

Good enough.

Check the bullet points if you can talk about those.

You don't have to, but they can help.

And then prepare the first line or the first sentence you're going to say.

Have that prepared so you start confident with a bang.

Don't give this back to the examiner.

Use this, keep this.

When you start speaking, use your cue card or task card to help you talk.

Great.

And then let's see what happens.

So at the end of your one minute preparation, the examiner will invite you to start talking.

invite you.

You can start talking.

Oh, thank you.

And then you begin.

Now, to research this, right, I went back and I watched all of the part two model answers

that I've created for the gold course and my gold live lessons.

There's over 50 of them to identify the most common patterns and phrases that I use.

So what I'm going to show you now are those most common phrases and patterns.

Now, I also noticed in addition to these phrases,

sometimes I just start talking and I go with the flow without any of these phrases.

That sometimes works.

So in this part, you have to speak for one to two minutes.

I advise you to keep speaking as much as you can, two minutes or even beyond.

It doesn't matter if the examiner cuts you off after two minutes or before.

Just keep talking, okay?

And another tip is be direct.

Get to the point.

Make it clear what you're going to talk about, right?

Remember I said, have your first sentence prepared.

That is to help you get really focused.

Don't rabbit, don't waffle, don't go around the houses, be direct.

Let's have a look at some phrases and some examples.

Now, some typical questions are, describe a place that, describe a thing that,

do, do, do, or describe a person who, do, do, do.

The place might be a city, a building, a country.

The thing could be a book or a film or a photo.

A person might be a teacher, a colleague, a famous person, right?

Describe a city that you have visited.

Describe a film that you have enjoyed.

Describe a famous person who you would like to meet.

All of these are possible.

Now, my favourite opening for these kinds of questions is the blank I'd like to talk about is blank.

The city I'd like to talk about is Madrid.

The book I'd like to talk about is one thing.

The teacher I'd like to talk about is my primary school teacher, Mr. Jones.

Good old Mr. Jones.

So, you can say the blank I'd like to talk about is, or the blank I'd like to tell you about is,

or the blank I'd like to describe is, da, da, da.

And the reason I like these is because it shows that you can use emphasis in English.

You could just be more direct, right?

You could say, I'd like to talk about blank.

I'm going to tell you about blank.

Let me tell you about blank.

Those are great, direct, but the emphasis is even nicer.

The blank I would like to describe is da-da-da, nice.

And here's one I've noticed that I like describing a person.

And it's the person I'd like to talk about is none other than my brother, my uncle.

Non other than is used to reveal a sometimes surprising identity of a person or possibly a thing as well.

Right.

The film I'd like to talk about is none other than Mission Impossible, for example.

Right.

OK, good.

Let's move on.

So I've mentioned people, places and things.

You may also be asked to talk about events.

And typically the question is, describe a time when you got lost or describe a time when you were bored.

Now, you can use all of the previous phrases, the starting phrases, absolutely fine.

But so you could say, well, let me tell you about a trip I took to Japan.

Let me tell you about.

But my most common starting phrases for this kind of question are the following.

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And they are about setting the scene.

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I remember once when I was living in France.

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I recall once when I was living in France.

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There was this one time when I was living in France.

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And all of these are used to set the scene and then go and talk about how you got lost.

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For this kind of event, really, really nice.

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Now, you may be thinking, OK, what if I have never got lost?

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What if I don't know what to say here?

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The options are make it up, invent something.

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it's fine.

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Examiner doesn't care.

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They just want to hear your English.

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You could say that you've never got lost and then talk about someone you know who got lost.

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Oh, I remember once my little brother got lost.

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You could explain that.

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It's fine.

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And if you don't have any experience at all,

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you could talk about what you think it would be like to be lost.

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It's not the best, but it's better than nothing.

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Because what you can't do is say, I've never been lost.

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Can I have a different topic, please?

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Because the answer is no, you cannot change your topic.

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So say something.

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Use one of these three techniques to say something.

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Let's move on.

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Now, another technique in addition to the above is to repeat the same verbs and tense as the question.

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And you can do this for any question actually, but it works particularly well for activities like sports or hobbies or things.

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For example, if you're asked describe a blank that you blank, you might get something like, well, these questions.

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Describe a water sport you would like to do.

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Describe a skill you have learned.

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Describe a film you have watched.

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Describe a book you would recommend.

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There are different tenses there and the tense in the question is key to your answer.

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So a really clever way is just to repeat the tense back.

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And the phrase would be, well, Well, a blank I blank is blank.

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Blankety blank.

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For example, well, a water sport I would like to do is surfing.

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Right?

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I would like to.

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We're just repeating it.

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Well, a skill I learned as a child was painting.

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We're repeating learnt in the past tense.

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Well, a book I would recommend is called Clara and the Sun.

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Would recommend, we're repeating that conditional tense.

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Very, very simple, but it will help you focus.

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And it's really easy for the examiner to follow you.

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And this is great because it's so simple.

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You don't have to think too much.

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Just listen to the tense and repeat.

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Wash and repeat.

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Wash and repeat again.

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Alternatively, another tip is to answer these questions you can set the scene.

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You can say quite simply, a while back, I, plus the past tense.

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For example, talking about a book, a while back, I read a book called Clara and the Sun.

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And you go on to describe it.

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A while back, I watched a film called Inside Out, and then describe it.

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Another tip for items like films and books and photos where there are so many you can choose from,

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you could actually focus on the favorite one.

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And you can say, one of my favorite blanks is, and then talk about it.

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One of my favourite books is, one of my favourite films is, just notice the noun is always in the plural.

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One of my favourite books, paintings, photographs, right?

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Great.

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Final tip.

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If you get a topic that you don't like, for example, books, right?

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You just don't like reading, possibly.

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You can use that to your advantage.

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It's an opportunity to talk about that.

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You can say, to be honest, I'm not a big fan of books or reading, but if I have to choose one, I would like to talk about...

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Right?

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So, even difficult situations can be an opportunity to show your English.

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Let's move on.

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So how do you keep going for two minutes?

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Well, there are two options, I think.

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One is you use the bullet points in the question, and that will help you develop your answer.

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Typically, they will be things like when, who, how, why, that kind of question.

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But remember to develop your answer.

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So if you're talking about a person and it says, who is the person?

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Don't just say, oh, well, it's John, my teacher.

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Give some more details, say what they do, what they look like, their appearance, their personality.

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Develop that a bit.

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If it says, when did this happen?

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Don't say last week.

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Give a bit more the background or the setting.

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Oh, it was last week when I was on holiday in France.

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I'd been there for about two days and suddenly this strange thing happened.

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Okay.

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Also give examples because examples is where it's going to help you develop your answer more and more.

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Describing people, use adjectives, use adverbs, embellish your answer.

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So that's the first thing.

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Follow the bullet points.

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The second option is to go with the flow and you just start speaking.

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There's no real structure and you're just speaking and speaking.

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That also works very well, especially if you are a slightly higher level.

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That focus on communication, just be natural is also really, really good.

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Now, a general tip is the key to being able to speak for two minutes is practice.

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It's not easy even in your mother tongue, right?

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So when you get these topics and you're at home practicing, just practice giving an answer for 20 seconds.

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and then later try speaking for 30 seconds and then later 40 seconds

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and day after day make it longer on the same topic

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or different topics just build up that habit or that skill

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that muscle of speaking for a longer time each day build

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it up slowly you will be able to do it another useful tip is to record yourself.

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As you're giving your answers and you're practicing speaking, record yourself and listen back.

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It's really going to help you.

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It'll give you great insights to your speed.

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Are you too fast, too slow?

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To hesitation, to the vocabulary, the grammar, your ability to communicate.

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It'll really help.

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So try that as well.

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So what do you think?

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Do you have any more tips or ideas that you could or phrases that you want to share, leave them in the comments below.

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Let us know.

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As I mentioned earlier, there is a PDF you can download for free with these phrases if you want to practice.

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There's a link below.

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Just click on that and you can get it for free.

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Thanks for watching the video.

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Oh, by the way, if you want to know more about the gold course where I took these phrases and model answers from.

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There's also a link down below in the description.

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You can find out about it there.

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Great.

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Now, if you're not able to invest in a course, here's a tip just for you.

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Download the PDF and practice reading and memorizing some of these phrases.

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Then choose three of the phrases.

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Find a list of part two questions or task cards on the internet.

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They're out there.

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And then practice using these three phrases for different questions.

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See which ones work, which ones work better, which ones may not work, and just practice that.

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And that's it.

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This kind of practice of starting to speak is invaluable.

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Do you know, if you've been watching the Olympics, the guys who run the 100 meter sprint,

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do you know how much time they practice just starting, just getting out of the blocks, that first second?

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It's ridiculous.

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A huge amount of time.

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Time invested in the start is really important and and it's invaluable for your IELTS speaking too.

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So go and try it out.

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See what you think.

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In the meantime, I'm gonna see you in the next video.

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Take care, my friend.

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Thank you for watching.

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Bye-bye.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “How to Start Speaking in IELTS Part 2”. Las palabras que más se repiten: phrase, describe, blank, speaking, answer. Este vídeo tiene 240 frases y 2350 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 17:44. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 133 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
phrase sustantivo	/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/	frase
tense sustantivo	/tɛns/	tiempo
examiner sustantivo	/əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/	examinador
bullet sustantivo	/ˈbʊlɪt/	bala, proyectil
invaluable adjetivo	/ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/	invalorable, inestimable
emphasis sustantivo	/ˈɛmfəsɪs/	énfasis, hincapié
invite verbo	/ɪnˈvaɪt/	invitar, convidar
invest verbo	/ɪnˈvɛst/	invertir, insumir
adjective sustantivo	/ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/	adjetivo
embellish verbo	/ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/	embellecer, hermosear
keyword sustantivo	/ˈkiː.wɜːd/	palabra clave, clave
memorize verbo	/ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/	memorizar
waffle sustantivo	/ˈwɑf.əl/	waffle, wafle
plural sustantivo	/ˈplʊəɹəl/	plural
hesitation sustantivo	/ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/	hesitación, titubeo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
find out verbo	averiguar, anoticiarse
get out of verbo	salirse de, ponerse fuera de
go around verbo	cundir

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

What do you talk about?
How do you keep going for two minutes?
What if I don't know what to say here?
Can I have a different topic, please?
Are you too fast, too slow?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

Estructura	En el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	you've just been given · I've created · have visited
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	been given · are given · be asked
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa	person who you · guys who run
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing	start speaking · start talking · keep speaking

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 58 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'd, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: embellish /ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/, conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/, shine /ʃaɪn/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: examiner /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/, invaluable /ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/, conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/, alternatively /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv.li/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: invaluable /ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/, invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/, invest /ɪnˈvɛst/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, invent /ɪnˈvɛnt/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, examiner /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/, memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/
/h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/, hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/

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, tense, examiner.

¿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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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Gramática en este vídeo

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?