Shadowing Practice: How To Upgrade Your Professional Work Emails - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Okay, that is.. do not do that.
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Hi everybody, Lauren Berger, Intern Queen here.
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Back with a video about email communication.
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I know that our this versus that content does really well on Instagram, both on Intern Queen and Career Queen, and we wanted to bring some of that over to the YouTube channel.
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We're all trying to elevate our work emails and our communication.
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I know it is always a battle at Intern Queen, We call it organizational sophistication, and we are just looking to elevate every single day.
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So how can you make the most of work emails
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and how can you make sure that when you're responding to an email, it's in the most professional way?
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To give the best instruction for this video, I thought I'd give you a specific example.
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So the example I want to use is you messed up something at work
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and you got an email from your boss that basically says some version of WTF, right?
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Like, where's that thing?
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Why didn't you do it?
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What happened?
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We've all been there.
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We've all received those emails.
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And if you're anything like me, it takes you a minute to respond to those emails because you write it out and then you're like, no, too wordy, write it out again.
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You write it out again.
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And finally you send a version and you kind of cross your fingers and hope it's okay.
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So first I'm gonna go over some basic tips and things
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that you should do versus things you shouldn't do when you're responding to an email like that.
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And then I'm gonna give you an actual example
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and you guys can write it down or take a picture of it so that you remember, 'cause I'm sure we'll all be in that situation sometime soon, right?
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So the first thing is try to avoid the word I'm sorry.
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If you actually do something terrible, please say you're sorry.
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But in work communication, typically these aren't major mistakes.
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always need to use the word I'm sorry.
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I think especially as women, we tend to apologize for everything.
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You don't need to say the word I'm sorry, a hundred times a day, like save that for when you're actually sorry.
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So I think instead of doing that, you can say things like, thanks for the reminder, not I'm so sorry, I didn't do that.
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And again, I'll give you a specific example in a bit.
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Also, and this has been all over TikTok, I feel like this year, but just overusing exclamation points.
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I'm the queen of that because sometimes I I am genuinely excited, but I've tried to pull that back a little bit.
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No need to overuse the exclamation points in an email.
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It's just not the most professional.
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Also, try to show in any work email the immediate action that you're taking.
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I think it's really important to show that you're taking in the feedback and you're doing the next thing, right?
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Without a lot of complaints or excuses or extra language.
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My next step is just don't overcomplicate it.
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Again, no need to give too much detail about why something didn't happen.
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I would just get to the point, show that you get it and you're on to the next thing and you're pushing the project forward.
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And again, just don't let it linger, right?
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Really work to show in your email that you are going to take this project to the next step
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So first I'm gonna give you guys the Do not do this example, okay?
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So again, you messed up something, your boss says, where's the thing?
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And here's your email back.
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Oh, I'm so sorry.
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Eek!
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Exclamation point, exclamation point, exclamation point.
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I was going to do that.
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But then my dog got sick
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and I was working with Mary on this other project and I just didn't get around to it.
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And by the time I looked at my clock, it was time to eat.
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And then I had a cough and then I had a cold.
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And then I thought I had COVID, but I didn't have COVID.
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And now I'm here today.
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And I don't know when this email is going to end.
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Anyhow, I'll do this and maybe we can talk about it if you have time next week.
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If not, maybe I can do something else with it.
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Thanks so much, Lauren.
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Right?
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Okay, that is earned.
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Do not do that.
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Instead, I want you guys to write back something like this.
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Thanks for the reminder.
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I'll work on fixing that now.
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Are you open to review this with me Monday at 10 a .m.?
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I can send an invite.
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Thanks, Lauren.
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Do you guys hear the difference there, right?
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Okay, so let's just go through our like do this, don't do that real quick from that email.
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So don't Do...
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"This" was the "I'm sorry, yada, yada, yada," right?
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Instead, do that.
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It was just quickly recognizing it.
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Thanks for the reminder.
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Don't do this, go on and on and on and on and on.
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Instead, Just get to the point, right? Do that.
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Instead of sort of being vague about the next step, and if you were gonna do the thing or not do the thing, do that be really freaking clear about what you're gonna do
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and don't do this which is let it linger
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and say maybe we can talk about it
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and maybe all right instead do that and the
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that here is push the project forward take it to the
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next step are you free to discuss this on monday right show
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 87 frases y 1045 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:19. El hablante habla rápido, unas 197 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. 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
15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- reminder /ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/ (sustantivo) — aviso, recordatorio. Someone or something that reminds.
- versus /ˈvɝsəs/ — contra, en vez de. Against; in opposition to.
- earn /ɝn/ (verbo) — ganar, granjear. To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (sustantivo) — dedo, alambres. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
- clock /klɑk/ (sustantivo) — cuentakilómetros. A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
- helpful /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ (adjetivo) — servicial, adyuvante. Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
- ownership /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/ (sustantivo) — propiedad, tituralidad. The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship.
- complaint /kəmˈpleɪnt/ (sustantivo) — queja. The act of complaining.
- feedback /ˈfiːdˌbæk/ (sustantivo) — valoración, comentario. Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
- invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/ (verbo) — invitar, convidar. To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
- apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ (verbo) — disculparse [with con], pedir(le) perdón [with a]. To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
- sometime /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/ (adverbio) — al rato, algún día. At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.
- instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ (sustantivo) — instrucción. The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
- genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/ (adverbio) — auténticamente, genuinamente. In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly.
- vague /veɪɡ/ (adjetivo) — vago, desvaído. Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
- mess up (verbo) — desbarajustar, desbarahustar. To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
- talk about (verbo) — hablar de, hablar sobre. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
- go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verbo) — continuar. To continue in extent.
- go over (verbo) — sentar, pasar. To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
- go through (verbo) — atravesar. To travel from one end of something to the other.
- look at (verbo) — mirar, funar. To observe or watch.
- take in /teɪk‿ˈɪn/ (verbo) — procesar, digerir. To receive.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 56 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: ownership /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, organizational /ˌɔː(ɹ)ɡənɪˈzeɪʃənəl/, exclamation /ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃn̩/, sophistication /səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, organizational /ˌɔː(ɹ)ɡənɪˈzeɪʃənəl/, sophistication /səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como reminder, versus, earn.
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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| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | has been · I've tried |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is earned · is let |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the most of · the most professional · the best |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | are just looking · you're responding · you're taking |
¿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.