Shadowing Practice: Job Interview English | Introduce Yourself (Shadowing Practice) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Welcome back to our English Shadowing Practice.
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Today we'll practice a very useful situation, how to introduce yourself in a job interview.
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Listen carefully, repeat after me, and try to speak with confidence.
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Let's begin.
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Step 1.
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First, just listen.
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Focus on the pronunciation and rhythm.
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Hello, thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.
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My name is Sophia Bruno, and I have about three years of experience in customer service.
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In my previous job, I helped customers solve problems and answered their questions.
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This experience helped me improve my communication skills.
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I also learned how to stay calm when situations became busy or stressful.
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One of my strengths is listening carefully and trying to understand what people need.
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I enjoy working with a team and supporting my co-workers when needed.
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Recently, I have been focusing on improving my professional skills and learning new things.
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I'm interested in this position because I believe it will help me grow in my career.
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I would be happy to bring my experience and positive attitude to your team.
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Step 2.
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Now repeat after me.
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I will read each sentence twice, so you can repeat it both times.
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Hello.
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Thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.
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Hello, thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.
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My name is Sophia Bruno, and I have about three years of experience in customer service.
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My name is Sophia Bruno, and I have about three years of experience in customer service.
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In my previous job, I helped customers solve problems and answered their questions.
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In my previous job, I helped customers solve problems and answered their questions.
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This experience helped me improve my communication skills.
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I also learned how to stay calm when situations became
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busy or stressful.
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One of my strengths is listening carefully and trying to understand what people need.
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One of my strengths is listening carefully, and trying to understand what people need.
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I enjoy working with a team and supporting my coworkers when needed.
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I enjoy working with a team and supporting my coworkers when needed.
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Recently I have been focusing on improving my professional skills and learning new things.
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I have been focusing on improving my professional skills and learning new things.
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I'm interested in this position because I believe it will help me grow in my career.
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I'm interested in this position because I believe it will help me grow in my career.
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I would be happy to bring my experience and positive attitude to your team.
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Step 3.
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Finally, listen again and try to speak along with the sentences.
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Hello.
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Thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.
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My name is Sophia Bruno, and I have about three years of experience in customer service.
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In my previous job, I helped customers solve problems and answered their questions.
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This experience helped me improve my communication skills.
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I also learned how to stay calm when situations became busy or stressful.
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One of my strengths is listening carefully and trying to understand what people need.
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I enjoy working with a team and supporting my co-workers when needed.
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Recently, I have been focusing on improving my professional skills and learning new things.
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I'm interested in this position because I believe it will help me grow in my career.
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I would be happy to bring my experience and positive attitude to your team.
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Great job practicing today.
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try listening again and repeat the sentences out loud.
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The more you practice, the more natural your English will become.
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See you in the next episode.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Job Interview English”. Las palabras que más se repiten: experience, customer, skills, helped, carefully. Este vídeo tiene 56 frases y 599 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:05. El hablante habla despacio, unas 85 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. 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

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
skill sustantivo/skɪl/destreza, habilidad
carefully adverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/cuidadosamente
solve verbo/sɒlv/resolver, solucionar
stressful adjetivo/ˈstɹɛsfəl/estresoso, estresante
worker sustantivo/ˈwɝ.kɚ/trabajador, obrero
introduce verbo/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/presentar
rhythm sustantivo/ˈɹɪð.əm/ritmo
pronunciation sustantivo/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/pronunciación
customer sustantivo/ˈkʌs.tə.mə/cliente, vecero
repeat verbo/ɹɪˈpiːt/repetir, menudear
communication sustantivo/kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/comunicación
attitude sustantivo/ˈætɪˌtud/postura, actitud
sentence sustantivo/ˈsɛn.təns/sentencia, condena
calm adjetivo/kɑm/calmado, surto
confidence sustantivo/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/certeza, certeza propia

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúahave been focusing
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingenjoy working
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwe'll practice · will help · will read
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasis listening

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 5 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, we'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, communication /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, communication /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: skill /skɪl/, stressful /ˈstɹɛsfəl/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como skill, carefully, solve.

¿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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