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English in 3 Minutes Welcome to EnglishClass101 .com's English in 3 Minutes, the fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn English.
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Hey everyone, I'm Alisha.
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In this series, we're going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English.
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English.
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It's really useful, and it only takes three minutes.
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In this lesson, you're going to learn how to ask what someone's job is in natural English.
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Of course, you can just say, what is your job?
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This is correct English, but it sounds too direct and awkward.
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Native English speakers almost never say this in a social situation.
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Instead, they use a different question.
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But before we master that, we need to compare it to a very similar question.
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What are you doing?
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I'm presenting a video about English.
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What do you do?
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I'm an English teacher.
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Do you see the difference?
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These two questions, What are you doing? and What do you do? sound similar but mean different things.
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The first one is asking what you are doing right now, this minute.
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You answer it using an ing verb.
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What are you doing?
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I'm reading.
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I'm watching TV.
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While the second is actually a shortened version of what do you do for a living?
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This is how we ask, what is your job, in natural English.
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Let's practice this question.
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What do you do?
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What do you do?
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When native speakers of English ask this question, it can come out very fast and sound more like, What do you do?
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In order to tell it apart from, What are you doing?
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Just listen for the ing sound on the end of the question.
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If it's not there, then you're being asked what your job is.
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So, how would you answer this question?
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Just think of it as if the other person is asking you, What is your job?
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You could answer with, I am, plus your job.
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I'm a teacher.
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I'm a teacher.
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Or, I'm an engineer.
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If you want to learn more job names, go to EnglishClass101 .com and check out the core word lists.
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These cover job vocabulary and more, and include a picture and audio to help you perfect your pronunciation.
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You can also mention the place that you work at, starting with I work at.
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I work at a hospital.
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I work at a hospital.
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I work at a law firm.
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I work at a law firm.
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If you work for a big company that is well known, you can say, I work for, and then the name.
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I work for Microsoft.
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I work for Microsoft.
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I work for the New York Times.
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I work for the New York Times.
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Now it's time for Alicia's advice.
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When you ask the question, what do you do? and the other person tells you their job,
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it's polite to make some kind of positive comment about his or her job.
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For example, how interesting, or that must be exciting, or even, oh, really?
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Remember to sound sincere.
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Do you know how native English speakers ask each other what their hobbies are?
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Hint, we don't use the word hobbies.
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Find out next time in the third English in 3 minutes lesson.
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See you next time.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Learn English - Asking About Occupations, What is your Job?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: English, sound, learn, answer, speakers. Este vídeo tiene 59 frases y 540 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:53. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 139 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. 17 de sus 59 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
13 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
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| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| hobby sustantivo | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | afición, hobby |
| audio adjetivo | /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/ | de sonido, de audio |
| compare verbo | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | comparar, parangonar |
| awkward adjetivo | /ˈɔk.wɚd/ | torpe, desmañado |
| hint sustantivo | /hɪnt/ | pista, indicio |
| polite adjetivo | /pəˈlaɪt/ | cortés, educado |
| sincere adjetivo | /sɪnˈsɪɹ/ | sincero |
| vocabulary sustantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulario |
| verb sustantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| pronunciation sustantivo | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | pronunciación |
| excite verbo | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | emocionar |
| shorten verbo | /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/ | acortar, acorzar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear | |
| come out verbo | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | revelarse, salir a la luz |
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Of course, you can just say, what is your job?
- What are you doing?
- What do you do?
- Do you see the difference?
- When you ask the question, what do you do?
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 continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | are you doing · I'm presenting · is asking |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venir | we're going to learn · you're going to learn |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 12 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, shorten /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, verb /vɝb/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/, hint /hɪnt/
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 lesson, hobby, audio.
¿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.