Shadowing Practice: Learn English With Home Alone - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hey there!, happy holidays!
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Today we are learning English with a classic Christmas movie: Home Alone!
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So this movie is all about a young boy named Kevin whose family goes on a Christmas vacation and they accidentally leave him home alone First for him it's all fun and games as he's able to do everything that he's not able to do with his parents supervision but soon it turns into a bit of chaos and a scary situation when burglars tried to break into the house so obviously this movie is full of hilarious pranks but it's also full a fantastic vocabulary and you're going to have a lot of fun learning with it today but before we jump into the lesson I wanted to let you know that if you're new here every single week we help learners like you understand fast speaking natives without getting lost without missing the jokes and without subtitles just like Akshad who says that he never thought that learning vocabulary can be this easy and you're going to greatly increase your vocabulary all I have to do is hit that subscribe button and belen below so you don't miss any of our new lessons now let's have a lot of fun learning with home alone Hey you want a fun way to learn English and get into the Christmas spirit well check out this playlist that has all of our lessons that have to do with this fantastic holiday and you're going to learn all about how its celebrated in the United States.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 9 frases y 460 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 16:18. El hablante habla despacio, unas 28 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. 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:

  • lesson /ˈlɛs.ən/ (sustantivo) — lección. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
  • vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ (sustantivo) — vocabulario. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
  • alongside /əˌlɔŋˈsaɪd/ — yunto/juntamente/junto con. Side by side with.
  • vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (sustantivo) — vacaciones, vacación. An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
  • scary /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ (adjetivo) — temible, espantoso. Causing fear or anxiety
  • greatly /ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.li/ (adverbio) — grandemente, enormemente. To a great extent or degree.
  • chaos /ˈkeɪˌɑs/ (sustantivo) — caos. The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
  • hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/ (adjetivo) — hilarante, descacharrante. Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.
  • accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/ (adverbio) — accidentalmente, sin querer. In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.
  • classroom /ˈklɑːsɹʊm/ (sustantivo) — aula, sala de clases. A room, often in a school, where classes take place.
  • subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/ (verbo) — suscribirse, subscribirse. To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
  • accompany /əˈkʌm.pə.ni/ (verbo) — acompañar. To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
  • prank /pɹæŋk/ (sustantivo) — travesura, broma. A practical joke or mischievous trick.
  • playlist /ˈpleɪˌlɪst/ (sustantivo) — lista de reproducción. A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.
  • burglar /ˈbɝɡlɚ/ (sustantivo) — ladrón. A person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing a crime, usually theft.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • check out (verbo) — investigar, chequear. To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
  • break into (verbo) — forzar la entrada, violentar. To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
  • get into (verbo) — entrar en, entrar a. To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
  • go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verbo) — continuar. To continue in extent.
  • turn into (verbo) — convertirse en, devenir en. To become.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 7 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, you'll, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, supervision /ˌs(j)uːpəˈvɪʒən/, memorization /ˈmem(ə)ɹaɪˌzeɪʃn̩/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, supervision /ˌs(j)uːpəˈvɪʒən/, accompany /əˈkʌm.pə.ni/

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 lesson, vocabulary, alongside.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceis hit
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe most fun · the best
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónyou'll accompany · you'll go
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohave to do

¿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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