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Have you ever wondered what your boss thinks of your English?
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Well, I'm here with Mike, who is a boss, a business owner from Cardinal Exteriors.
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We're going to just get to know him a little bit, and I want to ask a little bit about,
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you know, what it's like working with people who are also learning English as a second language. But first,
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hi, Mike, how you doing? good how are you good um
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so can you tell me where are you from i'm right from portland maine yeah born
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and raised awesome never left that's awesome
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so would you say you have a main accent yes absolutely new england accent i've heard stronger accents sure
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but you have a little bit
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southern main accent southern more urban okay very cool very cool
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so um so we met because mike's actually putting in all new windows in my home
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and I'm very excited they're looking awesome
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so shout out to you for doing a great job on those
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and I was curious like how long have you had your business oh that's a long time
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so how's going i guess it's going all right good the first four
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or five years were really of my own business were a struggle yeah
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but we found our niche and now we're doing really well
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and and we did a lot of word of mouth business
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and things have been going great so what would you say your niche is
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so a lot of what we do is exterior renovations
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so siding and windows are what we specialize in we do a little bit of roofing okay but
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and some decking for the most part we'll do anything on
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the exterior of your home to give it a little bit more curb appeal oh i like
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that curb appeal is important um
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and how did you learn how to do this like did you go to school
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or did you learn as an apprentice or did someone in your friends or family teach you
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Believe it or not, I went to school for a history degree with a minor in education.
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Oh my gosh!
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Yeah, so I got into coaching while I was still in college,
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and the guy that I was coaching with for his kids got me into this business.
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Wait, what were you coaching?
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I was a baseball coach.
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Wow.
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Yeah.
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So it was really kind of like luck?
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It was kind of luck, yeah.
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I was kind of in between finishing up college, finishing up playing college baseball,
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coaching young teenagers and I own this company that did exterior renovations
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and asked me to come to work as a sales guy.
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That's how I got into the business.
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I've been around construction my whole life.
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So I knew a little bit,
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enough about it to be dangerous yeah 2000 I started in this business as a salesman that's so cool
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and now what do you what do you spend most of your days doing is it also sales
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so yeah I so I have a business partner
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and then I both I do most of the project management going job to job
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and uh doing sales okay
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and he does a lot of the administrative stuff uh where he does the bookkeeping oh
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that's a good partner to have and he also does a lot of sales
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and project management depending on you know where the projects are at okay yeah okay very cool um
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i did want to ask you because i thought it was very interesting
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that you work with people from brazil and probably other countries too um
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so i i i was able to talk to some of your guys
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and they're super nice because i speak portuguese but i was curious
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if you're working with people
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and you don't speak their language are there ever communication issues yeah you're always seeing it today firsthand
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i think some issues could happen even
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if everyone's a native english speaker you know like scheduling or miscommunication
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but yeah tell me more i think the biggest challenge is isn't necessary
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it would speak first of all i don't speak another second language yeah
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so i use a lot of google translate oh yeah that's a good tool um
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but the biggest challenge with communication is the dialect
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so i could have you know i could say something
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that may make sense to me yeah
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but it doesn't make sense to someone from a different language for example
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I'll use like columns columns yeah columns of a house I'm trying to explain that for someone that doesn't speak English.
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I have to show them a picture.
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Okay.
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And then they'll say it in their language and then we're on the same page.
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Oh, that's so interesting.
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So visuals help a lot.
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Visuals do help a lot, yeah.
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Is there anything
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that you feel like is a big difference in culture? like i don't know
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i mean anything like oh just the way people communicate
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or i don't know i think that it's interesting to me
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that the so i i work with a lot of resilient culture
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and i find them to be very calm and very relaxed yeah in their communication yeah it's very quiet
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It's a much quieter way of communicating, which I appreciate.
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I feel like from my standpoint, I'm always raised and amped up and trying to get things done.
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The clients take their time, they think it through, and then move forward.
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So it just feels like a much calmer way of communicating.
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I feel that.
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Yeah, I can definitely relate to that.
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There's probably a lot of stress, a lot of logistics, a lot of people you're trying to make happy including me and
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but things get done work ethic is second to none
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that's a really good phrase how they communicate versus how they work very quickly systems in place okay they're very efficient workers
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but the communication is very, I think it's methodical and well thought out, that's why they're so successful with their own business model.
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Is there any advice you would give someone who is learning English about how to communicate with their American boss?
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That's a great question.
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So a lot of what we do is through text messaging.
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Okay.
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And that helps because they can text message in our language and it comes across to me in English.
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Oh, cool.
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Yeah.
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So I think there's never, in any language, there's never over a community.
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The more you communicate, the better off everybody is.
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So you're not going to get in trouble for over -communicating if you text an extra text just to confirm information.
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Correct.
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But if you don't text or you don't confirm or you don't ask the question,
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that's where things could get kind of hairy.
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If I don't have an answer from the night before, it's hard for me to know where we're at the next morning.
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So communicate as much as you need to understand what the assignment is the next day.
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And honestly, that's been the most successful is the communication
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that happens after 5pm at my house is probably the most I communicate with the guys throughout the work day.
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To set up the next day.
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Oh, that's such a good tip.
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So over -communicate, even if you think maybe you're asking too much or, you know, confirming too many times.
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You're never going to bother a boss.
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During the work day, for me, I want as little responsibility as possible.
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I want to know everybody's in there everyone knows what they're supposed to be doing right
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and where they're going even though i have a family at home yeah
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i can always respond through texts okay always uh
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you know get to you back in fact i can't always talk on the phone right
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and then talking on the phone is a challenge yeah
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if you have different languages different accents different understandings of what things mean sure
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and on the phone you can't really i guess you could send a picture of columns
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or something but it's tricky you can't use google translate on the phone you can't use photos you can
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but it's kind of a but so yeah i think texting is
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that is a great way to communicate yeah
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and you know encourage your boss to learn your language well yeah i mean yeah it takes time though
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and you've got a lot on your plate
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so um i mean it's certainly fun to learn under other languages
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but um i mean yeah you've got a lot on your plate
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and it kind of goes both ways too you gotta
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you know learn each other's languages learn how to communicate best
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and yeah i like the text message tip though and over communication would you tell someone if they were
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communicating too much would you be like hey i think yes i would i think it gets to the point where
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you know it's like over over we're talking about the same thing over
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and over it's okay now we understand have a good night
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but you would prefer that to not having the communication assuming there's
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that phrase it shows you that she also shows us
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that they care oh yeah
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if they're over communicating then they care just as much as we do i like that because i think some people
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worry about bothering their boss like oh i don't want to send the message
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because i don't want to seem needy
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or annoying you're not being annoying better to confirm awesome very cool any other last tips
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or is that that's a good one no I think just keep communicating don't be shy about
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or embarrassed about not understanding our language yeah you know
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so that's one thing i think that happens as well is is
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if you don't understand the english language they tend to um go quiet
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and silent that's huge don't be shy don't be shy
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if you don't understand something feel free to just spill it talk to us
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and just say like i didn't get that
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or i don't quite understand i don't understand yeah yeah that's really good tip
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because uh yeah people feel like oh you know my boss is gonna think i'm not very smart
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but that's not it right and
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that happens you know from an english language to english language people aren't um
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they're too afraid to speak up whether
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or not not knowing how to do something
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or not understanding the assignment always speak up
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if you don't understand that's how you find it i love
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that yeah it's it doesn't have to be embarrassing
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it happens with native speakers too like hey
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i didn't understand what you said can you uh tell me in other words
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or yeah explain to me again explain to me like i'm five what's going on
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because i don't always know all the contractor terms either
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so i have to say what was
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that you know what are you talking about exactly very cool
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so what else is on your agenda for today for your work day
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so today now
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that we kind of got a little bit of a behind
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on this i gotta go get some trim yeah for your job yeah
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so that now that i know what we need so i'll have
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that delivered and then i've got a deck that uh stairs
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that i'm building over in another area in portland
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that needs a little of tending to with some material okay uh after
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that i have a sales call at 12 30 in cape elizabeth oh wow another siding job nice
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and then uh from there i'll start uh figuring out what my kids need this afternoon
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and then what's for dinner awesome
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so a lot on my plate today that's awesome um thank you
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so much for the interview and uh if
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if people want to find you are you on social media
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or anything your business it's cardinal exteriors social media
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you can find us on facebook you can find us on instagram okay awesome well thank you
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and linkedin all right thanks so much thank you
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Learning English: How to Communicate with an American Boss”. Las palabras que más se repiten: language, english, communicate. Este vídeo tiene 178 frases y 2077 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 13:17. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 156 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| accent sustantivo | /ækˈsɛnt/ | acento léxico |
| exterior adjetivo | /ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/ | exterior |
| confirm verbo | /kənˈfɝm/ | confirmar |
| curious adjetivo | /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ | curioso, tener curiosidad |
| deck sustantivo | /ˈdɛk/ | piso, plataforma |
| bother verbo | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | molestar, agobiar |
| phrase sustantivo | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | frase |
| assignment sustantivo | /əˈsaɪn.mənt/ | asignación |
| translate verbo | /tɹænzˈleɪt/ | traducir, trasladar |
| cardinal sustantivo | /ˈkɑːd(ɪ)nəl/ | cardenal |
| niche sustantivo | /nɪt͡ʃ/ | hornacina, nicho |
| curb sustantivo | /kɝb/ | bordillo, sardinel |
| renovation sustantivo | /ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/ | reforma, renovación |
| administrative adjetivo | /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹə.tɪv/ | administrativo |
| encourage verbo | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | alentar, arengar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| speak up verbo | /ˌspik ˈʌp/ | hablar más alto, hablar más fuerte |
| come across verbo | pasarse a | |
| figure out verbo | averiguar, captar | |
| move forward verbo | ir adelante, adelantar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Wait, what were you coaching?
- That's how I got into the business.
- I've been around construction my whole life.
- You're never going to bother a boss.
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 | Have you ever wondered · i've heard · have you had |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | people who are · someone who is |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 71 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, ethic /ˈɛθ.ɪk/, methodical /mɪˈθɑdɪkəl/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: renovation /ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, shout /ʃaʊt/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, renovation /ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/, administrative /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹə.tɪv/, methodical /mɪˈθɑdɪkəl/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: skill /skɪl/, stairs /ˈstɛɹz/, spill /spɪl/, standpoint /ˈstændpɔɪnt/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: renovation /ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/, administrative /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹə.tɪv/, versus /ˈvɝsəs/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: columns /ˈkɑləmz/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, stairs /ˈstɛɹz/, resilient /ɹɪˈzɪl.jənt/
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 accent, exterior, confirm.
¿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.