Shadowing Practice: Living alone is way harder than people admit - Learn English Speaking with Video
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So I have this problem where I don't want to be alone
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But I also want to be alone when I'm with other people I
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long for my alone time and getting back home into my space.
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But then when I'm alone,
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I long to be with other people and to be social and to not be by myself.
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Thank you.
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you And this is...
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a little bit of a new phenomenon For me, historically I've enjoyed my alone time more.
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Now I feel like I'm in this place in my life where I just crave human connection more than I normally do.
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Valder!
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Hi Valder!
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I wonder if it's the child or?
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Amen.
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the box I did it ball - What?
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By the way, I'm getting ready now to go for breakfast with a couple friends because the sun is shining.
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And the sun is almost never shining.
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But I thought about this this week and so I just wanted to share some thoughts.
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I've sort of experienced many of the different living arrangements.
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But I have been living alone for a while now.
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I'm just realizing that it's kind of getting harder and harder.
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But also, the thought of living with another person is also getting harder and harder.
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So I'm like, Where does that Leave me My feet is clean!
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You know, one of the obvious pros of living alone is that it's not just this aesthetically beautiful situation.
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It is truly very calming.
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You get to do everything uninterrupted.
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You make your morning coffee.
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You sit in peace read your book think, look outside the window, no one to be loud,
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or no one to lose stuff or misplace things, or there's just no one to blame.
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For anything, no one to get on your nerves, no one to buy the wrong thing or to make a mess,
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whatever the situation might be.
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It's just you and yourself, and you get to decide what you want to watch,
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what you want what you want to listen to at what volume When you want to go to bed, when you want to wake up, you don't have to.
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account for anyone else's life or schedule.
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But also just like with everything. in life.
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It's not.
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a perfect situation.
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There are some obvious downsides of the situation.
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a lot of small things, but it's also some bigger things.
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Some of the small things are things like someone interrupting you, in a pleasant way.
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What could that be?
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It could be someone sharing something that they saw or heard
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that day and suddenly you are talking about something that's quite interesting
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or maybe you are learning something or maybe they can recommend you something that they read or something that they
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noticed on that day, or even a little background noise by another person.
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To an extent, if it's someone you like,
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a lot can be quite nice just like hearing their little chores and whatever they are up to you,
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that an eruption can be quite pleasant,
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or maybe they can suggest what you guys can eat.
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where you guys can watch
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"What you guys are going to do this weekend?" or "They can give you an ID" and something and it...
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creates for a fuller life in a way.
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And then obviously the conveniences.
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Like if I want a glass of water, no one is gonna bring me a glass of water.
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If I'm really craving something, I have to go buy it myself.
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If I have a bit of an errand, but I have a cold,
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I'm not feeling well, no one's gonna do that errand for me.
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So I got two.
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four -size towels.
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I've got a glass food container.
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I have a few of these but I needed one in this big size.
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This one for Cooking.
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Good night.
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I want to turn things, flip things around.
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Some microfiber wipes, which is the key for cleaning mirrors
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or screens without getting all the dry water that makes it look Even dirtier.
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than it was before you started cleaning.
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This is what I do my dishes with.
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And here we have even more food containers.
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Let's open her up.
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So I got three more in this size, which again I already have these, but I just needed some more.
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These are really good to store food.
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And then you can heat up the food in the oven without the lid, because the glass is oven -sized.
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And then finally I got this box that I want to store things in.
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Let's see.
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I believe it's untreated wood.
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Oh no!
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I have to assemble it.
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I hate assembling.
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Anything.
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Okay, let's see here.
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This one is called "Klagli".
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So it's going to be a box like this where I can just store Things like this. And this.
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Thank you.
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Don't step on it. so I'm already confused.
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Oh, it's because this one is missing.
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Step one.
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I don't know why my brain just...
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malfunctions whenever it comes to assembling I think I'm just so deeply uninterested in anything that has to do with
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Stuff like this.
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Like I see parts like this and there is No part of me that gets excited.
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So this is ridiculous.
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We can definitely do this.
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Hold on.
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Like that.
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Obviously.
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Right?
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No, this has to be the inside.
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There's only one of this.
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This has to be the bottom.
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Thank you.
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you Yeah.
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Okay, so this has to be.
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You know what?
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I'm just gonna save this for later.
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Okay?
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Maybe I have someone stopping by.
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Maybe when they stop by...
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I can...
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Actually, they get so excited about stuff like this.
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They're gonna see this on the table and they're gonna be like, Can I help you do that?
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Thank you.
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So technically I'm being a good friend.
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And also, The bills you You're on your own.
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It's expensive.
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The thought of someone sharing the monthly expenses to me right now is wild.
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I look at people who live with someone, and they share
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the costs
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and i'm like do you know how much money you are
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saving self -reliance i think is such an important life skill because you cannot You cannot.
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Count on.
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always having someone with you in your life, someone taking care of you, someone being there for you.
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You never know what strange and unpredictable turns life could get.
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And I'm so grateful.
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that I have had the experiences, and that I know that I can be independent, I can take care of myself.
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I can do everything by myself.
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I'm already confused.
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Well, to an extent, we are of course relying on the people around us and our loved ones.
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Obviously, their presence is very, very, very meaningful.
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even if we don't live with them, but I know that I can handle things on my own.
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And maybe I have someone stopping by.
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And now here is where we run into.
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a serious problem.
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I don't want constant company, but I also don't want to be completely on my own.
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What type of situation are we looking at, Lana?
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Like, what is...
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I'm also trying not to overthink this, because...
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realistically, Thank you.
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It's not really something that I could change anyway.
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It's just sort of going to happen the way that it's going to happen.
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Just before I go, I want to show you what I'm currently reading.
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Well, one of the things I'm currently reading.
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I've had this book, Virginia Woolf, the Rubber One Zone.
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for so many years now.
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I don't think I ever read through it.
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It's a very short book. But...
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I remember having a hard time with her writing style.
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So, I wanted to give it another go because I was going through all of my old books, so many books that I don't even really know what to do with.
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I've found some ones that I want to reread.
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One of them.
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Alright, heading out.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Living alone is way harder than people admit”. Este vídeo tiene 150 frases y 1338 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 10:36. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 126 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| assemble verbo | /əˈsɛm.bəl/ | ensamblar, montar |
| errand sustantivo | /ˈɛɹənd/ | recado, mandado |
| container sustantivo | /kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/ | recipiente, envase |
| oven sustantivo | /ˈʌ.vn̩/ | horno |
| shine verbo | /ʃaɪn/ | brillar, lucir |
| pleasant adjetivo | /ˈplɛz.ənt/ | placentero, placible |
| aesthetically adverbio | estéticamente | |
| malfunction sustantivo | /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/ | funcionamiento defectuoso, malfuncionamiento |
| misplace verbo | /mɪsˈpleɪs/ | extraviar, traspapelar |
| overthink verbo | pensar(lo) demasiado / demasiadamente, pensar(lo) de más | |
| reread verbo | /ɹiːˈɹiːd/ | releer |
| uninterrupted adjetivo | ininterrumpido | |
| untreated adjetivo | non tratado | |
| eruption sustantivo | /ɪˈɹʌpʃən/ | erupción |
| downside sustantivo | /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/ | inconveniente |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| get back verbo | regresar | |
| go through verbo | atravesar | |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- I wonder if it's the child or?
- I've got a glass food container.
- I believe it's untreated wood.
- I don't know why my brain just...
- I'm just gonna save this for later.
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 | I've enjoyed · I've found |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | wipes, which is · people who live |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | started cleaning · hate assembling |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | I'm getting · I'm just realizing · is also getting |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 40 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shine /ʃaɪn/, malfunction /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/, eruption /ɪˈɹʌpʃən/, dish /dɪʃ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: historically /hɪˈstɔɹɪkli/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, phenomenon /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: oven /ˈʌ.vn̩/, craving /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/, convenience /kənˈvinjəns/, nerve /nɝv/
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 assemble, errand, container.
¿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.