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Thank you for coming in today and I'm happy to help you with your preparing for your interview.
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Why don't we start by having you tell me a little bit about yourself.
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So I'm a senior communications major here at Curry.
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Graduating, anticipated graduation is May of 2015.
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I have very strong points in working with people.
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I am very involved here at Curry, So I'm a part of the student activities office.
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I'm a student worker there.
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I was an orientation leader as well.
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I have a background in theater.
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I've spent almost half of my life doing theater.
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I have Vocal talents.
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I've taken voice lessons for nine years.
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I don't know what else to say.
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I don't know what else to talk about.
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I'm from Franklin, Mass.
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Overall, really good.
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I think you did a really nice job of showing both
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parts of your background
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but also some interests it really helps to paint a picture
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of who you are as a person I think what you need to be careful of
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and what is a common mistake is to not just reiterate everything
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that they're looking at on your resume so once you start to get into
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that I'm at this type of major and that I did this job
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and then before that I did
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that job all you're doing is reading your resume to them
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and they've already read your resume that's why they brought you in as a candidate
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so you kind of to think about what your pitches
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and what your story is and what is it
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that I want them to know within the first few minutes of meeting me.
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And that's really hard.
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This isn't something that's an easy thing to do.
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But you want to just try to stay away.
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And you actually did a good job.
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I would say you weren't.
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I've had, you know, I, well, I'm from Franklin, Mass.
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And I went to such and such high school.
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And then I went to Curry College.
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And then I did this job.
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And you didn't do that, which was good.
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But you want to try to stay away from what I
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kind of would describe as like the chronology of your background
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and more as a summary of who you are as a candidate, what you're looking for, where your passion lies, as it relates to the position.
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What is a weakness that you have?
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My weakness is when things aren't going my way, I tend to stress myself out to the max, and I just don't know where to go from there,
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but then when it all comes down to it, I can pick myself back up.
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And so it's a weakness that builds into a strength kind of thing.
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I have a little bit of a formula
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that I like students to follow when it comes to answering this question because this is a tough one.
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And it's a three-part formula.
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One, pick something that's honest and authentic.
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So you did that.
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I didn't get the, oh, I'm just, I work too hard.
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That's not very authentic.
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So you did.
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You picked an authentic weakness.
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Step two is to not pick a weakness that's going to throw yourself under the bus.
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So you don't want to say, for instance, you're going into PR.
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I really don't like working with people.
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Like that's a weakness that's going to be a deal breaker for that kind of industry.
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Three, you then take it and you talk about how you mitigate that weakness.
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So that's where the step, the third step I'd want you to take.
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So I think you hit one and two.
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But three would be to then say, so typically what I do when I feel myself getting really overwhelmed is I stop, I take a breather, or I begin to write lists,
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or I figure out a way to organize my day.
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so that if you were to ask my co-workers at Outback, they probably have no idea that I'm like this, but internally this is something that I go through,
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and so these are the things that I do to make sure that it doesn't affect my work.
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Can you give me an example of an accomplishment you've had and what that tells us about you?
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So I think one of my greatest accomplishments is the general focus of me going to college,
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because initially graduating high school I didn't I wasn't planning on
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going to college I was a C student in high school wasn't involved in anything basically just went to school
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and left and didn't really do much and then coming to college I had
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that mindset of I'm just gonna like do whatever
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and then I got involved on campus I ended up getting Dean's List both semesters of my freshman year
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and then both semester sophomore year and then it continued up up until my senior year, I've made Dean's List almost every semester, a couple of semesters I haven't, but close enough.
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I'm extremely involved on campus.
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I was an orientation leader.
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I have been involved in Curry Theater and I'm participating in all of these specific things that go on at Curry,
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which initially I had no idea or anticipation of me doing anything that I've done at Curry so far.
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So I think that right there is a great aspect of my life that I initially had never expected to happen.
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Great.
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I think, again, very good sort of common way to answer an interview question.
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I think taking it up a notch is to complete the question, which I kind of fed you, which was, what does that tell us about you as a worker?
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And that's usually not how that question is going to be asked.
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They'll say, can you give me a sense of an accomplishment that you've had?
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But what you want in your brain to do is to translate that for them.
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So your example of making dean's lists.
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So I didn't think I was going to go to college, and then I went to school, and I made dean's lists immediately.
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And what that can tell you about me is that once I get myself going, I'm really committed, that I've got great time management skills.
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It took me a little while to really put a commitment to education, but once I did, I was committed,
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and that's where I am now and start to think about what is it that made you get that accomplishment.
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So what skills, because those are transferable skills, those skills that helped you to get Dean's List are the same type of skills that an employer wants,
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that time management, the attention to detail, the getting things done, getting things done on time.
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Those are the things that help you to get Dean's List are also the things that help you be a productive employee.
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So anytime you have an opportunity to talk about an accomplishment, you want to tie it immediately back to what attributes about you
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helps you get that accomplishment
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because that's going to paint a picture for them of what kind of worker you're going to be.
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What do you think sets you apart from other candidates?
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This sort of ties into like my strengths.
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I'm incredibly well at communicating with people and just being with people in general.
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I tend to have people gravitate towards me when I go places.
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I'm respectful.
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I am able to to put forth any effort to help others, including myself, but others as well.
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And I'm just very creative as well.
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And I'm always able to bring like a creative aspect into a situation.
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So again, I would encourage you to think about what sets you apart, what makes you truly different, and oftentimes look at your combination of experiences.
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Because most people won't have the exact same background as you.
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So if you piece together the different areas that make you different, so it might be the combination of event planning plus the theater
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or something that is a real interesting cross-section
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that then brings a certain caliber to the workplace and kind of figure out what that is.
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And I think the other part of it is anytime you have an opportunity to talk about a story or an example,
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that that could have been another opportunity to to provide an example to support what you're saying when you answer that question.
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Do you have any questions for us?
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I don't have any questions.
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Thank you.
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We always want to have questions prepared prior to coming into an interview
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and oftentimes what happens is just through the back and forth of the interview those questions get naturally answered.
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That said you do want to have some additional questions
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or have questions that are most likely not going to get answered unless you ask them
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and so the best way to do that is through company research.
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Research that organization, research how they've been covered in the news.
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If you ask a question related to a PR agency
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or interview with a PR agency and you saw in the news that they just had a new client come on, that's a great opportunity to show that you've been really keeping track of them as an organization.
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So I noticed that you are now a PR agency for XYZ company.
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Can you tell me a little bit about how that might impact the work of this area that I'm interviewing for?
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So that's a way to show that you've been engaged
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and you've been following them and that you're really interested in them as an organization
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and it also gives you a chance to ask a really good question.
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I would say overall very good.
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I think you are your interviewing level is at above average of a typical college student.
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I think this feedback is intended to take you to the next level
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and to be more on the professional seasoned professional level of interviewing.
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So it's not an organism.
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I think a lot of times students think it's just answering the questions
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and there's a right way to answer a wrong way to answer and it's an ABC.
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It's not that it's really a back and forth conversation
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and you should be driving the interview as much as them
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so it's your opportunity to learn about the position the organization
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you're anytime you're on an interview you're trying to figure out
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whether this organization is a good match for you as much
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as they're trying to figure out whether you're a good match for them
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 140 frases y 1787 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:28. El hablante habla rápido, unas 211 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 84 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| weakness sustantivo | /ˈwik.nɪs/ | debilidad, flaqueza |
| skill sustantivo | /skɪl/ | destreza, habilidad |
| worker sustantivo | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | trabajador, obrero |
| theater sustantivo | /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/ | teatro |
| semester sustantivo | /sɪˈmɛstɚ/ | semestre, ciclo |
| anytime adverbio | cuando sea, sea cuando sea | |
| resume verbo | /ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/ | reanudar, retomar |
| authentic adjetivo | /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/ | auténtico |
| formula sustantivo | /ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/ | fórmula |
| aspect sustantivo | /ˈæspɛkt/ | aspecto |
| commit verbo | /kəˈmɪt/ | encomendar |
| orientation sustantivo | /ˌɔː.ɹi.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/ | orientación |
| naturally adverbio | /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ | naturalmente, a natura |
| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| encourage verbo | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | alentar, arengar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| figure out verbo | averiguar, captar |
| back up verbo | retroceder, ciar |
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar |
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| stay away verbo | no acercarse, mantenerse alejado |
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 spent · I've taken · they've already read |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | wasn't involved · have been involved · be asked |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 66 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, breather /ˈbɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, orientation /ˌɔː.ɹi.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/, passion /ˈpæʃən/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, freshman /ˈfɹɛʃ.mən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, orientation /ˌɔː.ɹi.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/
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 weakness, skill, worker.
¿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.