Shadowing Practice: Speaking Test - KET TEST - Anh Thu / Thanh Truc - Learn English Speaking with Video

Creando lección...
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Okay, what's your name?
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My name is Pikachu.
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You can call me Thu.
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What's your name?
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My name is Chu.
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How old are you?
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I'm 13 years old.
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Where do you come from?
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I come from Vietnam.
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Where do you live?
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I live in Song Thu Thuong, Hong Kong District.
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And how old are you?
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I'm 14 years old.
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Where do you come from?
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I come from Vietnam.
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And where do you live?
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I live in Hong Kong District, Ho Chi Minh City.
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What subject do you like best?
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I like English best because I study to go to America and study in it.
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What clothes do you wear to school?
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I usually wear uniform like shirt and jeans to school.
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What time do you finish school?
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It's about 5 o'clock.
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What do you eat after school?
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I always eat toast or rice.
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Please tell me something about the homework you have to do.
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I usually have a few homework, but I do math more because it's very important.
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I know I do math very bad.
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Who do you live with?
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I live with my family.
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They are my father, mother and my little sister.
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How many bedrooms are there in your house?
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There are two bedrooms in my house.
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Where do you watch TV at home?
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I usually watch TV in my living room or in my bedroom.
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What's your favorite room in your house?
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My favorite room is bedroom because I usually play games or with book in it.
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Please tell me what you like doing at home.
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I like drawing or playing video games with my sister or playing with my pet, a dog.
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Okay, let's go to part 2.
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Here are pictures that show different hobbies.
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Do you like these different hobbies?
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Say why or why not.
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Pikachu, do you want to say first?
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Yes, I like playing room because it makes me feel very relaxed.
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I play it with my friends in the library in my school.
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How about you?
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I don't like it but I prefer drawing because I have a talent of it and I can draw many beautiful pictures.
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Do you like it?
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I like it too but I think reading books is suitable for me.
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It helps me to improve my vocabulary.
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I usually read it to do my homework.
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Do you agree with me?
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I agree with you, but I don't like doing outdoor activities.
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I prefer indoor activities like playing video games.
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I always spend most of my time playing games with my sister.
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What do you think?
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I very like playing video games with my sister too.
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But I think footballing is very interesting more.
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I play it to protect my health or growing to thorn.
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It helps me to have a strong leg.
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Okay, that's fine.
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Do you think playing an instrument is difficult?
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I think it's very difficult because you need to study many cues to play it.
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and you need to spend a lot of time.
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Do you think painting is easy?
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Yes, but you have a lot of...
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you need...
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I think painting is very easy because it needs to draw and paint.
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Sometimes it can make me relax more and I think it's very easy.
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Which of these hobbies do you like best?
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I like playing video games best because I can play many types of games like action or romance.
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And you, which of these hobbies do you like best?
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I like reading books best because I usually use it for my homework or in my free time.
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I can read it a lot every day.
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Do you prefer to spend your free time alone or with other people?
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I prefer to spend my time with my sister
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because my sister is very fun and we can save a lot of memories together.
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Which is more fun, playing sports or watching sports?
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I think playing sports is more fun
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because it helps me to protect my health and it improves my health
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or it makes me have a strong arm or leg very much.
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Okay, finished.
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Goodbye.
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See you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Speaking Test - KET TEST - Anh Thu / Thanh Truc”. Las palabras que más se repiten: sister, usually, hobbies, homework, bedroom. Este vídeo tiene 85 frases y 683 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:17. El hablante habla despacio, unas 109 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 28 de sus 85 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
bedroom sustantivo/ˈbɛdˌɹum/alcoba, dormitorio
homework sustantivo/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/deberes, tarea
hobby sustantivo/ˈhɑ.bi/afición, hobby
relax verbo/ɹɪˈlæks/relajar, aflojar
mathematics sustantivo/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/matemáticas, matemática
suitable adjetivo[ˈsjuː.tə.bɫ̩]indicado, idóneo
uniform sustantivo/ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/uniforme
romance sustantivo/roʊˈmæn(t)s/romance
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/adiós, hasta luego
instrument sustantivo/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/instrumento
outdoor adjetivo/aʊtˈdɔː/al aire libre, al fresco
indoor adjetivo/ˈɪndoɹ/para interiores, de interiores
cloth sustantivo/klɒθ/tela
toast sustantivo/toʊst/pan tostado, tostada
vocabulary sustantivo/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/vocabulario

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Where do you come from?
  • What subject do you like best?
  • What clothes do you wear to school?
  • What time do you finish school?
  • What's your favorite room in your house?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, cloth /klɒθ/, thorn /θoɹn/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/, hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/

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 bedroom, homework, hobby.

¿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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