Shadowing Practice: Study English online (B1). Preliminary English Test (PET) Listening Book 6 : Test 2 part 3 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Now turn to part three.
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Questions 14 to 19.
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You will hear a woman talking on the radio about a singing course she attended.
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For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space.
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You now have 20 seconds to look at part 3.
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Now we are ready to start.
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Listen carefully.
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You will hear the recording twice.
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I've just come back from a short music course called Singing for Beginners.
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It was at Brownstoke College, which is just to the north of London.
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A woman called Lena Phipps runs these three -day courses for people with no previous experience of singing.
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Lena used to be an opera singer, but no longer appears on the stage.
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Nowadays she occasionally sings in jazz clubs but spends most of her time teaching.
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She was excellent.
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There were only nine of us on the course I attended, five men and four women, and Lina never takes more than ten students on a course.
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This means that everyone has lots of attention and plenty of opportunity to sing.
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We were all very nervous at the beginning, but every class begins with some exercises to help students relax.
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These are followed by warm -up exercises to improve the quality of the voice.
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During the three days, students learn around 20 songs in a variety of different styles, depending on the interests of the class members.
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There are classical and modern songs, including pop songs.
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By the last day, everyone was confident enough to perform their favourite song on their own.
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I would really recommend this course.
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Brownstow College is an old building surrounded by a beautiful garden.
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Accommodation is very comfortable, the single and twin rooms are clean and warm, and three meals a day are included in the cost: a cooked breakfast,
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lunch and an evening meal.
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The lunch is very good and the salads can be recommended.
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Courses begin on the last Tuesday of the month, so the next one begins on the 24th of September and continues until Thursday the 26th of September.
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I would advise you to reserve a place early because it's certain to be very popular.
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Now listen again.
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I've just come back from a short music course called Singing for Beginners.
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It was at Brownstoke College, which is just to the north of London.
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A woman called Lena Phipps runs these three -day courses for people with no previous experience of singing.
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Lena used to be an opera singer, but no longer appears on the stage.
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Nowadays she occasionally sings in jazz clubs but spends most of her time teaching.
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She was excellent.
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There were only nine of us on the course I attended, five men and four women, and Lina never takes more than ten students on a course.
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This means that everyone has lots of attention and plenty of opportunity to sing.
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We were all very nervous at the beginning, but every class begins with some exercises to help students relax.
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These are followed by warm -up exercises to improve the quality of the voice.
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During the three days, students learn around 20 songs in a variety of different styles, depending on the interests of the class members.
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There are classical and modern songs, including pop songs.
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By the last day, everyone was confident enough to perform their favourite song on their own.
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I would really recommend this course.
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Brownstow College is an old building surrounded by a beautiful garden.
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Accommodation is very comfortable, the single and twin rooms are clean and warm, and three meals a day are included in the cost: a cooked breakfast,
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lunch and an evening meal.
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The lunch is very good and the salads can be recommended.
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Courses begin on the last Tuesday of the month, so the next one begins on the 24th of September and continues until Thursday the 26th of September.
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I would advise you to reserve a place early because it's certain to be very popular.
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That is the end of part three.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Study English online (B1). Preliminary English Test (PET) Listening Book 6 : Test 2 part 3”. Las palabras que más se repiten: song, begin, students, singing, Lena. Este vídeo tiene 50 frases y 662 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:44. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 140 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 12 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
meal sustantivo/ˈmiːl/comida, pitanza
occasionally adverbio/əˈkeɪʒənəli/ocasionalmente, de vez en cuando
twin sustantivo/twɪn/gemelo, gemela
jazz sustantivo/d͡ʒæz/jazz
relax verbo/ɹɪˈlæks/relajar, aflojar
opera sustantivo/ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/ópera
depend verbo/dɪˈpɛnd/depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de)
salad sustantivo/ˈsæl.əd/ensalada
nowadays adverbio/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/hoy en día, hogaño
accommodation sustantivo/əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/alojamiento, hospedaje
surround verbo/səˈɹaʊnd/envolver, cercar
carefully adverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/cuidadosamente

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
“Used to” used to + verbo — un hábito o estado pasado que ya no es ciertoused to be
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceare followed · are included · can be recommended
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraI've just come
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosaCollege, which is

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: occasionally /əˈkeɪʒənəli/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: occasionally /əˈkeɪʒənəli/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: jazz /d͡ʒæz/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/

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 meal, occasionally, twin.

¿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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