Shadowing Practice: Talking about meetings - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello and welcome to Real Easy English.
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In this podcast, we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn.
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I'm Georgie.
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And I'm Beth.
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You can find a video of this podcast and a worksheet to help you learn on our website, bbclearningenglish .com.
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Hi Beth, how are you today?
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I'm good, thank you.
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I am very busy.
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I have a lot of meetings.
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How are you?
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I'm okay, thank you, Beth.
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I don't have many meetings today, but today we are talking about meetings,
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in particular work meetings, where you talk to colleagues and discuss ideas or make decisions.
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That's right.
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Okay, shall we get started?
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Yes.
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So Beth, you have a lot of meetings today.
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Do you generally have a lot of meetings at work?
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Thank you.
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it really depends on what i'm working on So if I have a project where
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I need to meet a lot of people, then I might have quite a few meetings.
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and that's why i'm busy now but generally We have a lot of.. a few meetings together.
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as a team but I don't think we have loads of meetings.
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Compared to other jobs I don't think we have many meetings.
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Most of our work is producing things and editing and writing
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but you're right when there are lots of big projects
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that we need to talk to other people on the project we have more meetings but yeah like you it really depends.
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So when do you think meetings are useful?
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I think when You need to brainstorm.
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So brainstorm is when you have lots of new ideas and you need to talk about them together.
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I think then meetings are really useful because you hear lots of new ideas.
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And when you're in a room with other people, if, for example, I have an idea and you say, that's good.
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And we can also do this.
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And we can all work together.
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kind of meetings are really useful.
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Yeah, I think that way of doing it is also more efficient.
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So sometimes it's better to just have one hour, come up with ideas and decide on the ideas.
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Yeah, definitely.
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Do you tend to speak up in meetings?
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So that means do you ask questions and feel confident to speak?
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I think if the meeting has lots of people I find it a bit more stressful to speak up
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because I get a bit nervous to speak in front of lots of example,
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you guys I like and trust.
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I don't mind speaking up that much.
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And sometimes we have meetings in person, sometimes you have meetings on a call, so a video call.
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Do you prefer meeting in person or having calls?
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I think I prefer meetings in person because you can you can kind of see
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the facial expressions and body language more easily, I think.
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And it's easier to know when a person wants to speak, these kinds of things.
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Yeah, no, I agree with what you're saying.
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A lot of the meetings that I have had recently have been with people in different time zones in different countries.
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So, definitely then a call is better because it's the best way to speak without having to go to different countries.
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But I agree.
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I think it's Nice to be able to see body language.
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better in a face -to -face meeting but meetings on calls now are so normal that there's not loads of difference.
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It is also really nice to be able to take calls in your own house.
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So working from home can be really nice because you can have your snacks and drinks nearby.
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So yeah, they both have their pros and cons.
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That's true.
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Okay, let's recap the language we heard during the conversation,
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starting with brainstorm, which is when you get together with a group of people to come up with ideas.
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If you speak up in a meeting, you express your opinion using your voice.
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In an in -person meeting, everyone is in the same physical place.
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We can also call this a face -to -face meeting.
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And we also talked about having a call.
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This could be a phone call or a video call.
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And we can also describe this as a remote meeting.
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That's it for this episode of Real Easy English.
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Why not test what you've learned using the worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish .com.
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And we'll be back next week with another conversation in Easy English.
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See you then.
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Goodbye.
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you
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Talking about meetings”. Las palabras que más se repiten: meeting, speak, Beth, English, brainstorm. Este vídeo tiene 73 frases y 759 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:50. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 130 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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
Las 14 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| depend verbo | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de) |
| podcast sustantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, pódcast |
| compare verbo | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | comparar, parangonar |
| efficient adjetivo | /ɪˈfɪʃənt/ | eficiente, eficaz |
| remote adjetivo | /ɹəˈməʊt̞/ | remoto |
| edit verbo | /ˈɛdɪt/ | editar |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | adiós, hasta luego |
| con verbo | /kɑn/ | engañar, estafar |
| facial adjetivo | /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/ | facial, fisonómico |
| colleague sustantivo | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | colega, compañero |
| snack sustantivo | /snæk/ | tentempié, refrigerio |
| stressful adjetivo | /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ | estresoso, estresante |
| brainstorm sustantivo | /ˈbɹeɪnstɔɹm/ | ocurrencia, gracia |
| worksheet sustantivo | hoja de trabajo |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| come up with verbo | ingeniar, ingeniarse | |
| speak up verbo | /ˌspik ˈʌp/ | hablar más alto, hablar más fuerte |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Do you generally have a lot of meetings at work?
- Do you tend to speak up in meetings?
- I don't mind speaking up that much.
- Do you prefer meeting in person or having calls?
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 been · you've learned |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | need to meet · need to talk · need to brainstorm |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | are talking · i'm working · is producing |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 15 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, facial /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: snack /snæk/, stressful /ˈstɹɛsfəl/
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 depend, podcast, compare.
¿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.