Shadowing Practice: Job Interview English | Introduce Yourself (Shadowing Practice) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Welcome back to our English Shadowing Practice.
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Today we'll practice a very useful situation, how to introduce yourself in a job interview.
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Listen carefully, repeat after me, and try to speak with confidence.
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Let's begin.
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Step 1.
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First, just listen.
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Focus on the pronunciation and rhythm.
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Hello, thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.
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My name is Sophia Bruno, and I have about three years of experience in customer service.
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In my previous job, I helped customers solve problems and answered their questions.
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This experience helped me improve my communication skills.
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I also learned how to stay calm when situations became busy or stressful.
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One of my strengths is listening carefully and trying to understand what people need.
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I enjoy working with a team and supporting my co-workers when needed.
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Recently, I have been focusing on improving my professional skills and learning new things.
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I'm interested in this position because I believe it will help me grow in my career.
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I would be happy to bring my experience and positive attitude to your team.
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Step 2.
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Now repeat after me.
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I will read each sentence twice, so you can repeat it both times.
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Hello.
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Thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.
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Hello, thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.
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My name is Sophia Bruno, and I have about three years of experience in customer service.
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My name is Sophia Bruno, and I have about three years of experience in customer service.
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In my previous job, I helped customers solve problems and answered their questions.
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In my previous job, I helped customers solve problems and answered their questions.
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This experience helped me improve my communication skills.
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I also learned how to stay calm when situations became
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busy or stressful.
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One of my strengths is listening carefully and trying to understand what people need.
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One of my strengths is listening carefully, and trying to understand what people need.
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I enjoy working with a team and supporting my coworkers when needed.
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I enjoy working with a team and supporting my coworkers when needed.
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Recently I have been focusing on improving my professional skills and learning new things.
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I have been focusing on improving my professional skills and learning new things.
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I'm interested in this position because I believe it will help me grow in my career.
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I'm interested in this position because I believe it will help me grow in my career.
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I would be happy to bring my experience and positive attitude to your team.
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Step 3.
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Finally, listen again and try to speak along with the sentences.
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Hello.
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Thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.
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My name is Sophia Bruno, and I have about three years of experience in customer service.
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In my previous job, I helped customers solve problems and answered their questions.
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This experience helped me improve my communication skills.
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I also learned how to stay calm when situations became busy or stressful.
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One of my strengths is listening carefully and trying to understand what people need.
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I enjoy working with a team and supporting my co-workers when needed.
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Recently, I have been focusing on improving my professional skills and learning new things.
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I'm interested in this position because I believe it will help me grow in my career.
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I would be happy to bring my experience and positive attitude to your team.
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Great job practicing today.
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try listening again and repeat the sentences out loud.
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The more you practice, the more natural your English will become.
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See you in the next episode.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Job Interview English”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: experience, customer, skills, helped, carefully. This video has 56 sentences and 599 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:05. The speaker talks slowly, about 85 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
skill noun/skɪl/A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
carefully adverb/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/With care; attentively, circumspectly.
solve verb/sɒlv/To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
stressful adjective/ˈstɹɛsfəl/Irritating; causing stress.
worker noun/ˈwɝ.kɚ/One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
introduce verb/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
rhythm noun/ˈɹɪð.əm/The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
pronunciation noun/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
customer noun/ˈkʌs.tə.mə/A person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant or intends to do so.
repeat verb/ɹɪˈpiːt/To do or say again (and again).
communication noun/kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
attitude noun/ˈætɪˌtud/The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
sentence noun/ˈsɛn.təns/The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
calm adjective/kɑm/Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
confidence noun/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/Self-assurance.

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:

מבנהבסרטון
הווה מושלם ממושך (Present perfect continuous) have/has been + -ing — פעולה שהתחילה בעבר ועדיין נמשכת עכשיוhave been focusing
פועל + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — פעלים שמתחברים ל-ing אחריהםenjoy working
עתיד עם “will” will + verb — החלטה, הבטחה או ניבוי לגבי העתידwe'll practice · will help · will read
הווה ממושך (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing — משהו שמתרחש כרגע או בסביבה הקרובה לזמן הזהis listening

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, communication /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • Long words — get the stress right: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, communication /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like skill, carefully, solve.

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