Pratica di Shadowing: Business Partner B1. Unit 1. Video 1.1.1. - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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The 21st century workplace is constantly changing.
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In many countries, the idea of a career for life is long gone.
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What employers want are skills that can be applied to a range of tasks and roles.
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As a result,
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they look for flexible people who can demonstrate transferable professional skills as well as personal qualities that will benefit the company.
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Here's an insider's guide to the skills and qualities
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that will get you hired and also help you survive in today's job market.
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A large part of the academic experience is based around individual performance.
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In business, however, things are quite different.
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You need to develop a range of transferable skills.
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And one thing that many recruiters put at the top of their list is the ability to work in teams.
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I would look at can this candidate fit into the team well?
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Do they work well with people?
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Are they passionate about the topic?
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Do they think outside of the box?
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Employers value team working skills very highly indeed.
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So if you're studying, it's really important that you try and get some experience.
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Now, obviously, an internship's an ideal way to do this, but you can also do it through part -time jobs, through vacation work, through voluntary work,
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or helping with societies and clubs while you're at university.
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Your experience at school is really, really important.
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So if you played in a team, guess what?
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You're a team player.
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You set goals you can achieve.
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21st -century careers involve a lot of movement, not just between jobs, but also between industries and countries.
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It's no good if your skill set locks you into one industry or even into one company.
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And this is where flexibility is important.
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Be prepared to develop attributes that are transferable across sectors so you can make the best moves for your career.
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I'm talking about things like critical thinking, which means analysing information very carefully,
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communication skills, problem solving, being able to influence people.
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Make sure you work on your communication skills in person, on paper, face to face, in small groups, in large groups.
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You'll need to do this wherever you work, whatever job it is, across all sectors.
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Communication skills are absolutely key.
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Employers are not just hiring a package of skills, they're hiring a person.
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And it's personal qualities that are of key importance.
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honesty, flexibility, enthusiasm, these things matter a lot. Be passionate.
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If you're really going to apply to a company that you're interested in, make sure your passion comes through,
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and be genuine and authentic about that passion.
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You're going to work hard, you're going to play hard, but you have to be passionate to be successful.
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It's their own determination that's going to get them a job, right?
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Employers, you know, are going to look at them, not necessarily for their skills that they may have, but for the passion that they may express.
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Convince them that you have integrity.
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You know, integrity is very important, obviously.
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And convince them that you have ability, that you will do everything you can to make that job work.
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If you are motivated and have a can -do attitude, you will get wherever you want.
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So to sum up our Insider's Guide, you need professional skills that can transfer from one job to another,
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especially the ability to be a good team player.
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Don't forget that employers look at the person behind the CV
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or resume to identify the personal qualities they value in the workplace.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “Business Partner B1. Unit 1. Video 1.1.1”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: skill, employers, qualities, transferable, passionate. Questo video contiene 48 frasi e 587 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 3:52. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 152 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 86% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| skill sostantivo | /skɪl/ | abilità, capacità |
| employer sostantivo | /ɪmˈplɔɪə/ | datore di lavoro, datrice di lavoro |
| passion sostantivo | /ˈpæʃən/ | passione |
| hire verbo | /ˈhaɪɹ/ | assoldare, noleggiare |
| passionate aggettivo | /ˈpæʃənɪt/ | appassionato |
| wherever | /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ | dovunque |
| convince verbo | /kənˈvɪns/ | convincere |
| integrity sostantivo | /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/ | integrità |
| workplace sostantivo | /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/ | luogo di lavoro |
| flexibility sostantivo | /ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/ | flessibilità |
| topic sostantivo | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | tema, categoria |
| necessarily avverbio | /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/ | necessariamente, a tutti i costi |
| carefully avverbio | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | minuziosamente, accuratamente |
| package sostantivo | /ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/ | pacco |
| ideal aggettivo | /aɪˈdi(ə)l/ | ideale |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | can be applied · is based |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | people who can · thinking, which means |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsione | will benefit · will get · You'll need |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | is constantly changing · you're studying · I'm talking |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 11 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, don't, I'm. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: passion /ˈpæʃən/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, determination /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: integrity /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/, flexibility /ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, determination /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hire /ˈhaɪɹ/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, convince /kənˈvɪns/, workplace /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/, topic /ˈtɑpɪk/, package /ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: passion /ˈpæʃən/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, package /ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/, attribute /ˈæt.ɹɪˌbjut/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come skill, employer, passion.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.