Pratica di Shadowing: CELPIP Exam Speaking Practice - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Hey, take a look at this picture.
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How would you describe it?
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How would you describe this picture?
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Well, you need to know if you want to pass an exam like the CELPIP exam.
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Okay, if you want to become a permanent resident of Canada, you need to pass the CELPIP exam.
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Okay, CELPIP stands for Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program.
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But what is important is that you need to know how to pass these things in order to pass the exam.
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Okay?
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Reading, writing, listening, speaking.
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Now, on the speaking part of the exam, they're going to show you a picture like this.
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And you have one minute to describe it.
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Do you think you can do it?
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It's pretty challenging.
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You need to pretend that you're describing the picture to someone who's never seen it before.
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Okay, can you do that?
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Now I want to give you a tip.
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Okay, here's the picture.
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So on this side of the picture, this is the right, the left,
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top, bottom, top right, bottom right, top left, bottom left.
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Okay, that's going to help you describe where on the picture things are happening.
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Okay?
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So you should try to remember these words.
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Okay, and two more words that you need to know are foreground and background.
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Foreground means what's in the front of the picture, and background means what's in the back.
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Okay?
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So look at this picture.
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What's in the foreground?
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What's in the background?
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So let's start to describe this picture.
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Okay, what's happening in this picture?
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What's the main thing in Well,
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you might think there are two birds, right?
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Okay, that's good.
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Now imagine my eyes are closed, right?
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I don't know what this picture looks like and you're telling me there's two birds.
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Okay, I'm picturing two ostriches.
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Am I right?
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Yes, I'm right.
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Because you told me there were two birds.
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There's two birds.
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No!
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Okay, you need to use more detail.
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Are the birds big?
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Are they small?
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What color are the birds?
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Well, they're multicolored, so you could say they're colorful.
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Okay, there are two small, colorful birds.
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That's a good start.
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Okay, then what's next?
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What are the birds doing?
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Are the birds flying in the sky?
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Are the birds drinking water?
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Are the birds eating?
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No!
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The birds are sitting on a branch.
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Okay?
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So there are two small colorful birds sitting on a branch.
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That's even better!
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Now, where are the birds in the picture?
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Are they top, bottom, left, right?
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Well, they're sort of in the middle.
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Okay, so that's not too important.
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But are they in the foreground or are they in the background?
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They are in the foreground.
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Okay, so we could say there are two small colorful birds sitting on a branch in the foreground of the picture.
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Okay?
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the foreground.
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Now what's happening in the background?
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Well, you could say in the background of the picture there are some green leaves.
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Okay, that's good.
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That's all there is in the background.
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Just some green leaves.
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Now what color are the birds?
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What color are they?
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Well, we could say the bird on the left has an orange head,
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a white breast, a green back, and a yellow lower body.
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Okay, we could say that's the lower body.
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Okay, now the bird on the right has a black head, a purple breast, a turquoise neck,
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and a yellow lower body.
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Okay, now what other details could we give in this picture?
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Well, we could say the birds are sitting close to each other,
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but facing slightly away from each other.
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Okay, look, this bird is facing that way, and this bird is facing a little bit more that way.
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So they're facing slightly away from each other.
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Now you could also talk about other details, like the shape and the color of their beaks.
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okay birds don't have a nose they don't have a mouth they have a beak okay
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so you could talk about their beaks you could talk about
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you know the number of toes they have do they have
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one toe do they have five toes let's see one two three no they have three toes okay
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so any kind of details they're going to be listening for all these details.
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The more details you can provide, the better.
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Okay, so I want to know, do you find this helpful?
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Is this helpful for you to practice?
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If it is, let me know down there in the comments
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and I'll make more lessons exactly like this to help you practice for exams.
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Okay, but for now let's do some homework.
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I want you to tell me what's going on in this picture.
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Try to be as descriptive you can.
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Post your answer down there in the comments and hey
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if you want more tips like this make sure you subscribe to my channel
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and I'll see you over in the next episode of Mad English TV.
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Take care!
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Bye.
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Informazioni su questa lezione

In questa lezione, ci concentreremo sulla pratica della parte di espressione orale dell'esame CELPIP. Imparerai come descrivere un'immagine in modo dettagliato e preciso, utilizzando un linguaggio appropriato e vocabolario specifico. Questo esercizio non solo ti aiuterà a superare l'esame, ma ti permetterà anche di migliorare la pronuncia inglese e la fluidità nella tua pratica di conversazione in inglese.

Vocabolario e frasi chiave

  • Foreground - primo piano
  • Background - sfondo
  • Description - descrizione
  • Colorful - colorato
  • Small - piccolo
  • Big - grande
  • Detail - dettaglio
  • Challenging - sfidante

Consigli pratici

Per migliorare le tue competenze orali, ti consiglio di praticare lo shadowing in inglese. Questo metodo implica ascoltare il parlato di un madrelingua e ripetere immediatamente dopo, cercando di imitare la pronuncia e l'intonazione. Poiché il video parla in un tono chiaro e a una velocità moderata, è particolarmente adatto per i tuoi esercizi di shadowing. Ecco alcune strategie utili:

  • Iniziare ascoltando un breve segmento del video e mettendo in pausa dopo ogni frase per ripetere.
  • Concentrarti sulle parole chiave, come "foreground" e "background", mentre descrivi ciò che vedi nell'immagine.
  • Praticare con diversi tipi di immagini, cercando di utilizzare un linguaggio descrittivo per migliorare il tuo vocabolario.
  • Dopo aver descritto un'immagine, prova a registrarti e riascoltare la tua pronuncia per capire dove puoi migliorare.

Combina questi suggerimenti e non dimenticare di utilizzare il shadowing site o altre risorse per esplorare materiali audio e video in inglese. Con la pratica costante, avrai un miglioramento significativo nella tua capacità di descrivere immagini e partecipare a discussioni in inglese.

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.

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