Pratica di Shadowing: Checking out The Human Library - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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Check this out.
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We're off to the library and a story from our Dr. John LePouc.
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While most libraries prefer that readers use their quiet voices,
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we just visited a library in Copenhagen where talking is actually encouraged.
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It's a library where we give out human beings on loan
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and they'll be an open book for you and answer any question you have about the topic that they're offering.
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PAUL SOLMAN, RONNIE ABRAGEL, The Human Library,
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founded the Human Library 26 years ago.
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To be clear, there are no physical books.
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The people are called books.
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RONNIE ABRAGEL, Human Library, Human Library,
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All of our books are volunteers.
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PAUL SOLMAN, RONNIE ABRAGEL, Human Library,
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All of our books are volunteers.
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And can you leave the premises with the person?
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RONNIE ABRAGEL, No. PAUL SOLMAN,
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RONNIE ABRAGEL, The rules are really simple.
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Bring the book back on time and bring it back in the same condition.
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PAUL SOLMAN, RONNIE ABRAGEL, Human Library,
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There are now Human Libraries in more than 80 countries,
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including six in the United States, with plans for more.
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Most readings take place at public libraries,
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schools and universities, and on the Human Library website.
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The 30-minute sessions are free.
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The most popular books are typically books on mental health.
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Schizophrenia, bipolar, autism, anxiety, depression,
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all of these topics are almost global bestsellers.
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My goal was to take out three books.
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A lot of people assume that people with schizophrenia are either dangerous or helpless.
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That is definitely not the case.
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33-year-old Christian Sana studied quantum physics in college and was diagnosed with anxiety and schizophrenia 13 years ago.
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That's when he came to believe he was always being watched and wondered if the world he inhabited was fake.
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A thought popped into my head.
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Maybe I'm fake.
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I might be a robot,
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and everything I've experienced up until now is just false memories implanted into my head.
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So in my psychotic mental state I reach the conclusion if I am a robot or a hologram or something,
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obviously I don't have blood in my veins.
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I have oil, wires, something.
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So I go to the kitchen and pull out a knife
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and it's worth mentioning at this point this This wasn't a large, dramatic, suicidal thing.
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It was two very measured, neat cuts.
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I even disinfected the knife beforehand.
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I realized, okay, there's a bit of blood there.
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Cool.
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Obviously I am human and the world around me is fake.
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Back to that theory.
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Sana took medication and started therapy,
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and today is cherishing his family life.
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Right now, how are you feeling?
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I'm feeling good.
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We train every person to be an open book because the methodology is a little unique.
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This is not about me telling a long story to you.
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It's about your curiosity guiding the conversation.
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What do you want to know the most about my topic?
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The Human Library is supported by private foundations and public donations.
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And all the volumes, those sharing their life stories, are volunteers.
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You think that person is so different than you,
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but within half an hour you think,
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oh my God, I have a lot of common with that person.
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37-year-old Noora Bitar is a political scientist from Syria who came to Denmark with her Danish husband at the age of 20.
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How well did you speak Danish?
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Nothing.
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Nothing.
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I didn't speak a word of Danish.
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That was in March of 2011,
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when pro-democracy protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad led to a violent government crackdown and civil war.
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Over all these years, how have you been treated?
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Depends.
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For some people I am the refugee.
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And I think I accepted that.
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Most of the people, especially in Copenhagen, were open about me.
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But I also heard a lot about,
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like, you don't look like the typical refugee.
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What do they mean by that?
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So I am very obviously confident.
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I'm proud.
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And I speak English.
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I speak fluent Danish.
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I think there's that stigma.
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Like, a refugee should always be sad.
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I shouldn't be dressed nicely.
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So there's a stigma about dressing well and speaking well and being high educated.
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In Denmark, immigration policies have become more restrictive,
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and Bitar is still awaiting Danish citizenship.
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Now, after getting divorced, she looks forward to her second marriage,
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but still struggles with her traumatic past.
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Do you ever dream of Syria?
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I do.
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When I first came, I always dreamed that I was a bride walking,
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and there are gunshots in my wedding dress.
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It kind of like haunted me that I survived because I lost friends,
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I lost family members, and I always felt like I have that survival guilt, even until today.
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So my PTSD was always pictured me as somebody who also got shot,
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even in my wedding dress.
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So I don't know, I'm still struggling off.
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Every time I dream about Syria now,
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am I gonna be sad?
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Is there any question that a book won't answer?
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Sure, every book has their boundaries.
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If you go beyond the boundaries of what they're comfortable talking about,
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they'll know to say to you,
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I'm sorry, but those pages have not been published yet.
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I have never met anybody from Greenland before.
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55-year-old Viva Olsen, an indigenous Greenlander,
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remembers a childhood in nature.
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It's been a very wonderful upbringing because the first thing you get to do
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when you're just an infant is to go out sailing and hunting.
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What did you hunt?
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We hunt reindeer, we hunt polar bears,
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birds, and fish, and seals, lots of seals.
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JEFFREY BROWN, Can you sing any,
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like, lullaby in Greenlandic or anything?
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BIDAK UMA, BIDAK UMA, MAGYYY,
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MAGYYY, SIE ANOX PALUPO, SIE ANOX PALUPO, ALFINAR, ALFINAR.
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That's Brother Jack.
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JEFFREY BROWN, Frere Jacques.
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She had no trouble moving to Denmark in 2009,
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as Greenland is a self-governing territory that's part of Denmark.
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Today, Olsen is an aide to patients in psychiatric units.
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Before President Trump expressed his desire to own Greenland,
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did people there pay any attention or much attention to President Trump?
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No. We'd always seen America as the land of milk and honey and friendly,
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whose interest and presents in Greenland was benign.
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Olsen has happy memories of American soldiers stationed in her native country.
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They were well loved.
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Santa Claus would come by chopper,
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and he would bring us presents.
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And it was basically the American soldiers who'd chipped in and bought a lot of presents for the kids.
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That was really sweet.
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How old were you when that happened?
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I was six years old.
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Because what happens when I'm not afraid of you,
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and you have nothing to fear from me,
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our quality of life goes up.
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All of our life quality could go up if we were more understanding and accepting.
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Ronnie Abregel says they have already reached millions and just maybe are changing lives,
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reflecting the human library's goal to unjudge someone.
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We don't have to be best friends,
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all of us here, but we need to try and understand each other.

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Perché esercitarsi a parlare con questo video?

Questo video offre un'opportunità unica di praticare la pratica di conversazione in inglese grazie a un contesto innovativo: la Human Library. Qui, le persone vengono considerate come "libri" e possono condividere esperienze e rispondere a domande su argomenti delicati come la salute mentale. Ascoltare storie vere da persone che hanno vissuto esperienze significative non solo arricchisce il vocabolario ma promuove anche l'empatia e la comprensione culturale.

Parlare con "libri umani" come Christian Sana, che condivide la sua lotta contro la schizofrenia, offre un modo tangibile per usare il linguaggio in situazioni reali. Gli studenti possono rispondere a domande e commentare le esperienze altrui, il che rappresenta una forma efficace di shadow speak o shadowing. La pratica in questo contesto incoraggia l'interazione e migliora l'affidabilità delle conversazioni quotidiane in inglese.

Grammatica ed espressioni nel contesto

  • Domande aperte: Il video enfatizza come fare domande aperte per stimolare conversazioni più ricche. Ad esempio, il relatori chiede: “Come ti senti adesso?” Questo tipo di domanda incoraggia la riflessione e risposte più elaborate.
  • Strutture condizionali: Frasi come "Se io fossi un robot..." sono usate per esplorare idee astratte. Gli studenti possono utilizzare queste strutture per esprimere ipotesi e situazioni possibili.
  • Verbi di azione: La narrazione è ricca di verbi dinamici. Ad esempio, il termine "prendere in prestito" viene usato per descrivere il prestito di un "libro umano", che è molto diverso dall'uso tradizionale di "prendere in prestito" generalmente associato ai libri fisici.
  • Espressioni idiomatiche: Frasi come "portare un libro indietro in tempo" possono essere utilizzate per esercitarsi con espressioni informali e colloquiali in un contesto non accademico.

Trappole di pronuncia comuni

Nel video, alcuni termini e accenti possono risultare difficili per gli studenti di inglese. Ad esempio:

  • La parola "schizofrenia" potrebbe essere complicata per la sua lunghezza e il suono delle consonanti. Assicurati di pronunciarla lentamente: "skih-tsoh-FRAY-nee-uh".
  • Il termine "anxiety" spesso si pronuncia in modo errato. È fondamentale accentuare la seconda parte: "an-ZY-uh-tee".
  • Il concetto di "library" può confondere, ma ricorda di pronunciare "lib-rer-ee" per evitare di sembrare poco chiaro.

Prendere parte a questo tipo di shadow speech permette di migliorare la pronuncia e sviluppare competenze di ascolto più affinate, aiutando gli studenti a suonare più naturali nelle conversazioni quotidiane.

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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