Pratica di Shadowing: 🇬🇧 Giving Directions - English B1 lesson 31, Intermediate - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Hello and welcome to this B1 Intermediate Lesson 31 with me Kate.
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Today we will be looking at giving directions.
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Okay, here on the screen I have 10 different phrases that are used for giving directions.
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We have go down to the end of the road, go past the cinema, it's on the corner,
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go straight at the lights, take the next right, it's the second right,
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turn left at the traffic lights, cross the road, it's on your left,
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it's on the other side of the road.
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And here I have 10 different images.
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I want you to match these phrases with the images.
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If you need to pause the video, do that now.
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Okay, let's see how you got on.
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First one, what phrase goes with this picture?
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Turn left at the traffic lights.
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Turn left at the traffic lights.
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So, turn left is showing movement.
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Next one.
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Go down to the end of the road.
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Go down to the end of the road.
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It's important to note that go down to doesn't mean there is a hill.
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Just means you go to the end of the road.
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Next one.
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It's on the corner.
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It's on the corner.
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Go past the cinema.
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Past here is a preposition of movement.
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You are moving past the cinema.
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It's on your left.
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It's on your left.
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It's important to note the difference between on your left which is showing position and turn left which is showing movement.
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This one.
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Cross the road.
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Cross the road.
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Here we are showing movement.
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Go straight on at the lights.
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Go straight on at the lights.
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Here the word lights means traffic lights.
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It's very often shortened.
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It's on the other side of the road.
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It's on the other side of the road.
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Again, it's important to note the difference between it's on the other side of the road
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which is showing position and cross the road which is showing movement.
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What about this one?
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Take the next right.
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Take the next right. And this one.
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It's the second right.
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It's the second right.
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So, the second right describes the second opportunity to turn right.
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Okay, we're going to have a little practice.
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I want you to imagine that this stickman here that's just appeared outside the station has asked for directions.
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I will give him directions.
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On the map, I want you to follow those directions.
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Where is the final destination?
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We're going to do this three times.
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So, let's start.
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The first one is the more simple.
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So, number one.
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Go down to the end of the road.
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Turn left.
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It's on your left.
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What's the final destination?
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It's the bank.
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So we go down to the end of the road, turn left and it's on your left.
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Okay, let's try another one, a little bit more difficult, number two.
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So, turn right and go down to the end of the road.
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Turn left at the traffic lights.
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Go down to the end of the road, past the cinema on your right.
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Follow the road around to the right and take the next left.
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It's on the corner opposite the car park.
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What's the final destination?
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It's the bookshop.
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Let's follow those instructions.
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So we start here.
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We turn right and we go down to the end of the road.
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We turn left at the traffic lights and again we go down to the end of the road, past the cinema which is on our right here.
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And we follow the road round to the right and take the next left, it's on the corner opposite the car park, it's the bookshop.
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Okay, we're going to do this one more time.
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Here we go, here he is.
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So, go down to the end of the road,
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turn left, take the next right and go past the park which will be on your right.
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Take the next right, keep going until you see it on your left before the traffic lights.
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What's my final destination?
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It's the supermarket it.
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Let's follow those directions together.
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So here we are, we go down to the end of the road,
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we turn left, we take the next right and go past the park which is on our right,
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we take the next right and we keep going until we see it on our left just before the traffic lights.
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Well done.
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That's it for today.
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I have two questions for you.
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Here are two phrases that we have looked at today.
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Each one has a word missing.
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Can you complete the phrases?
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The first one, it's the corner and the second one, left at the traffic lights.
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Please leave your answers in the comments below.
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Don't forget to subscribe and show your support and coming next in lesson 32 we will be looking at giving written directions.
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Thanks very much for watching, have a great day, goodbye.

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Lo scenario: chiedere e dare indicazioni in inglese

Immagina di essere in una città straniera e di dover chiedere il percorso per raggiungere una stazione, un ristorante o un museo. In questo video, Kate ci insegna come dare indicazioni in modo chiaro e naturale, un'abilità essenziale per chi vuole pratica di conversazione in inglese nella vita reale. Le frasi presentate, come "turn left at the traffic lights" o "it's on the corner", sono usate tutti i giorni dagli inglesi, quindi impararle ti renderà più confidente nelle situazioni pratiche.

Frasi utili e collocazioni da memorizzare

Ecco alcuni "chunk" (gruppi di parole) che vale la pena apprendere a memoria per parlare fluentemente:

  • Go down to the end of the road: non significa "scendere" una collina, ma semplicemente "andare fino alla fine della strada".
  • Take the next right: "prendi la prossima a destra" è una frase concisa per indicare un cambiamento di direzione.
  • It's on your left: per indicare la posizione di un luogo ("è a tua sinistra"), diversa da "turn left" (gira a sinistra), che indica un movimento.
  • Cross the road: "attraversa la strada" è un verbo fondamentale per i percorsi pedestri.
  • Go straight on at the lights: "continua dritto ai semafori" (qui "lights" è l'abbreviazione di "traffic lights").

La tua sfida: shadowing in inglese

Ora è il momento di mettere in pratica quello che hai imparato con il shadowing, una tecnica efficace per migliorare pronuncia e intonazione. Ecco come fare: riproduci il video, metti in pausa dopo ogni frase (ad esempio, "turn left at the traffic lights") e ripetila immediatamente, cercando di imitare il tono e la velocità di Kate. Ripeti questo esercizio per 5-10 minuti al giorno: con il tempo, le frasi diventeranno automatiche. Se vuoi un shadowing site per esercitarti, cerca piattaforme che offrano dialoghi reali con trascrizioni: è un modo fantastico per imparare l'inglese con i video e rafforzare la tua shadow speech.

Non ti preoccupare se all'inizio è difficile: la pratica regolare è la chiave. Ricorda, ogni piccolo passo ti avvicina a una conversazione fluida! 🚀

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosaleft which is · road which is · cinema which is
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohas asked · have looked
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodois showing · are moving · are showing
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsionewill be · will give

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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