Pratica di Shadowing: How to Learn English: for Beginners! - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.
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How can I learn English?
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I'm a beginner.
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Help! Let's talk about it.
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Are you a beginner at English?
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Wonderful. Do you know someone who would like to begin learning English?
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Awesome. Usually my English lessons are for intermediate English learners, but today we're going to slow things down and talk about some essentials.
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First, who is a beginner?
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Did you learn English in elementary school?
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And do you want to relearn?
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Congratulations.
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You're a beginner.
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Are you starting to learn English now?
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Congratulations.
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You are a beginner.
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Being a beginner is great because you can see fast progress.
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One day you knew nothing about English and the next day you know something.
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Wonderful. It's progress.
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La donna. Oh, hi, Theo.
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What are you doing?
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Tu sei un ragazzo!
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I'm learning Italian, Theo.
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Thanks to the sponsor of today's lesson, Duolingo, I'm starting to learn Italian.
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My great grandmother, Antoinette Manolfi (so Italian!) and my great grandfather came from the south of Italy.
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So, it's my job to learn Italian, right?
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Even though I'm really busy with my family and my job, I can find five to 10 minutes to study a quick fun lesson on the app.
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But really it doesn't feel like studying because you get points and rewards, which makes learning a language feel like a game.
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Because the app is completely free, anyone around the world can use it.
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I also have a special giveaway to 10 lucky subscribers on my channel, but you'll have to wait until the end of the video to find out!
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Let's talk about my top five tips for beginners in English.
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My first tip is #1 Learn Vocabulary.
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Look around your house and put notes on items.
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You can write just one word or a simple sentence or a more complex sentence.
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When you use the microwave, read the word and sentence out loud.
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You will remember the word microwave, the sentence structure "this is" and the verb “to heat up.” Go crazy and put notes everywhere!
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Let's go to tip #2.
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#2 Improve Listening.
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Watch simple English videos, like this lesson, and listen to simple English songs.
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Don't be worried about using English subtitles or reading English lyrics to the songs.
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You're a beginner, so it's okay to use this extra help.
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Subtitles and lyrics can help you a lot.
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Make sure that you understand at least 70%.
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If you watch a five minute video and you are completely lost, stop.
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It's okay. Find something easier.
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When you understand the ideas, but not every single word, this is great.
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That means you're on the right path.
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A good way to improve your listening is with simple songs.
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What kind of music do you like?
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The Beatles, Queen, Taylor Swift?
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Whatever you like, choose one song, look up the lyrics, and listen to the song again and again with the lyrics.
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You can sing, too.
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Congratulations!
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You are improving your listening skills right now with this video.
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All right, let's go to tip #3.
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Tip #3 is Practice Pronunciation.
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If you know a lot of English vocabulary, but other people can't understand you easily when you speak, that's a sad situation.
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So don't forget to practice your pronunciation.
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In tip #2, Improve Listening, I said you should watch simple English videos and listened to simple English songs.
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Well, you can use these, too, to practice your pronunciation.
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Listen to real English and repeat directly after it.
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It's important to hear your own voice using English.
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Every time you see an English sentence, say it out loud.
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“This is a microwave.” Every time you hear an English sentence, say it out loud.
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“We are the champions, my friends, and we'll keep on fighting till the end!” When you practice pronunciation, you are becoming more and more confident when you speak.
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I used to go to work every day.
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I used to go to work every day.
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I used to go to work every day.
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Are you ready to practice pronunciation and speak out loud?
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All right, let's do it during tip #4.
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My tip #4 for beginners learning English is to Grow Your Grammar skills.
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This is the biggest mistake that a lot of English learners make.
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They study only grammar.
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Don't study tons and tons of grammar books.
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You will feel tired, frustrated, and annoyed.
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Not good. I recommend studying basic sentence structure and basic verb conjugations.
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What is basic sentence structure?
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Subject + verb+ object.
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Vanessa is a teacher.
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Can you say that with me?
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Vanessa is a teacher.
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Great work.
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You just practiced your pronunciation.
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Let's go on to some simple verb tenses.
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I recommend focusing on the simple past, the present continuous, and the simple future.
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Let's take a look at some sentences and I challenge you to speak out loud, imitate my voice and say these sentences directly after me.
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Are you ready?
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I watched this lesson.
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It's your turn.
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Say it out loud.
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Great work.
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This is the simple past because it uses -ED at the end.
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I am watching this lesson.
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Your turn. Say it out loud.
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Great. This is the present continuous.
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It's happening right now.
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I'm going to watch this lesson.
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Say it out loud.
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Go ahead. Great.
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This is the future.
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I used “going to” and not “will” because “going to” is more common in daily conversation.
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Let's look at some more examples.
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I learned English.
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Go ahead. Say it out loud.
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Excellent. This is the simple past because it uses -ED at the end.
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I am a learning English.
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Say it out loud.
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Go ahead. Excellent.
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This is the present continuous.
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It's happening right now.
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You are learning English.
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I am going to learn English, say it out loud.
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Excellent. This is the future.
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It's something that is going to happen in the future.
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I ate breakfast.
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Say it out loud.
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Go ahead. Excellent work.
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This is the simple past, but do you see -ED?
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Nope. This is an irregular past tense verb.
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There are a lot of them in English.
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I am eating breakfast.
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Now it's your turn.
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Go ahead. Great.
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This is the present continuous it's happening right now.
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I'm going to eat breakfast.
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Say it out loud.
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Go ahead. Excellent work.
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This is the future.
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And you're also using a contraction.
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“I am” becomes “I'm.” So, great work imitating, practicing your pronunciation, and also growing your simple grammar skills.
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Are you ready to learn vocabulary, improve your listening, practice your pronunciation, and grow your grammar skills at the same time?
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Okay, let's go to tip #5.
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My fifth tip for beginners learning English is to use Duolingo.
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Duolingo is the world's number one language learning app.
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It is perfect for beginners and it's completely free.
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You can do all of the four skills I just talked about.
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Here I am learning Italian: learning vocabulary, practicing pronunciation, improving listening, growing my grammar skills.
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Knowing English can give you so many benefits in life, a better job, easier communication with other people, and simply opening your mind to another language.
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On YouTube, I share these lessons with you every week, 100% for free.
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And I love that Duolingo shares the same mission: Make education free and accessible to everyone!
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I have only just started to learn Italian, so I'm a beginner just like you.
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But I know that if I continue the daily quick lessons, my skills will grow every day.
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This is my challenge for you.
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Maintain a positive attitude and a lot of determination and your English skills will continue to improve lesson by lesson.
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Because my subscribers are the best, I want to offer 10 lucky subscribers, maybe you, a free one year subscription to Duolingo Plus, which is their ad free platform and you can also download the lessons for offline use.
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Of course, you can use the regular version of Duolingo for free forever, which is awesome!
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But if you would like to get the ad free version, they're offering it to 10 of my lucky subscribers.
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To win a year free subscription to Duolingo Plus, all you need to do is subscribe to my YouTube channel, download the Duolingo app with the link in the description box, and number three is I want to know “Why do you want to learn English?” I love learning more about my subscribers, learning more about you.
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Tell me in the comments: Why do you want to learn English?
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In a couple of days, I will announce the winners in the community tab of my channel.
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Before we go, I want to tell you something.
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You can do it.
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I know learning English is a big task, but it is rewarding and you're not alone.
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There are over 2 billion people who use English around the world.
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So welcome to the family: the very, very big family!
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Thanks so much for learning English with me.
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And I'll see you again next Friday for a new lesson here on my YouTube channel.
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Bye! Did you enjoy this free lesson?
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The next step is to subscribe to my YouTube channel.
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Don't forget to write a comment to tell me why do you want to learn English?
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I can't wait to read what you have to say.
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Keep up the good work with English.
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Bye.

Cos'è che imparerai?

Questo video ti aiuterà a sviluppare tre abilità concrete: imparare vocaboli in contesto tramite l'uso di appunti domestici, migliorare la comprensione auditiva con video e canzoni semplici, e parlare con più fluidità imitando il ritmo nativo. Questi metodi sono progettati per far sì che i principianti vedano progressi veloci, anche se hanno poco tempo giornaliero.

Ascolta questi suoni

Nella conversazione, nota come le parole si "collegano" tra loro: ad esempio, "it doesn't feel like" diventa it doesn'feel like, con la riduzione di "does not" a "doesn'". Anche "you get points" si trasforma in y'get points, grazie all'elisioni della "ou" in "you". Questi fenomeni della lingua connessa sono fondamentali per capire il parlato nativo e per parlare in modo più naturale. Usa un shadowing site per ripetere queste frasi e familiarizzare con i collegamenti tra le parole.

Parla come un nativo

Per imitare il ritmo e l'accento del speaker, focus sulla stress: nelle frasi come "Learn Vocabulary" o "Improve Listening", la parola chiave (Vocabulary, Listening) è pronunciata con più forza e lunghezza. Il speaker usa anche una intonazione ascendente nelle domande, come "What kind of music do you like?". Per esercitarti, usa la tecnica del shadow speak: ascolta una frase, pausa e ripetila immediatamente, cercando di copiare il tono e il tempo. Più pratichi con shadowspeak, meglio diventerai a capire e a riprodurre il flusso naturale della lingua. Ricorda: il segreto è non solo ripetere, ma sentire il ritmo come un nativo.

Con questi consigli e l'uso di strumenti come i shadowing site o le tecniche di shadow speech, migliorerai rapidamente la tua pronuncia e la tua fluidità. Non sottovalutare l'importanza di ripetere frasi semplici: anche piccoli passi portano a grandi risultati!

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
“Used to” used to + verbo — un’abitudine o uno stato passato che non è più veroused to go
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosasomeone who would · rewards, which makes · Plus, which is
Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppothe biggest · the best
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodoI'm learning · I'm starting · are improving

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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