Pratica di Shadowing: IELTS Shadowing: Improve your English fluency! - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Hi, this is IELTS, IELTS.com, Lesson 195.
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Alright, this week we are looking at an IELTS Speaking Part 2 cue card
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that asks you to speak about a time when you did something difficult.
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I'll read the cue card to you now.
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Describe an occasion when you had to do something difficult.
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You should say what it was, why it was difficult, how you handled the situation, and explain what you learned from it.
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Alright, first thing, let's listen to the sample so you can hear the model spoken naturally.
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Here it is.
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We will now start part two of the exam.
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Here is your cue card.
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Start speaking now, please.
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Well, as I mentioned before, I work as an electrician.
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One particularly difficult experience I had was
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when I had to rewire an entire house by myself due to an unexpected staffing issue.
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Initially, I was supposed to work with a team, but at the last minute my colleagues were urgently reassigned to another job.
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That left me responsible for completing the work on my own.
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The task was challenging because the house was quite old.
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This meant the existing wiring was outdated and not up to modern safety standards.
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I had to carefully remove the old wiring and then ensure that the new system I was installing met all safety regulations.
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Because I was working alone, I also had to manage every aspect of the job, planning the layout, installing the cables,
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and dealing with any unexpected issues that arose.
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To handle the situation, I broke the project down into smaller tasks
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and set clear goals for each day to ensure steady progress.
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I also double-checked every connection and used my experience to anticipate potential problems.
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In moments of doubt, I called a senior electrician for quick advice, which gave me reassurance and kept me on track.
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In the end, I successfully completed the job on time with everything up to standard.
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This experience taught me a lot about problem-solving and time management.
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I also learned that in high-pressure situations, staying calm and methodical is the key to overcoming challenges.
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Thank you.
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Okay, we will now start this week's speech shadowing exercise.
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In this week's free sample exercise, you will repeat the first few sentences from the model.
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I'll read this section of the response again to you now, just to refresh your memory.
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So the candidate starts by saying, well, as I mentioned before, I work as an electrician.
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One particularly difficult experience I had was
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when I had to rewire an entire house by myself due to an unexpected staffing issue.
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Initially, I was supposed to work with a team, but at the last minute my colleagues were urgently reassigned to another job.
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That left me responsible for completing the work on my own.
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Okay, let's go ahead and start this week's speech shadowing exercise.
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If this is your first time doing a speech shadowing exercise, remember you should be speaking aloud as you listen.
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So you will first hear a portion of the sample
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and then you will be given a pause within which to repeat what you have heard.
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And the point of the exercise is to try to adjust your pronunciation to sound as much like the model as possible.
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Remember that at IELTS, IELTS.com, just 25 US dollars per month gives you access to the full library,
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where you can train uninterrupted with almost 200 full speech shadowing lessons.
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Okay, here's this week's speech shadowing exercise.
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Enjoy.
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We will now start part two of the exam.
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Here is your cue card.
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Start speaking now, please.
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Well, as I mentioned before, I work as an electrician.
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Well, as I mentioned before,
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I work
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as an electrician.
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Well, as I mentioned before, I work as an electrician.
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One particularly difficult experience I had was
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when I had to rewire an entire house by myself due to an unexpected staffing issue.
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due to an unexpected staffing issue.
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One particularly difficult experience I had was when I had to rewire an entire house by myself.
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Because when I had to rewire an entire house by myself,
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was when I had to rewire an entire house by myself.
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One particularly difficult experience I had,
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particularly difficult experience, particularly particularly
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One particularly difficult
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experience I had was when I had to rewire an entire house by myself.
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One particularly difficult experience I had was
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when I had to rewire an entire house by myself due to an unexpected staffing issue.
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One particularly difficult experience I had was
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when I had to rewire an entire house by myself due to an unexpected staffing issue.
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Initially, I was supposed to work with a team,
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but at the last minute my colleagues were urgently reassigned to another job.
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But at the last minute my colleagues were urgently reassigned to another job.
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Urgently reassigned to another job.
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But at the last minute my colleagues were urgently reassigned to another job.
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But at the last minute my colleagues were urgently reassigned to another job.
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Initially, I was supposed to work with a team.
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Initially, I was supposed to work with a team,
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but at the last minute my colleagues were urgently reassigned to another job.
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Initially, I was supposed to work with a team, but at the last minute my colleagues were urgently reassigned to another job.
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That left me responsible for completing the work on my own.
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For completing the work on my own.
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on my own, on my own, for completing the work on my own.
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That left me responsible, that left me responsible,
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that left me responsible for completing the work on my own.
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That left me responsible for completing the work on my own.
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Thank you for leaving a five-star review at iTunes, and join me again next week for another speech shadowing exercise.
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Informazioni su questa lezione

In questa lezione, gli studenti di inglese avranno l'opportunità di praticare la loro fluenza e pronuncia attraverso un esercizio di shadowing in inglese. Concentrandosi sulle esperienze descritte da un elettricista che affronta una situazione difficile, i partecipanti impareranno a esprimere pensieri complessi in modo chiaro e naturale. Questo esercizio è ideale per migliorare la capacità di parlare in pubblico e affrontare argomenti sfidanti durante le conversazioni quotidiane. L’uso della pratica di conversazione in inglese aiuterà a consolidare le competenze linguistiche e a costruire fiducia nell’uso della lingua.

Vocabolario e frasi chiave

  • Electrical wiring: cablaggio elettrico.
  • Unexpected staffing issue: problema imprevisto di personale.
  • Safety regulations: normative di sicurezza.
  • Problem-solving: risoluzione dei problemi.
  • Time management: gestione del tempo.
  • Calm and methodical: calmo e metodico.
  • Challenge: sfida.
  • Reassurance: rassicurazione.

Consigli per la pratica

Durante l'esercizio di shadow speak, è fondamentale mantenere un ritmo costante che corrisponda al modello audio. Iniziate ascoltando attentamente una porzione del discorso e poi ripetete ad alta voce senza paura di errori. È consigliabile suddividere le frasi lunghe in parti più brevi per facilitare la comprensione. Poiché il tono del video è articolato e chiaro, cercate di imitare non solo le parole, ma anche l'intonazione e l'emozione del parlante. Utilizzare questa tecnica permette di imparare l'inglese con youtube, migliorando la propria capacità di ascolto e parlato. Non dimenticate di praticare quotidianamente e di dedicare del tempo a riflettere sulle esperienze personali che potete condividere, poiché questo renderà la vostra pratica di conversazione in inglese più autentica ed efficace.

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.