Pratica di Shadowing: In her Home Country | IELTS LISTENING TEST | SECTION-3 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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You will hear a conversation between an English teacher called Paul and a former student of his called Kira.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 25.
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Hello, Kira.
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How are you?
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Fine, thanks, Paul.
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How are you?
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Well, thanks.
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It's good to see you.
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It must be twelve months since you did our course.
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That's right.
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It's nice to come back and say hello.
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What course did you enrol in?
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Actually, I went straight into third-year pharmacy.
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They credited me with two years, which probably made it more difficult for me.
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On the other hand, you were lucky to be granted credits.
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Is that why you chose the course?
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Yes, and as I'd already finished a course in it in my country, I thought it would be easier if I studied something I already knew.
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I didn't realise you went into third year.
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I thought you started in first year.
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No wonder it was so hard.
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And what do you think is one of the big differences between studying at a university here and studying in your country?
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Well, I found it very difficult to write assignments, because I wasn't familiar with that aspect of the system here.
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The main problem is that the lectures expect you to be critical.
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That made me feel really terrible.
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I thought, how can I possibly do it?
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How can I comment on someone else's research when they probably spent five years doing it?
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I think a lot of people who come from overseas countries have similar problems.
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But after a while, it became easier for me.
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People expect you to have problems with the process of reading and writing.
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But in fact, it is more a question of altering your viewpoint towards academic study.
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Hmm.
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How was the content of the lectures?
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Was it easy for you?
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I didn't really have many problems understanding lectures.
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The content was very similar to what I'd studied before.
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And what about the lecturers themselves?
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Are they essentially the same as lecturers in your country?
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Well, actually, no. Here they're much easier to approach.
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After every lecture, you can go and ask them something you didn't understand.
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Or you can make an appointment and talk to them about anything in the course.
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Maybe you found them different because you're a more mature student now, whereas when you were studying in your country, you were younger and not so assertive.
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No, I don't think that's the difference.
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Most of the students here do it.
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In my faculty, they all seem to make appointments, usually to talk about something in the course that's worrying them,
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but sometimes just about something that might really interest them, something they might want to specialize in.
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The lecturers must set aside certain times every week when they're available for students.
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That's good to hear.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 26 to 30.
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Now listen and answer questions 26 to 30.
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And how was your timetable?
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Was it a very busy year?
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Oh, very, very busy.
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They make you work very hard.
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Apart from lectures, we had practical sessions in a lot of subjects.
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We did these in small groups.
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I had to go and work four hours every week in a community pharmacy.
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Actually, I enjoyed this very much, meeting new people all the time.
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Then in second semester, we had to get experience in hospital dispensaries.
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So every second day, we went to one of the big hospitals and worked there.
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And on top of all that, we had our assignments, which took me a lot of time.
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Oh, I nearly forgot.
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Between first and second semesters, we had to work full-time for two weeks in a hospital.
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That does sound a very heavy year.
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So, are you pleased now that you did it?
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Do you feel some sense of achievement?
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Yeah, I do feel much more confident, which I suppose is the most important thing.
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And have you got any recommendations for people who are studying from overseas?
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Well, I suppose they need very good English.
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It would be much better if they spent more time learning English before they enter the university,
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because you can be in big trouble if you don't understand what people are saying and you haven't got time to translate.
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Anything else?
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Well, as I said before, the biggest problem for me was lack of familiarity with the education system here.
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It sounds as if it was a real challenge.
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Congratulations, Kira.
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Thanks, Paul.
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That is the end of Section 3.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Thank you.

Perché praticare il parlato con questo video?

Questo video offre un'opportunità unica per migliorare la tua pratica di conversazione in inglese attraverso un dialogo autentico tra un insegnante e una studentessa. La conversazione si concentra sull'esperienza di Kira, una studentessa proveniente da un altro paese, e le sue sfide nel studiare in un'università anglosassone. Praticare l'ascolto e il parlato con questo materiale ti permette di immergerti in situazioni reali e di apprendere vocabolario e frasi comunemente usate nel contesto accademico. Utilizzando tecniche di shadow speak e shadowing in inglese, potrai assimilare naturalmente le strutture linguistiche e la pronuncia, migliorando notevolmente le tue competenze comunicative.

Grammatica ed espressioni nel contesto

  • "I found it very difficult to write assignments": Questa frase evidenzia l’uso della struttura verbale "found it difficult", utile per esprimere difficoltà in vari contesti.
  • "People expect you to have problems with the process of reading and writing": Qui si osserva la forma aspettativa dell'infinito, utile per descrivere aspettative e preconcetti.
  • "You can go and ask them something you didn't understand": Questa costruzione illustra come esprimere richieste in situazioni educative, molto utile per comunicare in ambito accademico.
  • "I think a lot of people who come from overseas countries have similar problems": L'uso della frase relativa "who come from overseas countries" è un ottimo esempio di come aggiungere dettagli e specificità alle frasi.

Trappole comuni nella pronuncia

Durante la conversazione, ci sono alcune parole e frasi che potrebbero risultare complicate:

  • "Assignments": La pronuncia di questa parola può essere difficile; assicurati di articolare bene le consonanti finali.
  • "Lectures": Fai attenzione alla pronuncia della "c" che può facilmente confondere i non madrelingua.
  • "Critical": Questo termine spesso si pronuncia in modo errato; pratica la distinzione tra le vocali per non essere frainteso.

Utilizzando tecniche di migliorare la pronuncia inglese e di ascolto attivo, puoi superare queste difficoltà e affinare la tua capacità di comprensione e espressione orale 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.