Pratica di Shadowing: Job Interview English | Introduce Yourself (Shadowing Practice) - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Welcome back to our English Shadowing Practice.
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Today we'll practice a very useful situation, how to introduce yourself in a job interview.
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Listen carefully, repeat after me, and try to speak with confidence.
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Let's begin.
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Step 1.
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First, just listen.
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Focus on the pronunciation and rhythm.
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Hello, thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.
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My name is Sophia Bruno, and I have about three years of experience in customer service.
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In my previous job, I helped customers solve problems and answered their questions.
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This experience helped me improve my communication skills.
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I also learned how to stay calm when situations became busy or stressful.
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One of my strengths is listening carefully and trying to understand what people need.
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I enjoy working with a team and supporting my co-workers when needed.
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Recently, I have been focusing on improving my professional skills and learning new things.
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I'm interested in this position because I believe it will help me grow in my career.
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I would be happy to bring my experience and positive attitude to your team.
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Step 2.
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Now repeat after me.
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I will read each sentence twice, so you can repeat it both times.
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Hello.
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Thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.
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Hello, thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.
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My name is Sophia Bruno, and I have about three years of experience in customer service.
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My name is Sophia Bruno, and I have about three years of experience in customer service.
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In my previous job, I helped customers solve problems and answered their questions.
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In my previous job, I helped customers solve problems and answered their questions.
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This experience helped me improve my communication skills.
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I also learned how to stay calm when situations became
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busy or stressful.
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One of my strengths is listening carefully and trying to understand what people need.
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One of my strengths is listening carefully, and trying to understand what people need.
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I enjoy working with a team and supporting my coworkers when needed.
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I enjoy working with a team and supporting my coworkers when needed.
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Recently I have been focusing on improving my professional skills and learning new things.
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I have been focusing on improving my professional skills and learning new things.
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I'm interested in this position because I believe it will help me grow in my career.
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I'm interested in this position because I believe it will help me grow in my career.
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I would be happy to bring my experience and positive attitude to your team.
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Step 3.
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Finally, listen again and try to speak along with the sentences.
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Hello.
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Thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.
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My name is Sophia Bruno, and I have about three years of experience in customer service.
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In my previous job, I helped customers solve problems and answered their questions.
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This experience helped me improve my communication skills.
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I also learned how to stay calm when situations became busy or stressful.
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One of my strengths is listening carefully and trying to understand what people need.
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I enjoy working with a team and supporting my co-workers when needed.
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Recently, I have been focusing on improving my professional skills and learning new things.
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I'm interested in this position because I believe it will help me grow in my career.
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I would be happy to bring my experience and positive attitude to your team.
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Great job practicing today.
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try listening again and repeat the sentences out loud.
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The more you practice, the more natural your English will become.
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See you in the next episode.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Job Interview English”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: experience, customer, skills, helped, carefully. Questo video contiene 56 frasi e 599 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 7:05. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 85 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 86% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
skill sostantivo/skɪl/abilità, capacità
carefully avverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/minuziosamente, accuratamente
solve verbo/sɒlv/risolvere
stressful aggettivo/ˈstɹɛsfəl/stressante, logorante
worker sostantivo/ˈwɝ.kɚ/lavoratore, operaio
introduce verbo/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/presentare
rhythm sostantivo/ˈɹɪð.əm/ritmo
pronunciation sostantivo/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/pronuncia, pronunzia
customer sostantivo/ˈkʌs.tə.mə/cliente
repeat verbo/ɹɪˈpiːt/ripetere
communication sostantivo/kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/comunicazione
attitude sostantivo/ˈætɪˌtud/atteggiamento, postura
sentence sostantivo/ˈsɛn.təns/condanna, sentenza
calm aggettivo/kɑm/calmo
confidence sostantivo/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/fiducia, autostima

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corsohave been focusing
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ingenjoy working
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsionewe'll practice · will help · will read
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodois listening

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 5 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, we'll. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, communication /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, communication /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: solve /sɒlv/, introduce /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/, repeat /ɹɪˈpiːt/, attitude /ˈætɪˌtud/, sentence /ˈsɛn.təns/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come skill, carefully, solve.

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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