Pratica di Shadowing: Listen and Repeat: SPEAK with me in English - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Do you want to improve your English speaking skills so that you can become a fluent English speaker?
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Yes?
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Well, you're in the right place.
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Today you are going to practice with the number one technique that will help you to level up your speaking skills.
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And I've got a little twist for it today to help you really go from beginner to intermediate to advanced.
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If you're new here, hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com
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and I have been teaching real life English here on my
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YouTube channel for over the past 10 years to now more than 7 million of you.
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I can't believe it.
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Thank you so much for learning English with me.
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And like always, I have created a free PDF worksheet to go with today's lesson.
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This is your study aid.
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Some of you like to just listen, but for me as a learner, I like to listen and also see at the same time.
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I also like to take notes sometimes.
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So with this PDF worksheet, you can download it.
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You can review every sentence we're going to talk about today.
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And within the worksheet, I have included a special bonus to get you using what you've learned.
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There is a free speaking practice inside the worksheet where you can download this, practice speaking with my voice,
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and really use what you've learned immediately so that when you go out into the real world, whether it's at your job or in the community or as you travel,
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you will have the skills and the confidence you need to use the English that you have learned.
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So how can you get this free worksheet plus the bonus speaking practice?
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All you need to do is click the link in the description, enter your name and email address, and voila, it will land in your email inbox.
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It is my gift to you.
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All right, let's get started with our practice repeating sentences today.
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Remember how I talked about a little twist that we are going to have on today's lesson?
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That's true.
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Today we're going to be answering this question.
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Where did you go on vacation this summer?
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But we are going to be answering it in three levels, beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
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So I want you to practice each one after my voice.
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You're going to practice the beginner sentence, the intermediate sentence, and the advanced sentence.
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I'm going to say each one.
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I'm going to pause and I want you to speak out loud during the pause.
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You're welcome to read the sentence, but I also want you to try to imitate my voice, imitate the vocabulary, the grammar, but also the pronunciation.
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This is essential to help you have the correct rhythm and flow of English.
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So let's get started.
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Where did you go on summer vacation?
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Rome.
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Too simple, right?
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You want to say more.
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A beginner would say, I went to Rome.
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Go ahead.
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I'm going to pause and you can repeat it.
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Good work.
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An intermediate would say, I went to Rome with my family for a few days.
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And an advanced English learner would say, I went to Rome with my family for a few days and I finally got to see the Colosseum.
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It was a dream come true.
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Now you can say this advanced sentence as well.
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Go ahead.
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Excellent work.
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Do you see how with each level we're getting slightly more complex,
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but the important thing is with the beginner and the intermediate and the advanced sentences,
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all All of this grammar and vocabulary is real life English.
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The advanced sentence is not more formal, it's not more academic.
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It is what normal, common native English speakers would say, but it includes longer sentences,
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more phrases, and it's slightly more advanced.
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All right, let's go to our next answer for where did you go on vacation this summer?
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The mountains.
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That's okay, right?
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But let's make it into a full sentence.
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Beginner, my husband and I went to the mountains.
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Intermediate, my husband and I reserved a cabin up in the mountains for the weekend.
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Advanced, my husband and I reserved a peaceful cabin in the woods for the weekend.
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We were surrounded by some beautiful forest trees and we even hiked some trails while we were up there.
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Good work with that advanced sentence.
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How are you doing?
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Let's go to our next answer.
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Where did you go on vacation this summer?
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Answer, I stayed home.
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How would a beginner say this?
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I decided to stay home this summer.
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Intermediate.
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I didn't go anywhere.
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I decided to stay home and have some me time.
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Advanced.
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I didn't go anywhere.
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I had myself a little staycation because I'm on a budget.
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I caught up on a few things that I wanted to do.
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Excellent phrase.
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I want to tell you about this expression, to have myself something.
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This is a very casual expression that we often use in daily conversation,
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especially when we're trying to talk about something small or cute.
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I had myself this little staycation.
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Instead of a vacation, it was a staycation.
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I had myself a little staycation.
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You can also use this to talk about other special things.
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Yeah, I had myself a little hot chocolate this afternoon, or maybe with something else like, well, I had myself a cup of afternoon coffee.
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It was so nice.
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It's a very casual phrase.
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All right, let's go to our next answer.
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Where did you go on vacation this summer?
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A road trip.
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What would a beginner say?
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I went on a road trip.
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Intermediate, I packed a few of my things and went on a spontaneous road trip.
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Advanced, I took off on a spontaneous road trip and I stopped at a few states along the way.
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I've been dying to see some historical local landmarks.
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Where did you go on vacation this summer?
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Answer, the beach.
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A beginner would say, I went swimming at the beach with my friends.
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Intermediate.
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I got together with a few friends at the beach and we had fun playing in the water.
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Advanced.
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I got together with a few friends at the beach and we had fun splashing around in the water.
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Unfortunately, I got a pretty bad sunburn too.
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Great work practicing all these beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
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We have two more that we are going to practice together.
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Are you ready?
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Where did you go on vacation this summer?
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Answer, my home country.
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This is what you would say if you are living outside of your home country.
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A beginner would say this, I traveled to my country.
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Intermediate, I traveled back to my home country because I haven't been back in two years.
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Advanced?
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I flew back to my home country because I haven't been back in two years.
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It was nice to be able to revisit some old places and see my family.
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Excellent work.
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Our final answer for the question, where did you go on vacation this summer? is something I have never done.
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The answer is a cruise.
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A beginner would say this.
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I went on a cruise and I had a great time.
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Go ahead.
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Intermediate would say, I had a peaceful stay on a cruise.
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We stopped off on some beautiful islands.
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Advanced, I spent a week cruising around the Caribbean.
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Each day, I woke up excited to see new places and visit different ports.
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Excellent work.
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I am proud of you for repeating after me for all of these beginner, intermediate, and advanced answers.
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None of these answers are more correct than others, but they will help you to level up your speaking skills
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so that you can express yourself better every time you have a conversation.
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So don't forget to download today's free PDF worksheet that includes all of the sentences you practiced today, plus a bonus speaking practice.
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I know you practice speaking during this lesson, but it's not enough.
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You need to continue practicing.
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So I have included in the worksheet a downloadable speaking practice
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with me where you can actually use all of this much more and be able to remember it,
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train your pronunciation and speaking muscles so that when you go out into the real world,
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you will be armed and ready with so much confidence and so much speaking practice practice,
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that it will be no problem to have conversations with people in the world.
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All you need to do is click the link in the description, enter your name and email address, and voila, just like that,
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the PDF worksheet and bonus speaking practice will land in your email inbox.
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It is my gift to you.
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Well thank you so much for learning English with me, and I'll see you again next Friday for a new lesson here on my YouTube channel.
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Bye.
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But wait, do you want more?
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I recommend watching this video next where you will practice listening and repeating to talk about your hobbies.
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Some of these include some beautiful expressions
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that you need to be able to use to accurately talk about what you enjoy doing in your free time.
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I hope you can enjoy that video and I'll see you there.
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Bye.

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Frasi utili e collocazioni da memorizzare

  • "I went to [luogo]": La base per ogni risposta. Semplice ma efficace per i principianti.
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  • "for a few days": Indica la durata in modo naturale. Meglio di "per tre giorni" se non vuoi essere specifico.
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La tua sfida shadowing: Imita e migliora

Il shadowing in inglese (o "shadowspeak") è una tecnica provata per migliorare la pronuncia, l'intonazione e la fluidità. Ecco come fare: riproduci il video, ascolta attentamente ogni frase (principiante, intermedio, avanzato) e ripetila immediatamente dopo, cercando di imitare il tono, la velocità e le pause di Vanessa. Ripeti il processo almeno 5 volte per ogni livello. Per un risultato ancora migliore, usa un foglio (o il PDF del video) per visualizzare le frasi mentre parli. Questo esercizio ti aiuterà a "imprintare" le strutture linguistiche nella tua mente, rendendole automatiche quando parlerai in situazioni reali. Non dimenticare: la pratica costante è la chiave per passare da "io parlo inglese" a "io parlo inglese fluentemente".

Se vuoi approfondire, cerca un shadowing site che offra esercizi simili: la combinazione di ascolto e ripetizione è il modo più veloce per migliorare la tua pronuncia inglese e la confidenza nel parlare.

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 teaching · I've been dying
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohave created · have included · you've learned
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fawere surrounded · will be armed
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ingpractice speaking · practice repeating · practice listening

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