Pratica di Shadowing: Repeat-After-Me + Shadowing English Speaking Practice - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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In a police car?
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I was in a police car!
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What is this all about?
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We are going to practice English speaking.
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We're going to use the shadowing method.
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With a good little story here, let's jump right into the text.
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Here we go.
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Yesterday, my friend called and asked...
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Repeat after me.
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Yesterday, my friend called and asked...
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Yesterday, my friend called and asked, Why were you in the back of a police car?
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Why were you in the back of a police car?
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Okay, so they're surprised.
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So let's go ahead and rise up on the question there.
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Why were you in the back of a police car?
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What's going on here?
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Why were you in the back of a police car?
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I chuckled and replied.
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Chuckled.
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That's like a light laugh.
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I'm chuckling.
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I chuckled and replied.
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Relax, it's not what it seemed.
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Relax, it's not what it seemed.
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It's not what it seemed, I know what it seemed like, I know what it looked like, but it's not what it seemed, it's not what it looked like.
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You could put looked like or seemed.
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It's not what it looked like.
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It's not what it seemed.
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Here's what actually happened.
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Let me tell you what actually happened.
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I was walking home.
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Walking?
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Did I cut the G off?
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Yeah, I surely did.
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Okay, let's reduce the G on walking.
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Walking.
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I was walking home with a large bag of dog food for my neighbor.
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It was for my neighbor.
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For my neighbor.
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I was walking home with a large bag of dog food for my neighbor.
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I was walking home with a large bag of dog food for my neighbor.
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I was walking home with a large bag of dog food for my neighbor.
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You say it.
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I was walking home with a large bag of dog food for my neighbor.
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All right, very good.
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Halfway there, halfway home, halfway there, the bag ripped open.
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It ripped open.
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It opened up.
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A hole opened.
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Maybe he hit a tree branch I don't know why the bag ripped open
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and dog food scattered everywhere dog food scattered scattered everywhere
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so the T's heard kind of like a D sound scattered, scattered, scattered.
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Dog food scattered everywhere.
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Halfway there, the bag ripped open and dog food scattered everywhere.
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Again, halfway there, the bag ripped open and dog food scattered everywhere.
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Before I knew it, before I realized what was happening,
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before I knew it, three dogs appeared out of nowhere did you notice how I said out of
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what did I say I said out of
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out of out of out of out of nowhere they appeared out of nowhere
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out of the blue that's another way we say it they appeared out of the blue out of nowhere All right.
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Before I knew it, three dogs appeared out of nowhere.
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Three dogs appeared out of nowhere.
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As if they had received a message.
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As if they had received a text message on their phones.
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Okay.
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Here's another one.
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As if, we often say like.
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like they had received a message.
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As if they had received a message.
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I think as if is more proper and better English, but a lot of young Americans use like.
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Like, I was like, and then she was like, and it was as if like they had received a message.
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Like, like, like.
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Young girls like to use the word like.
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I don't know why.
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Okay, let's say that together now.
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Before I knew it, three dogs appeared out of nowhere, as if they had received a message.
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Try it by yourself.
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You got it.
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You got it.
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I was trying to clean up the mess when one excited golden retriever,
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golden retriever, that's a type of dog, jumped on me.
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I was trying to clean up the mess when one excited golden retriever jumped on me.
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I was trying to clean up the mess when one excited golden retriever jumped on me.
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I lost my balance and accidentally rolled into the street right in front of a police car.
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I lost my balance and accidentally rolled into the street right in front of a police car.
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One more time.
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I lost my balance and accidentally rolled into the street right in front of the police car.
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A police car.
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The police car.
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You could say both, huh?
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And accidentally rolled into the...
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Rolled into the...
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Rolled into the...
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Rolled into the...
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Street.
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into the, into the, into the, into the, into the street.
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All right, good job.
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The officer stepped out and asked, Are you okay?
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The officer stepped out and asked, Are you okay?
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Say it.
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So he stepped out of his vehicle, of his car, and he asked me, Are you okay, sir?
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Are you okay?
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The officer stepped out and asked, Are you okay?
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I joked Only if you can arrest these dogs for stealing evidence.
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Corny joke.
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He's telling a joke to the police officer.
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So he says, I joked Only if you can arrest these dogs for stealing evidence.
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You try it.
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Good, good.
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We both burst into laughter.
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Ha, ha, ha, ha.
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And he kindly offered me a ride home.
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We both burst into laughter.
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And he kindly offered me a ride home.
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We both burst into laughter.
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And he kindly offered me a ride home.
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So, yes, I did end up in the back of a police car just with a bag of dog food,
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a slightly bruised ego, and one very happy golden retriever chasing after me.
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So, yes, I did end up in the back of a police car.
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In the end, yes, I was in the back of a police car.
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Just, it was with a bag of dog food, a slightly bruised ego, a slightly bruised ego,
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So that just means you're a little bit embarrassed.
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You're feeling a little bit embarrassed.
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Your ego has been slightly bruised, so you're not as proud as you once were.
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You're feeling like, oh, I'm such a loser.
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I don't know.
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That's an exaggeration.
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And one very happy golden retriever chasing after me.
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He's trying to get that dog food.
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All right, let's say that together.
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Here we go.
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Nice and slow and clear.
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So, yes, I did end up in the back of a police car, just with a bag of dog food,
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a slightly bruised ego, and one very happy golden retriever chasing after me.
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Okay, nice and slow again.
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So, yes, I did end up in the back of a police car, just with a bag of dog food,
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a slightly bruised ego, and one very happy golden retriever chasing after me.
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All right, that's the funny little story.
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We're going to go ahead and say it from the start to the finish non-stop.
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Go ahead and shadow me.
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Here we go.
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Yesterday, my friend called and asked, uh, why were you in the back of a police car?
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I chuckled and replied, relax, it's not what it seemed.
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Here's what actually happened.
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I was walking home with a large bag of dog food for my neighbor.
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Halfway there, the bag ripped open and dog food scattered everywhere.
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Before I knew it, three dogs appeared out of nowhere as if they had received a message.
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I was trying to clean up the mess when one excited golden retriever jumped on me.
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I lost my balance and accidentally rolled into the street right in front of a police car.
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The officer stepped out and asked, are you okay?
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I joked, only if you can arrest these dogs for stealing evidence.
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We both burst into laughter and he kindly offered me a ride home.
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So, yes, I did end up in the back of a police car
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Just with a bag of dog food A slightly bruised ego And one very happy golden retriever chasing after me Boom!
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Good workout, way to go Thank you for practicing with me again today Keep moving forward,
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take it one step at a time And I shall see you in the next English speaking practice video Thank you.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Repeat-After-Me + Shadowing English Speaking Practice”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: dog, bag, retriever, scattered, golden. Questo video contiene 156 frasi e 1363 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 11:36. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 117 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 82% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 13 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
scatter verbo/ˈskætɚ/disperdersi, disperdere
neighbour sostantivo/ˈneɪbɚ/vicino, vicina
bruise sostantivo/bɹuz/livido
halfway avverbio/ˌhæfˈweɪ/a metà strada
rip verbo/ɹɪp/strappare
accidentally avverbio/ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/casualmente, accidentalmente
kindly avverbio/ˈkaɪn(d)li/gentilmente
laughter sostantivo/ˈlæftɚ/risata, riso
burst verbo/bɜːst/scoppiare, esplodere
embarrassed aggettivo/ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/imbarazzato
exaggeration sostantivo/ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/esagerazione
loser sostantivo/luzɚ/perdente
workout sostantivo/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/allenamento

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
clean up verboripulire
go ahead verbo/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/procedere, andare avanti
open up verboaprire

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • We're going to use the shadowing method.
  • Why were you in the back of a police car?
  • You're feeling a little bit embarrassed.
  • You're feeling like, oh, I'm such a loser.
  • The officer stepped out and asked, are you okay?

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passatowas walking · was happening · was trying
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un piano o qualcosa che si vede arrivareare going to practice · We're going to use · We're going to go

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 12 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, don't, I'm. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: bruise /bɹuz/, rip /ɹɪp/, burst /bɜːst/, relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: scatter /ˈskætɚ/, halfway /ˌhæfˈweɪ/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, laughter /ˈlæftɚ/, relax /ɹɪˈlæks/

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 scatter, neighbour, bruise.

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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