Pratica di Shadowing: What's in My Lunchbox? - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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It's lunchtime!
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What's in my lunchbox?
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This is a sandwich.
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That is an apple.
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The apple is red.
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Wow, this banana is big!
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These grapes are small.
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Green grapes! Yum!
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Oh, what's this?
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Hmm, a little box...
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Open it... slowly.
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Wow, a cupcake!
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It's my birthday!
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Thank you, Mum!

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “What's in My Lunchbox?”. This video has 14 sentences and 49 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:36.

Key vocabulary in this video

9 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
grape noun/ɡɹeɪp/A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the…
sandwich noun/ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.
banana noun/bəˈnænə/An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
cupcake noun/ˈkʌpkeɪk/A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
lunchbox noun/ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.
lunchtime noun/ˈlʌnt͡ʃtaɪm/The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten.
slowly adverb/ˈsloʊli/At a slow pace.
apple noun/ˈæpəl/The fruit of the tree Malus domestica, chiefly with a green, red, or yellow skin, cultivated in temperate climates for cidermaking, cooking, and eating.
birthday noun/ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like grape, sandwich, banana.

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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