跟读练习: Vol 3 - test 4 - section 4 - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Now turn to Section 4 on page 7.
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Section 4.
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You will hear part of a talk about research into learner persistence given by a university lecturer to her colleagues.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40 on pages 7 and 8.
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Thank you.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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My talk is about a research study I did over a period of five years on learner persistence,
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why some people stick at academic study better than others.
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As teachers, you will know that there is a tremendous variation in the learner's response to certain things.
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For example, a short period of illness might completely destabilize some students and cause them to give up their degree studies.
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Other learners might overcome tremendous difficulties to stay the course.
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I am particularly interested in this second group, who are the ones with learner persistence.
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What I decided to do was design a research study using a sample of my university's third-year undergraduate students,
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295 in all who obviously had already stayed the course pretty well.
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The sample was drawn from a range of ages, but there was deliberately a significant number of mature students,
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and all respondents were living at home in the local region.
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I wanted to have this element of consistency, not having some coming from outside the area and living in university accommodation.
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It should be noted, though, that there was significant variation in home background to reflect the variation in our student population.
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I designed questionnaires which were devised to elicit what their concerns had been as they started the course
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and what had sustained them throughout the three years.
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Findings from the first section indicated that their worries when they started varied from financial concerns,
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though this had not been as strong as I expected, to career prospects.
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but mature students with children tended to emphasize uncertainties about their relationship with them
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the second section of my questionnaire looked at learner persistence under three main headings social
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and environmental factors other factors and intrinsic
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or personal characteristics I identified three levels of importance for each
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of these at the first level those points identified by participants
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as most important in learner persistence for social factors many respondents
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said how crucial it had been to have good support though
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there was no one specific source it could be family
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or friends as regards other factors students are heartened not
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so much by high grades but by what they regard as success in study
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and for personal characteristics many respondents reported that they took pleasure in challenge and
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that this was regarded as very significant at the second level
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of importance in the first category a sizable percentage talked about the fact
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that they had enjoyed themselves in school as an important social
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factor in the second column other factors a number of people said
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that what was of most importance was decent health this had
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a fairly strong influence on their persistence in their studies
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and then under the heading of personal characteristics there were quite
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a large percentage of respondents who who mentioned they felt it was important to have lots of interests in their everyday lives.
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This gave them a depth and sense of perspective, which less persistent learners might lack.
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And then, on to the third level.
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Under social factors, several respondents talked about good relationships with their tutors.
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For other factors, they mentioned lack or absence of any problems in their families
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and Finally under column three they identified an ability to juggle several roles what we might call their capacity for multitasking
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Now these findings obviously helped inform the design of activities as I mentioned
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But in addition a number of further recommendations emerged
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firstly I propose
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that the department distributes questionnaires to first-year students to help get an idea of their maturity
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when starting the course this is really our overriding concern secondly
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I recommend we look into ways of offering induction courses for
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some selected students to allow them to take on the role
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of advisors we think they are the best people to act in
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that role this policy will make support much more accessible to
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our students thirdly this help is often most needed in the evening
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and night when offices are closed and
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so we should set up online services instead of the more traditional telephone services research has shown
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that these services are actually more accessible to the majority of students.
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And finally, it is often important to be proactive.
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If students are not meeting deadlines, then someone should contact them rather than wait for them to come to us.
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Now, are there any questions about the points that you have to ask?
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That is the end of Section 4.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Thank you.
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本片段的口语学习目标
这段视频非常适合想要提升学术讨论流畅度的学习者。它能帮助你掌握如何清晰阐述研究过程、分类说明结论,尤其在雅思口语练习中,这类逻辑表达能力是拿高分的关键。通过模仿视频中的 lecturer 说话节奏,你能逐步突破“描述复杂内容时语塞”的瓶颈,让表达更有条理。
实用短语库
- stay the course:坚持到底(可替换“persist”,让表达更生动)
- elicit what their concerns had been:引出他们的担忧(学术讨论中描述调研方法的高频表达)
- heartened not so much by... but by...:不是因...而是因...受到鼓舞(表转折的高级结构)
- juggle several roles:兼顾多种角色(替换“multitask”,更贴合日常表达)
- inform the design of activities:为活动设计提供参考(学术场景中说明研究应用的常用句)
攻克你的薄弱点
这段音频的语速适中,非常适合练习英语影子跟读。其中“social and environmental factors, other factors and intrinsic or personal characteristics”这类长定语的连读和重音处理,是很多学习者的难点。建议你用影子跟读的方法,跟着视频重复这些短语,注意每个单词的弱读和节奏。此外,视频中多次出现的“and then, on to the third level”等过渡词,能帮助你提升表达的连贯性。坚持用看YouTube学英语的方式练习,再配合专业的shadowing site,你的口语流畅度一定会有明显进步!
记住,练习时不要急于求成,先听清每个音节,再慢慢跟上节奏。相信自己,你一定能攻克这些难点,说出更地道的英语!
什么是跟读法?
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧,最初开发用于专业口译员的培训,并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大:您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同,跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性,语调,节奏,连读,听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。






























