Episodio 9
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¡Hola! Soy Georgiana, tu profesora de inglés. Mi objetivo es ayudarte a hablar inglés con fluidez.
En este episodio hablaremos de los certificates de inglés y de cómo medir tu nivel real. Después practicarás la expresión oral con una historia de preguntas y respuestas.
¡Empecemos!
Los certificados de inglés pueden ser importantes. Son conocidos, por ejemplo, los exámenes de Cambridge, y también existen pruebas como el TOEFL para quienes necesitan acreditar su nivel.
Muchísimos estudiantes dedican meses a prepararse para conseguir uno de estos títulos.
El problema aparece cuando confundimos tener un certificado con poseer automáticamente un determinado level de inglés hablado.
Una persona puede aprobar un examen avanzado y, aun así, sentirse insegura en una conversación real. De hecho, algunos estudiantes viajan a un país angloparlante después de estudiar durante años y descubren que barely understand a los hablantes nativos.
¿Por qué ocurre? Porque al preparar un examen entrenas tareas muy concretas. Una conversación real funciona de otra manera: no puedes detenerla durante varios segundos para traducir, buscar una regla o pensar qué ejercicio corresponde.
Un certificado demuestra que has conseguido pass an exam. Eso es valioso, pero no describe por sí solo todas tus habilidades en el idioma.
También sucede lo contrario: muchos hablantes nativos utilizan el inglés con absoluta naturalidad, pero podrían tener dificultades con un examen avanzado lleno de ejercicios formales.
Esto no significa que los certificados no sirvan. Pueden ser muy útiles para estudiar, trabajar o demostrar oficialmente un nivel, y conseguirlos requiere esfuerzo.
Lo importante es no utilizarlos como única forma de measure progress. Si tu objetivo principal es comprender y hablar inglés con fluidez, necesitas mucha escucha, mucha lectura y práctica real.
Ahora pasemos a la historia.
MEJORA TU EXPRESIÓN ORAL
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Ted studied very hard and got all the English certificates.
Did Ted study hard?
Yes, he studied hard. He studied English very hard.
How did Ted study?
Hard. He studied hard.
What did Ted study?
French?
German?
Neither French nor German. He didn't study any of those languages. He studied English. In fact, He got all the English certificates.
Did Ted get only one English certificate?
No, no. He didn't get only one certificate. He got all the certificates. All of them.
Who got all the English certificates?
Ted. Ted got them. He studied very hard, and he got all of them.
Ted wanted to practice his English, so he traveled to England.
Did Ted want to practice his English or his Japanese?
His English. Ted wanted to practice his English.
What language did he want to practice?
English. He wanted to practice English.
Who wanted to practice English?
Ted. Ted wanted to practice English.
What language did he want to practice?
English. English was the language he wanted to practice. He traveled to England to practice.
Did he travel to The United States?
No, no. He didn't travel to The United States. He traveled to England.
Did he travel to France?
No, neither. He didn't travel to The United States nor France. He traveled to England.
Why did he travel to England?
Because he wanted to practice English, he traveled there to practice his English.
Where did he travel?
To England. He traveled to England.
In England, Ted couldn't understand a word. It was too difficult.
Could he understand something in England?
No, he couldn't. He couldn't understand a word.
Could he understand two words in English?
No. He couldn't. Ted traveled to England, but he couldn't understand a single word.
Who couldn't understand a word in England?
Eliza?
No, no. Not Eliza. It was Ted who couldn't understand a word in England. It was too difficult.
Was it too difficult or too easy?
Too difficult. It was too difficult. English from England was too difficult.
What was too difficult?
The English from England. It was too difficult for Ted.
For whom was the English from England too difficult?
For Ted. It was too difficult for Ted.
Ted changed his approach and decided to listen to 3 hours of English every day.
Did Ted change something?
Yes. He changed his approach. He changed the way he was learning English.
Did Ted change the way he was studying English?
Yes. He changed that. He wanted to do something different. He decided to listen to 3 hours of English every day.
How many hours did Ted decide to listen to?
Two hours. He decided to listen to two hours every day.
Did he decide to listen every day or every week?
Every day. He decided to listen every day.
After six months, he returned to England, and he met a charming English girl.
Did Ted return to England?
Yes. He returned to England.
Did he return after one year?
No. He didn't return after one year. He returned after six months.
Where did he return?
England. He returned to England. He met a girl there.
Did Ted meet someone in England?
Yes. He met a very charming girl in England.
Did Ted meet a guy?
No, no. He didn't meet a guy. He met a girl.
Was the girl charming?
Yes, she was. She was charming. She was a charming English girl.
Gracias por escuchar. Nos vemos en el próximo episodio.
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Vocabulario
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Certificate
Un documento oficial que demuestra que aprobaste un examen o completaste una titulación.
Fluently
De una forma fluida y natural, sin demasiadas pausas.
Casual expression
Una palabra o expresión informal que se utiliza habitualmente en conversaciones cotidianas.
Pass an exam
Conseguir una puntuación suficiente para superar un examen.
Measure progress
Evaluar cuánto has mejorado.
Native speaker
Una persona que aprendió un idioma de forma natural desde la infancia.
Real conversation
Un intercambio natural con otra persona y no un ejercicio preparado.
Barely understand
Comprender únicamente con mucha dificultad.
