Shadowing Practice: How to Remember Vocabulary (Easily) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, everybody.
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In this video, I'm going to share with you a technique that you can use to remember English vocabulary.
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And the reason that I recommend this technique is that it's pretty effective.
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I actually did a small experiment.
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I created two lists of words that I didn't know and I just tried to memorize the words in each list.
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I did not use any technique to memorize the first list.
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It was just pure repetition.
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But for the second list, I used the technique that you're about to learn.
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The next day I tried to recall the meanings of the words in both lists.
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For the first list, I was able to recall only 12%.
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But for the second list, I recalled as much as 50%.
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This is pretty impressive considering the fact that I spent only one minute memorizing each word.
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So let me explain the technique and then at the end of this video, I will give you a link to an exercise that you can do to practice this technique.
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So let say we want to remember the word "adroit", which means "clever or skillful at something; really good at something".
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The first thing we need to do is to come up with another word that sounds similar to this word.
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And that word must refer to something that we can visualize - something that we can see in our mind.
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So for this word, the substitute word could be the word 'android' which means "a robot." Right?
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Adroit and android sound pretty close to each other.
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We could also use the phrase "a drawing".
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That sounds similar as well.
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Adroit. A drawing.
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What these words have in common is that they refer to something that we can visualize.
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And this is a very important point and you're going find out why soon.
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So we have two options here but let's use the word 'android' as the substitute word.
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Now visualize an android. You know...a robot that looks like a human.
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Next, we have to associate this image to the meaning of the word that we want to remember.
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And again the meaning is "skillful at something.
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That's the meaning.
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So perhaps we can imagine the android doing something that requires a lot of skill.
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Maybe we can imagine the android playing the guitar on stage.
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Maybe there's a competition going on and we can imagine other guitarists come up on stage and try to compete with the android.
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But everybody loses because the android is very good at playing the guitar.
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The android is adroit at playing the guitar.
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So what we're doing here is associate the pronunciation with the meaning through an image or a story.
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We're creating an association between them.
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So when you come across this word again, the pronunciation will remind you of the association and therefore the meaning of the word.
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Let's take a look at one more example.
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Suppose we want to memorize the word "lambaste," which means "to criticize (someone or something) harshly" For the first syllable 'lam,' we can use "lamb" - the animal, or "lamp" - the thing that generates light, as the substitute word.
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For the second syllable "baste," we can use "bass" - the musical instrument. And I also happen to have a friend named "Bass". So personally, I can use his name as the substitute word as well.
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But let's use "lamb" the animal and "bass" the musical instrument together.
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So we can imagine a lamb playing the bass. But unfortunately, the lamb is really terrible at playing the bass. So the bass gets angry and starts criticizing the lamb.
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The bass is lambasting the lamb.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “How to Remember Vocabulary”. Las palabras que más se repiten: word, android, bass, lamb, technique. Este vídeo tiene 42 frases y 609 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:54. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 156 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| bass sustantivo | /beɪs/ | bajo |
| lamb sustantivo | /ˈlæm/ | cordero |
| memorize verbo | /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/ | memorizar |
| substitute sustantivo | /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/ | sustituto, substituto |
| visualize verbo | /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/ | visualizar |
| lambaste verbo | /læmˈbeɪst/ | reprender, vituperar |
| skillful adjetivo | /ˈskɪl.fəl/ | hábil, habilidoso |
| syllable sustantivo | /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/ | sílaba |
| pronunciation sustantivo | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | pronunciación |
| criticize verbo | /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/ | criticar, culpar |
| robot sustantivo | /ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/ | robot |
| instrument sustantivo | /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/ | instrumento |
| repetition sustantivo | /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/ | repetición |
| guitarist sustantivo | /ɡɪˈtɑɹɪst/ | guitarrista, guitarrero |
| vocabulary sustantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulario |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| come across verbo | pasarse a |
| come up with verbo | ingeniar, ingeniarse |
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | you're going · we're doing · We're creating |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | need to do · must refer · have to associate |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | will give · will remind |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 6 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we're, you're, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: visualize /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, harshly /ˈhɑːʃli/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: visualize /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, clever /ˈklɛv.ɚ/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, visualize /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/, criticize /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como bass, lamb, memorize.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.