Shadowing Practice: Moana | Bringing Moana To Life - Learn English Speaking with Video

Moana has brought such joy to families all around the world.

Moana has resonated so many years after it came out.

It allowed everybody to see their family.

It's the perfect film to take from animation to live action.

It has all these elements of size, scale, culture, humor...

Boatsnurik!

...and real Moana.

First time.

I'm really excited.

All right, here we go.

There's no movie about Moana.

From the second I met Katie, there was a spark there that was really apparent.

It could only be her.

My family was definitely the first people to find out.

I went to the car with my mom and we pulled my siblings and my dad.

She just has that spirit, that Polynesian spirit about her.

Katie, aloha.

Talofa, it's DJ.

I just wanted to tell you, I cannot wait to work with you.

We're gonna have the best time.

We're gonna have so much fun.

How crazy is that?

Being able to step into the legacy of Moana is an incredible honor.

Getting to represent the Pacific Islands is something I've always dreamed of doing.

It is such a joy to see Catherine take on the life of this character.

And my gosh, she's strong, she's beautiful.

She's all these things that we know and love about our heroine.

What's amazing is how alive she feels.

She's got that spark.

It was her singing and her vibe that just felt indomitable.

Whenever you're ready, pal.

So here I'll stay, my home, my people beside me.

And when I think of tomorrow, there we are.

It felt like she was unafraid and curious.

And I just was thrilled to see how willing she was to play.

It was insane getting all of the sailing and stuff accurate.

Especially because that's so vital to the story.

It was really fun.

We were Voyagers.

The stories are true.

The story has just begun.

In my youth, we didn't have a seat at the table, but Katie is so proud to be Polynesian.

She's being geared for this moment in time.

I'm about to meet Catherine who plays Moana.

Moana.

Here we go.

I think she's off.

There is nothing I have to offer but to get out of the way here.

Kia ora.

How are you?

Thank you.

How are you?

I'm okay.

I'm happy to meet you.

I'm very happy to meet you.

How are you doing?

I'm good.

I'm excited.

My first thought was she, like Moana, is destined for this role.

All I have to do is look at her eyes.

That young girl is a star.

Is there something you want to tell me?

You should come visit.

Montanoi is that way.

As a visitor to the culture, what I wanted to make sure was that the movie feels like the real thing.

So we wanted to create an island that is drawing inspiration from cultures throughout Polynesia.

Right now in the Chiefs Valley.

The village just looks stunning.

It just looks stunning.

Everything was genuinely a representation of the islands.

It really felt like I was home.

I was born in Samoa and lived there for a few years as a young child.

It even had these similar smells, and it was surreal.

I'll be dying.

The character of Maui is so meaningful to me.

Maui distinctly represents my grandfather, the late High Chief Peter Maivian.

When you hold up pictures with all his tattoos and his massive build, it's striking.

So this live action version was for him.

We were doing the hair and makeup test for him.

The Maui hair was there, the tattoos were there.

And I was just like, when you got it, you got it.

Pagak!

The first time I met him, there were these giant double doors.

And I remember them opening.

And he was like backlit from the sun.

He's so tall.

He's just like a body.

There's nothing like being on set.

It's full body performance.

Maui is big, he's bold.

Good job, me.

You really have to be in tune with every part of your body because every part of his body is alive.

Ow, what?

There's a dark cave I'm gonna put you in. And thank you!

One of the most exciting things about Moana is the music.

For live action Moana, We all agreed that Lin-Manuel should write one more song.

We wanted to do something that could be really distinct to this film.

Tommy had the notion of what if there's some kind of musical conversation between Auli'i's Moana and Katie's Moana.

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Then find yourself along the way.

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Along the way.

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Along the way.

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We're on our own.

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We're on our own. On destination. On destination.

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Wayne and Al-Li'i get to sing about finding me along the way and our journeys colliding.

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To sing something Lin-Manuel Miranda has written specifically for you is incredible and it sounds like a sentence I've made up.

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This song along the way is Al-Li'i, our original OG Moana, and it is Catherine and Lin is your boy.

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It's Maui coming in and the end.

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Dust yourself off, you're still alive.

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One foot in front of the other Moana, you want to stay on it until you arrive.

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Anytime Lin writes something, especially for me, I think he was pissed when I beat his favorite pro wrestler back in the day

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that he writes these lyrics for me.

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He pushes me to go to places that are hard to go to.

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It makes you want to stand up and dance.

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I think people are going to love it.

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It begins to sink in, the enormity to have Polynesian culture represented in this way this way.

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We put together a remarkable team of artisans

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and craftspeople from Polynesia who have the expertise in how to make all of the things that our performers need.

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I was born on the island of Tongatapu.

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This is my dream job.

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Not only does it involve making beautiful costumes, but it involves my culture.

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And I felt it was really important that everything felt true to the crafts of Polynesia.

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Liz and her team are making our clothes out of the same materials

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that would have existed with the same technology that they're making by hand.

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Maui might look like the simplest costume.

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In fact, it was the hardest costume.

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Nothing looks and feels like the real thing.

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And so we make these teer-leaf skirts for Maui.

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We make three a day, every day, while he's on.

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Playing 1UP is such a special experience.

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She's so fearless and confident.

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Playing her gave me pieces of her that I can carry onwards.

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It was really just one of the greatest experiences I've ever had in my career.

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It means everything, legacy, life, pride and soul.

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I am a mother!

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Are you ready to be the hero?

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Las palabras que más se repiten: Moana, Maui, culture, felt. Este vídeo tiene 136 frases y 1155 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:40. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 151 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
costume sustantivo	/ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/	traje
stun verbo	/stʌn/	anonadar, aturdir
spark sustantivo	/ˈspɑɹk/	chispa, centella
tattoo sustantivo	/tæˈtuː/	tatuaje
destination sustantivo	/dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/	destino, destinación
involve verbo	/ɪnˈvɑlv/	involucrar
artisan sustantivo	/ˈɑɹtɪzən/	artesano
backlight sustantivo	/ˈbæk.laɪt/	contraluz
collide verbo	/kəˈlaɪd/	colisionar, colidir
enormity sustantivo	/ɪˈnoɹmɪti/	perversidad, enormidad
excite verbo	/ɪkˈsaɪt/	emocionar
indomitable adjetivo	/ɪnˈdɑmɪtəbl̩/	indomable
onward adverbio	/ˈɒnwəd/	hacia adelante, para adelante
resonate verbo	/ˈɹɛz.əˌneɪt/	resonar, retiñir
unafraid adjetivo	/ʌnəˈfɹeɪd/	sin miedo, impertérrito

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
come out verbo	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	revelarse, salir a la luz
find out verbo		averiguar, anoticiarse
get out of verbo		salirse de, ponerse fuera de
hold up verbo		aguaitar, esperar
make up verbo	/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/	reponer, suplir
put together verbo		construir, elaborar
stand up verbo		levantarse, ponerse de pie

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

We're gonna have the best time.
We're gonna have so much fun.
I'm happy to meet you.
Is there something you want to tell me?
Are you ready to be the hero?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

Estructura	En el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	was thrilled · being geared · is destined
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	has brought · has resonated · I've always dreamed
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo	the best · the most exciting · the simplest
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena idea	should come · should write

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 24 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, we're, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “th”: thrill /θɹɪl/, cloth /klɒθ/, grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/
Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, notion /ˈnoʊʃən/, animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, enormity /ɪˈnoɹmɪti/, indomitable /ɪnˈdɑmɪtəbl̩/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stun /stʌn/, spark /ˈspɑɹk/, skirt /skɚt/
/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: involve /ɪnˈvɑlv/, vibe /vaɪb/, visitor /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/, cave /keɪv/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: artisan /ˈɑɹtɪzən/, resonate /ˈɹɛz.əˌneɪt/, visitor /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/, expertise /ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz/

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 costume, stun, spark.

¿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.

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