シャドーイング練習: BABANIZLA NASIL TANIŞTIM? - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 96 sentences and 891 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:18. The speaker talks fast, about 207 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 33% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
11 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ana noun | /ˈæ.nə/ | A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table |
| salak noun | /səˈlæk/ | Any salak palm (Salacca zalacca), native to Indonesia; also called. |
| dizi noun | /ˈdiːdzə/ | A transverse flute with a buzzing membrane used in Chinese music, usually made of bamboo. |
| baya noun | Ploceus philippinus, a weaverbird of southern Asia. | |
| demi noun | A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, half the volume of a standard bottle; a split. | |
| hala noun | Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands. | |
| hangi noun | /ˈhaŋi/ | A traditional Māori pit oven, in which (suitably wrapped) raw food is lain on a base of heated stones. |
| olay noun | /ˈəʊleɪ/ | palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a steel-tipped stylus |
| sapan noun | /səˈpæn/ | Wood of a timber tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan) that also produces a red dye. |
| taraf noun | A division of land in India, usually a (small) subdivision of a pargana. | |
| episode noun | /ˈɛp.ə.soʊd/ | A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 23 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like ana, salak, dizi.
シャドーイングとは?英語上達に効果的な理由
シャドーイング(Shadowing)は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的:ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影(shadow)」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。











