シャドーイング練習: Family & Friends 2: Unit Starter (Second Edition Full) - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Family & Friends 2: Unit Starter”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hair, brown, eyes, Billy, listening. This video has 67 sentences and 265 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:55. 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| curly adjective | /ˈkɝli/ | Having curls. |
| cousin noun | /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ | Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a… |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| bedroom noun | /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ | A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping. |
| uncle noun | /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ | The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. |
| twelve noun | /twɛlv/ | A group of twelve items. |
| aunt noun | /ɑːnt/ | The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. |
| fifteen noun | /ˈfɪf.tiːn/ | An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut. |
| eleven noun | /əˈlɛv.ən/ | A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc. |
| grandma noun | /ˈɡɹænmɑː/ | Grandmother. |
| bump noun | /bʌmp/ | A light blow or jolting collision. |
| thirteen noun | /ˌθɝtˈtin/ | A group of thirteen items. |
| fourteen noun | /ˈfɔɹ.tin/ | A group of fourteen items. |
| grandpa noun | /ˈɡɹæm.pɑː/ | grandfather. |
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like curly, cousin, goodbye.
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。





























