쉐도잉 연습: Understand ANY English Word (No Dictionary Needed!) - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기
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You are happily reading a book or talking to someone in English, and then a word stops you.
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You don't know what it means. What do you do?
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You can't stop and look in the dictionary every time there's a word you don't know, so you have to guess what the word means.
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But here's the problem: Most people guess wrong.
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In this video, I'm going to show you a simple three step technique that will dramatically increase your ability to correctly guess the meaning of unknown words and remember them for the future.
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The best thing about this technique is that it has been proven to work in just 15 minutes, and it works for all levels of English, especially lower-level learners.
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You'll also get to try a special test called the Word Detective Test, where you can practice your new skills and see your results instantly.
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But before we start, let me show you how difficult it really is to guess word meanings in English.
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This research shows that on average learners who pass the Cambridge C1 exam know between 3,750 and 4,500 words.
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If you know 4,500 words, then you would know 95% of the words in a typical English fiction novel.
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That seems pretty good!
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But it also means that 5% of the vocabulary in the novel would be new, which is the equivalent of 15 unknown words on each page.
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That's a lot!
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And that's why being able to guess the meaning of words from context is such an important skill.
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But as I said, guessing is not easy.
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Studies have shown that a typical learner is only able to guess correctly around 25% of the time, so you will be wrong three out of four times.
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The good news is that using the simple technique I'm about to show you, you can increase the probability of guessing correctly to 80%.
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So you will be right three out of four times.
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That's pretty amazing.
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But please note that you shouldn't stop and try to guess every unknown word because as I just explained, there might be a lot of them.
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Focus your attention on the unknown words that are causing communication problems.
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Now it's time to learn the three-step technique that will improve your ability to guess unknown words and become a professional word detective.
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The first step is: Parts of speech.
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Can you correctly identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs?
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This is a really fundamental skill.
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In fact, some research has shown that most incorrect guesses about word meanings are caused by getting the part of speech wrong.
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So here are some quick tips to help you: Find the verb first. It tells you what the subject is doing.
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Ask yourself: What is happening in this sentence?
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Next, look for nouns.
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You can identify nouns by looking for words with a, an, or the in front of them, and you can also look for words that start with capital letters.
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Next, find the adjectives and adverbs.
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Adjectives will almost always be directly before nouns, and adverbs will almost always be directly before or after all those other words.
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Here's a pro tip from me as an English teacher of 15 years: if you don't know what part of speech a word is, it's probably an adverb.
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Finally, be careful when using word endings to identify the part of speech, because in English they can be tricky.
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For example, you might associate the ED and ING endings with verbs in English, but many adjectives also end in ED and ING.
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The key to correctly identifying the part of speech in English will most often be word order.
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Once we have correctly identified the part of speech that gives us some vital information that helps us to successfully guess the meaning of the word.
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If it's a verb, we know that our unknown word probably describes an action or a state.
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If it's a noun, then the word is probably a person, place, or thing.
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If it's an adjective, it gives us extra information about the noun.
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And if it's an adverb, it usually gives more detail about how, when or where.
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Now we can move on to step two: Helper vocabulary.
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Are you able to get helpful information from the vocabulary surrounding the unknown word?
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Take some time to look at all the words and phrases around this unknown word.
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This will give you a general feeling for the word.
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It's important to note that you don't need to know exactly what the unknown word means, so you don't need to translate it, or look for a synonym in your native language.
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Often you only need to know if it's a positive or a negative word.
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For example, the surrounding words: sunny, laughing, smiling, and happy, tell us that the unknown word is probably positive.
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Something else that can really help is focusing on those little grammar words like and, but, because, if, and so.
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Those words can give you vital context clues.
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For example, in this sentence, the word because indicates cause and effect.
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His dog died, so we can expect the missing word to be negative, like sad or devastated.
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But in this sentence, the word although indicates contrast.
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So even though something bad happened, the missing word is probably positive, like calm or happy.
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In a situation where you don't have a lot of time to analyze all the language, like in a spoken conversation, simply focusing on those grammar words can be a quick and effective way to guess word meanings.
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Now we can move on to the third and final step: Guess and check the word meaning.
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Did you get it right?
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This is a really important step, not only for fluent communication, but also for learning and remembering new words.
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If you are reading a book, you can check your guess using a dictionary.
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In a conversation, you can get confirmation from the other person, like this: Does _____ mean happy?
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You mean _____, like happy?
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Was he _____ because he was happy?
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If you check your guess and use the word in context, you will be much more likely to remember the word and be able to use it again in the future.
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So let's revise those three steps again.
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Step one, identify the part of speech.
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Step two, look at the surrounding language.
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And step three, guess and check the meaning.
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Learning words from context is an important skill because the reality is that all language learners, including native speakers, will learn most of their vocabulary in this way.
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Of course, it's possible to learn vocabulary through deliberate study or flashcards, but most learners simply don't have time to learn thousands of words this way, and research shows that learning vocabulary in context is more effective and allows you to be actually able to use the words you learn.
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If you want to practice the technique you learn today and see how good your guessing skills really are, go to the Canguro English website and take the free Word Detective test.
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You will get instant results that show you exactly where you need to improve.
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But please remember that in language learning there are no magic techniques.
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Your guessing skills will only continue to improve with practice.
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I hope that this video has given you the tools and the motivation to do that.
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I'm Christian. This is Canguro English, and I'll see you in class.
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이 레슨의 어휘와 말하기 포인트
이 B2 수준 말하기 레슨은 영상 “Understand ANY English Word”을(를) 바탕으로 합니다. 가장 자주 반복되는 단어는 다음과 같습니다: word, guess, unknown, step, English. 이 영상에는 섀도잉할 문장 75개와 단어 1237개가 있습니다. 말하는 구간의 길이는 10:49입니다. 화자는 분당 약 114단어의 일정한 속도로 말해서 섀도잉하기에 편한 속도입니다. 단어의 88%가 영어에서 가장 많이 쓰이는 3,000단어에 속해 어휘가 쉬운 편입니다.
이 영상의 핵심 어휘
영상에서 가장 어려운 단어 15개를 발음, 뜻과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 단어 | 발음 | 뜻 |
|---|---|---|
| noun 명사 | /naʊn/ | 명사 |
| vocabulary 명사 | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | 어휘, 어휘력 |
| adjective 명사 | /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/ | 형용사 |
| learner 명사 | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | 학습자 |
| verb 명사 | /vɝb/ | 동사 |
| dictionary 명사 | /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/ | 사전, 자서 |
| grammar 명사 | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | Korean: 문법, 문법학 |
| flashcard 명사 | /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/ | 플래시 카드 |
| revise 동사 | /ɹɪˈvaɪz/ | 복습하다 |
| synonym 명사 | /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/ | 같은말, 비슷한말 |
| analyze 동사 | /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/ | 분석하다 |
| translate 동사 | /tɹænzˈleɪt/ | 번역하다 |
| incorrect 형용사 | /ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/ | 그른, 잘못된 |
| probability 명사 | /ˌpɹɑ.bəˈbɪl.ə.ti/ | 확률 |
| sunny 형용사 | /ˈsʌni/ | 맑다, 화창하다 |
따라 말해 볼 만한 문장
영상에 나오는 짧고 완결된 문장으로, 일상 대화에서 그대로 쓸 수 있습니다:
- You don't know what it means.
- What do you do?
- Can you correctly identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs?
- Did you get it right?
이 영상의 문법
화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 문형 | 영상 속 표현 |
|---|---|
| 현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때 | has been proven · have shown · has shown |
| 수동태 be + 과거분사 — 누가 하는지보다 무슨 일이 일어나는지에 초점 | has been proven · are caused |
주의할 발음
화자는 don't, I'm, can't 같은 축약형과 약화된 형태를 14번 사용합니다. 들리는 대로 짧게 발음하세요.
- “sh”와 “zh” 소리: dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, flashcard /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
- 긴 단어 — 강세 위치에 주의: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/, deliberate /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/, probability /ˌpɹɑ.bəˈbɪl.ə.ti/
한국어 화자가 어려워하는 소리:
- /f/ — ㅍ(/p/)으로 바꾸지 말고 윗니를 아랫입술에 대기: flashcard /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/, fluent /ˈfluənt/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
- /v/ — ㅂ(/b/)과 구별하기: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, verb /vɝb/, revise /ɹɪˈvaɪz/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/
- /z/ — ㅈ이 아니라 성대를 울리는 /s/: revise /ɹɪˈvaɪz/, analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/
이 영상으로 연습하는 방법
- 먼저 말하지 않고 영상을 끝까지 듣고 모르는 단어를 적어 둡니다.
- 보통 속도로 한 문장씩 섀도잉하고, 화자의 리듬과 맞을 때까지 반복합니다.
- 자신의 목소리를 녹음해 원본과 비교하고, noun, vocabulary, adjective 같은 단어에 특히 주의합니다.
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