Shadowing Practice: BABANIZLA NASIL TANIŞTIM? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.











