Shadowing Practice: শায়খ আহমাদুল্লাহর অনুরোধে শিল্পী আগুন যে সুর শোনালেন | সাওতুল কোরআন-২০২১ | Projapoti Tv - Learn English Speaking with Video
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “শায়খ আহমাদুল্লাহর অনুরোধে শিল্পী আগুন যে সুর শোনালেন”. This video has 44 sentences and 441 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:43. The speaker talks at a steady 119 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 54% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 10 of its 44 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| coronavirus noun | /kəˈɹoʊnəˌvaɪɹəs/ | A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA. |
| amour noun | /əˈmʊɹ/ | Courtship; flirtation. |
| budu noun | An Asian fermented anchovy sauce. | |
| inshallah | /ˌɪnˈʃɑ.lə/ | Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will. |
| discuss verb | /dɪˈskʌs/ | To converse or debate concerning a particular topic. |
| argument noun | /ˈɑɹɡjʊmənt/ | A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason. |
| pleasure noun | /ˈplɛʒɚ/ | A state of being pleased or contented; gratification. |
| proud adjective | /ˈpɹaʊ̯d/ | Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I've, we've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: inshallah /ˌɪnˈʃɑ.lə/, pleasure /ˈplɛʒɚ/
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 coronavirus, amour, budu.
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.











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