Prática de Shadowing: IELTS actual listening | Part 4 | Bislama - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo
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Section 4.
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You will hear part of a linguistics lecture about a language called Bishlama that is spoken in the Pacific Islands.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40 on page 7.
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Thank you.
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Now, listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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Good morning and welcome back to this series of linguistics lectures.
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Today, I will be talking about the language Bishlama, which is a form of pidgin English.
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Linguists use the term pidgin to describe new languages that are created by combining two or more existing languages, often in a simplified form.
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The study of pidgin languages is important because it provides us with information about language change and modification.
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The pidgin English known as Bishlama is used in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu,
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a group of islands where 81 first languages are still regularly used by the local people.
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There are a further 17 local languages that are in danger of dying out and 8 that have been identified as extinct.
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This gives a total of 106 first languages in all, a very high number for a small country with a population of just 200 ,000 people.
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Then thinking about foreign languages, English is the most important and has official status largely because it is the medium for all education purposes.
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However, it is Bishlama that is the most widely spoken language in the country, used regularly by more than 90 % of the population.
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We should note here that in earlier times some people had negative feelings towards the language.
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In fact, for many years it was commonly referred to as a broken language and its use was discouraged.
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But attitudes have changed dramatically and today the people of Vanuatu are very proud of this unique language.
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It is only when we understand the historical context that we can comprehend just why Bishlama developed in Vanuatu.
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The first form of Pidgin English in this region can be traced to around 1800
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when foreign traders arrived and local people were recruited to work as sailors.
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On board multilingual ships there was an obvious need for a common tongue and Pidgin English was born.
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This early form of Bishlama continued to spread as trade in the Pacific developed in sandalwood and other local commodities.
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Then, from about 1860, a lot of people from Vanuatu travelled to Australia to work on the new plantations as labourers.
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Again, because of the multilingual nature of these workplaces, it was very important to have a common language.
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Finally, in modern times, there have been other pressures that have maintained the need for a common language.
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Like many other parts of the world, from about the 1950s, Vanuatu experienced a significant migration of its people from small villages into the city
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and it has been here that Bishlama has really established itself as the country's first language.
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So then, how can we describe the language itself?
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In general terms, pidgin languages can be defined as extremely simple versions of the original language.
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However, this is not a satisfactory definition in this case
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and linguists prefer to describe Bishlama as a developed pigeon
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because it has more rules and ideas than most simple pigeon languages found in other parts of the world.
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Let's think first about the vocabulary.
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Because Britain was the colonial power, the majority of Bishlama's vocabulary is derived from English.
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However, some care needs to be taken here.
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For example, the word from in Bishlama can also mean because of,
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so we need to be aware that words can have a wider range of meanings in Bishlama.
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Indeed, there are numerous other potentially misleading terms, and English is not the only contributor to the vocabulary.
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Again, because of the region's history there are some words, around 5 -10%, that are derived from French.
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Then, a relatively small number of words have been taken from local, Pacific languages.
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Usually this is the case where there is no English equivalent for naturally occurring phenomena
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or to describe some aspect of the culture that is unique to the country.
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Finally, a word about grammar.
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Although the vocabulary is based largely on English,
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it's important to note that the grammatical structure of Bishlama is derived from patterns common in the local languages of Vanuatu.
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So, for example, there are two distinct pronouns meaning we.
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One means I and you, and another means I and some others, but not you.
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Sounds confusing in English, but in the local languages such distinctions are common.
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A different example concerns the word long.
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It is almost the only preposition in Bishlama
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and may be used in place of a whole range of English words such as at, to, with, on, in, and so on.
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Well, that is the end of the formal part of the lecture.
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If you have any questions now, I'll be most happy to...
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That is the end of Section 4.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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That is the end of the listening test.
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You now have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the listening answer sheet.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição
Este vídeo tem 59 frases e 835 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 7:21. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 114 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. 84% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.
Vocabulário principal deste vídeo
15 palavras do vídeo que vale a pena aprender, com pronúncia e significado:
| Palavra | Pronúncia | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| vocabulary substantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulário |
| lecture substantivo | /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ | conferência, palestra |
| derive verbo | /dɪˈɹaɪv/ | derivar |
| pigeon substantivo | /ˈpɪ.dʒɪn/ | pombo, pomba |
| naturally advérbio | /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ | naturalmente |
| occur verbo | /əˈkɜː/ | ocorrer, acontecer |
| carefully advérbio | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | cuidadosamente, cautelosamente |
| establish verbo | /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ | firmar, instaurar |
| formal adjetivo | /ˈfɔɹməl/ | formal |
| refer verbo | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | encaminhar |
| aspect substantivo | /ˈæspɛkt/ | aspeto, aspecto |
| sheet substantivo | /ʃit/ | folha |
| potentially advérbio | /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/ | potencialmente |
| arrive verbo | /əˈɹaɪv/ | chegar |
| commonly advérbio | /ˈkɑmənli/ | comumente |
Gramática neste vídeo
As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:
| Estrutura | No vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem faz | is spoken · are created · have been identified |
| Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agora | have been identified · have changed · have been |
Pronúncia para ficar de olho
- Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, sheet /ʃit/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, migration /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, distinction /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/
- Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, phenomenon /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/, commodity /kəˈmɑdəti/
Como praticar com este vídeo
- Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
- Faça shadowing frase por frase na velocidade normal, repetindo cada uma até o seu ritmo ficar igual ao do falante.
- Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como vocabulary, lecture, derive.
O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.