ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: ManpowerGroup: Your Workforce Solutions Partner
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “ManpowerGroup: Your Workforce Solutions Partner”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: solution, workforce, talent, Manpower, skill. This video has 23 sentences and 327 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:40. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 75% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| workforce noun | /ˈwɝk.foɹs/ | All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project. |
| specialize verb | /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/ | To narrow in scope. |
| dedicate verb | /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/ | To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. |
| organizational adjective | /ˌɔː(ɹ)ɡənɪˈzeɪʃənəl/ | Of, relating to, or produced by an organization. |
| recruitment noun | /rɪˈkruːt.mənt / | The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces. |
| cybersecurity noun | /saɪbəsɪˈkjʊəɹɪtɪ/ | Security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare or cyberterrorism. |
| prioritize verb | /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/ | To value, do, or choose something first, or before other things. |
| specialization noun | [ˌspɛʃəlaɪ̯ˈzeɪ̯ʃn̩] | The act or process of specializing. |
| unparalleled adjective | Having no parallel; without equal; lacking anything similar or worthy of comparison. | |
| upskill verb | To teach (someone) additional skills, especially as an alternative to redundancy (firing). | |
| workspace noun | /ˈwɝkˌspeɪs/ | An area allocated for someone to work in, especially in an office. |
| tailor noun | /ˈteɪlɚ/ | A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing. |
| ecosystem noun | /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/ | A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit. |
| automation noun | /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/ | The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls. |
| retention noun | /ɹɪˈtɛnʃən/ | The act of retaining or something retained. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/, organizational /ˌɔː(ɹ)ɡənɪˈzeɪʃənəl/, specialization [ˌspɛʃəlaɪ̯ˈzeɪ̯ʃn̩], automation /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, retention /ɹɪˈtɛnʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: organizational /ˌɔː(ɹ)ɡənɪˈzeɪʃənəl/, cybersecurity /saɪbəsɪˈkjʊəɹɪtɪ/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, specialization [ˌspɛʃəlaɪ̯ˈzeɪ̯ʃn̩], ecosystem /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/
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 workforce, specialize, dedicate.
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