Shadowing Practice: Despicable Me 3 - Karaoke Lyrics Video (Universal Pictures) HD - Learn English Speaking with Video
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Despicable Me 3 - Karaoke Lyrics Video (Universal Pictures) HD”. This video has 9 sentences and 129 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:06. The speaker talks at a steady 116 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| mama noun | /ˈmɑmə/ | Synonym of mother (“a female parent”). |
| belle noun | /bɛl/ | An attractive woman. |
| coca noun | /ˈkoʊ.kə/ | Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. |
| lettuce noun | /ˈlɛt.ɪs/ | An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves. |
| milo noun | sorghum | |
| bola noun | A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord. | |
| kaka noun | /ˈkɑːkə/ | Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands. |
| lasagna noun | /ləˈzæn.jə/ | A flat sheet of pasta. |
| masala noun | /məˈsɑːlə/ | Any of many blends of spices used in Indian cuisine, most often containing cardamom, coriander, mace together with pepper, nutmeg, fennel seeds, jeera etc. |
| moka noun | A moka pot. | |
| moustache noun | /ˈmʌstæʃ/ | A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip. |
| pang noun | /ˈpæŋ/ | A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe. |
| pata noun | /pəˈtɑ/ | An Indian sword with an attached gauntlet. |
| pika noun | /ˈpaɪkə/ | Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia. |
| pilum noun | /ˈpaɪləm/ | The columella on the surface of a pollen grain. |
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 mama, belle, coca.
Gölgeleme Tekniği Nedir?
Gölgeleme, başlangıçta profesyonel tercüman eğitimi için geliştirilen ve çok dilli Dr. Alexander Arguelles tarafından popüler hale getirilen, bilim destekli bir dil öğrenme tekniğidir. Yöntem basit ama güçlüdür: ana dili İngilizce olan bir sesi dinler ve hemen yüksek sesle tekrar edersiniz — konuşmacıyı 1-2 saniye gecikmeyle takip eden bir gölge gibi. Pasif dinleme veya dilbilgisi alıştırmalarının aksine, gölgeleme beyninizi ve ağız kaslarınızı gerçek konuşma kalıplarını eşzamanlı olarak işlemeye ve yeniden üretmeye zorlar. Araştırmalar, telaffuz doğruluğu, tonlama, ritim, bağlı konuşma, dinleme anlama ve konuşma akıcılığını önemli ölçüde geliştirdiğini göstermektedir — bu da onu IELTS Konuşma hazırlığı ve gerçek dünya İngilizce iletişimi için en etkili yöntemlerden biri yapar.





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