Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: All Ears - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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We all have two ears.
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All ears.
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What then could this expression mean?
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Let's listen with both ears.
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Where were you at the big meeting today?
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That was today?
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I completely forgot.
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Tell me what I missed.
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I'm all ears.
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All ears.
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You missed a lot of drama.
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Two people quit.
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Right in the meeting?
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What?
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If you are all ears, you are very interested in hearing something.
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You want to know all the details of a major event.
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You can also say this to someone to let them know that you are listening closely.
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All ears.
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And that's English in a Minute.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “English in a Minute: All Ears”. This video has 20 sentences and 109 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:54. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 5 of its 20 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 8 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
ear noun/ˈɪə̯/The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
drama noun/ˈdɹɑmə/A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
detail noun/ˈdi.teɪl/A part small enough to escape casual notice.
expression noun/əkˈspɹɛʃ.n̩/The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
quit verb/kwɪt/To leave (a place).
closely adverb/ˈkləʊsliː/In a close manner.
completely adverb/kəmˈpliːtli/In a complete manner; thoroughly.
welcome/ˈwɛl.kəm/Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like ear, drama, detail.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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