Shadowing Practice: Nine - Learn English Speaking with Video

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9. Written by Mary Ann Marazzi.
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Illustrated by Laura Hoffman.
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9. Cows.
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9. Horses.
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9. Pigs.
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Nine bulls
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Nine goats Nine
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chickens Nine sheep Nine geese
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Thank you.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 9 sentences and 24 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:54. The speaker talks slowly, about 27 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 46% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

  • bull /bʊl/ (noun) — Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
  • sheep /ˈʃiːp/ (noun) — A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
  • cow /kaʊ/ (noun) — An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
  • pig /ˈpɪɡ/ (noun) — Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus…
  • goat /ɡoʊt/ (noun) — Any ruminant of the genus Capra.
  • goose /ɡus/ (noun) — Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and…
  • illustrate /ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/ (verb) — To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
  • horse /hoɹs/ (noun) — A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

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 bull, sheep, cow.

¿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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