Shadowing Practice: Learning DIGITAL ART in 1 WEEK... ๐จ๐ (ft. Orb) - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
ืืืจื ืืคืืืงืฆืื
ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืืฃ

ืืืชื ืขืจืืฅ
ืืืืฅ ืขื ืกืจืืื
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video โLearning DIGITAL ART in 1 WEEK... ๐จ๐โ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: digital, tablet, drawing. This video has 205 sentences and 2471 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:07. The speaker talks fast, about 204 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| tablet noun | /หtรฆblษt/ | A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription. |
| artwork noun | /หษษนtหwษk/ | A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art. |
| sketch noun | /หskษtอกส/ | A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines. |
| blend verb | /blษnd/ | To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. |
| discord noun | /หdษชskษษนd/ | Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord. |
| tutorial noun | /หtjuหหtษหษนษชษl/ | A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience. |
| digitally adverb | /หdษชdอกสษชtษli/ | In a digital manner. |
| whoa | /woส/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| sensitivity noun | /หsษn.sษหtษชv.ษ.ti/ | The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness. |
| brush noun | /bษนสส/ | An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes includingโฆ |
| rectangle noun | /หrษktรฆลษกlฬฉ/ | Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles. |
| smudge verb | /smสdอกส/ | To obscure by blurring; to smear. |
| yummy adjective | /หjสm.i/ | Delicious. |
| gosh | /ษกษหส/ | A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. |
| canvas noun | /หkรฆn.vษs/ | A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp (traditionally) or from cotton and polyesters, useful for making sails, tents, and overcoats or as a surface forโฆ |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. | |
| stay up verb | To remain awake; to not go to bed. | |
| turn out verb | To end up; to result. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| give away verb | To make a gift of (something). | |
| go ahead verb | /หษกoส ษหhษd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| hold up verb | To wait or delay. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Wait, am I cooking?
- How would you approach using layers in like a huge piece?
- You know what the top part of your mascot reminds me of?
- Have you ever had bao?
- I've had one of these.
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื ืืืืฉื (Present perfect continuous) have/has been + -ing โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืืชืืืื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ื ืืฉืืช ืขืืฉืื | I've been making ยท I've been learning ยท I've been working |
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื (Present perfect) have/has + past participle โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืงืจืชื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืื ืืฉืคืขื ืขืืฉืื | I've watched ยท have already made ยท we've made |
| ืืฉืคืื ืืืงื (Relative clauses) who / which + clause โ ืืืืข ื ืืกืฃ ืขื ืืื ืื ืืืจ | one which was ยท someone who actually |
| ืฉื ืชืืืจ ืืืืืง (Superlatives) the -est / the most โฆ โ ืืฆืืื ืืช ืืืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืืืชืจ ืืงืืืฆื | the best ยท the craziest ยท my least favorite |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 59 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โthโ sounds: thumbnail /หฮธสm.neษชl/, underneath /หสndษหniฮธ/, myth /mษชฮธ/, gather /หษกรฆรฐษ/
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: brush /bษนสส/, gosh /ษกษหส/, montage /mษnหtษส/, notification /หnoสtษชfษชหkeษชสnฬฉ/, polish /หpษ.lษชส/
- Long words โ get the stress right: digitally /หdษชdอกสษชtษli/, sensitivity /หsษn.sษหtษชv.ษ.ti/, mysterious /mษชหstษชษนi.ษs/, accessory /ษkหsษs.(ษ.)ษนi/, entirety /ษชnหtaษช.ษษน(ษ)ti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75ร speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like tablet, artwork, sketch.
ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืฉืืืืืื ื?
ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืืืืช ืฉืคื ืืืืกืกืช ืืืข ืฉืคืืชืื ืืืงืืจ ืืืืฉืจืช ืืชืืจืืื ืื ืืงืฆืืขืืื ืืคืืคืืืจืืช ืขื ืืื ืืคืืืืืืื ื"ืจ ืืืืกื ืืจ ืืจืืืืืก. ืืฉืืื ืคืฉืืื ืื ืขืืฆืืชืืช: ืืชื ืืงืฉืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืืืืช ืืืืืจ ืขืืื ืืงืื ืจื ืืื โ ืืื ืฆื ืืขืืงื ืืืจื ืืืืืจ ืขื ืขืืืื ืฉื 1โ2 ืฉื ืืืช ืืืื. ืื ืืืื ืืืืื ื ืคืกืืืืช ืื ืชืจืืืื ืืงืืืง, ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืืจืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืฉืจืืจืื ืืคื ืืขืื ืืืฉืืืจ ืืคืืกื ืืืืืจ ืืืืชืืื ืื ืืื ืืช. ืืืงืจืื ืืจืืื ืฉืื ืืฉืคืจ ืืฉืืขืืชืืช ืืช ืืืืง ืืืืืื, ืืืื ืืื ืฆืื, ืืงืฆื, ืืืืืืจ ืืืืืืจ, ืืื ืช ืืฉืืืขื ืืฉืืฃ ืืืืืืจ โ ืื ืฉืืืคื ืืืชื ืืืืช ืืฉืืืืช ืืืขืืืืช ืืืืชืจ ืืืื ื ืIELTS Speaking ืืืชืงืฉืืจืช ืืื ืืืืช ืืขืืื ืืืืืชื.












