Shadowing Practice: Daily Routine In English || Graded Reader - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Talking about your daily routine is a great way to learn English.
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Start with simple sentences.
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Say, I wake up early.
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I brush my teeth.
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I eat breakfast.
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I go to work.
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Talk about what you do in the morning, afternoon, and evening.
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Use English every day to describe your routine.
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This simple practice can improve your speaking and help you feel more confident.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 9 sentences and 64 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:34.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
routine noun/ɹuˈtin/A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
brush noun/bɹʌʃ/An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including…
breakfast noun/ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
sentence noun/ˈsɛn.təns/The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
describe verb/dɪˈskɹaɪb/To represent in words.
improve verb/ɪmˈpɹuːv/To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
wake verb/ˈweɪ̯k/(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
afternoon noun/ˌæf.tɚˈnun/The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
wake up verb/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/To stop sleeping; to awake.

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 routine, brush, breakfast.

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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