Shadowing Practice: 🇺🇸 01 Examen de INGLES 🗽 👉 [ Palabras mas usadas ] 👈 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “🇺🇸 01 Examen de INGLES 🗽 👉 [ Palabras mas usadas ] 👈”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: bien, gracias, hasta, est. This video has 91 sentences and 223 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:40. Only 57% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| regards noun | /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdz/ | A greeting to pass on to another person. |
| gracias | /ˈɡɹɑ.si.əs/ | Thank you. |
| hasta | /ˈɑːstə/ | goodbye |
| creationist noun | A proponent or supporter of creationism. | |
| grandioso noun | A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style | |
| pronto adverb | /ˈpɹɑntoʊ/ | Quickly, very soon, promptly. |
| favor noun | /ˈfeɪ.vɚ/ | A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). |
| welcome | /ˈwɛl.kəm/ | Greeting given upon someone's arrival. |
| trip noun | /tɹɪp/ | A journey; an excursion or jaunt. |
| nine noun | /naɪn/ | The digit or figure 9. |
| afternoon noun | /ˌæf.tɚˈnun/ | The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm. |
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 goodbye, regards, gracias.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.