Shadowing Practice: 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Do you work or are you a student?
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I work.
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I'm a digital marketer and I mainly run advertising campaigns for furniture businesses.
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Why did you choose this job?
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I chose this job because digital marketing is also growing rapidly and offers a lot of career opportunities for the future.
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Do you like your job?
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Yes, I do because I really understand it so I don't feel much pressure when I do it.
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Another reason is I can work from home so I save commuting time and have flexible working hours.
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Is there anything you would like to change about your job?
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There is.
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A little.
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Right now I'm a freelancer, so my income still depends a lot on my clients.
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If I could change something, I'd like to have a stable, long-term source of income.
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Where are you from?
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I'm from Lam Dong, a province in the central highlands of Vietnam.
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It's well known for its cool climate and beautiful mountain scenery.
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Do you like your hometown?
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Yes, I really love it.
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The weather is cool all year round, which is quite rare in Vietnam and the air is fresh and clean.
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It's also very peaceful compared to big cities, so it's a great place to relax.
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What is your hometown famous for?
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My hometown is famous for its agriculture, especially coffee, flowers, and fresh vegetables.
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Dalat, the main city, is also a popular tourist destination known for its romantic atmosphere and pine forests.
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Would you like to live somewhere else in the future?
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Actually, I'm living in Ho Chi Minh City now because of my job and my husband's work here.
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In the future, I don't think I'd want to move somewhere else.
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Ho Chi Minh City is a great place to live.
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It offers a lot of career opportunities, and it's also very lively and exciting.
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What do you do in your free time?
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In my free time, I usually call my mother, and we talk about everything, from daily life to family news.
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Sometimes, I also hang out with my friends or spend time with my husband, which helps me relax after a busy week.
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Do you have any hobbies?
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Yes, I do.
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One of my hobbies is watching Korean and Chinese movies, especially romantic ones.
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They help me unwind after a long day, and I also pick up some interesting things about their cultures.
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How often do you do this hobby?
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I usually spend about an hour a day watching movies.
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Actually, it depends on when there's a new movie out.
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Sometimes, when there's a good new one, I might watch it all evening until I finish.
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Did you have any hobbies when you were a child?
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When I was a child, I lived in the countryside, and we didn't have as many facilities as we do now.
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No smartphones or video games.
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Back then, I really enjoyed playing traditional games with the other kids in my neighborhood, like hide-and-seek and skipping rope.
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Those were such happy memories.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 44 sentences and 506 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:30. The speaker talks fast, about 202 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| hobby noun | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. |
| hometown noun | /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ | An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence. |
| romantic adjective | /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/ | Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| depend verb | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| stable noun | /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ | A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses. |
| province noun | /ˈpɹɔv.ɪns/ | A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. |
| atmosphere noun | /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ | The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body. |
| compare verb | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it… |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| agriculture noun | /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/ | The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock. |
| rapidly adverb | /ˈɹæpɪdli/ | With speed; in a rapid manner. |
| furniture noun | /ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/ | Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively. |
| destination noun | /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/ | The place set for the end of a journey or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at. |
| skip verb | /skɪp/ | To move by hopping on alternate feet. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I'd. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: agriculture /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× 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 hobby, hometown, romantic.
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.