Shadowing Practice: 6 years of picking up the camera 📷 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Six years ago, I picked up the camera and started sharing my life online.
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For a long time, I wondered, what story do I have to tell?
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There's so much advice online on how to find your niche, build your own brand, follow trends, and create as much as possible so you can find your voice.
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But the best thing I ever did was to stop trying to tell the perfect story and just share my own.
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Through my minimalism and slow living journey, starting over and moving across two oceans, I guess that's what I learned.
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Your story does not have to be extraordinary or perfectly told.
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It just has to be honest.
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And when it is, your people will come find you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “6 years of picking up the camera 📷”. This video has 8 sentences and 124 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:45. The speaker talks at a natural 165 words per minute, close to everyday conversation.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| extraordinary adjective | /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/ | Out of the ordinary; exceptional; unusual. |
| niche noun | /nɪt͡ʃ/ | A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. |
| minimalism noun | /ˈmɪn.ə.məl.ɪz.əm/ | A style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity of form. |
| journey noun | /ˈd͡ʒɝni/ | A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage. |
| perfectly adverb | /ˈpɝ.fɪk(t).li/ | With perfection. |
| trend noun | /tɹɛnd/ | An inclination in a particular direction. |
| wonder noun | /ˈwʌndɚ/ | A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise… |
| advice noun | /ədˈvaɪs/ | An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful. |
| camera noun | /ˈkæməɹə/ | A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs. |
| brand noun | /ˈbɹænd/ | A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask. |
| honest adjective | /ˈɑ.nɪst/ | Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright. |
| ocean noun | /ˈoʊ.ʃən/ | One of the large bodies of water separating the continents. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
| start over verb | to begin again; to return to the beginning |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | started sharing · stop trying |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | have to tell · have to be · has to be |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will come |
Pronunciation to watch
- Long words — get the stress right: extraordinary /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, minimalism /ˈmɪn.ə.məl.ɪz.əm/
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 extraordinary, niche, minimalism.
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.