Shadowing Practice: 🎧 أول حلقة من بودكاست تعلم الإنجليزية – التحية والتعارف للمبتدئين A1 🎧 Episode 1 – English Podcast - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “🎧 أول حلقة من بودكاست تعلم الإنجليزية – التحية والتعارف للمبتدئين A1 🎧 Episode 1 – English Podcast”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: meet, pause, listening, practice, repetition. This video has 50 sentences and 392 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:07. The speaker talks at a steady 126 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pause noun | /pɔːz/ | A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| skill noun | /skɪl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| introduce verb | /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/ | To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else). |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| depend verb | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| polite adjective | /pəˈlaɪt/ | Well-mannered, civilized. |
| greet verb | /ɡɹiːt/ | To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing. |
| greeting noun | /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/ | A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence. |
| repetition noun | /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/ | The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated. |
| friendly adjective | /ˈfɹɛnd.li/ | Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character. |
| repeat verb | /ɹɪˈpiːt/ | To do or say again (and again). |
| quiet adjective | /ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/ | With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise. |
| introduction noun | /ˌɪntɹəˈdʌkʃn̩/ | The act or process of introducing. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Just make sure you're in a quiet environment.
- You can also say, hi, I'm your name.
- You can say, how old are you?
- Let's practice this together too.
- How old are you?
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, introduction /ˌɪntɹəˈdʌkʃn̩/
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 pause, lesson, skill.
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.












