Shadowing Practice: Academy Stars 3 - Unit 8 Lesson 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Scara Brae, a village from prehistory.
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In Scotland, there are some islands called Orkney.
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One day, there was a big storm, and it was very windy.
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The wind moved the sand.
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The next day, the people of Orkney saw an old village under the sand.
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It was more than five thousand years old.
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Its name was Skara Brae.
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Now it's a museum.
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The people from prehistory didn't read or write.
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But we know a lot about them from their houses and their objects.
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Let's read about how families lived in Skara Bray.
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Hello, my name is Adag.
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Come and see my village.
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1. Houses There were eight houses in Skara Bray.
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There were passages with a roof from one house to the next.
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This was a very good idea.
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Orkney is very cold and windy.
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In winter, people went down the passages to visit their friends.
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2. Inside a house There weren't any trees in Skara Brae,
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so people made everything inside their houses with stones.
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There were stone tables, stone cupboards, stone chairs and even stone beds.
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They had a fire in a fireplace in the middle of the room, so it wasn't cold.
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This is my living room.
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3. The Beach Scarabray was near the sea.
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The sea was very important to the people of Scarabray.
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They ate lots of fish and shellfish.
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Sometimes there were whales.
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Then they were very happy.
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They ate the meat and made toys and musical instruments from the bones.
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They also picked up wood from the beach.
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They made tools and sculptures from the wood.
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4. The Workshop One of the houses in Skara Brae was a workshop.
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They didn't make coins because they didn't have money,
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but they made ceramic bowls for eating and ceramic pots for cooking.
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They also made knives and tools for the farm.
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They even made necklaces and small sculptures.
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Painting pots is fun.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Academy Stars 3 - Unit 8 Lesson 2”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Skara, stone, Brae, Orkney, village. This video has 37 sentences and 313 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:43. The speaker talks slowly, about 84 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| sand noun | /sænd/ | Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in… |
| pot noun | /pɑt/ | A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes). |
| passage noun | /ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/ | A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning. |
| workshop noun | /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/ | A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work. |
| sculpture noun | /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/ | A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting). |
| ceramic noun | /səˈɹæmɪk/ | A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, made by firing a material such as clay at a high temperature. |
| windy adjective | /ˈwɪn.di/ | Accompanied by wind. |
| bone noun | /boʊn/ | A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. |
| knife noun | /ˈnaɪ̯f/ | A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge… |
| toy noun | /tɔɪ/ | Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. |
| instrument noun | /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/ | A device used to produce music. |
| coin noun | /ˈkoɪ̯n/ | A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. |
| whale noun | /ˈweɪl/ | Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and porpoises. |
| necklace noun | /ˈnɛkləs/ | An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a… |
| fireplace noun | /ˈfaɪɹpleɪs/ | An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, wasn't, weren't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, shellfish /ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/
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 sand, pot, passage.
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.