Shadowing Practice: AEF 1.6 - A New Shirt - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “AEF 1.6 - A New Shirt”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Rob, shirt, store. This video has 42 sentences and 220 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:51. The speaker talks at a steady 119 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 12 of its 42 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| clothing noun | /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ | Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to… |
| silly adjective | /ˈsɪl.i/ | Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance. |
| pound noun | /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ | A unit of weight in various measurement systems. |
| polite adjective | /pəˈlaɪt/ | Well-mannered, civilized. |
| shirt noun | /ʃɜɹt/ | An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, often with sleeves that cover some or all of the arms. |
| medium noun | /ˈmiː.di.əm/ | The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent. |
| boyfriend noun | /ˈbɔɪˌfɹɛnd/ | A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship. |
| minute noun | /ˈmɪnɪt/ | A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). |
| wear verb | /wɛ(ə)ɹ/ | To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc. |
| explain verb | /ɪkˈspleɪn/ | To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. |
| interview noun | /ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/ | Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature. |
| traffic noun | /ˈtɹæfɪk/ | Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What are you doing right now?
- You aren't in the office.
- Do you have a new boyfriend already?
- I don't have time to explain it all now.
- You don't like my new shirt?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, they're, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 clothing, silly, pound.
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.