Shadowing Practice: Amanda & Sinh - a Tourist's Guide To Love - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Amanda & Sinh - a Tourist's Guide To Love”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Saigon, tourist, tour. This video has 57 sentences and 281 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:35. The speaker talks slowly, about 109 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 15 of its 57 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ear noun | /ˈɪə̯/ | The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. |
| comfort noun | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | Contentment, ease. |
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| homework noun | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class. |
| randomly adverb | /ˈɹændm̩li/ | In a random manner. |
| limitation noun | /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/ | The act of limiting or the state of being limited. |
| traveller noun | /ˈtɹævəlɚ/ | One who travels, especially to distant lands. |
| getter noun | /ˈɡɛtə(ɹ)/ | One who, or that which, gets. |
| itinerary noun | /aɪˈtɪnəˌɹɛɹi/ | A written schedule of activities for a vacation or road trip. |
| schedule noun | /ˈʃɛd͡ʒuːl/ | A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to… |
| escape verb | /ɪˈskeɪp/ | To get free; to free oneself. |
| sing verb | /ˈsɪŋ/ | To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slow down verb | To decelerate. |
| get away verb | To move away (from). |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Are we gonna go over the itinerary then?
- You chose a tour, remember?
- Do you always sell yourself short?
- I'm not selling myself short.
- Why didn't you tell me?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, didn't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: limitation /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/, schedule /ˈʃɛd͡ʒuːl/
- Long words — get the stress right: limitation /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/, itinerary /aɪˈtɪnəˌɹɛɹi/
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 ear, comfort, routine.
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.