Shadowing Practice: B Time for Soccer - Learn English Speaking with Video
A1B Three Baby Birds
A1B Tours or Mine
A1B Too Many laeves
A1B We Make Cookies
A1B What Flies In the Sky
A1B I Love The Earth
A1B Trucks
A1GSU10 BV 17 What Time Is It
A1LITTLE FOX - Baseball
A11a
A1A1 English Listening Practice - Soccer
A2Grade 4- Unit 5- Lesson 3
A2Day 1 - Hobbies & Free Time | 21days speaking challenge
A2Luyện nghe chép chính tả Tiếng Anh | Level 1 - Unit 22
A11.30 A Proud Father
A130. What time is it?
A2Tiếng anh 6 Global success Unit 1 My New School Lesson 1 Getting started A SPECIAL DAY
A1Starters 3 - Test 1 - Part 1 (old)
A1Family and Friends 1: Unit 5: Where's the ball?
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 4 sentences and 68 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:45. The speaker talks slowly, about 91 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
8 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- soccer /ˈsɑk.ɚ/ (noun) — Association football.
- uniform /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/ (noun) — A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
- greet /ɡɹiːt/ (verb) — To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
- cleat /kliːt/ (noun) — A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
- score /skoɹ/ (noun) — The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
- wear /wɛ(ə)ɹ/ (verb) — To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.
- throw /θɹoʊ/ (verb) — To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- kick /kɪk/ (verb) — To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
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 soccer, uniform, greet.
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.