Shadowing Practice: Business Partner A2. Unit 1. Video 1.1.1. Online tasks in the description👇 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What do you do at work?
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This is the working day of three people.
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They work for three different companies.
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An event management school, a pharmaceutical research company, and a tech company.
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My name is Liz Warnock and I'm the Student Services Manager at the Event Academy.
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I usually start work at 8 .30 and finish at 5 but I sometimes finish work later.
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When I'm in the office I check emails and answer the phone and I have a meeting with my manager on Mondays.
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I sometimes go to meetings in London.
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I never teach students and I rarely travel abroad for work.
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I take a break around 11 and I have lunch around 1.
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My name is Ellen James.
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I work at Small Pharma, a pharmaceutical research company, and I'm a senior research manager.
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I don't drive to work.
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I always cycle to and from work.
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I usually start work at 9 .30 and I finish at 5 .30.
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On Mondays, I don't come into the office.
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I always work at home on Mondays.
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On Tuesdays, I finish work at 3 .30 and I collect my daughter from school.
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At work I analyse data, I email other researchers and I make phone calls.
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I sometimes go to conferences but I never work in a lab.
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My manager and I work in the same office and we often have meetings.
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My manager arrives at work at 10 and he leaves at 6.
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I usually have lunch at one and I either eat at my desk or in the kitchen.
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My name is Mudh Chowdhury and I'm the Chief Executive Officer of a tech company, VoiceIQ.
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I usually start work at 7 .30 in the morning and I finish at around 8 in the evening.
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We have offices around the country and on Monday mornings I always speak to my team.
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I usually go to our Manchester office on Thursdays and Fridays.
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I often write reports and I never do company accounts.
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I sometimes travel for work.
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We have an office in Sri Lanka so I sometimes go there
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and I occasionally go to California to meet with my investors.
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Sam is our chief marketing officer.
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Sam starts work at 8 .30 and he finishes at 8 o 'clock.
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Sam sometimes visits
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Voice IQ customers.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Business Partner A2. Unit 1. Video 1.1.1. Online tasks in the description👇”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: finish, manager, usually, Monday, sam. This video has 35 sentences and 366 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:20. The speaker talks at a steady 110 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pharmaceutical adjective | /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/ | Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists. |
| clock noun | /klɑk/ | A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day. |
| desk noun | /dɛsk/ | A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a… |
| rarely adverb | /ˈɹɛəɹli/ | Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often. |
| abroad adverb | /əˈbɹɔːd/ | Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. |
| occasionally adverb | /əˈkeɪʒənəli/ | On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| investor noun | /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ | A person who invests money in order to make a profit. |
| researcher noun | /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ | One who researches. |
| analyse verb | UK standard spelling of analyze. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: pharmaceutical /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/, occasionally /əˈkeɪʒənəli/
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 pharmaceutical, clock, desk.
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.