Shadowing Practice: Chiikawa EP 1-25 Eng Sub - Learn English Speaking with Video
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Chiikawa EP 1-25 Eng Sub”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: die, weirdo, hot, asleep. This video has 311 sentences and 1214 words to shadow. The speech runs for 25:16. 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 68 of its 311 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| asleep adjective | /əˈsliːp/ | In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| hurry verb | /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ | To do things quickly. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| butter noun | /ˈbʌtɚ/ | A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk). |
| toilet verb | /ˈtɔɪ.lət/ | To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| pasta noun | /ˈpɑ.stə/ | Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| chiru noun | The Tibetan antelope, Pantholops hodgsonii. | |
| sphinx noun | /ˈsfɪŋks/ | A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion. |
| ketchup verb | /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.əp/ | To cover with ketchup. |
| baguette noun | /bæˈɡɛt/ | A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape. |
| baller noun | /ˈbɔːlɚ/ | A kitchenware utensil for cutting ball-shaped pieces of foods. |
| wasabi noun | /wəˈsɑːbi/ | A plant of the species Eutrema japonicum, cultivated for its edible root. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- This is what I'm saying.
- Do you eat a chalimera?
- I'm going to open it!
- I'm just like a baguette.
- How did I get it?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've been · haven't seen |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm saying · is coming · I'm using |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | I'm not going to die · I'm going to go · I'm going to open |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | We'll be · I'll take · I'll go |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 133 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, I've. 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 asleep, delicious, hurry.
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.



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