Shadowing Practice: Complete Key for School - Workbook - Unit 9 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 9.
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Listening Part 2.
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Exercise 1.
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For each question, write the correct answer in the gap.
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Write one word or a number or a date or a time.
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You will hear a woman talking on the radio about a magazine for young people.
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Before tonight's show, listen carefully for some interesting news about our new magazine for young people.
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It's called What's On and it will be available for you to buy once a month.
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This magazine has got a very special price of £5 .75.
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That's less than an £8 cinema ticket.
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And now for the exciting part.
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We're looking for young people like you to write articles about the things that you're interested in.
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We don't need any articles about films,
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music or computer games, but we do want to hear about exhibitions you have seen recently.
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There are some amazing prizes for every article we include, for example cinema or concert tickets,
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but the writer of the best article will win a laptop.
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If you would like to write for us then send an email to hayley at whatson .co .uk.
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That's H -A -Y -L -E -E.
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We hope to hear from you soon!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Complete Key for School - Workbook - Unit 9”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: write, article, magazine, hear. This video has 19 sentences and 193 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:39. The speaker talks at a steady 117 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| cinema noun | /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ | A movie theatre, a movie house. |
| carefully adverb | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | With care; attentively, circumspectly. |
| exhibition noun | /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/ | An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited. |
| laptop noun | /ˈlæp.tɑp/ | A laptop computer. |
| excite verb | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement. |
| ticket noun | /ˈtɪk.ɪt/ | A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc. |
| writer noun | /ˈɹaɪ.təɹ/ | A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer". |
| email noun | /ˈiˌmeɪl/ | A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet… |
| exercise noun | /ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/ | Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability. |
| prize noun | /ˈpɹaɪ̯z/ | That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. |
| concert noun | /kənˈsɝt/ | An agreement in a design or plan; a union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; an accordance in a scheme; harmony; a simultaneous action. |
| magazine noun | /ˌmæɡəˈziːn/ | A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme. |
| computer noun | /kəmˈpju.tɚ/ | A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large… |
| unit noun | /ˈjuː.nɪt/ | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
| correct adjective | /kəˈɹɛkt/ | Free from error; true; accurate. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have seen |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will hear · will be · will win |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | We're looking |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, we'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 cinema, carefully, exhibition.
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.