Shadowing Practice: Easy English Podcast - A2 - The Weather 🌥 #learnenglish - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everyone and welcome to English Cozy Chat.
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Today let's talk about the weather.
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It's a fall and the weather is starting to change.
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The mornings are cool and the air feels crisp and fresh.
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You might need a jacket or a sweater when you go outside.
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I love the cool days after a long hot summer.
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It always feels so good to put on a cozy sweater
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or a pair of blue jeans for the first time when it starts getting cold outside.
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The leaves are also turning and falling off of the trees.
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Some are red, some are orange, some are brown, and some are even yellow.
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The days are shorter and it starts to get dark earlier.
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I love staying nice and cozy at my house when it starts to get colder and darker outside earlier.
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And sometimes it rains.
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So don't forget your umbrella.
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This is the perfect time for warm drinks, cozy clothes, and enjoying the fall colors.
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What's the weather like where you live?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Easy English Podcast - A2 - The Weather 🌥”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cozy, starts, weather, outside. This video has 16 sentences and 170 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:54. The speaker talks slowly, about 89 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| sweater noun | /ˈswɛtɚ/ | A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise. |
| jacket noun | /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ | A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length. |
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| jeans noun | /d͡ʒiːnz/ | A pair of trousers made from denim cotton. |
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| umbrella noun | /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/ | A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun. |
| crisp noun | /kɹɪsp/ | In full potato crisp: a thin slice of potato which has been deep-fried until it is brittle and crispy, and eaten when cool; they are typically packaged and… |
| cosy adjective | /ˈkoʊzi/ | Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social and comfortable. |
| yellow adjective | /ˈjɛloʊ/ | Of a yellow hue. |
| orange noun | /ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/ | An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit). |
| weather noun | /ˈwɛðɚ/ | The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc. |
| earlier adverb | /ˈɝliɚ/ | previously; before now; sooner |
| welcome | /ˈwɛl.kəm/ | Greeting given upon someone's arrival. |
| color noun | /ˈkʌl.ə/ | The spectral composition of visible light. |
| drink verb | /ˈdɹɪŋk/ | To consume (a liquid) through the mouth. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | starts getting · love staying |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might need |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is starting · are also turning |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, weather /ˈwɛðɚ/
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 sweater, jacket, leaf.
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.