Shadowing Practice: Effortless English Welcome - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, I'm AJ Hogue, the founder and director of Effortless English.
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My English lessons have helped over half a million people speak English easily and automatically.
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Your first step is to join my free email course.
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Enter your email and click submit.
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it.
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Each day I will send you a new English learning suggestion for 7 days.
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Each email will have a new study method to help you learn English faster and speak English automatically.
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Your second step is to get my effortless English lessons.
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Please read all of the article on this web page, it will describe my effortless English lessons.
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My lessons are designed to help you speak automatically.
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No translating and no thinking about grammar rules.
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I want the English words and sentences to come out of your mouth quickly,
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easily, and automatically, like a native speaker.
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So please join my email course, read this article, get my English lessons,
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and learn to speak English quickly, easily, and automatically.
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Take care and have a great day.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 16 sentences and 168 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:36. The speaker talks slowly, about 105 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 86% 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
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| founder noun | /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/ | One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.). |
| submit verb | /səbˈmɪt/ | To yield or give way to another. |
| suggestion noun | /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/ | Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for) |
| grammar noun | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general. |
| translate verb | /tɹænzˈleɪt/ | To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another. |
| effortless adjective | /ˈɛfə(ɹ)tlɪs/ | Without effort. |
| automatically adverb | /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪ.k(ə.)li/ | In an automatic manner. |
| 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… |
| native adjective | /ˈneɪtɪv/ | Belonging to one by birth or ancestry. |
| sentence noun | /ˈsɛn.təns/ | The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. |
| describe verb | /dɪˈskɹaɪb/ | To represent in words. |
| speaker noun | /ˈspikɚ/ | One who speaks. |
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 lesson, founder, submit.
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 | have helped |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are designed |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will send · will have · will describe |
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.