Shadowing Practice: English Conversation Practice - English Speaking and Listening Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video

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20 sentences
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1
What's your name?
2
My name is Sophia.
3
How old are you?
4
I'm 25 years old.
5
Where are you from?
6
I am from Malaysia.
7
What do you do?
8
I teach English online.
9
Do you like sports?
10
Yes, I'm a huge soccer fan.
11
Can you speak other languages?
12
Yes, I speak Spanish.
13
Do you have siblings?
14
Yes, I have two brothers.
15
What's your favorite season?
16
Summertime is nice to me.
17
Do you like cooking?
18
Yes, I do like to cook.
19
Do you like reading?
20
Yes, I do like to read novels.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “English Conversation Practice - English Speaking and Listening Practice”. This video has 20 sentences and 88 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:40. The speaker talks at a steady 133 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 10 of its 20 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
soccer noun/ˈsɑk.ɚ/Association football.
sibling noun/ˈsɪb.lɪŋ/A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.
summertime nounThe period or season of summer.
cook verb/kʊk/To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
teach verb/ˈtiːt͡ʃ/To pass on knowledge to.
novel noun/ˈnɑvəl/A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
favourite adjective/ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
sport noun/spoɹt/Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • How old are you?
  • Where are you from?
  • What do you do?
  • Can you speak other languages?
  • What's your favorite season?

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like soccer, sibling, summertime.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →