Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: Staycation - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to English in a minute.
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A trip to far away beaches or mountains is great, but staying close to home can be fun too.
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Staycation.
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Jonathan, do you have any plans to travel for the long weekend?
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Nah, I'm going to make this holiday a staycation.
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My last vacation outside the city was a lot of work lot of work.
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Well, I hope your staycation is a lot of fun.
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Hey, like the song.
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Staycation all I ever wanted.
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Staycation meant to be spent at home.
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Okay, okay, enough.
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A staycation is a vacation spent visiting places in your local area.
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It combines the words stay and vacation.
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And that's English in a minute.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “English in a Minute: Staycation”. This video has 14 sentences and 115 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:54. The speaker talks at a steady 129 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
11 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| vacation noun | /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ | An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure. |
| combine verb | /kəmˈbaɪn/ | To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite. |
| staycation noun | /ˌsteɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ | A vacation spent at or close to home. |
| holiday noun | /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/ | A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed. |
| minute noun | /ˈmɪnɪt/ | A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). |
| travel verb | /ˈtɹævəl/ | To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another. |
| welcome | /ˈwɛl.kəm/ | Greeting given upon someone's arrival. |
| weekend noun | /ˈwiˌkɛnd/ | The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday. |
| beach noun | /ˈbiːt͡ʃ/ | The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly. |
| trip noun | /tɹɪp/ | A journey; an excursion or jaunt. |
| mountain noun | /ˈmaʊn.tɪn/ | An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of… |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be spent |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | I'm going to make |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, staycation /ˌsteɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
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 vacation, combine, staycation.
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.