Shadowing Practice: FAMILY AND FRIEND 4 INTER CLASS BOOK Track 17 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Listening 17.
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Listen and number.
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Number 1.
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Last month there was a festival in the park.
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From my house you could hear drums, trumpets and singing.
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There were lots of people there.
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I went with my mum and dad.
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We saw a band playing.
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Number two It's the weekend and these children are going to the park with their parents.
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They usually go by car.
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They love listening to music and singing during the journey.
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Number 3.
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Sandy has her piano lessons every Tuesday after school.
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She practices for about 30 minutes every day.
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She usually practices after she has her dinner.
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But she doesn't practice on Saturdays.
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Number four.
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These three cousins can all play the recorder.
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They all have lessons at school.
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They play very well.
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Often they play for their parents, and last month they played in a school concert.
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Their parents are very proud of them.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “FAMILY AND FRIEND 4 INTER CLASS BOOK Track 17”. This video has 22 sentences and 146 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:27. The speaker talks slowly, about 101 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| cousin noun | /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ | Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a… |
| piano noun | /piˈænɪː/ | A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers… |
| sandy adjective | /ˈsændi/ | Covered with sand. |
| drum noun | /ˈdɹʌm/ | A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone. |
| bind verb | /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ | To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
| recorder noun | /ɹiˈkɔɹ.dəɹ/ | An apparatus for recording; a device which records. |
| trumpet noun | /ˈtɹʌmpɪt/ | A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not… |
| sing verb | /ˈsɪŋ/ | To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. |
| journey noun | /ˈd͡ʒɝni/ | A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| dinner noun | /ˈdɪnɚ/ | The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening. |
| proud adjective | /ˈpɹaʊ̯d/ | Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified. |
| festival noun | /ˈfɛstəvəl/ | A feast or feast day. |
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, cousin, piano.
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.