Shadowing Practice: Family and friends - unit 11 - lesson 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Listening 111.
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Listen and point.
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Listen and repeat.
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Elephant.
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Giraffe.
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Monkey.
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Big.
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Tall.
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Little.
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Listening 112.
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Listen and chant.
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elephant elephant elephant
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giraffe giraffe giraffe monkey monkey monkey monkey
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big big big tall tall tall Tall,
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tall, tall Little, little, little
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Listening 113 Listen and read The zoo!
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Great!
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I like animals!
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Look at the elephants, Billy.
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Oh, no. I don't like elephants.
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They're big.
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Look at the giraffes.
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Oh, I don't like giraffes.
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They're tall.
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Billy, you like animals, but you don't like elephants and you don't like giraffes.
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Haha, look over there.
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I like monkeys.
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I like monkeys.
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They're little and I'm little too.
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Yes, they're funny and you're funny too.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 30 sentences and 110 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:14. The speaker talks slowly, about 34 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 72% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

  • elephant /ˈɛlɪfənt/ (noun) — A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
  • monkey /ˈmʌŋki/ (noun) — A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails…
  • chant /t͡ʃænt/ (verb) — To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
  • giraffe /d͡ʒəˈɹæf/ (noun) — A ruminant in the genus Giraffa of the African savannah with long legs, a highly elongated neck, yellow fur patterned with dark spots typically in the form of…
  • tall /tɔl/ (adjective) — Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the feet to the very top of the head) when standing. (For instance, somebody with a height of…
  • haha — An onomatopoeic representation of laughter.
  • repeat /ɹɪˈpiːt/ (verb) — To do or say again (and again).
  • animal /ˈænɪməl/ (noun) — A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

  • look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
  • look over (verb) — To check quickly; to make a brief or cursory visual inspection of.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, they're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 elephant, monkey, chant.

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.

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