Shadowing Practice: Fun English Practice: Shadow Harry Potter's Best Scene - British Accent Pronunciation Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Well, how do you feel?
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Excellent.
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Really excellent.
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Remember?
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Slughorn usually eats early, takes a walk, and then returns to his office.
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Right.
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I'm going down to Hagrid's.
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What?
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No. Harry, you've got to go and speak to Slughorn.
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We have a plan.
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I know, but I've got a really good feeling about Hagrid's.
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I feel it's the place to be tonight.
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Do you know what I mean?
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No. But trust me, I know what I'm doing.
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Or Felix does.
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Listen again with subtitles and try to identify the stress words.
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No, Harry, you've got to go and speak to Slughorn.
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We have a plan.
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I know, but I've got a really good feeling about Hagrid's.
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I feel it's the place to be tonight.
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Do you know what I mean?
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No. But trust me, I know what I'm doing.
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Or Felix does.
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Now it's your turn.
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Repeat after each sentence and put the stress on the yellow words.
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Well, how do you feel?
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Excellent, really excellent.
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Remember, Slughorn usually eats early, takes a walk, and then returns to his office.
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Right, I'm going down to Hagrid's.
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What?
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No, Harry, you've got to go and speak to Slughorn.
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We have a plan.
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I know, but I've got a really good feeling about Hagrid.
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I feel it's the place to be tonight.
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Do you know what I mean?
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No. Trust me, I know what I'm doing.
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Or Felix does.
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Don't stop now.
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Click on the next video to take your English even closer to fluency.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Fun English Practice: Shadow Harry Potter's Best Scene - British Accent Pronunciation Practice”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Slughorn, excellent, Felix, Harry, tonight. This video has 40 sentences and 255 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:11. The speaker talks slowly, about 80 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 8 of its 40 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 9 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
distress noun/dɪˈstɹɛs/Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
fluency noun/ˈfluːənsi/The quality of smoothness of flow.
subtitle noun/ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/A heading below or after a title.
yellow adjective/ˈjɛloʊ/Of a yellow hue.
sentence noun/ˈsɛn.təns/The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
identify verb/aɪˈdɛn.(t)ə.faɪ/To establish the identity of someone or something.
repeat verb/ɹɪˈpiːt/To do or say again (and again).
excellent adjective/ˈɛk.sə.lənt/Having excelled, having surpassed.
click verb/klɪk/To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • I feel it's the place to be tonight.
  • Do you know what I mean?
  • Trust me, I know what I'm doing.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 12 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I've, you've. 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 distress, fluency, subtitle.

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 →