Shadowing Practice: G7 U6 Des 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This picture shows a visit to a lower secondary school.

The school is big, clean, and beautiful.

There are many trees, flowers, and students in the schoolyard.

A teacher is showing some visiting students around the school.

The students look happy and interested.

There are many school facilities in the picture.

I can see a school library, a computer room, a school garden, a playground, a sports area, and a large school building.

In the school library, some students are reading books.

In the computer room, students are using computers and learning how to use information technology.

In the school garden, some students are watering vegetables and plants.

In the sports area, other students are playing sports and doing outdoor activities.

I think the computer room is different from the school library.

The computer room has computers, so students can learn how to use the internet.

The school library has many books, so students can read and find information.

I like this school very much because it looks modern and friendly.

I would like to study at this school because it has many useful facilities.

My favorite place is the school library because I like reading books and learning new things.

After class, I would like to play in the sports area because it is fun and good for my health.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

The speaker keeps coming back to these words: students, computer, library, sports, books. This video has 18 sentences and 221 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:20. The speaker talks at a natural 165 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
flower noun	/ˈfloʊɚ/	A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens…
outdoor adjective	/aʊtˈdɔː/	Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.
vegetable noun	/ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/	A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice…
playground noun	/ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/	A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides).
schoolyard noun		The grounds around a school.
facility noun	/fəˈsɪlɪti/	The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
friendly adjective	/ˈfɹɛnd.li/	Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
favourite adjective	/ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/	Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
secondary adjective	/ˈsɛkənˌdɛɹi/	Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
computer noun	/kəmˈpju.tɚ/	A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large…
library noun	/ˈlaɪˌbɹɛɹ.i/	An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various…
sport noun	/spoɹt/	Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
garden noun	/ˈɡɑː.d(ə)n/	An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
clean adjective	/kliːn/	Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
plant noun	/plɑːnt/	An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a…

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	is showing · are reading · are using

Pronunciation to watch

Long words — get the stress right: facility /fəˈsɪlɪti/, secondary /ˈsɛkənˌdɛɹi/, activity /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like flower, outdoor, vegetable.

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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