Shadowing Practice: Generation pantado - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 1, Lesson 1a, Exercise 4.
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In your opinion, when is the best age for young people to leave home?
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Well, it obviously depends on the circumstances, but I wouldn't advise young people to be in a hurry to leave home.
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The advantage of living with your parents, even when you're working, is that you can save money.
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It can benefit your parents too, as you can pay them rent and also help out with housework and so on.
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But I would say that your late twenties would be a good time to leave home.
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What's the best age to learn to drive, do you think?
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Well, my brother learned to drive as soon as he could, at the age of seventeen but he couldn't afford a car until he was 21.
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When he finally bought one, he'd forgotten a lot of what he'd been taught and had to have more lessons before he felt confident to drive.
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So, I'd say wait till you are in your early 20s when you can afford a car.
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What's the best stage to start a family, in your opinion?
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I think most couples wait a few years before they start a family, and I think that's quite sensible.
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It's important to settle down first and have a nice home,
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and most people find themselves in that situation when they're between about 30 and 35.
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4. In your opinion, what's the best age to buy a house or flat?
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most young couples in the UK want to own their own home
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and they usually try to do this when they are about 30
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or so and they are settled in their careers
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and I think that's about the right age before that they don't usually have enough money
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Generation pantado”. This video has 19 sentences and 287 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:08. The speaker talks at a steady 134 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 4 of its 19 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| settle verb | /ˈsɛtəl/ | To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc). |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| depend verb | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| hurry verb | /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ | To do things quickly. |
| sensible adjective | /ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl/ | Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability. |
| circumstance noun | /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ | Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event. |
| housework noun | /ˈhaʊsˌwɝk/ | domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking |
| afford verb | /əˈfoɹd/ | To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as… |
| teach verb | /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ | To pass on knowledge to. |
| twenty noun | /ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i] | The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29). |
| rent noun | /ˈɹɛnt/ | A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property. |
| opinion noun | /əˈpɪn.jən/ | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. |
| unit noun | /ˈjuː.nɪt/ | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
| advice noun | /ədˈvaɪs/ | An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful. |
| benefit noun | /ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪt/ | An advantage; help or aid from something. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| settle down verb | To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness. |
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 | been taught · are settled |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as he'd, couldn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: twenty /ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i], obviously /ˈɑ(b).vi(.)əs.li/
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 settle, lesson, depend.
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.