Shadowing Practice: German Garmendia - Supernova (COVER) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “German Garmendia - Supernova”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: supernova, Georgia, sky, loved, California. This video has 24 sentences and 276 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:16. The speaker talks at a steady 121 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| regret verb | /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ | To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. |
| sweat verb | /swɛt/ | To emit sweat. |
| freeze verb | /ˈfɹiːz/ | Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. |
| emotion noun | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. |
| notion noun | /ˈnoʊʃən/ | Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. |
| motive noun | /ˈmoʊtɪv/ | An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action. |
| overhead noun | /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/ | The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided. |
| atlas noun | /ˈætləs/ | A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text. |
| manifest noun | /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/ | A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship. |
| maze noun | /ˈmeɪz/ | A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through. |
| erosion noun | /ɪˈɹəʊʒən/ | The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face. |
| supernova noun | /ˌsuː.pə(ɹ)ˈnəʊ.və/ | A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed. |
| drench verb | /dɹɛnt͡ʃ/ | To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink. |
| backstretch noun | /ˈbækstɹɛt͡ʃ/ | Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”). |
| commotion noun | /kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/ | A state of turbulent motion. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| walk through verb | To explain (something) to (someone), step by step. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been waking · I've been going |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've been |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as I've, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, notion /ˈnoʊʃən/, erosion /ɪˈɹəʊʒən/, commotion /kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/
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 regret, sweat, freeze.
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.