Shadowing Practice: Grade 6- Unit 3- Skills 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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22 sentences
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1
My first day at the Super Summer Camp!
2
Hi, Mom and Dad!
3
Here I am at the Super Summer Camp!
4
Mr. Black asked us to write emails in English!
5
Wow, everything here is in English!
6
I have some new friends.
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Jimmy, Fong, they're in the photo.
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Jimmy has blonde hair and blue eyes.
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He's clever and creative.
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He likes taking photos.
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Fong is the tall boy.
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He's sporty and plays basketball very well.
13
Nyeung has curly black hair.
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She's kind.
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She shared her lunch with me today.
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We're having fun!
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Jimmy's taking photos of me.
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Phong's reading a comic book, and Nyeung's playing the violin.
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I must go now.
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Please write soon.
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Love!
22
Nam!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Grade 6- Unit 3- Skills 1”. This video has 22 sentences and 114 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:50. The speaker talks at a steady 137 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
jimmy noun/ˈd͡ʒɪmi/A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.
comic noun/ˈkɑmɪk/A comedian.
clever adjective/ˈklɛv.ɚ/Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.
violin noun/ˌvaɪ.əˈlɪn/A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
curly adjective/ˈkɝli/Having curls.
blond adjective/blɑnd/Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
sporty adjective/ˈspɔɹti/Fond of sports.
email noun/ˈiˌmeɪl/A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet…
lunch noun/lʌnt͡ʃ/A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
creative adjective/kɹiˈeɪtɪv/Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
basketball noun/ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
tall adjective/tɔl/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…

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 jimmy, comic, clever.

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 →