Shadowing Practice: How to add Google Reviews to your website? [Quick tutorial - 2025] - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, I'm Jenny from Trustindex, and I'm here to guide you through a simple method to seamlessly embed Google reviews into your website.
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We're going to create this slider widget, which displays your latest Google reviews, boosting your visitors' trust and your sales.
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The Write a Review button will help you collect more reviews.
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As a first step, connect your Google Business Profile to Trustindex, so we can download and keep your reviews up to date.
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Start typing your Google business name until it shows up in the drop -down list.
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Then select your company.
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Below the field you can check if we have found your profile.
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Then click the connect button.
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The Google reviews have been downloaded.
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Now let's create a widget.
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Choose from a variety of widget layouts.
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Badge, button, grid, list, sidebar, slider, and more.
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Just pick the one that best fits your needs.
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I'm choosing one of the most popular widgets, the slider with a header.
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In the next step, you can choose from pre -configured widget styles, which you can then customize further in the widget editor.
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I'm giving the widget a name, and then I'll set it to display only positive reviews.
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You can set the widget to display reviews only in a specific language, or translate all reviews into one language.
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In the editor's drop -down menu, you'll find even more extensive customization options.
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Once you're done, click the Save and Get Code button.
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Click the Copy button to copy the widget embed code to the clipboard.
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Now let's go and embed the widget into the website.
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Find the right place where you want to display the widget.
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Make sure that the block where you paste it can display HTML elements.
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Let's save the changes and see the result.
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The widget will appear on the website.
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Now you can show your visitors that your business is trustworthy, increasing conversions and sales.
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This is how easily you can embed your Google reviews.
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And if you find this tutorial helpful, don't forget to give it a thumbs up create a trust index account
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and build your own widget now you'll find the link in the description below
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “How to add Google Reviews to your website?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: widget, Review, Google, button, display. This video has 29 sentences and 362 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:23. The speaker talks at a natural 151 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| connect verb | /kəˈnɛkt/ | To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. |
| visitor noun | /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/ | Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest. |
| element noun | /ˈɛləmənt/ | One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. |
| select verb | /sɪˈlɛkt/ | To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options. |
| helpful adjective | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | Furnishing help; giving aid; useful. |
| boost verb | /buːst/ | To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| menu noun | /ˈmɛn.juː/ | The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. |
| conversion noun | /kənˈvɝʒən/ | The act of converting something or someone. |
| grid noun | /ɡɹɪd/ | A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle. |
| layout noun | /ˈleɪ.aʊt/ | A structured arrangement of items within certain limits. |
| badge noun | /bæd͡ʒ/ | A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization. |
| thumb noun | /ˈθʌm/ | The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers. |
| translate verb | /tɹænzˈleɪt/ | To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another. |
| pasta noun | /ˈpɑ.stə/ | Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drop down verb | To sail, move, or row down a coast, or down a river to the sea. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you'll, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thumb /ˈθʌm/, trustworthy /ˈtɹʌst.wɜː.ði/
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 connect, visitor, element.
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.