Shadowing Practice: How to make English a daily habit - Learn English Speaking with Video
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hello everyone
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and welcome to my channel today i want to talk about
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how to make english a daily habit it's okay to learn english with a book
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or with a grammar book but you also have to learn english
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while you entertain yourself it can be with videos books social media
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because that's when you start making english part of your daily life
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so the first topic that i want to talk about is social media
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because i think it's the best way to learn new words new expressions phrasal verbs you can also understand humor
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and see how people talk in real life so the first tip
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that i want to give you is that you start following people
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that you like influencers that you like
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that speak english you can start following people you find interesting and also you're going to start training your algorithm.
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Because when you like or comment videos in English, you're going to have more videos in your for you page in English.
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That's what I do with German, for example.
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I learned German and I follow a lot of people who speak German.
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And so my for you page started being videos only in German.
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And that's how I learned a lot of expressions.
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And that's why right now I can understand humor or I can understand when people talk in real life.
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You can also participate in the comments.
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For example, if you watch a video in English
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and you find something funny or you want to give an idea or whatever it is, you can write it in the comments to practice your writing.
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We use TikTok, Instagram, YouTube more than one hour a day.
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So if you use it to learn English and you learn new expressions,
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you are going to be more productive and also you're going to learn new things every day.
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Also, your brain is going to get used to it,
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so English is not going to feel something external or something weird for your brain.
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It's going to be more natural because you're going to use it every day.
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The second part is serious.
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One of my favorite ways to practice English
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or any other language is watching one episode before going to sleep
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so I'm in bed maybe it's like 9
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or 10 p .m I want to relax
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and I watch an episode of a series I like for
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example in English right now I'm watching Desperate Housewives I love
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that series so every night before going to sleep I watch one episode
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and I don't write down the vocabulary that I don't know
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or I don't google things if I don't understand a word or an expression.
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I just watch it and I try to understand everything by context.
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Of course if you see
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that a word is repeated a lot of times you can just put it in the translator
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because you're going to learn a new word but don't worry if you don't understand everything.
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The ideal percentage when you watch an episode is
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that you understand between 60 or 70 percent
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and of course you should watch it with English subtitles because if you watch it with subtitles in your native language,
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for example Spanish, you're going to pay more attention to the subtitles instead of the audio.
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The third topic is books.
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I love books well of course I love all the topics
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that I'm talking about
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but books I love it one of my favorite hobbies is to read a book
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and then watch the movie so for example
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when I was younger the first books I read were the Harry Potter books
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so what I liked to do was to read the book
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and then watch the movie so
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when I read the book I could imagine everything by myself I didn't have like images in my head
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because of the movie so I was very creative
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and I could imagine the whole world and story in my head
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and then I watched the movies and it was very good
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because I already understood the story before watching the movie
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so it was easier to understand and also
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while I was reading I didn't check every word
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that I didn't know maybe
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if I saw the same word multiple times of course I wanted to know the translation
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but if it was only one word I didn't look it up
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because you are going to be tired and you the goal is
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that you read the book it doesn't matter you don't have to understand everything the first topic
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or idea is podcasts for example when I'm driving
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or cleaning I want to do something else
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and to be productive what I do is listening to a podcast in the language that I want to learn.
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For example, in my case, German or French or Portuguese.
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Of course, it's more difficult because you cannot read subtitles and also you're not watching a video,
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so you don't have a context and it's more difficult to understand.
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But you're going to train your ears because when you talk to native, of course, you won't have subtitles.
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So it's the best way to train your listening.
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So those were the ideas that I had and that I use with the languages that I practice and learn every day.
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I believe making English a daily habit is one of the best things you can achieve.
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If you study with a book or with a teacher two times a week
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and you are not in contact with the language the other days of the week, you're not going to learn English fast.
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So my advice is that you follow all the ideas that I just gave you.
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I hope you liked this video and I will see you in the next one.
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Bye bye!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 80 sentences and 979 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:03. The speaker talks at a natural 162 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 87% 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 |
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| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| habit noun | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | An action performed on a regular basis. |
| productive adjective | /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ | Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile. |
| podcast noun | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on… |
| humour noun | /ˈhjuːmɚ/ | The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. |
| percentage noun | /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/ | The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole. |
| audio adjective | /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/ | Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight. |
| ideal adjective | /aɪˈdi(ə)l/ | Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea. |
| ear noun | /ˈɪə̯/ | The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. |
| participate verb | /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ | To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something). |
| translation noun | /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/ | The conversion of text from one language to another. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| grammar noun | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general. |
| algorithm noun | /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/ | A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input… |
| hobby noun | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| write down verb | To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | start making · start following · started being |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | you're going to start · you're going to have · are going to be |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is watching · I'm watching · I'm talking |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 27 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, influencer /ˈɪnflu.ənsə(ɹ)/
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 topic, habit, productive.
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.