Shadowing Practice: HƯỚNG DẪN PHÁT ÂM BÀI NO MATTER HOW - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 35 sentences and 413 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:33. The speaker talks at a steady 116 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

9 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (noun) — The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
• mistake /mɪˈsteɪk/ (noun) — An error.
• laugh /læf/ (verb) — To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and…
• repeat /ɹɪˈpiːt/ (verb) — To do or say again (and again).
• defeat /dɪˈfiːt/ (verb) — To overcome in battle or contest.
• improve /ɪmˈpɹuːv/ (verb) — To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
• memory /ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/ (noun) — The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
• terrible /ˈtɛɹəbəl/ (adjective) — Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome
• hurt /hɝt/ (verb) — To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• keep on (verb) — To persist or continue.
• give up (verb) — To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
• come with (verb) — To join and come along.
• look at (verb) — To observe or watch.

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 pronunciation, mistake, laugh.