Shadowing Practice: Improve Your English Listening & Speaking - Listen and Repeat - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey learners and welcome to English Fluency Teacher.
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Now today's shadowing sentences will remind you that learning is about progress, not perfection.
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So let's shadow these sentences.
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Small steps make big changes.
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Every word you practice counts.
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You don't need to be perfect, just persistent.
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Learning is a journey, not a race.
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Celebrate how far you've come.
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fluency is built through patience and passion
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keep going and your efforts will shine through so excellent
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Improve Your English Listening & Speaking - Listen and Repeat”. This video has 11 sentences and 88 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:22. The speaker talks slowly, about 64 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| shadow noun | /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ | A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. |
| passion noun | /ˈpæʃən/ | A true desire sustained or prolonged. |
| remind verb | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person). |
| patience noun | /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/ | The quality of being patient. |
| shine verb | /ʃaɪn/ | To emit or reflect light so as to glow. |
| perfection noun | /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/ | The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence. |
| persistent adjective | /pəˈsɪstənt/ | Obstinately refusing to give up or let go. |
| encouragement noun | [ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt] | The act of encouraging |
| motivate verb | /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ | To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate. |
| fluency noun | /ˈfluːənsi/ | The quality of smoothness of flow. |
| learner noun | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | One who is learning; one receiving instruction. |
| sentence noun | /ˈsɛn.təns/ | The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. |
| journey noun | /ˈd͡ʒɝni/ | A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage. |
| celebrate verb | /ˈsɛl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/ | To extol or honour in a solemn manner. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've come |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is built |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will remind · will shine |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | need to be |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, passion /ˈpæʃən/, patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/, shine /ʃaɪn/, perfection /pɚˈfɛk.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 shadow, passion, remind.
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.