Shadowing Practice: Improve your Speaking At Home with this simple method / English Speaking Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey everyone, today I'm going to give you the dialogue type of video with which you're already familiar with.
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If you're not, on the other hand, here's a video you can watch where I explain this format at the beginning of it.
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So, in this video, you and I are going to be practicing your speaking.
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We're going to work on ordering a drink at Starbucks
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and the following dialogue is a real conversation I had with a barista at Starbucks.
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I'm a huge coffee drinker, so ordering coffee is just what I do on a regular basis.
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So for my fellow coffee lovers, this dialogue will be very worthwhile practicing.
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And the way it works is one line is for me and the other one is for you.
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You will see them on the screen.
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I'm gonna say my line and you're gonna read your line on the screen out loud.
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And that's gonna be your response.
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And then vice versa.
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The first line will be yours and the second mine.
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So let's start.
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Hey, how are you doing today?
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Great.
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What can I get for you?
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Yes, it is sweet.
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But we also have just cold brew black with nothing added to it.
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In this drink, however, the vanilla creamer that goes into it is already sweet.
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Yes, we have coconut and almond milk.
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Let me check.
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Yes, it says that they both contain 5 grams of sugar.
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Sounds great.
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Oh, I personally love caramel ribbon crunch Frappuccino.
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It's my absolute favorite.
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Also, if you like cinnamon, you can add cinnamon and it just makes the taste richer.
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Oh, definitely vanilla sweet cream cold brew.
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Okay, here's your coffee.
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Thank you!
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You two have a great rest of the day.
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And now, you go first.
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Hey, I'm good.
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Does this cold brew drink on the menu come with sugar?
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Okay, do you have any kind of dairy-free milk? Are they also sweet?
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Okay, well that's not too bad.
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Then I'll have Cold Brew Black with coconut milk.
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Do you mind me asking what your favorite drink is or which one would you recommend most?
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All right, thank you.
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And what's the most popular these days?
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Thank you.
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Have a great day.
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Hey, how are you doing today?
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Hey, I'm good.
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Great.
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What can I get for you?
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Does this cold brew drink on the menu come with sugar?
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Yes, it is sweet.
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But we also have just cold brew black with nothing added to it.
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In this drink, however, the vanilla creamer that goes into it is already sweet.
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Okay, do you have any kind of dairy-free milk?
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Yes, we have coconut and almond milk.
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Are they also sweet?
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Let me check.
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Yes, it says that they both contain five grams of sugar.
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Okay, well, that's not too bad.
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Then I'll have cold brew black with coconut milk.
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Sounds great.
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Do you mind me asking what your favorite drink is or which one would you recommend most?
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Oh, I personally love caramel ribbon crunch frappuccino.
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It's my absolute favorite.
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Also, if you like cinnamon, you can add cinnamon and it just makes the taste richer.
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All right.
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Thank you.
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And what's the most popular these days?
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Oh, definitely vanilla sweet cream cold brew.
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Okay, here's your coffee.
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Thank you.
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Have a great day.
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Thank you.
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You too have a great rest of the day.
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Okay, that's gonna be it for this video.
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I hope it was useful and you enjoyed practicing your speaking skills with me.
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If that was the case, give this video a like, subscribe if you aren't yet, and you know, share it with your friends ring the bell
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and i'll see you in the next one bye we're gonna work on ordering a drink at starbucks
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and the following dialogue is a real alexander thank you
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Improve your Speaking At Home with this simple method / English Speaking Practice”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: brew, drink, sweet, cold, milk. This video has 76 sentences and 643 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:53. The speaker talks slowly, about 109 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 14 of its 76 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| brew verb | /bɹuː/ | To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water. |
| cinnamon noun | /ˈsɪnəmən/ | A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae. |
| vanilla noun | /vəˈnɪl.ə/ | Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in… |
| coconut noun | /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/ | A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. |
| dialogue noun | /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ | A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals. |
| caramel noun | /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/ | A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky. |
| creamer noun | /ˈkɹiː.mɚ/ | A jug for holding cream. |
| frappuccino noun | /ˌfɹæpəˈt͡ʃinoʊ/ | An iced coffee drink made with cappuccino blended with other ingredients, such as flavored syrups and whipped cream. |
| almond noun | /ˈɑ(l).mənd/ | The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut. |
| crunch verb | /kɹʌnt͡ʃ/ | To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound. |
| gram noun | /ˈɡɹæm/ | A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g. |
| ribbon noun | /ˈɹɪbən/ | A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping. |
| dairy noun | /ˈdɛə.ɹi/ | (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk. |
| menu noun | /ˈmɛn.juː/ | The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. |
| barista noun | /bəˈɹis.tə/ | A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Hey, how are you doing today?
- What can I get for you?
- Then I'll have cold brew black with coconut milk.
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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| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the most popular |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | I'm going to give · are going to be · We're going to work |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will be · will see · I'll have |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, I'm, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 brew, cinnamon, vanilla.
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.