Shadowing Practice: วิธีการเติม ingในคำศัพท์ที่ลงท้ายด้วย e #animation #english #learnenglish #cartoon - Learn English Speaking with Video

Creating lesson...
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Hi, Ben.
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You don't look well.
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Here, drink some water.
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Thank you, Emma.
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You're very caring.
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Emma is caring for her friend.
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Are you ready to play?
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Almost.
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I'm tuning my guitar.
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It sounds much better now.
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David is tuning his guitar.
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Can you water these flowers? Of course.
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Let's work together.
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Our garden looks beautiful.
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The students are cultivating the school garden.
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I'm judging your posters now.
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I hope you like mine.
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Great job!
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Your poster poster is creative.
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The teacher is judging the posters.
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Drop the final E before adding "ing." Caring!
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Judge!
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Judging!
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Cultivate!
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Cultivating!
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Tune!
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Tuning!
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Excellent work everyone!

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “วิธีการเติม ingในคำศัพท์ที่ลงท้ายด้วย e”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: poster, tuning, judging, caring. This video has 28 sentences and 103 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:45. The speaker talks at a steady 137 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.

Key vocabulary in this video

12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
tune noun/tjuːn/A melody.
poster noun/ˈpoʊstɚ/A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
guitar noun/ɡɪˈtɑɹ/A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
flower noun/ˈfloʊɚ/A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens…
cultivate verb/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/To grow plants, notably crops.
creative adjective/kɹiˈeɪtɪv/Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
judge verb/d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
garden noun/ˈɡɑː.d(ə)n/An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
drop noun/dɹɑp/A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
drink verb/ˈdɹɪŋk/To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
teacher noun/ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
excellent adjective/ˈɛk.sə.lənt/Having excelled, having surpassed.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
work together verbTo be coworkers with someone; to share a workspace with someone.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Are you ready to play?
  • Can you water these flowers?
  • I'm judging your posters now.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 tune, poster, guitar.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →