Shadowing Practice: Interests & Hobbies | Everyday Beginner English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I am interested in music and photography.
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When I am at home, I turn on my radio and listen to jazz music.
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Jazz is one of my favorite types of music.
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During the summer, our city has jazz concerts in the park.
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My family and I enjoy going to these events.
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When I go places, I usually take my camera with me.
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If I see something that interests me, I often take a photograph.
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Some of the things I take pictures of include: trees, flowers, and wildlife.
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I also enjoy taking photos of my children and sharing them with my family and friends.
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Recently, I took a photography class at the local university.
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My teacher’s name was Mrs. Robinson.
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She won many awards for her work as a photographer.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Interests & Hobbies”. This video has 12 sentences and 129 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:12. The speaker talks slowly, about 108 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| jazz noun | /d͡ʒæz/ | A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time… |
| photography noun | /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/ | The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| wildlife noun | /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/ | undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild. |
| photographer noun | /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/ | One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation. |
| photograph noun | /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ | A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc. |
| favourite adjective | /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ | Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.) |
| concert noun | /kənˈsɝt/ | An agreement in a design or plan; a union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; an accordance in a scheme; harmony; a simultaneous action. |
| photo verb | /ˈfəʊ̯.təʊ̯/ | To take a photograph of. |
| award noun | /əˈwɔɹd/ | A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. |
| camera noun | /ˈkæməɹə/ | A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs. |
| tree noun | /tɹiː/ | A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | enjoy taking |
Pronunciation to watch
- Long words — get the stress right: photography /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/, photographer /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/
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 jazz, photography, flower.
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.