Shadowing Practice: Irregular Verbs Song Part 2 by The Teacher İhsan - Learn English Speaking with Video
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This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Irregular Verbs Song Part 2 by The Teacher İhsan”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: spell, ring, throw, send, paid. This video has 24 sentences and 422 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:20. The speaker talks at a steady 127 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| spell noun | /spɛl/ | Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. |
| verb noun | /vɝb/ | A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| stamp noun | /stæmp/ | An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof. |
| rhythm noun | /ˈɹɪð.əm/ | The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter. |
| lure noun | /lʊə/ | Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure. |
| seesaw noun | /ˈsi.sɔ/ | A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down. |
| teach verb | /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ | To pass on knowledge to. |
| sing verb | /ˈsɪŋ/ | To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. |
| loud adjective | /ˈlaʊ̯d/ | Of great intensity. |
| repeat verb | /ɹɪˈpiːt/ | To do or say again (and again). |
| seek verb | /ˈsiːk/ | To try to find; to look for; to search for. |
| stronger adjective | /stɹɔŋɡɚ/ | Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former. |
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 spell, verb, steal.
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.










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