Shadowing Practice: Learn English with Taylor Swift — Shadowing Practice Ep.9 🌟🎤🏆 - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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Want to sound more natural when speaking English?
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The fastest way is shadowing, imitating a native speaker's pronunciation and intonation.
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In this lesson, we'll practice with Taylor Swift's award acceptance speech you'll hear authentic American English.
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Emotional, inspiring, and full of everyday expressions.
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Here's how it works.
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You'll hear each line once.
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Then, you'll repeat it twice at a slower pace.
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Grab your notebook, get ready, and let's begin.
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I just want to say, first of all, to receive...
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Oh, thank you!
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i just want to say first of all to receive oh thank you
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i just want to say first of all to receive oh thank you
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i just want to say first of all to receive this award from melissa who
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i just want to say first of all to receive this award from melissa who
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i just want to say first of all to receive this award from melissa who
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you brought me so much happiness and everyone else so much happiness with your performances
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you brought me so much happiness and everyone else so much happiness with your performances
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you brought me so much happiness and everyone else so much happiness with your performances
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and i was so inspired by how much diligence and
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and work and effort and and love you have for what you do
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and i was so inspired by how much diligence and
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and work and effort and and love you have for what you do
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and I was so inspired by how much diligence and
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and work and effort and and love you have for what you do
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and and to be receiving artists of the year
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which is I love being an artist I love writing songs
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and and to be receiving artists of the year
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which is I love being an artist I love writing songs
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and and to be receiving artists of the year
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which is I love being an artist I love writing songs more than anything in the world
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and um more than anything in the world and more than anything in the world,
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and I didn't think I was an artist when I first started doing it.
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It was a hobby.
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I didn't think I was an artist when I first started doing it.
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It was a hobby.
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I didn't think I was an artist when I first started doing it.
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It was a hobby.
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It was a hobby and then it was my favorite hobby.
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It was a hobby and then it was my favorite hobby.
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It was a hobby and then it was my favorite hobby.
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And then it was what I would like rush home from school.
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And then it was what I would like rush home from school.
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and then it was what i would like rush home from school
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to do it's like i can't wait to get back to my guitar
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to do it's like i can't wait to get back to my guitar
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to do it's like i can't wait to get back to my guitar
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when i was 12 years old i had the luxury When I was 12 years old,
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I had the luxury When I was 12 years old, I had the luxury
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Of spending thousands of hours working at my craft
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Of spending thousands of hours working at my craft of spending thousands of hours working at my craft.
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Practicing making mistakes, practicing making mistakes,
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practicing making mistakes through trial and error.
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And that was all completely unobserved through trial and error.
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And that was all completely unobserved through trial and error.
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And and that was all completely unobserved.
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Right.
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So that was just me and my craft.
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Right.
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So that was just me and my craft.
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Right.
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So that was just me and my craft.
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and i just i'm looking out into this crowd and i just i'm looking out into this crowd
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and i just i'm looking out into this crowd and i'm seeing so many ambitious cool smart awesome people who have dreams
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and i'm seeing so many ambitious cool smart awesome people who have dreams
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and i'm seeing so many ambitious cool smart awesome people who have dreams
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like we we live in this world where there's so much immediate feedback
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like we we live in this world where there's so much immediate feedback
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like we we live in this world where there's so much immediate feedback
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constantly like you get feedback for everything you share with the world now like
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constantly like you get feedback for everything you share with the world now like constantly.
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Like you get feedback for everything you share with the world now.
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Everything you post, you get feedback, whether it's good or bad or whatever.
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I just want to say if I had everything you post, you get feedback, whether it's good or bad or whatever.
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I just want to say if I had everything you post, you get feedback, whether it's good or bad or whatever.
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I just want to say, if I had one hope for you,
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I would say that I hope
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that you get to nurture your hobby and your passion.
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I would say that I hope that you get to nurture your hobby
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and your passion I would say that I hope that you get to nurture your hobby and your passion
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just between you and that craft and you give yourself time just between you and that craft and you give yourself time
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just between you and that craft and you give yourself time
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give yourself time to make mistakes give yourself time to hone your craft
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give yourself time to make mistakes give yourself time to hone your craft
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give yourself time to make mistakes give yourself time to hone your craft
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firm believer that anything you feed your mind
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firm believer that anything you feed your mind firm believer that anything you feed your mind
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it will internalize anything you feed the internet it will attempt to kill
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it will internalize anything you feed the internet it will attempt to kill
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it will internalize anything you feed the internet it will attempt to kill
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and i don't want that for your dreams
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and i don't want that for your dreams and i don't want that for your dreams
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thank you for allowing me to thank you for allowing me to thank you for allowing me to
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Turn my hobby into a love, into a passion, into a dream, into a career.
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Turn my hobby into a love, into a passion, into a dream, into a career.
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Turn my hobby into a love, into a passion, into a dream, into a career.
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Thank you for allowing me to have it this long.
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Thank you for allowing me to have it this long Thank you for allowing me to have it this long
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And I wish you the best with everything you do Thank you so much for this amazing,
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amazing night And I wish you the best with everything you do Thank you so much for this amazing, amazing night.
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And I wish you the best with everything you do.
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Thank you so much for this amazing, amazing night.
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Don't stop here.
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The next episode has even more phrases that native speakers use every day.
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Tap the next video and keep practicing.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn English with Taylor Swift — Shadowing Practice Ep.9 🌟🎤🏆”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hobby, craft, feedback, artist, dream. This video has 104 sentences and 1222 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:04. The speaker talks at a steady 110 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| hobby noun | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. |
| craft noun | /ˈkɹæft/ | Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning… |
| feedback noun | /ˈfiːdˌbæk/ | Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results. |
| happiness noun | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. |
| passion noun | /ˈpæʃən/ | A true desire sustained or prolonged. |
| inspire verb | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by… |
| 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). |
| rush verb | /ɹʌʃ/ | To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. |
| luxury noun | /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/ | Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create. |
| ambitious adjective | /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ | Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction. |
| believer noun | /bɪˈlivɚ/ | A person who believes; especially regarding religion. |
| diligence noun | /ˈdɪlɪd͡ʒəns/ | Steady application; industry; careful work involving long-term effort. |
| everyday adjective | /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ | Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| shadow noun | /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ | A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You'll hear each line once.
- Then, you'll repeat it twice at a slower pace.
- Grab your notebook, get ready, and let's begin.
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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| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who have |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | The fastest · the best |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | love writing · keep practicing |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | we'll practice · You'll hear · you'll repeat |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 20 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: passion /ˈpæʃən/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, luxury /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/, ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/
- Long words — get the stress right: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, internalize /ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
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 hobby, craft, feedback.
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.