Shadowing Practice: Learn Real-Life English: Everyday Activities | Comprehensible Input - Learn English Speaking with Video

Creating lesson...
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In this video we're gonna learn speaking English and I will get ready
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and show you my routine
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and I will give you a very special worksheet of this video so let's go I'm asleep the alarm goes off
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I wake up.
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Then I don't want to wake up actually so I hit the snooze button and I sleep in.
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But this time that the alarm goes off I have to wake up.
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So I yawn and I turn off the alarm clock.
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Oh hi, so I just woke up
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or in the normal time I wake up every day at 6 a.m
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but today it's not 6 a.m right now
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and I woke up at 9 a.m and now I want to get up so
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oh I got up and now I'm sitting on my bed and
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I'm still tired.
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When you hear this voice the alarm goes off and you dismiss it.
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So I dismiss the alarm or turn off the alarm and I wake up.
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or sometimes like what I did the first time I just snooze the alarm
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and I sleep for another five or ten minutes.
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Usually after I wake up I stretch and I rub my eyes.
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I don't know why but It feels really, really good when you do these after you wake up.
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And then I take the blanket off myself and I get out of my bed.
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So right now I'm getting out of my bed.
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The first thing I do after I get out of bed or get out of my bed is to make the bed.
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So what is make the bed?
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See and watch what I do so that you understand.
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So let me just tuck in the edges.
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So this way the wrinkles go away.
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And now it's time to fold the blanket.
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That's it.
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We also can fluff the pillow so that it looks better.
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and put the pillows in their place.
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Now I want you to repeat after me.
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I wake up.
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I rub my eyes.
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I'm still tired.
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I yawn.
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I get out of bed and I make the bed.
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Excellent!
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And now I'm walking out of my room.
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Why?
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Because I want to walk to the bathroom.
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Why?
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Because I want to do my morning routine.
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This is a handle and this is the door.
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I'm going to pull down the handle and I'm going to push the door.
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Actually, it's not really pushing.
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It's just applying some small amount of energy.
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So it's not called to push.
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And I open the door.
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So I opened the door of the bathroom and...
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Oh.
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I turned on the light.
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And now I turn off the light.
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Turn on, turn off.
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Turn on, turn off.
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Turn on, turn off.
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So yeah, I turn on the light.
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and I turn on the fan.
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So I turned on the fan because I don't want any bad smells to stay inside the toilet,
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inside the bathroom.
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So now let's do my morning routine.
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The first thing I do is that I go to the bathroom and I stand in front of the sink.
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This is the bathroom sink and this is the water tap.
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So I turn on the tap and the water flows out.
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I'm going to wash my face.
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First, I wash my hands and then I wash my face.
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I splash some water on my face too.
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After I wash my face,
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I grab my toothbrush, I take off its lid.
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and this is the toothbrush.
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I take a toothpaste, we call these toothpaste or tooth gel.
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So let me twist it off and put some on the toothbrush.
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I twist it on.
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This is the lid, okay?
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And I have to press the tooth gel out of its package.
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I put it back and it's time to brush my teeth.
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I'm done with the brushing and now it's time to wash the toothbrush.
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Then I fill my mouth with water
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and I rinse out my mouth in order to wash it and clear it of the foam.
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And finally my teeth are as bright as crystal.
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So after brushing my teeth,
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it's time to come out of the bathroom.
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I take a towel.
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So this is a towel.
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And I dry my face.
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I dried my face and I put the towel back in its place.
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The next thing I do is to grab a trimmer,
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this is a trimmer and go back to the bathroom and trim my beard.
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Manscape.
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We call it to manscape yourself or to manscape your beard.
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As I told you it's time to manscape and make myself and my face look neat and clean.
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So I'm going to use the trimmer in order to trim these stray beard hairs and yeah let's go.
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So I'm trimming the stray beard hairs and as you can see now it is cleaning.
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And right now I'm trimming and sharpening my hairline.
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And actually I can adjust its power.
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So right now it is on.. hey.. it is on 7,000 rounds per minute.
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But I'm not gonna increase or decrease it.
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And actually I'm not going to trim the beard here because it's gonna take a lot of time for me.
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I'm not gonna do that today.
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Actually the next thing I do after I trim my face and I manscape is to make and prepare breakfast.
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I'm going to make some fried egg and sometimes I just have my breakfast with cheese.
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Breakfast cheese, not mozzarella or other kinds of cheese.
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And today actually I prefer eating cheese and if you want to see how I can,
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I mean if you want to see the process of making cooking egg,
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you can watch this video and learn the new vocabulary about frying an egg.
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After having breakfast, it's time to do some skin care routine.
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So the only thing I apply to my skin, my face I mean, is this moisturizer.
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What is moisturizer?
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It supplies water to your skin.
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It makes your skin moist.
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So I'm going to apply a little bit of this moisturizer to my skin, but I think it's expired.
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No, it isn't.
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So when something is expired, it cannot be used anymore.
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So this way I rub the cream and I apply it to my skin.
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Actually sometimes I get too lazy and I don't do my skin care routine
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and actually it's not a routine it's just one simple product
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that I apply to my skin and when there is extra I just scrub and rub it on my hands.
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So yeah, you know, because my skin is too dry, that's why I apply some moisturizer every day.
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This is a comb.
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So the next thing I do is to comb my hair.
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But I don't like comb, so let's take a brush.
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This is a hairbrush and I brush my hair.
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I want you to tell me and type in the comments, what do you call a brush, a hairbrush in your language?
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I'm really curious to know about it.
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And sometimes if my hair is wet because of taking a shower,
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I use a blow dryer.
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And with a brush, I blow dry and style my hair, which I'm not going to use today.
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I did everything, my skincare routine, my combing and styling.
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Now it's time to go to the closet and get ready, get dressed.
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Let's go.
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So far, I woke up, I had breakfast, I washed my face,
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I brushed my teeth, I trimmed my beard,
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I applied moisturizer, I combed and brushed my hair, and I told you, if I take a shower,
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I would also use a blow dryer to blow dry my hair and style it.
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See you in the classroom room this is my closet room
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and here we have a lot of clothes hangers on a clothes track
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and I'm choosing what I want to wear actually to be honest I have chosen what I want to wear and
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I want to put on, I want to wear this shirt,
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this navy shirt with these trousers.
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Remember, these kind of clothes,
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we use plural nouns and we use plural s.
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So, these are trousers, pants, or if they are jeans, we can say they are or these are jeans.
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And another way to call them is to say a pair of trousers.
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a pair of trousers.
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And I'm going to use this belt around my hip.
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So yeah, this is a belt.
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It's a leather belt.
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Now I'm going to get ready.
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So I got dressed.
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The present form is I get dressed.
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And if you're doing it right now, if you're in the process, I'm getting dressed.
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And I'm folding my sleeve.
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So this is a sleeve.
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So these are sleeves and I'm folding it up.
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You know, I don't like when they cover all my arms.
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So that's why I fold them up.
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And I wear a watch all the time.
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And this is my favorite watch.
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And yeah, I'm wearing a watch.
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Remember, we don't say other stuff or other verbs.
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We wear a watch.
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And finally, the last thing I do before going out is to wear perfume or cologne.
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So this is my cologne and I spray it out and I smell well.
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And that's it for today's video.
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Master Everyday English Speaking with This Real-Life Routine Clip

This video is perfect for learners aiming to nail natural conversational flow—a key milestone for fluency, whether you’re prepping for IELTS speaking practice or just want to sound more like a native. By focusing on a morning routine, it teaches you how to describe common activities in a relaxed, authentic way—no stiff textbook phrases here. You’ll learn to connect actions smoothly, just like people do in real life, which is crucial for sounding confident when talking about your own day.

Phrase Bank: Reusable Expressions for Your Daily Talk

  • "The alarm goes off" (instead of "the alarm rings")
  • "Hit the snooze button" and "sleep in" (for those extra minutes in bed)
  • "Rub my eyes" and "stretch" (describing how you feel when waking up)
  • "Make the bed" (including "tuck in the edges" and "fluff the pillow")
  • "Dismiss the alarm" (a natural alternative to "turn off")

These phrases are gold for shadow speak practice—repeat them out loud as you watch to mimic the rhythm and tone. They’re also easy to adapt: swap "bed" for "couch" or "alarm" for "phone" to fit your own routine.

Fix Your Weak Spots: Pronunciation & Rhythm Tips

One common issue learners face is making "everyday" sound too formal. This video helps you soften your speech by focusing on connected speech—like how "I wake up" flows into "I rub my eyes" without pausing. Try the shadowing technique: play a short clip, pause, and repeat it immediately, matching the speed and stress. For extra practice, use a shadowing app to record yourself and compare it to the video. Pay attention to how the speaker shortens "I’m gonna" and "don’t want to"—these contractions make your speech sound more natural, a must for IELTS speaking practice and real-world conversations. With these tips, you’ll go from memorizing phrases to using them effortlessly.

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 →