Shadowing Practice: Listening Practice Through Dictation 2 - 05 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 5.
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Jane Goodall.
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Jane Goodall went to Africa when she was 26 years old.
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She went there to research chimpanzees.
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At that time, no other women scientists worked there alone.
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At first, Jane studied the chimps from far away.
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The chimps were afraid of her.
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They ran away if she came close to them.
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After some time, the chimps saw that she was not going to hurt them.
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They let her walk near them.
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Soon, she was living among them.
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She wanted to learn more and more about them.
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Jane did a lot of research on chimps.
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She discovered many new things about them.
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She learned that each chimp has its own personality.
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She saw that they have feelings.
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Jane discovered that chimps have very close families.
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Mothers and fathers take good care of baby chimps.
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An adult female chimp will sometimes adopt an orphan.
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In 1977, Jane started an institute to help protect animals.
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She wanted to help animals all around the world.
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Today, this institute runs programs in over 70 countries.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Listening Practice Through Dictation 2 - 05”. This video has 22 sentences and 170 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:16. The speaker talks at a steady 134 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% 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
The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| discover verb | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | To find or learn something for the first time. |
| scientist noun | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research… |
| adopt verb | /əˈdɑpt/ | To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. |
| orphan noun | /ˈɔɹfən/ | A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died. |
| chimpanzee noun | /t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/ | Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape native to the savannas and forests of Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans… |
| personality noun | /ˌpɜɹ.səˈnæ.lə.ti/ | Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another. |
| animal noun | /ˈænɪməl/ | A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants… |
| institute noun | /ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/ | An organization founded to promote a cause |
| female noun | /ˈfiː.meɪl/ | An animal of the sex that produces eggs. |
| unit noun | /ˈjuː.nɪt/ | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
| hurt verb | /hɝt/ | To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury. |
| protect verb | /pɹəˈtɛkt/ | To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to. |
| adult noun | /ˈæd.ʌlt/ | An animal that is full-grown. |
| afraid adjective | /əˈfɹeɪd/ | Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| run away verb | To flee by running. |
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 discover, scientist, adopt.
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.