Shadowing Practice: Little fox single 2 L2 009 Things that fly - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Things that Fly
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The balloon flies into the clouds.
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The kite flies over the river.
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The bird flies to the nest.
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The eagle flies to the mountains.
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The helicopter flies to the hospital.
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The airplane flies to the airport.
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The spaceship flies into space.
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I fly over the hills

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Little fox single 2 L2 009 Things that fly”. This video has 9 sentences and 49 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:38.

Key vocabulary in this video

13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
cloud noun/ˈklaʊ̯d/A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
eagle noun/ˈiːɡəl/Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
helicopter noun/ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and…
nest noun/nɛst/A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
airplane noun/ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.
balloon noun/bəˈlun/An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
kite noun/ˈkiːtɛ/A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
spaceship nounA manned vehicle that flies through space.
bird noun/ˈbɜːd/An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of…
fly noun/ˈflaɪ̯/Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
airport noun/ˈɛɹ.pɔɹt/An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger…
hill noun/hɪl/An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
mountain noun/ˈmaʊn.tɪn/An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of…

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like cloud, eagle, helicopter.

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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