Shadowing Practice: Love Songs Mashup🤍 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Love Songs Mashup🤍”. This video has 10 sentences and 99 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:44. The speaker talks at a steady 135 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 3 of its 10 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ordinary adjective | /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ | Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases. |
| bury verb | /ˈbɛɹi/ | To outlive. |
| sailor noun | /ˈseɪ.lɚ/ | A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft. |
| feather noun | /ˈfɛðə/ | A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display. |
| smile verb | /ˈsmaɪl/ | To have (a smile) on one's face. |
| 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… |
| deserve verb | /dɪˈzɝv/ | To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have. |
| favourite adjective | /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ | Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.) |
| stupid adjective | /ˈstjuːpɪd/ | Lacking in intelligence. |
| mouth noun | /maʊθ/ | The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested. |
| till | /tɪl/ | Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). |
| stick noun | /stɪk/ | A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch. |
| taste noun | /teɪst/ | One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stick together verb | To physically combine or join together by adhesion. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as won't, didn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: feather /ˈfɛðə/, mouth /maʊθ/
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 ordinary, bury, sailor.
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.