Shadowing Practice: LUYỆN NGHE TIẾNG ANH CHO BÉ BÀI 16: Little Star - Learn English Speaking with Video

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18 sentences
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1
It is a quiet night.
2
A bright light shines in the dark sky.
3
A shooting star falls into the green grass.
4
The little squirrel runs to look.
5
Wow!
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A star!
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Poor little star.
8
You must miss your home.
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I will send you back to the sky.
10
He tied the star to a balloon.
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The squirrel takes a deep breath and lets it go.
12
Up, up, up.
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The balloon takes the star high in the sky.
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It's flying!
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It's flying!
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Thank you little squirrel.
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The star is home now.
18
Have you seen a shooting star?

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “LUYỆN NGHE TIẾNG ANH CHO BÉ BÀI 16: Little Star”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: star, squirrel, sky. This video has 18 sentences and 94 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:57. The speaker talks slowly, about 100 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
squirrel noun/ˈskwɪ.ɹ(ə)l/Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.
balloon noun/bəˈlun/An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
grass noun/ɡɹɑːs/Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as…
breathe verb/bɹiːð/To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
shine verb/ʃaɪn/To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
quiet adjective/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
bright adjective/ˈbɹaɪ̯t/Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
tie verb/taɪ/To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
fly noun/ˈflaɪ̯/Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
shoot verb/ʃut/To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowHave you seen
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionwill send
Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessarymust miss

Pronunciation to watch

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shine /ʃaɪn/, shoot /ʃut/

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 squirrel, balloon, grass.

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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