Shadowing Practice: My Dad is A Liar! - Learn English Speaking with Video
Choose a practice mode
Each mode opens a full-screen practice room.
Download App
Everything you need to speak fluently
Recommend Video
A2If Humans Cannot Lie
A2English Speaking Practice | Learn English | Improve Your English
A2One Story A Day | A Picture for Dad - Tiếng Anh Trẻ Em - Day 6
A2A Family's Worst Day in New York | Easy English Listening Story (A2 Level)
![[Unit 1.2] The Laboratory - 4000 Essential English Words](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s4Q2wpld86U/mqdefault.jpg)
A2[Unit 1.2] The Laboratory - 4000 Essential English Words
A2Everything's Allowed When Dad's In Charge | Gumball | Cartoon Network
A2513
A2What do you have to do at home? – A2 English Listening Test
A2Beauty and the Beast Shadowing | Learn English with Belle 🌹 Disney Movie Scene
A2LV3 002 Visiting Dad
A250 جملة وعبارة في اللغة الانجليزية مهمة جدا. سوف تفيدك كثيرا.
A2The Deceitful Stepmother Harms Her Stepchildren | Slow English (Level A2)
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “My Dad is A Liar!”. This video has 44 sentences and 193 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:48. 85% 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
10 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| daddy noun | /ˈdædi/ | Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| happiness noun | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. |
| handsome adjective | /ˈhæn.səm/ | Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly |
| clever adjective | /ˈklɛv.ɚ/ | Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept. |
| superman noun | /ˈsupɚmæn/ | An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch; (loosely), a man of extraordinary powers. |
| lie verb | /laɪ̯/ | To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. |
| sweet adjective | /swit/ | Tasting of sugars. |
| smart adjective | /smɑɹt/ | Exhibiting social ability or cleverness. |
| tired adjective | [ˈtaɪ̯ɚd] | In need of some rest or sleep. |
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 daddy, hungry, happiness.
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.