Shadowing Practice: My Favorite Hobbies - A1 Level - English Listening & Speaking Practice - 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
Same Channel
A2Talking About Your Best Friend - Conversation Practice in English
A2Daily English Conversation Practice #1 | Simple Questions & Answers
A1Small Things That Make a Big Difference - A1 Level - English Listening & Speaking Practice
A2Stop Overthinking - A2 Level - English Listening & Speaking Practice
A1What Makes Me Happy - A1 Level - English Listening & Speaking Practice
Recommend Video
A2Hobbies | English Speaking Practice #englishspeaking #englishlearning #englishlanguage
A1my school | A1 English level | improve listening & speaking with Shadowing
A1A1 English Listening Practice - Language Learning
A2Day 1 - Hobbies & Free Time | 21days speaking challenge
A1CEFR A1 Listening | Hobbies: Audio 1 | ESL Pals
A1English Listening Practice – A Short I Like Traveling | Short English Story with Subtitles
A1Lección 1- AUDIOBOOK A1- Inglés Nivel A1 (MCER) AUDIOLIBRO---(Sub. Inglés/Español)
A2Read English Books Every Day | English Reading and Listening Practice #easyenglish #englishlanguage
A1Real Easy English 21
A2Talk About Where You Go to Relax | English Listening & Speaking Practice (A2)
A1A1 English Listening Practice - Daily Routine
A1A1 English Listening Practice - 'Our Weekend Picnic'
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “My Favorite Hobbies - A1 Level - English Listening & Speaking Practice”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: books, reading, favorite, hobby. This video has 22 sentences and 168 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:24. The speaker talks at a steady 119 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% 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
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| hobby noun | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| adventure noun | /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ | A feeling of desire for new and exciting things. |
| bedroom noun | /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ | A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping. |
| desk noun | /dɛsk/ | A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a… |
| homework noun | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class. |
| favourite adjective | /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ | Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.) |
| weekend noun | /ˈwiˌkɛnd/ | The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday. |
| finish verb | /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ | To complete (something). |
| library noun | /ˈlaɪˌbɹɛɹ.i/ | An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various… |
| 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… |
| hello | /hɛˈloʊ/ | A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence. |
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 hobby, relax, adventure.
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.