Shadowing Practice: ngày 15 tháng 10, 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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3. Months.
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I'm turning 33.
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Next month.
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12. Birthday.
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I will throw a party for my birthday.
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Think healthy.
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I think you should eat more healthy food.
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I need 30.
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The I need 30.
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I need 30.
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The weather, what is the weather like today?
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It's windy without others.
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My family can't live without each other.
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Wind, they're all wind at their party.
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This golden, this soft, sound means golden.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “ngày 15 tháng 10, 2026”. This video has 15 sentences and 64 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:52.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
windy adjective/ˈwɪn.di/Accompanied by wind.
golden adjective/ˈɡəʊl.dən/Made of, or relating to, gold.
soft adjective/sɔft/Easily giving way under pressure.
weather noun/ˈwɛðɚ/The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
wind noun/ˈwɪnd/Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
healthy adjective/ˈhɛl.θi/Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.
birthday noun/ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
throw verb/θɹoʊ/To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good ideashould eat
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowI'm turning
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionwill throw

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, I'm, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “th” sounds: weather /ˈwɛðɚ/, healthy /ˈhɛl.θi/, birthday /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/, throw /θɹoʊ/

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 windy, golden, soft.

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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