Shadowing Practice: Practice your English game - 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hello and welcome.
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Are you up for another game of Word Up?
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I know I am.
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Now, easy, simple.
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How do we play?
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10 cards.
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One word on each card.
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The player must guess 8 out of 10 to win the grand prize of $20.
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I'm ready.
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I'm pumped.
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Let's meet our first player.
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Renato, how are you?
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Yeah, I'm good, thank you.
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Are you feeling excited?
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Yeah, I'm feeling really excited.
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Have you ever played a game like this before?
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No, never.
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Oh, well, let's ease you into it.
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Okay, what's your favorite topping of pizza?
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Macaroni.
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Macaroni, topping of pizza.
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Wow, I've never had that.
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I'm a Hawaiian person myself.
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You know, that's unconventional.
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Are you ready?
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Yes.
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Alright, can we get two minutes on the clock?
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Okay.
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When something is physically difficult or physically hard, it takes a lot of
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energy uh sort of like energy but um it's another another word for energy oh
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that was so tiring that took so much Effort.
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Effort, yes.
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Okay, when you want to choose something, what's another word for choose?
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pick um yes another word for pick if i'm at i have finally decided?
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Yes.
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Oh, when something is half, it is not Fool.
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What's another word?
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If I had a pie and before it had a slice cut out of the pie.
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Hole.
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Hole, yes.
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I can smell and I can taste.
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What does this, what are these?
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This is a sense.
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Yes.
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Australia is a country, but it's also a continent.
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Oh, that's true.
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But that's not the word.
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When we talk about politics, we refer to it as a Australia is a number of states.
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and they are linked together.
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It's like a country.
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It's another word for country.
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Let's pass this one.
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Okay.
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So this one's difficult.
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If you have a lot of things and then you take the things away, what are the things that are still there?
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That was a very hard description.
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I'm going to pass that one.
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That's quite hard.
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Oh, if you have flour, sometimes you have flour that makes the cake go from small large.
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Sometimes when you have children, you help them grow into an adult.
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That is also called parents something their children good parents something with their children.
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It's like educate, but it's a more holistic approach where you are helping them become good people.
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So parents, And it's also in cakes.
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There's a type of flour that helps a flour go from small to large.
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Oh, that's time.
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That's time.
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We can relax.
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We can relax.
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Well, I'm so sorry, Renata.
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We only got four out of ten.
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Yeah, it was pretty difficult.
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It was difficult.
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I was struggling.
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So I can't imagine how you must have felt.
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I think that's on me.
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I think this one, it's my fault.
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So until next time, $20.
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Until next time.
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So we're going to go through the words that we got.
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You did such a fantastic job with effort.
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So that was something that was physically hard or draining.
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Well done.
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Decide was number two.
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which is to choose something to make a decision.
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Excellent work.
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I use the example of a pie with whole, which means something is full, like you said, or whole.
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sense was number four, so that was the taste and the smell.
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But it could also mean like a sixth sense, there's something unknowingness, but that's a bit more difficult.
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Fifth, I should have said, It's at the beginning of a country's anthem.
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It's called a So the fifth one was nation.
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Yeah, it was hard.
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That one was tricky.
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This was also tricky.
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Number six was remain.
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So I used an arbitrary example,
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which means a random example of having things and taking them away and the things that stayed, they remain.
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But I'm sure there's a much better description to that.
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There was also number seven was raise.
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So you can raise your children.
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There's also flour that help raise cakes.
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Yes, that was tricky.
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you?
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So the price of something, the amount something costs, So number nine was season.
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So what might you have said for season?
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What would have been a good clue to help you get this word?
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So maybe describe how there's like four different types of season.
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So maybe you can say, There's like four different types and people have their own favorite ones.
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And there's like different climates for each one.
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Maybe that's going to be a good one.
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So I could have said what summer, winter, autumn, spring season.
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Excellent.
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Number 10 is tax.
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So what do you think you would have said for tax?
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Maybe you can say it's something that people should pay.
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as a part of the law, maybe that would be a good hint.
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Yeah, and if they weren't getting it, you could say at the end of financial year, you have to pay something to the government.
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Well, well done anyway.
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I thought they were tricky, but you still did a great job and Thank you so much for being here.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for having me.
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Thank you so much for watching
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and as always we'd love to hear what you have to say in the comments so if you had some
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maybe better descriptions than I had, please put them in the comments and we'd love to read them.
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Anyway, see you next time.
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About This Lesson

Welcome to this engaging English learning practice session! In this lesson, you will participate in a fun game called “Word Up” where you'll have the opportunity to enhance your vocabulary and improve your speaking skills. The format involves guessing words based on clues, which makes it not just educational but also enjoyable. You'll practice thinking on your feet, which is essential for developing fluency. By actively participating in this game, you will not only expand your vocabulary but also learn to express thoughts more clearly and confidently during conversations.

Key Vocabulary & Phrases

  • Effort: The physical or mental exertion used to accomplish a task.
  • Pick: To choose or select something.
  • Hole: A hollow place in a solid object, such as a slice of pie.
  • Sense: A faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus (e.g., smell, taste).
  • Continent: A large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region.
  • Unconventional: Not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed.

Practice Tips

To maximize your learning from this session, consider incorporating shadowspeak techniques into your practice. This means listening attentively and repeating phrases or words immediately after hearing them. The speed of the game might be quick, so focus on shadow speech where you mimic the speaker’s intonation and energy. This technique can help you feel more comfortable with rapid speech patterns and refine your pronunciation. Try to speak along or after the game leader to build your oral skills in real-time.

Engaging with this content through a shadowing site can enhance your overall experience, where you can explore more similar exercises. Practice by recording yourself speaking the key vocabulary from the game, then play it back and compare it with the original audio. Look for areas to improve clarity and expression. Remember, consistent english speaking practice is key; the more you engage with the material, the more fluent you'll become!

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →