Shadowing Practice: Professor Darling #Shorts - Learn English Speaking with Video

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What's your name?
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Courtney.
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Courtney.
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Courtney, before we go any further, have you done anything potentially illegal?
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Not that I've been taught for.
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Great, this is...
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We're gonna talk to Courtney now.
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Hi, Courtney.
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What do you do?
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I'm a professor.
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Ooh, of what?
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Psychology.
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Oh.
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Awesome.
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What, what, is there a particular branch of psychology?
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Social psychology.
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I'm not a sit on the couch and tell me you're a problem psychologist.
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No, no, what kind, you don't have people sit on couches, you have people- I put people in boxes and poke them with sticks to see what they do.
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Me too, but I didn't know I get to call myself a professor.
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I can't breathe.
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Hell yeah that's so fun.
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Are you teaching somewhere locally?
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Um, in Sherbrooke. In Sherbrooke.
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Oh, I know where Sherbrooke is, unfortunately.
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Those are the best people who poke with sticks.
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Good choice.
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That's so fun.
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And who'd you come here with?
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My fiancé.
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Hi, fiancé.
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I'll say...
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Oh yeah, French.
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That's why you said that.
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That's a French word?
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Never mind.
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Okay.
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How did you two meet? At school.
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Montreal is about how I remembered it.

About This Lesson

You're practicing English with "Professor Darling #Shorts" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.

Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.

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.