Shadowing Practice: q&a time :) - Learn English Speaking with Video

what is up youtube um today as i promised i'm gonna do a q a um and i got 45 questions

so first question wait i'll just okay oh oh dang this is a crazy first question but um

first question is do you support Trump and ICE

and why um I do not support either of them especially Trump bro

because I feel like a moderate amount of border control is good

but it's gotten completely out of hand

and also don't even get me started on Trump like this video is gonna be

so long if i talk about every single thing i hate about job

so opinion on horror games and movies dude i love horror games

and movies um i don't really i haven't played a lot of horror games um just

because like i don't have a console

so i have to play with like on another person console

but i love horror movies i think they're not really scary to me though like the only scary movie

that scared me was smile oh my god smile like smile

okay obsession might get you okay smile got you obsession might get you because obsession

and then we're are we gonna watch backrooms we should

if i can find it on look to movie yeah i will watch it i already watched backrooms

and it literally is

so good what is your opinion on the lando norris monster flavor yeah i've i want to try it

but i haven't tried it yet what's the term for people

with the same style as you skateboarder electric guitar players monster drinkers on the occasion smokers guys we don't smoke

um is it punk i long to be one of them okay um well i think

i think it would just be considered alt because

uh yeah yeah but personally i would call myself like either goth or alt

it depends you know wait let's do a thumbnail okay what's your thumbnail what should i do i don't like

um why are you looking at me okay wait look at it yeah hold the phone and they go

okay will you get that 20 piece mcnugget with no sauce

did you even say that like in any of your videos before i don't i think maybe

when we went to mcdonald's i don't remember you saying that

i don't even know what you're talking about i'm

so sorry um i mean i like mcnuggets they're good do

you have a dream skate sponsor yes i do um zero boards

because that's literally me bruh what's your opinion opinion on k

-pop to what's your favorite music type um i haven't really listened to a lot of k -pop

but what i have i didn't personally really like

but honestly i don't really care like just listen to what

you like you know um i don't even think anyone likes ai honestly it's just it's ass um my favorite music type

i honestly can't choose um i like punk goth grunge um like all kinds of metal um

yeah um which

which are your favorite bands cuz all I know you listen to his peak thank you

and also most importantly do you listen to Daisy and the Scouts

and if you don't please do um I don't know who Daisy and the Scouts are I love like, like indie music.

I love indie music bro.

um i'll have to check them out um

and my favorite bands um why did i just like forget all the bands

that i like um i'll just i'll just put them some

on the screen over over my face uh do i like

paramore i've listened to like only a couple paramore songs

but they were they were pretty good um do i like animes

if yes which one which yeah um honestly i've read a bit of of demon slayer

and i've read a bit of witch hat atelier i'm literally looking at the books right now

but um and i've read most of the death note books

and i've watched death note

but i haven't really watched any other anime there's like one more

and that was good but i forgot the name oh i'm starting a classroom assassination

or assassination classroom um yeah but yeah my favorite anime is Death Note.

Um, do you play any instruments or what are your hobbies?

Um, I want to start playing bass because we're gonna hopefully make a band.

That would be cool.

Um, and my hobbies, I like to do crafts.

I made this bracelet.

Pretty tough.

Um, and I like skateboarding, as you guys probably know already.

Um, and yeah.

Where's somewhere you want to skate?

Like, city state country -wise um i want to skate sorry okay i want to skate in california and um

bakersfield bakersfield because i think

meadow goes there a lot yeah meadow goes there a lot

that would be cool to run into her um

and also I think mid 90s was filmed there but I'm not too sure but yeah um

what's your favorite video game

and what's my favorite tv show I like Minecraft um I like I'm on Observation Duty uh I like FNAF um

and dress to impress even though like i'm literally the beginning

ranking what's my favorite movie i really okay i really like the craft

and i really like donnie darko and edward Scissorhands and Elvira

and um just like any horror movie honestly um yeah do

I listen to Lovejoy um I've never I've I've heard of Lovejoy but I've never listened to them um

what's my dream skateboard trick that you wish to be able to do someday um

i want to do a tray flip that seems like really cool um

what else i think nose grinds are cool like how you just like

yeah i kind of grinds like scare me do i play

roblox yes i do play roblox um dress to impress I mostly play

and I also play um I forgot the name of the game

but like I've only played it a couple times

but it was really fun I'll put it up here again

what else do we play the rainbow friends oh rainbow friends

and then speed draw that one's fun draw me adopt me

um yeah and I've never played backrooms on roblox but I really want to Um,

do you watch other vloggers slash skateboarders?

Mostly Meadow Scott, um, yeah.

Um, do you have a collection of something that you can show us?

I have candy, a lot of candy, um, actually.

I have some monster cans, but they're mostly, um, most of them are at my dad's house.

Guys, I made this for zero!

um this one's pretty cool it's like the first rotator cuff i did and then yeah i'm in ger

okay um what else that's like basically it's just like mostly singles and necklaces and like random cuffs I made another ger

I love ger

oh yeah i forgot to say about my favorite shows i

also like invader zim guys i don't think you understand how much is in here bro it's

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so much it's like should we like dump it no no

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it's like it's like how much we can do you get

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while trick -or -treating i already said did i already say

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my favorite shows oh okay well death note um breaking bad i love breaking bad um Um,

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The Office.

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I love The Office.

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Um, Invader Zim.

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Gurr and Gaz are my favorite.

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I love Gaz.

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What is your inspiration to make videos?

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Like I said, like Meadow Scott and stuff.

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Um, what's your favorite thing to do other than make videos?

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probably listen to music and skate and do crafts

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did you guys like my kickflip dear basketball from the moment

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i started rolling my dad's tube socks what's my favorite color purple

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and have you watched have i watched the amazing digital circus

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yes i have um that's also one of my favorite shows i think my favorite character is either jacks or

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bubble right bubble huh

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huh bro what's your opinions on diary of a wimpy kid

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the movies honestly i just watched the movies to see my husband Roderick F.

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Lee.

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No because he's so fine.

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He's like bro how did his crush immediately fall for him?

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Bro when he was singing baby.

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No that was goofy honestly.

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That was goofy but like still.

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Bro get a man who's goofy okay.

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Literally bro.

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What's my opinion on TikTok alts? um i like tiktok alts i don't think they deserve all the hate

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and i don't think they're like copy and paste um i like them and they don't deserve hate um

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okay what do i do when i'm bored skate music crafts

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what are what are things you did to improve skate Wait, what?

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What things?

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What are things you did to do for skateboarding?

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Honestly, just practice.

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I like...

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I think cruising around, like,

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all the time is a really good thing because then you can get confident on the board and, um, yeah.

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um okay what would you label your style as

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and how did you get into it uh like I said

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I think my style is like mall goth maybe I'm honestly not too sure

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and how did I get into it um it's weird it's kind of a long backstory

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but when I was in fifth grade I started getting into alternative fashion, um, mostly just, like, 2020 alt stuff,

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um, but then, like, I had this, like, normal phase that was interesting,

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um, and then I realized, like, that's not for me, so then I just got into it again by just,

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like, watching, like, YouTubers who are alternative and, like, looking on Pinterest

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and yeah um how did i get

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into skateboarding um um technically actually my brother this is also a long backstory um because

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also when i was in like fifth grade i started like longboarding

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but i was kind of ass at it um

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and I wasn't really that dedicated like I just wanted to do it

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because it was like kind of fun but then I stopped for like years

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and then probably Meadow Scott got me into skateboarding again

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and what's my setup um I forgot the the brand on my board

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but it's like an 8 .5 I think if I remember correctly

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and then I have like a hybrid of like a cruiser and a normal board so like my wheels are 99

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millimeters and yeah um was my current top bands um

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and song suggestions for people who don't listen to them um you could put more stuff over my face

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yeah i will um okay what inspired you to make videos Because also you're insanely cool and I aspire to be you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Um, like I said, like, Meadow Scott and, like, vloggers like that and stuff.

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Um, my favorite color, again, is purple.

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Or the, um, do I, this is so funny.

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Do I have any funny stories from when I was a little stupid baby?

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Wait, I have one.

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I have one.

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If you don't have one, I have one.

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Okay.

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Okay, so I was running around in my house, and my dad, he wears,

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like, a size, like, 10 in, like, men's shoes.

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So he has, like, big shoes, right?

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and i was running around like barefoot in my house like around like my couch in the living room

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and then i tripped on my dad's big shoe and my toenail came off

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that is insane lore um this is not really oh actually

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this is kind of insane um i was at a daycare i was like four years old um

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and i was like sitting on the ground like like this

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like my walls straight or the fuck my legs straight out

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and one of the staff stepped on my legs and broke one of my legs and when I was like crying

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insanely when my mom picked me up the staff lied

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and said oh she's just having a bad day um

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so then it um I didn't get I didn't go to the doctor for like a couple days

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okay do i like mac and cheese or does it make me feel turple

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um i like mac and cheese i like craft mac

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and cheese that's probably my favorite oh sorry that's probably my favorite um

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what's

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that you guys probably know yeah get our reference it's like

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it makes you feel like a bath robe craft mac

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and cheese it's like my bathrobe and slippers had a baby on my tongue yeah

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um to my knowledge mac

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and cheese does not make me feel terrible um okay what's my favorite show

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and where do i get most of my accessories uh i already said like my favorite shows

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and um um i make some of my accessories uh these are from like my stepmom and hot topic and

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some from amazon but i don't really shop from there anymore what's my favorite band slash artist

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um so that's all the questions um thank you guys for all the questions uh i'm surprised i got

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that many questions and thanks for watching my video okay bye

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

The speaker keeps coming back to these words: favorite, honestly, movie. This video has 195 sentences and 2242 words to shadow. The speech runs for 19:15. The speaker talks at a steady 116 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 75% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
skate noun	/skeɪt/	A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
meadow noun	/ˈmɛd.əʊ̯/	A field or pasture; a piece of land either intentionally cultivated with grass or (especially) naturally covered with grass, especially one that is intended to…
craft noun	/ˈkɹæft/	Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning…
skateboard noun	/ˈskeɪt.bɔɹd/	A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.
backroom noun	/ˈbækˌɹum/	Especially, one that is only accessible to a privileged few and can be used as an inconspicuous meeting place, where secrecy, anonymity, and even crooked…
goth noun	/ɡɒθ/	A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.
goofy adjective	/ˈɡufi/	Quirky or silly, often in a humorous manner; daft.
obsession noun	/əbˈsɛʃən/	The quality of being obsessed; an unshakeable feeling that one topic or activity must be pursued above other interests.
shoe noun	/ˈʃu/	A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
anime noun	/ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/	An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
backstory noun	/ˈbækˌstɔɹi/	The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.
insanely adverb	/ɪnˈseɪnli/	In an insane manner; not sanely.
invader noun	/ɪnˈveɪ.də(ɹ)/	One who invades a region.
skateboarder noun		A person who rides a skateboard.
thumbnail noun	/ˈθʌm.neɪl/	The fingernail on the thumb.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
come off verb	To become detached.
run around verb	To be very busy doing many different things.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Where's somewhere you want to skate?
What is your inspiration to make videos?
What are things you did to do for skateboarding?
If you don't have one, I have one.

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	haven't played · haven't tried · haven't really listened
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be considered · was filmed
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	start playing · love breaking · started rolling
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was singing · was running

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 68 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I've, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: goth /ɡɒθ/, thumbnail /ˈθʌm.neɪl/, bathrobe /ˈbæθ.ɹoʊb/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: obsession /əbˈsɛʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/, assassination /əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: accessory /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/, assassination /əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/

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 skate, meadow, craft.

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 →

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