Shadowing Practice: razkid A fruits - Learn English Speaking with Video

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1
This is a cherry.
2
This is a pear.
3
This is a banana.
4
This is a tomato.
5
This is an apple.
6
This is an orange.
7
This is a lemon.
8
This is fruit.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “razkid A fruits”. This video has 8 sentences and 31 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:25.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
cherry noun/ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
lemon noun/ˈlɛmən/A yellowish citrus fruit.
banana noun/bəˈnænə/An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
tomato noun/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
pear noun/pɛɹ/An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
orange noun/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
fruit noun/fɹut/A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
apple noun/ˈæpəl/The fruit of the tree Malus domestica, chiefly with a green, red, or yellow skin, cultivated in temperate climates for cidermaking, cooking, and eating.

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 cherry, lemon, banana.

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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