Shadowing Practice: REAL Life Natural English 🍂 (to use with your child!) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Wow, how many have you found?
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One, two, three, four, five.
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Five!
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Wow!
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If you are a non -native speaker of English, but you would like to teach English at home to your child or to your baby,
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I have an excellent Halloween fall -themed activity for you to use.
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You can download the PDF, this exact PDF, from the link under this video.
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This is a fall treasure hunt that I actually just did with my son outside,
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so you're going to see us doing this activity in just a minute.
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You can practice fall vocabulary and everyday natural phrases with your child outside in your backyard.
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Let me know below this video in the comments
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if you enjoy this type of video and what else you would like to see from me on this channel.
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We looked for the objects together, and when we found one of the objects,
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we took one of the stickers and we stuck it onto the paper.
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This is a simple and fun way to practice the vocabulary words and to practice using natural phrases in real life, doing a fun activity together.
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We're going to do a treasure hunt.
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We're going to do a treasure hunt.
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is it only one or a lot just one just one page oh
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i want to do you want to do it okay well let's take one of these stickers off
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and we'll put it here because we already found the leaf
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because look it yeah yeah
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and you don't have even have to take it out of the plastic
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you just put it on top this is to keep the paper protected
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because you know just in case it rains
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or something these are all the things
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we're going to try to find these are all the things
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we're going to try to find these are all things
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that we see in the fall these are all things
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that we see in the fall all right what do we need to find next some things
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we might have to find in our house yeah
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but what things can we find on our walk back to the house maybe an acorn oh
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there's chestnuts on the ground do chestnuts count as acorns yeah
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they do okay in the fall we might see pumpkins in the fall we might see pumpkins
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can you find the pumpkin can you find the pumpkin they're sort of like acorns
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And we think squirrels eat art, art, art, art, right.
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They taste the same, I think, for squirrels.
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Yeah, squirrels eat acorns and chestnuts.
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Okay, what's next?
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Where's the apple?
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Where's the apple?
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Yeah, there it is.
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Yeah, there it is.
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so we're going to try to find all of these things outside
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so we're going to try to find all of these things outside you can't find this anywhere a rake
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rakes usually oh look don't worry straight ahead look at that guy on the sidewalk
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straight ahead of us what's he doing he's raking leaves
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that's right we can check it off we found a guy raking leaves all right we found a rake
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perfect how many do you think we can find how many do you think we can find
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okay let's look okay let's look do you see any leaves do you see any leaves
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That's really cool.
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All this you can find at home book.
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Dasha.
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What is it?
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A giant!
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Can I see the outside shell of it? Is it spiky?
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Yep.
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Oh yeah.
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The inside is not spiky though.
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Yeah.
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What else do we need?
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Oh, we could probably find a pine cone pretty easily.
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Isn't this cool?
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Yeah, you found a leaf.
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Yeah, you found a leaf.
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Okay, take a sticker.
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Okay, take a sticker, peel it off, peel it off, and put it on the leaf.
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and put it on the leaf and put it in this square.
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and put it in this square.
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We found a feather.
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All right, we've got the feather.
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Wow, how many have you found?
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One, two, three, four, five.
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Five.
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Wow.
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I think all these things you can find at the house.
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All right, let's go find them at the house.
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But this means we need her outside right now.
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A pine cone?
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Yeah.
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All right, let's keep looking.
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and a mushroom
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and a mushroom we found the leaf we found the leaf
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we can check it off we can check
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it off what are we gonna find next what are we
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gonna find next mushrooms are gonna be hard to find in the city
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picture it's it's for feeding the animals for feeding the animals because I saw some animals going inside and eating it.
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Is it a type of berry?
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Yeah.
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Those are so cool.
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But we can't eat it.
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We can't eat it?
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It's poisonous.
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Oh it's poisonous.
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Okay let's not eat it.
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It's a berry but it's poisonous for us.
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Okay but not poisonous for the animals?
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Yeah but I think for some animals.
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I think only for mammals.
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Oh okay.
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What do you see over there?
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What do you see over there?
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Do you see a squirrel?
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Do you see a squirrel?
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Can you find a mushroom?
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Can you find a mushroom?
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Oh, these will poison us if we eat them?
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Don't eat that, so we can't eat those kind of berries.
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Okay, but not touch it for a really long time.
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All right, so these are just for like birds?
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Yeah.
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Not for humans?
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Oh, more of those kind of berries.
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Oh yeah, more berries maybe those are potatoes tomatoes baby tomatoes they look like berries to me
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they kind of look like tomatoes they kind of look like tomatoes yeah they do like tiny tiny tomatoes
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and some of them are green like tomatoes and some of them are red like tomatoes.
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Okay, should we keep going?
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That one's a little hard to find.
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That one's a little hard to find.
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Is anyone wearing a scarf?
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Is anyone wearing a scarf?
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Oh yeah, there's one of the green lights.
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The green one?
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Alrighty.
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Yeah, we can find as many as we can and then find more tomorrow.
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You found one.
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Good job.
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You found one.
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Good job.
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Let's keep looking.
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Let's keep looking.
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If you would like to learn more about helping your child with natural English at home,
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I suggest that you watch this video next and I will see you very, very soon.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “REAL Life Natural English 🍂”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: eat, tomatoes, leaf, fall, outside. This video has 132 sentences and 1086 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:11. The speaker talks at a steady 133 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 27 of its 132 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| tomato noun | /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/ | A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit. |
| berry noun | /ˈbɛɹi/ | A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties. |
| squirrel noun | /ˈskwɪ.ɹ(ə)l/ | Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae. |
| mushroom noun | /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/ | Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood). |
| pumpkin noun | /ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/ | A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon. |
| sticker noun | /ˈstɪkə/ | Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres). |
| poisonous adjective | /ˈpɔɪzənəs/ | Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest. |
| treasure noun | /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/ | A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc. |
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| pine noun | /paɪn/ | Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus. |
| cone noun | /ˈkoʊn/ | A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line. |
| vocabulary noun | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning. |
| peel verb | /piːl/ | To remove the skin or outer covering of. |
| feather noun | /ˈfɛðə/ | A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| see over verb | To inspect something fully. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Wow, how many have you found?
- Can I see the outside shell of it?
- What else do we need?
- We can't eat it?
- What do you see over there?
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 | have you found |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | practice using · keep looking · keep going |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might have · might see |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | you're going to see · We're going to do · we're going to try |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, can't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, shell /ʃɛl/
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 leaf, tomato, berry.
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.