Shadowing Practice: Saxon - Nigel Glockler - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Saxon - Nigel Glockler”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: drum, guitar, track. This video has 19 sentences and 216 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:09. The speaker talks fast, about 187 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| drum noun | /ˈdɹʌm/ | A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone. |
| guitar noun | /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ | A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick). |
| rush verb | /ɹʌʃ/ | To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. |
| bass noun | /beɪs/ | A low spectrum of sound tones. |
| nightmare noun | /ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/ | A very unpleasant or frightening dream. |
| groove noun | /ɡɹuv/ | A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a… |
| flurry noun | /ˈflʌ.ɹi/ | A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow. |
| muck noun | /mʌk/ | Slimy mud, sludge. |
| snare noun | /snɛ(ə)ɹ/ | A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather). |
| unison noun | /ˈjunɪsən/ | Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves). |
| solo noun | /ˈsoʊ.loʊ/ | A piece of music for one performer. |
| kick verb | /kɪk/ | To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg. |
| sort noun | /soɹt/ | A general type. |
| particularly adverb | /pɚˈtɪkjəlɚli/ | Especially, extremely. |
| generally adverb | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɹə.li/ | Popularly or widely. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to love |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | love, which is |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | love playing |
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like drum, guitar, rush.
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.