Shadowing Practice: Shadow REAL American English Speakers - Learn English Speaking with Video
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hey guys
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if you're looking for american english shadowing practice
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then this is the video for you i'm going to play for you a section from an interview
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i will pause it so that way you can repeat the things
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that you hear try to copy the pronunciation intonation
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and stress all right let's take a look i think a lot about the kind of book
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that i want to read you know what i mean and i i
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I think a lot about the kind of book that I want to read.
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You know what I mean?
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And I think a lot about my audience.
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I think there are some poems, for example, that in my first collection, that I would not have published as standalone poems because...
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I think a lot about my audience.
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I think there are some poems, for example, that in my first collection
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that I would not have published as standalone poems because I care about what other
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Arab Americans or Arabs think.
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I care about what, what other
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Arab Americans or Arabs think.
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And I want to, I want my work to be well received for the audience because
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And I want my work to be well -received for that audience because that's the community I care about,
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and that's the community who I want to engage with that work, especially with my first book.
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That's the community I care about, and that's the community who I want to engage with that work, especially with my first book,
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where it was a lot primarily about immigration and the civilian cost of war,
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where it was a lot primarily about immigration and the civilian cost of war.
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I should also clarify that the book, I wrote a lot about the Lebanese Civil War.
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I should also clarify that the book, I wrote a lot about the Lebanese Civil War.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Shadow REAL American English Speakers”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: poems, arab, audience. This video has 25 sentences and 315 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:29. The speaker talks slowly, about 90 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 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 |
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| poem noun | /ˈpoʊ.əm/ | A literary piece written in verse. |
| primarily adverb | /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/ | Of a primary or central nature, first and foremost. |
| immigration noun | /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/ | The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence. |
| engage verb | /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ | To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied. |
| civilian noun | /sɪˈvɪl.jən/ | A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces. |
| clarify verb | /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/ | To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity. |
| shadow noun | /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ | A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. |
| pause noun | /pɔːz/ | A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. |
| pronunciation noun | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken. |
| intonation noun | /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/ | The rise and fall of the voice in speaking. |
| repeat verb | /ɹɪˈpiːt/ | To do or say again (and again). |
| audience noun | /ˈɔːdi.əns/ | A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc. |
| collection noun | /kəˈlɛkʃən/ | A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together. |
| section noun | /ˈsɛkʃən/ | A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something. |
| interview noun | /ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/ | Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: immigration /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, collection /kəˈlɛkʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: primarily /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/, immigration /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
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 poem, primarily, immigration.
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.