Shadowing Practice: Single Stories 2 | My Five Senses | Little Fox Level 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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My five senses.
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I have five senses.
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I see with my eyes.
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I see the frog jumping.
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I hear with my ears.
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I hear the bird singing.
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I smell with my nose.
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The roses smell good.
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I taste with my tongue.
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The candy tastes sweet.
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I touch with my hands.
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The ice feels cold.
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Whatever I do, I use my five senses.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Single Stories 2”. This video has 13 sentences and 62 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:11.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
ear noun/ˈɪə̯/The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
candy noun/ˈkæn.di/Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
smell verb/smɛl/To sense a smell or smells.
jump verb/d͡ʒʌmp/To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
bird noun/ˈbɜːd/An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of…
sing verb/ˈsɪŋ/To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
nose noun[nəʊ̯z]A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
taste noun/teɪst/One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
sweet adjective/swit/Tasting of sugars.
touch verb/tʌt͡ʃ/To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
rose noun/ɹoʊz/A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.

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 ear, candy, smell.

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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