Shadowing Practice: Slow English Listening for Beginners - Talking about 👉LANGUAGES - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, welcome back to my Slow English Podcast, a podcast for beginners to practice English listening.
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Today, I will be talking about languages.
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Languages are very interesting to me.
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I think languages connect people from all over the world.
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Languages take time.
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Languages classes take time and patience.
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But the feeling when you finally learn a new language is wonderful.
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That feeling when you can understand a language is amazing.
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The feeling of understanding one sentence or one word feels so good.
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Every language is so different.
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Every language has its own special identity.
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Every language has different tones and pronunciation. and pronunciation.
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I personally love learning new languages.
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I love teaching.
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I love teaching students to understand new words,
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to understand phrases, idioms, and eventually use them.
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What language apart from English do you want to learn?
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Challenging question.
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If you could download any language into your brain, would you do it?
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Or do you enjoy the process of learning? Which would you prefer?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 20 sentences and 165 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:01. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| podcast noun | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on… |
| pronunciation noun | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken. |
| tone noun | /ˈtəʊn/ | A specific pitch. |
| connect verb | /kəˈnɛkt/ | To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. |
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| patience noun | /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/ | The quality of being patient. |
| beginner noun | /bəˈɡɪnɚ/ | Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started. |
| idiom noun | /ˈɪdiəm/ | A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people. |
| teach verb | /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ | To pass on knowledge to. |
| download verb | /ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/ | To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network. |
| identity noun | /aɪˈdɛn(t)ɪti/ | Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same. |
| sentence noun | /ˈsɛn.təns/ | The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. |
| personally adverb | /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.li/ | In a personal manner. |
| prefer verb | [pɹɪˈfɝ] | To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/
- Long words — get the stress right: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, identity /aɪˈdɛn(t)ɪti/, personally /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.li/
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 podcast, pronunciation, tone.
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.