Shadowing Practice: Spend a productive morning with me! | morning vlog - Learn English Speaking with Video

hey guys it's gabby and today we're going to do a productive morning in my life

so i just woke up as you can probably tell

and i'm just getting ready right now

but yeah today's not gonna be the nicest day i was with currently tan

and i finished my book anyways so i don't have anything to read

and i'm gonna pull off to myself today

so yeah i'm gonna do have a little productive morning we'll

go to the store get a few things i'm probably gonna bake maybe do

and creative you know just very productive morning so yeah before it's getting ready so let's do that so

hey guys i'm all right for the day now

and yes i'm still in epidemas yes i don't care

so yeah i'm putting my jewelry on though

and guys i think i'm like just naturally like stuck at like five six hours of sleep

because i went to bed at like 11 30 last night

and i took these like the ollie like goodbye stress vitamins to try to like help me go to sleep

because like they help you like fall asleep and stuff

and yeah i went still until late at 11 30

and then i woke up at 5 30 so yeah and

And then I woke up and then I went back to sleep at like 5.45 and woke up at like 6.15.

So I was like, you know, I give up.

I give up.

So yeah, I'm definitely a little bit tired but

i think i might just keep my hair in this braid too should i for now we will

but let's journal quick

and then i'm going to breakfast because i'm okay hungry okay i finished

that i just put oil in my hair like smooth out a little bit

and i just tried a new scent combo

that i've never tried before i did my pistachio and caramel perfumes

and low cap sauce new favorite combo possibly yeah i'm gonna

go make breakfast i'm gonna make a yogurt bowl of course

and i'll be back to eat it okay here's the yogurt bowl

this is yogurt with vanilla protein powder cinnamon toast granola banana strawberries peanut butter

and some cinnamon

so yeah now let's enjoy it okay it's time for my walk now it's actually such a nice morning out

so yeah but it's supposed to like get rainy later

so that's why it's like not gonna be nice today

but it's nice right now i'm back home now

and i'm just filling with my water bottle then I'm gonna

head to the store I'm going to Walmart to get a few things

and then I'm gonna stop at Starbucks and get a drink

but yeah and then I'm gonna come home and bake

because we don't have anything I haven't baked in a bit

so yeah but that's where I'm going this morning

so let's head out okay time to head inside I just need eggs bagels my mac

and cheese and I'm getting buttons for my nephew's birthday gift

which is like the craft i want to do today so

if i can get all that okay we literally have like no buttons here

so now i don't know what to do

probably just gonna end up painting him something like i did for his brother

but it's okay okay got the eggs now

and i also got this other one to try

so very excited for that okay guys secured the rest of the stuff

and i'm gonna give me like a 20 for the stuff because like groceries and everything

and she got 10 cents back and yeah i didn't think it was gonna under $20

that i was gonna have to put money in

but i didn't have to so it's great

but now we're gonna stop at starbucks i always forget to order my drink

so let's order it now okay i've secured my drink i just got i'll show you

they said good morning but that's my order

pretty good let's go home and probably start baking

okay i'm back home now my depop orders came in so let's open it up I might need some scissors, but I don't feel like getting any out.

Okay, I will.

Perfect.

It's one of the John Galt hoodies, so I already know it's nice, but it is black and not gray.

It's like a faded black, which is perfect.

Love!

Now we have an extra box.

Okay, so I'm gonna be making this

but instead of Hershey Kiss I'm gonna do like Hershey's chocolate bars

because we have like a bunch of s'mores stuff so I wanted to use up.

So yeah, but that's the plan.

Let's get everything to make it.

Okay, here's all the ingredients.

Okay, the rest of my phone, my phone's like struggling to stay up anyway so I'm probably gonna like mix this all and make it off camera.

But yeah, let's mix everything up and then I'll show you guys like putting in the oven and stuff.

i put the cookies in for 10 minutes

and then i need to cut like half of nine marshmallows

and then i need 18 of these because it makes 18 cookies

so yeah i'm not gonna like cut them i guess i'll just like chop them in the neck

because we don't have like kitchen scissors so yeah oh that works though so i gotta do that nine times Okay,

I got my chocolate and everything ready.

And then when it comes out, I have to put the marshmallows on

and then put it in for like one to two minutes on broil and then put the chocolate on.

So we'll see how that goes

because I don't even know how know how to broil in this oven okay i think i figured it out

but i guess we'll see just has to watch them

because they get brown really quick so i'm watching them i also started the dishwasher

if you can't tell because we have a lot of dishes oh i'm watching them

okay these ones turned out great

and then the ones i had on the bottom shelf kind of got a little burnt

because when they were on the bottom shelf they literally didn't brown at all

and i put on the top shelf

while i put like the chocolate chips on these ones

and i guess they got a little burnt

but i was in turn okay okay so i printed out like these dinosaurs

that are like diamond painting i guess i'm gonna try to use some of my old like gems

and everything and like make dinosaurs like cut them out

and then like put them together on like in some order

and put them in a frame or something

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so we're gonna try to do that

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and we'll see how it goes 10 years later they turned out actually pretty good

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and then i also made a little soccer ball kind of

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and i'm gonna like put them in like a canvas

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and have like this one kick the soccer ball or whatever i think it'll be cute

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okay i took a break from

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that i'm making my lunch right now i just have some eggs

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and then i have one of my dave cinnamon bagels

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that i got today and the toaster and put cream cheese on

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that but yeah that's it for now i still have to put those cookies away too

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but i'm gonna eat first and then do that looks delicious

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and now let's go eat it okay it's now way past the morning

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but i finished his little thing don't look at the back because i kind of started doing on the back but

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it's so cute his name is gabe so that's why it says gabe

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but let me give you a closer look it turned out

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so good i kind of love it yeah it's basically the end of my morning

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because it's like two now

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but hopefully you guys enjoyed this little productive morning i literally

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like even though i was basically doing nothing just at home i feel like i was productive

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because like i was doing something at least like instead of just watching my show i was doing something

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while watching it so yeah if you want to feel productive even

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if you're not doing anything just like do a hobby

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while you watch the show it's really fun

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but yeah that's about it for today

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so i hope you guys enjoyed thanks for watching don't be like subscribe comment and see you next time bye

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This lesson focuses on everyday conversational English, using a relatable morning routine vlog to help you improve your listening comprehension and speaking fluency. You'll learn how to describe daily activities, express plans, and share small moments—skills essential for real-life communication. The video's casual tone and natural pace make it perfect for practicing the shadowing technique, a proven method to mimic pronunciation, intonation, and rhythm.

Key Vocabulary & Phrases

Productive morning: A morning filled with useful or meaningful activities (e.g., "I had a productive morning baking and walking").
Yogurt bowl: A dish with yogurt and toppings (e.g., "She made a yogurt bowl with granola and fruit").
Fill up my water bottle: To pour water into a bottle until it's full (e.g., "I need to fill up my water bottle before my walk").
Head out: To leave a place (e.g., "We're heading out to the store in 10 minutes").
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Practice Tips for Shadowing Success

The video's speed is conversational—neither too fast nor too slow—making it ideal for shadow speak practice. Here's how to use it effectively: First, watch the video once to understand the context. Then, play short clips (5-10 seconds) and repeat them immediately, mimicking the speaker's tone and pauses. Focus on words like "anyways" and "so yeah," which add natural flow. For extra support, use a shadowing app or shadowing site to slow down clips if needed. Remember, shadowspeaks works best when you focus on rhythm, not just words. Notice how the speaker stresses "definitely" and "little" to emphasize feeling tired. Repeat these moments until your speech matches the original. Over time, this technique will help you sound more natural in everyday conversations.

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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	i've never tried · haven't baked · i've secured
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	might just keep · might need
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming	we're going to do · gonna be · gonna pull
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	i'm just getting · i'm putting · i'm just filling

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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