Shadowing Practice: Starters 3 speaking 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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24 sentences
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Hello everyone!
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Today I will talk about a picture.
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I can see a park.
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The weather is sunny and cloudy.
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There are many people in the picture.
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There are six children and one woman.
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Some boys are skateboarding on a ramp.
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A woman is taking photos.
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A girl and a boy are playing with a ball.
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The boys are wearing t-shirts, shirt, pants, shorts and helmets.
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The woman is wearing a shirt and a skirt.
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The girl is wearing a t-shirt and a skirt.
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The boy is wearing a t-shirt and shorts.
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There are many things in the picture.
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I can see a skateboard ramp and a fence.
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There are trees and grass.
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You can see a table and a chair.
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There is a sandbox.
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There is also a ball.
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There is a jacket on a chair.
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There are two birds on the tree.
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I think this This picture is fun and the children are happy.
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I really like this picture.
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Thank you for listening and goodbye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Starters 3 speaking 1”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: shirt, picture, wearing, boy. This video has 24 sentences and 170 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:01. The speaker talks at a natural 167 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 73% 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
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| skirt noun | /skɚt/ | A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs. |
| pants noun | /pænts/ | An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. |
| grass noun | /ɡɹɑːs/ | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as… |
| jacket noun | /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ | A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length. |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| fence noun | /fɛns/ | A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc. |
| sunny adjective | /ˈsʌni/ | Featuring a lot of sunshine. |
| helmet noun | /ˈhɛlmɪt/ | A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour. |
| cloudy adjective | /ˈklaʊ̯diː/ | Covered with or characterised by clouds. |
| skateboard noun | /ˈskeɪt.bɔɹd/ | A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot. |
| sandbox noun | /ˈsæn(d).bɑks/ | A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand. |
| shirt noun | /ʃɜɹt/ | An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, often with sleeves that cover some or all of the arms. |
| 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… |
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 skirt, pants, grass.
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.