Shadowing Practice: Students Discuss their Hobbies and Interests - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I like painting, I like going to sea art galleries.
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The gym, body building, football.
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I do kayaking in the society at uni.
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I love football and hobbies and interests, just hanging out in Kingston, going out and having a laugh with my mates.
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Architecture and travelling around the world, seeing different places with old and new architecture.
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I enjoy shopping, eating, dancing and singing and acting as well.
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Probably socialising and trying to get away from worries and stress and stuff like that.
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Celebrating after a hard day's work with a pint in the pub with your mates is the best thing really.
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I love boxing, go to the gym, gird out, being social.
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I mainly outdoor sports like snowboarding, mountain biking, skateboarding, that sort of stuff.
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Being outdoors, being with my mates, the thrill, the adventure.
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Play basketball regularly, go to the gym and I'm in a band playing guitar.
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Just sort of writing music and you get like a real kick out of it
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and it's a real feel-good factor you get from it.
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I do like reading and poetry and like those poetry clubs, they're really interesting.
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I love writing so anything I can put on paper or listen to creative stuff is really interesting.
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Hobbies, I like football, I like seeing friends, just relaxing, chilling out.
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Gaining my energy back.
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I think everyone likes relaxing, don't they?
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It's about getting the time to do it.
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I do fine art at uni, so a lot of it involves looking into ceramic techniques and stuff like that, which I try and do in my spare time.
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So I'm trying to source like a pottery wheel.
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So, yeah, ceramics, I guess.
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I'm a semi-professional footballer.
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I play for Hoddiston Town Football Club, playing defence there.
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I'm a massive follower of hip-hop, music.
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I don't listen to any other music apart from hip-hop.
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And hobbies, just going on the internet, Facebook, Twitter, I like chatting to friends, following celebrities around Twitter.
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I'm a very theatrical person, so anything to do with creative arts basically and shopping.

About This Lesson

You're practicing English with "Students Discuss their Hobbies and Interests" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.

Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.

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.