Shadowing Practice: SUB/PDF) [Beginners] Write Korean diary with Susu EP 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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How are you doing?
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Hello, everyone.
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How are you doing?
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How are you doing?
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How are you doing?
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My students asked me to ask me.
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How are you doing?
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How are you doing?
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How are you doing?
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I'm using a language.
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I'm using a language.
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I like to use the first time.
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But I don't know what to use.
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I don't know if I'm going to use it.
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Let's use the first time to use the first time.
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Today is 2023, 10.11.
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You can use the days.
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If you don't have time, you can just pause and use it.
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I'm here to get up today.
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You can use it today.
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Please use it.
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I ate coffee and banana I ate coffee and banana
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What did you use in the morning?
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I didn't eat it Then I used to use it in the morning I'm going to start the morning.
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I'm starting my morning at 9pm.
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You can use what I did in the morning.
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I'm going to go to school.
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I'm going to use it.
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5. 오후 5시에 일이 끝났어요.
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6시에 공원에서 운동했어요.
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여러분은 오늘 몇 시에 일이 끝났어요?
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학생이에요?
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그러면 언제 수업이 끝났어요?
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그리고 뭐 했어요?
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써보세요.
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I ate pizza and ate pizza.
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It was delicious.
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How did you eat dinner?
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And what did you eat?
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How did you eat dinner?
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Let's use it.
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I ate a movie and watched drama.
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I was really interested in it.
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You ate a movie after eating what was it?
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I was sleeping?
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Where did you know what was it?
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I was reading it.
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I was going to shower before I was in the shower.
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And I read a book.
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What did you write in the morning?
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What did you write in the morning?
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What was it?
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What was it?
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Use it.
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It was good to see the weather.
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But it was a bit late.
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It was a good day.
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It was a good day.
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Today I had a lot of work.
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But I was so happy to do it.
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Today I had a lot of work.
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But I had a lot of work.
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Today I had a lot of work.
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I will do it.
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I will meet you.
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I will do it.
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I will use it.
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I will eat dinner.
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I will do it.
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I will do it.
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I will do it.
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Who and what will you do?
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Today I'll be late.
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I'll be late.
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I want you to say something.
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I want you to use it.
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I'll use it.
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I wrote the story.
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Then I'll read my story.
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Today is 2023 10th of July.
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11th.
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I am in the morning 8am.
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I ate coffee and banana.
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I started to start a morning 9am.
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I ate lunch 12am.
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I ate a lot of rice.
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오후 5시에 일이 끝났어요.
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6시에 공원에서 운동했어요.
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집에서 저녁을 먹었어요.
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피자를 먹었어요.
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맛있었어요.
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저녁을 먹고 드라마를 봤어요.
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정말 재미있었어요.
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자기 전에 샤워를 했어요.
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그리고 책을 읽었어요.
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아침에 날씨가 좋았어요.
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그렇지만 밤에 비가 왔어요.
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오늘 일이 많았어요.
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하지만 운동해서 기분이 좋았어요.
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내일도 일을 할 거예요.
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그리고 친구를 만날 거예요.
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친구하고 저녁을 먹을 거예요.
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쇼핑도 할 거예요.
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오늘은 일찍 잘 거예요.
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내일도 힘내요.
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여러분도 한국어로 일기를 썼어요?
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어때요?
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매일 일기를 써보세요.
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그러면 한국어 연습에 도움이 돼요.
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여러분의 일기를 댓글에 써주세요.
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같이 이야기하면 재미있을 거예요.
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오늘 영상도 봐주셔서 감사합니다.
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I'll use the next video to the next video.
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Then, see you in the next video.
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Bye!

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “SUB/PDF) [Beginners] Write Korean diary with Susu EP 1”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: ate, eat, banana, dinner, coffee. This video has 82 sentences and 453 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:13. 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 19 of its 82 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
banana noun/bəˈnænə/An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
pizza noun/ˈpi.tsə/A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
delicious adjective/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
pause noun/pɔːz/A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
shower noun/ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
drama noun/ˈdɹɑmə/A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
lunch noun/lʌnt͡ʃ/A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
coffee noun/ˈkɑfi/A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
dinner noun/ˈdɪnɚ/The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
weather noun/ˈwɛðɚ/The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
hello/hɛˈloʊ/A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
get up verbTo move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • What did you use in the morning?
  • How did you eat dinner?
  • You ate a movie after eating what was it?
  • Where did you know what was it?
  • What did you write in the morning?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the pastwas sleeping · was reading
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionwill do · will meet · will use
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see comingI'm going to use · I'm going to start · I'm going to go
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowI'm using · I'm starting

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 17 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, shower /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/

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 banana, pizza, delicious.

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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