Shadowing Practice: Talk About Your Day | My Daily Routine in English | Slow English for Beginners - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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Hello!
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Welcome to English with Eleanor.
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Today's video is going to be slow English.
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So, I'm going to speak in a very measured way for people who are learning English,
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also for people who want to hear every individual word.
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and it is useful if you want to listen and do a transcription to practice your listening skills.
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So today I'm going to tell you about my daily routine.
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It is so interesting.
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You'll love it.
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In the morning, I usually set my alarm for about 7 o'clock,
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but to be honest, I find it really hard to get up in the morning.
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So I hit snooze once,
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twice, maybe three times before I actually get up.
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Next, I check on my children,
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make sure that they get out of bed and I take a shower.
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My children go to school,
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so after I shower, I need to prepare a snack for them to take to school
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and make breakfast for them so usually we eat either porridge with
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granola, honey, nut butter, cream or we make eggs
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because we have hens in the garden so we have always got fresh eggs
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so we usually like to make our eggs
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scrambled or boiled on toast or in a wrap
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and I also have to make a lunch for myself to take to work while my children are at school.
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After everybody has been fed we look after the pets
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so I have two cats and they are always hungry in the morning
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so I have to feed them and I also have hens and chickens in the garden that I need to feed to,
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so I make sure this is all done before we get dressed and go to work.
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I drop my kids at their school about 4 to 9 in the morning,
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and then I go to the gym and I go to work.
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I'm in work for most of the day,
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and then when I come home in the evening,
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I start my routine of making sure the children do their homework.
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I have to help them with their spellings and their maths homework.
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I make dinner.
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I look after my pets.
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I also have alpacas.
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So in the evening, sometimes I need to feed the alpacas or look after the cows,
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depending on if my parents have already done it or not.
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Alpacas are an animal from South America.
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So you can find them in Peru,
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in Chile, but there are actually a lot of alpacas here in Ireland.
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They are really popular because they are gentle and they are cute
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and they are a little bit too hot sometimes in Ireland.
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But we make sure to shear their fleece every year so they can cool down in the summer.
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In the evening, sometimes I have private classes.
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So I have one-to-one students that I teach.
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Or sometimes I have activities with my children like swimming or football or drama.
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My children go to bed around eight or nine in the evening
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and then I usually read a book or watch an episode of something to relax before I go to bed.
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normally I try to go to bed about 10 or 10 30
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and the one thing I always do before I go to
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bed is Duolingo I have been doing Duolingo for like two years
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and I always do five minutes of Duolingo before I go to bed.
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It's part of my my evening routine.
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So that's my routine on a typical workday.
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What is your routine like?
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Can you tell me a little bit about your routine in the comments?
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Don't forget to like and subscribe for more videos.
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Thank you.

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Context & Background

In Eleanor's engaging YouTube video, titled "Talk About Your Day | My Daily Routine in English | Slow English for Beginners," she takes viewers through her daily routine using slow and clear English. This method is particularly beneficial for English learners and those wishing to hone their listening skills. By detailing her morning activities, work commitments, and evening family time, Eleanor exemplifies practical English usage in everyday situations. This immersive context helps learners understand how to communicate about their own daily lives, an essential skill in conversational English.

Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication

  • "I usually set my alarm for about 7 o'clock." - A great phrase to describe morning routines.
  • "I find it really hard to get up in the morning." - Expressing difficulty is common in daily conversations.
  • "After everybody has been fed, we get dressed and go to work." - A practical way to outline your morning progression.
  • "I have to help them with their spellings and their maths homework." - Useful for discussing responsibilities.
  • "I try to go to bed about 10 or 10:30." - Sharing your bedtime routine can foster interpersonal connections.

Step-by-step Shadowing Guide

To maximize your learning experience while watching Eleanor's video, try the following shadowing technique. This method is particularly effective for those who wish to learn English with YouTube and can complement your practice with a shadowing app.

  1. Watch the video without subtitles. - Get a feel for Eleanor’s speaking pace and the vocabulary she uses.
  2. Listen again with subtitles. - This time, read along with the text to understand any difficult words.
  3. Repeat after her. - Pause the video after each sentence and try to mimic her pronunciation and intonation.
  4. Record yourself. - Use a voice recording app to capture your speaking. Compare it to Eleanor’s delivery.
  5. Practice regularly. - Incorporate these phrases into your daily conversations, or use them in IELTS speaking practice.

By following these steps, you can enhance your speaking skills effectively, making it easier for you to communicate your own daily routine and improve your overall fluency in English. By shadowing, especially with tools like Shadowspeak or Shadow Speak, you can solidify your understanding and delivery of English in a practical, enjoyable manner.

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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