Shadowing Practice: Talking About Hobbies in English 🗣️ | English Every Day 🇺🇸 (A2-B2) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, friends.
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Welcome back to English Every Day, a podcast that I made just for you, where I speak in slow,
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easy, and understandable English so that you can learn every day.
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Today, we are talking about hobbies, what we like to do when we have time, what we like to do in our free time.
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Write in the comments down below.
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What are your hobbies?
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What do you like to do when you have time?
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What do you like to do in your free time?
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Yesterday, we spoke about exercising, being active and playing sports.
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So for me, one of my favorite hobbies is going to the gym,
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going on a run, going for a walk or playing sports like American football or baseball.
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But I also have other hobbies.
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Another hobby of mine is writing poetry.
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What's poetry?
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When you write a poem, you put a lot of emotion into it.
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Maybe it's happiness or sadness or anger or whatever kind of emotion you try to put into your poem.
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And when somebody reads your poem, hopefully they feel that emotion,
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they feel the happiness, they feel the sadness, and they are brought, they are brought to happiness.
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meaning that your poem your text that you wrote brings them to a certain kind of emotion
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meaning that your poem makes them happy your poem makes them sad your poem brings them to happiness
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or brings them to sadness another hobby of mine is reading i like to read books
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but to be honest in the last few weeks I haven't read many books I haven't been reading many books
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because I'm so busy I'm busy every day
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and I really want to read more books
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but I feel like I don't have the time I don't have time to read books.
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And that's sad.
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That's disappointing because I'd like to read books and reading books are good for you.
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But of course, I'm not reading books right now.
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But of course, I have other hobbies.
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Just like you, I like to learn languages.
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I like to learn
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Polish and Spanish.
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So learning Polish and Spanish are two of my biggest hobbies right now.
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I spend a lot of time on them.
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Of course you need to spend a lot of time learning any language
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and so every day of course I'm practicing my Polish and my Spanish because I like learning the languages.
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They're hobbies of mine and to get better in those languages, I need to practice every day like you right now.
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Another hobby of mine is writing in my notebook, my journal, or my diary.
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I try to do this often because it helps me think about my thoughts.
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It helps me clear my mind, meaning that I think more clearly.
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It helps me organize my thoughts so that I know, okay, this is why I'm feeling this feeling.
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This is why I feel sad or why I feel happy.
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This is what I did today.
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This is what I need to do tomorrow.
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And all of this helps me reach my goals.
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My goals, of course, are teaching more people english learning more languages being a better person
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and being active
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so i really like journaling it's one of my favorite hobbies
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you know i don't have many hobbies i tend to do the same things
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i tend to do the same set of things the same collection of things over and over again every day.
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But it would be fun to listen to hear more about your hobbies
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because there are so many things to do in this world
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and I want to know what do you guys and your cultures like to do?
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What are your hobbies?
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So please write it down below.
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Remember that the text
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or the transcript is in our community along with a bunch of other English learners
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so you can make friends and speak English every day.
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See you tomorrow.
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Peace.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Talking About Hobbies in English 🗣️”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hobbies, books, poem, language, english. This video has 60 sentences and 664 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:10. The speaker talks at a steady 128 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| hobby noun | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. |
| poem noun | /ˈpoʊ.əm/ | A literary piece written in verse. |
| happiness noun | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. |
| emotion noun | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. |
| sadness noun | /ˈsædnəs/ | The state or emotion of being sad. |
| poetry noun | /ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/ | Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm. |
| anger noun | /ˈæŋɡə/ | A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm… |
| podcast noun | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on… |
| diary noun | /ˈdaɪ.ə.ɹi/ | A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer. |
| organize verb | /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ | To arrange in working order. |
| notebook noun | /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/ | A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written. |
| understandable adjective | Capable of being understood; comprehensible. | |
| transcript noun | /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/ | Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy. |
| disappoint verb | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ | To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for. |
| learner noun | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | One who is learning; one receiving instruction. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What are your hobbies?
- What do you like to do when you have time?
- What do you like to do in your free time?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 12 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, haven't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like hobby, poem, happiness.
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.