Shadowing Practice: The Five Senses - Learn English Speaking with Video
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You have five senses that help you to learn about the world around you.
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Your five senses are your sense of sight, your sense of hearing, Your sense of smell...
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Your sense of taste...
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and your sense of touch.
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Special parts of the body.
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quote sense for are used to collect information about each of the sensors.
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you Your eyes are your sense organs for the sense of sight.
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Thank you.
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They help you to see around you.
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They help you to see the objects in your classroom, The plants and animals outside and all the colors of a rainbow.
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Your ears are your sense organs for the sense of hearing.
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Your ears help you to hear all kinds of sounds, from the soft sound of a whisper, to the loud explosion of firework use.
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Bye.
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Your nose is your sense organ for the sense of smell.
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you Your nose picks up all kinds of smells.
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like the smell of flowers in the springtime.
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or the smell of your dad's homemade pizza.
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Thank you.
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Your tongue and mouth are your sense organs for the sense of taste.
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They tell you about the flavours of all kinds of food and drinks.
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Your last sense organ is all over your body.
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It's your skin, and it's your sense organ for the sense of touch.
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Your skin tells you how things feel.
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Like a soft teddy.
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or a hard turtle shell.
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So there you have it.
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Your five senses.
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The next time you're out and about, take note of the senses you used to learn about things around you.
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See ya!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “The Five Senses”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: sense, organ, smell, kinds. This video has 30 sentences and 272 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:58. The speaker talks at a steady 138 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| organ noun | /ˈɔːɡən/ | The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions. |
| ear noun | /ˈɪə̯/ | The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. |
| 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. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| shell noun | /ʃɛl/ | The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| explosion noun | /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/ | A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding. |
| classroom noun | /ˈklɑːsɹʊm/ | A room, often in a school, where classes take place. |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
| sensor noun | /ˈsɛn.sɚ/ | A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner. |
| turtle noun | /ˈtɝtl̩/ | Any land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise. |
| homemade adjective | Made at home. | |
| whisper verb | /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/ | To speak softly or under one's breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration of the… |
| flavour noun | British standard spelling of flavor. | |
| firework noun | /ˈfaɪɚˌwɚk/ | A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shell /ʃɛl/, explosion /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
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 organ, ear, pizza.
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.