Shadowing Practice: Title - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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Track 23.
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Exercise 3.
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Listen to the presentation about a harvest festival in South Korea.
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Circle the correct answer.
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My presentation is about harvest festivals.
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The harvest is the time when food is ready to take from plants and trees.
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In many countries, people celebrate it.
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It's usually at the end of the summer or at the start of the autumn.
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This is the time that the food is all ready to pick.
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People want to say thank you for all the food they have
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Last year I was in South Korea with my family It was their harvest festival It's called Chuseok
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People visited their families and they put up decorations They gave presents
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and some people played games and danced too It was fun We ate special food like small rice cakes called sangpion.
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They are different colours and they have different things inside them.
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They were delicious!
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We watched a really old tradition too.
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Women and girls wore traditional dresses called handbok and they danced in a circle and sang together.
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It was a very pretty parade.
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Thank you.

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About This Lesson

You're practicing English with "Title" 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.