Shadowing Practice: UNIT 12: MY FOOD - Learn English Speaking with Video
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dinner with my family.
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My name is Ben.
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Today, my family and I are going to a restaurant for dinner.
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I go with my grandpa.
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Grandma.
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"Dad." Man, and my two brothers, Tom and Sam.
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We are hungry and very excited.
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"My grandpa likes fish and rice.
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He says the fish is soft and delicious.
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He doesn't like carrots because they are too hard.
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My grandma likes chicken soup and bread.
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She likes the soup because it is warm and tasty.
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She doesn't like meat because it is difficult to eat.
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My dad likes meat, rice, and orange juice.
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He says the meat is very good.
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My mom likes salad and fish.
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She likes salad because it is fresh and healthy.
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She doesn't like hot chocolate because it is too sweet.
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"My brother Tom likes eggs, bread, and milk.
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He doesn't like tomatoes because they are sour.
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My little brother Sam likes ice cream and bananas.
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He likes ice cream because it is cold and sweet.
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However, he doesn't like grapes.
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I like chicken, rice, and apple juice.
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I don't like fish, but I like carrots because they are sweet and crunchy.
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After dinner, we share some fruit and ice cream.
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The food is delicious.
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and my family has a wonderful time at the restaurant.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “UNIT 12: MY FOOD”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: fish, rice, cream, meat, dinner. This video has 28 sentences and 215 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:10. The speaker talks slowly, about 99 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| salad noun | /ˈsæl.əd/ | A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often… |
| soup noun | /sup/ | Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food… |
| grandma noun | /ˈɡɹænmɑː/ | Grandmother. |
| grandpa noun | /ˈɡɹæm.pɑː/ | grandfather. |
| carrot noun | /ˈkæɹət/ | A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus. |
| egg noun | /ɛɡ/ | An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell… |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| 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. |
| sour adjective | /ˈsaʊ.ə/ | Tasting of acidity. |
| tomato noun | /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/ | A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit. |
| tasty adjective | /ˈteɪsti/ | Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor. |
| grape noun | /ɡɹeɪp/ | A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the… |
| crunchy adjective | /ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/ | Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as doesn't, don'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 juice, delicious, salad.
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.