Shadowing Practice: Unit 17 Watching TV - Listening Practice Through Dictation 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 17.
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Watching TV
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something, like science and nature programs and travel shows.
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Oh, I like travel shows too.
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My favorite travel show is the one with that chef from England.
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He travels, cooks and eats all the time.
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I like that one too.
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He really makes me laugh.
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He has a good sense of humor.
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Let's watch it together this week.
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It's on Thursday at 8 o 'clock, right?
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That's right.
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But where shall we watch it?
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Well, I have a big screen TV and a comfortable sofa.
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OK, we'll watch it at your place then.
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And I'll bring some snacks.
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See you then.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Unit 17 Watching TV - Listening Practice Through Dictation 2”. This video has 17 sentences and 103 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:04. The speaker talks slowly, about 97 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| clock noun | /klɑk/ | A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day. |
| chef noun | /ʃɛf/ | The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household. |
| snack noun | /snæk/ | A light meal. |
| humour noun | /ˈhjuːmɚ/ | The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. |
| sofa noun | /ˈsoʊ̯fə/ | An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people. |
| comfortable adjective | /ˈkʌm(p)f.tə.bəl/ | Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable. |
| laugh verb | /læf/ | To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and… |
| cook verb | /kʊk/ | To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc. |
| favourite adjective | /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ | Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.) |
| travel verb | /ˈtɹævəl/ | To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another. |
| nature noun | /ˈneɪ̯.t͡ʃəɹ/ | The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and… |
| unit noun | /ˈjuː.nɪt/ | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
| screen noun | /ˈskɹiːn/ | A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | we'll watch |
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 clock, chef, snack.
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.