Shadowing Practice: Unit 3 - Growing Roses - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Unit 3 - Growing Roses”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: rose, fertilizer, bush, produce, leaves. This video has 23 sentences and 141 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:01. The speaker talks at a steady 138 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| liquid noun | /ˈlɪk.wɪd/ | A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those… |
| recover verb | /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/ | To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal). |
| bush noun | /ˈbʊʃ/ | A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly… |
| pink noun | /ˈpɪŋk/ | A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers. |
| rise verb | /ɹaɪz/ | To move upwards. |
| rose noun | /ɹoʊz/ | A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers. |
| produce verb | /pɹəˈd͡ʒuːs/ | To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate. |
| plant noun | /plɑːnt/ | An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a… |
| sort noun | /soɹt/ | A general type. |
| welcome | /ˈwɛl.kəm/ | Greeting given upon someone's arrival. |
| unit noun | /ˈjuː.nɪt/ | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
| grow verb | /ˈɡɹəʊ/ | To become larger, to increase in magnitude. |
| healthy adjective | /ˈhɛl.θi/ | Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to produce · used to be |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should use · should produce |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will help · will it take · I'll take |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as doesn't, I'll, you're. 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 leaf, flower, liquid.
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.