Shadowing Practice: 한국 사람들은 가을에 뭘 먹을까? 🍂 (What Do Koreans Eat in Fall?) | 한국의 가을 미식 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “한국 사람들은 가을에 뭘 먹을까? 🍂”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: eat, fall, sweet, chestnut, mushroom. This video has 282 sentences and 5325 words to shadow. The speech runs for 33:52. The speaker talks at a natural 157 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 82 of its 282 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| shrimp noun | /ʃɹɪmp/ | Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a… |
| mushroom noun | /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/ | Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood). |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| potato noun | /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ | The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum. |
| autumn noun | /ˈɔtəm/ | Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as… |
| grill noun | /ɡɹɪl/ | A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and… |
| crab noun | /kɹæb/ | Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. |
| seafood noun | /ˈsiːfuːd/ | Food from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms. |
| seasonal adjective | /ˈsiːzənəl/ | Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics. |
| bone noun | /boʊn/ | A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. |
| fig noun | /fɪɡ/ | The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds. |
| palm noun | /pɑm/ | The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. |
| podcast noun | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on… |
| pine noun | /paɪn/ | Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus. |
| harvest noun | /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/ | The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| go up verb | To move upwards. | |
| leave out verb | To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention. | |
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. | |
| look up verb | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | To have better prospects. |
| run away from verb | To avoid or shirk a problem or consequences; to rush to back away from or disclaim responsibility for something. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Have you heard of 'the season of cheongomabi'?
- Should I call it a palm-sized shrimp?
- Do you eat the shrimp head, everyone?
- In the fall, crab—do you know crab?
- Do you know the orange fruit?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been eating · I've been thinking · I've been doing |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've heard · I've been · I've seen |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is called · are called · was born |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | sauce, which is · people who are |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 86 contractions and reduced forms, such as they're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thin /ˈθɪn/, thick /θɪk/, smooth /smuːð/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shrimp /ʃɹɪmp/, mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, dish /dɪʃ/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: unfamiliar /ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, deliciously /dəˈlɪ.ʃəs.li/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like shrimp, mushroom, delicious.
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.














