Shadowing Practice: Yoro the Fulani boy - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Around the world, every child becomes an adult in a different way.
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Yoro Sisse is a 16-year-old Fulani boy from Dafa Rabi, Mali.
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Every year, teams of young Fulani boys like Yoro make a long trip.
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They do this to find food for their cows.
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During the dry season, the cows can stay near the Fulanis' home, but in the wet season, is too much rain for the cows to stay there.
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They take their cows into the Sahel, near the Sahara Desert.
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In the desert, there aren't many trees or plants.
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It is very dry.
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The boys travel along the edge of the desert, moving from place to place.
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The boys' trip can take almost eight months.
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There is little food for the boys near the desert.
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They do not carry a lot of food with them.
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They usually only drink milk.
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We have to keep moving to find more food for our cows.
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Our job is to bring back fat cows.
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This is something every Fulani boy has to do.
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It's a very important job.
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When Jorou goes home, everyone will look at his cows cows.
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If the cows are all okay, the other Fulani people will know Yoro can take good care of his herd.
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Then, they will say he is not a boy, but a man.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 20 sentences and 221 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:32. The speaker talks at a steady 144 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% 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
12 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- cow /kaʊ/ (noun) — An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
- desert /ˈdɛz.ɚt/ (noun) — A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
- milk /mɪlk/ (verb) — To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
- trip /tɹɪp/ (noun) — A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- travel /ˈtɹævəl/ (verb) — To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
- drink /ˈdɹɪŋk/ (verb) — To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
- carry /ˈkæɹ.i/ (verb) — To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- plant /plɑːnt/ (noun) — 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…
- tree /tɹiː/ (noun) — A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
- adult /ˈæd.ʌlt/ (noun) — An animal that is full-grown.
- edge /ɛd͡ʒ/ (noun) — The boundary line of a surface.
- rain /ˈɹeɪn/ (noun) — Condensed water falling from a cloud.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- bring back /ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/ (verb) — To fetch something.
- look at (verb) — To observe or 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 cow, desert, milk.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will look · will know · will say |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | have to keep · has to do |
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.