Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: Family 2 Unit 15 Well done

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Susie is a fairground horse.
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She is behind a red horse and in front of a blue horse.
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She goes round and round every day. But Susie isn't happy.
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I want to run in the fields, she says.
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I want to eat the green grass.
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I want to be a real horse.
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The next day, Susie moves her head.
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She moves her tail.
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Hooray, says Susie.
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I'm a real horse now.
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Susie runs to the field.
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She eats the green grass.
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She drinks the fresh water.
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She is very, very happy.
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But that night, Susie isn't happy.
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She's cold, she's wet, and she's scared.
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I miss my friends, she says.
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I miss the red horse and the blue horse In the morning,
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Susie says goodbye to the green grass She says goodbye to the fresh water Susie goes back to the fairground Mmm,
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I'm a happy horse, she says I can go round and round every day with my friends,
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the red horse and the blue horse.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Family 2 Unit 15 Well done”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: horse, Susie, round, grass, green. This video has 21 sentences and 167 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:50. The speaker talks slowly, about 91 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 78% 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

8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
grass noun/ɡɹɑːs/Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as…
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
tail noun/ˈteɪ̯l/An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something.
scare verb/skɛɚ/To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
fairground noun/ˈfɛə(ɹ)ɡɹaʊnd/An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.
horse noun/hoɹs/A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
fresh adjective/fɹɛʃ/Newly produced or obtained; recent.
drink verb/ˈdɹɪŋk/To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go round verbTo physically swirl or rotate.
go back to verbTo stem from; to originate in.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, isn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like grass, goodbye, tail.

Phương Pháp Shadowing Là Gì?

Shadowing là kỹ thuật học ngôn ngữ có cơ sở khoa học, ban đầu được phát triển cho chương trình đào tạo phiên dịch viên chuyên nghiệp và được phổ biến rộng rãi bởi nhà đa ngôn ngữ học Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Nguyên lý cốt lõi đơn giản nhưng cực kỳ hiệu quả: bạn nghe tiếng Anh của người bản xứ và lặp lại to ngay lập tức — như một "cái bóng" (shadow) đuổi theo người nói với độ trễ chỉ 1–2 giây. Khác với luyện ngữ pháp hay học từ vựng bị động, Shadowing buộc não bộ và cơ miệng phải đồng thời xử lý và tái tạo ngôn ngữ thực tế. Các nghiên cứu khoa học xác nhận phương pháp này cải thiện đáng kể phát âm, ngữ điệu, nhịp điệu, nối âm, kỹ năng nghe và độ lưu loát khi nói — đặc biệt hiệu quả cho người luyện IELTS Speaking và muốn giao tiếp tiếng Anh tự nhiên như người bản ngữ.

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