Improve Your English Pronunciation with the Shadowing Method

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]They say that shadowing improves your English accent.

[00:00:04]But how?

[00:00:06]If you want clearer pronunciation and a more natural accent, then today I'm going to show you how to shadow in a way that no one else is teaching. And since I'm at my lovely home, come inside with me and let's shadow.

[00:00:26]Shadowing is when you listen to someone speaking and you repeat what they say as closely as possible. This is one of the best and quickest ways to improve your English speaking. So, as you first watch this video, I'm going to show you vocabulary around my house. And I want you to first listen. Pay attention to my pronunciation, my tone of voice, and even my body language. Then I'm going to repeat a second time. And I'll show you a close-up shot of my mouth so that you can see the shape of my mouth, the shape of my jaw, my lips, my tongue to make shadowing as easy as possible for you.

[00:01:19]Ready?

[00:01:21]Let's go.

[00:01:26]This is a bookshelf.

[00:01:28]It's made up of many shelves.

[00:01:33]There are books on the shelves.

[00:01:36]I brought these books from my hometown York back in England. Now, let's shadow what I just said.

[00:01:48]This is a bookshelf.

[00:01:53]It's made up of many shelves.

[00:02:00]There are books on the shelves.

[00:02:05]I brought these books from my hometown York back in England.

[00:02:19]Good. Remember to pay attention to shelf and shelves.

[00:02:27]Again, shelf and shelves.

[00:02:32]Good.

[00:02:37]This is a rook.

[00:02:41]I'm sitting on the rook and holding a mug.

[00:02:47]We bought this rug and this mug about five months ago when we moved in to our new home and they add a pop of color to the house. They make it feel more creative.

[00:03:08]We bought this rug and this mug about five months ago when we moved into our home.

[00:03:26]They add a pop of color to the house and they make it feel more creative.

[00:03:40]Guys, remember to pay attention to rug and mug.

[00:03:47]Can you say them fast? A bug on a rug found a mug on a rug. And the bug and the mug on the rug had a hug. If you can say that, you're a legend.

[00:04:05]That is the ceiling.

[00:04:08]Our ceiling is quite high actually. I like that about our house.

[00:04:16]It makes it feel spacious.

[00:04:22]Up here you can see a glass roof and we call that a roof light.

[00:04:30]The roof light lets in the sunlight, which keeps our plants happy.

[00:04:39]Do you know what else keeps our plants happy? A good drink.

[00:04:49]I love this. This is our tap. And it also serves as a plant waterer, a host pipe.

[00:05:00]It's raining inside.

[00:05:02]That's enough water for you, Mr. Cheese Plant. Time to shadow.

[00:05:12]That is the ceiling.

[00:05:18]Our ceiling is quite high actually. I like that about this house.

[00:05:31]It makes it feel spacious.

[00:05:38]Up here you can see a glass roof and we call that a roof light.

[00:05:53]It lets in the sunlight which keeps our plants happy.

[00:06:05]Now, two words to pay attention to here.

[00:06:09]Ceiling and roof.

[00:06:14]Good quick notes. A ceiling is on the inside of the house and a roof is on the outside of a house.

[00:06:29]This is a kettle. I just boiled the kettle. This kettle has a black handle and it's made of glass, plastic, and metal.

[00:06:47]A very British way to say boil the kettle is to pop the kettle on. I just popped the kettle on.

[00:07:01]This is a kettle.

[00:07:06]I just boiled the kettle.

[00:07:12]This kettle has a black handle.

[00:07:20]And it's made of glass, plastic, and metal.

[00:07:40]is to pop the kettle on.

[00:07:46]I just popped the kettle on.

[00:07:52]Now, something to notice when you are listening to English speakers, they drop the tea. So, I would say kettle. kettle instead of kettle.

[00:08:06]This is just for your listening. I would encourage you to say kettle. That's the proper way. Another one to notice is it's made of becomes it's made of. It's made of this mug. It's made of ceramic.

[00:08:33]What are you doing in my microwave? Get out of here.

[00:08:37]This is a microwave, and I use it to heat up my food.

[00:08:44]In the UK, a lot of people eat microwave meals because they're cheap and convenient.

[00:08:59]This is the microwave.

[00:09:05]I use it to heat up my food.

[00:09:13]In the UK, a lot of people eat microwave meals because they're cheap and convenient.

[00:09:34]Okay, with this one, we're going to practice word stress.

[00:09:39]Not that stress.

[00:09:42]Microwave.

[00:09:44]Microwave.

[00:09:46]Good. Next one.

[00:09:50]Convenient.

[00:09:52]Convenient.

[00:09:54]Again. Convenient.

[00:09:57]Together. It's convenient to cook food in a microwave.

[00:10:06]In a microwave.

[00:10:08]Good. You are a star.

[00:10:15]This is a canvas and the canvas is hanging on the wall.

[00:10:22]On the canvas there is a painting of a dog. She's wearing yellow sunglasses, a pink headscarf, and she looks very chic.

[00:10:36]There is a chick on her shoulder.

[00:10:40]Chang painted this with acrylic paints.

[00:10:48]This is a canvas.

[00:10:54]The canvas is hanging on the wall.

[00:11:01]On the canvas, there's a painting of a dog.

[00:11:10]She's wearing yellow sunglasses.

[00:11:17]>> And a pink headscarf.

[00:11:22]She looks chic.

[00:11:25]She looks chic.

[00:11:28]There is a chick on her shoulder.

[00:11:35]Chang painted this with acrylic paints.

[00:11:44]Good job.

[00:11:47]For this one, there were two similar words. Chic and chick. Can you hear the difference? Chic and ch. Chick. One more time. Sh. Chic. And it means cool, groovy. And then chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick which is a baby chicken. Try this one. She's a chic chick. She's a chic chick. Can you say it fast? She's a sheic chick. If you like this video and you want to practice shadowing further, I just released a shadowing tool on sproutl.com.

[00:12:29]Let me show you. So first I'm going to go to settings and choose the speed for JI. I'll choose slower. I'll click shadowing and type in home.

[00:12:43]When I'm talking with JI, I can click this button here to reveal the text. I can click the turtle button to make him speak more slowly.

[00:12:54]And now I can select any language to translate the text.

[00:12:59]My home is a lovely place. My home is a lovely place. 2,000 years later.

[00:13:06]>> Yep. All right. See you later.

[00:13:10]What a guy. If you want to practice with JI, you can download the Sprout app on your phone and start practicing today from your sofa, from the comfort of your own home. Thank you guys. I hope you found this video useful and I'll see you in the next one.