What is shadowing in English?
Shadowing is a practice in which you listen to English audio and repeat it almost at the same time. Unlike repeating after the speaker, you speak while the audio plays. Most of your attention goes to catching the sounds, so it is mainly used for listening and pronunciation practice.
Shadowing is a practice in which you listen to English audio and repeat it almost at the same time. Unlike repeating after the speaker, you speak while the audio plays. Most of your attention goes to catching the sounds, so it is mainly used for listening and pronunciation practice.
A quick test: if you could pause the audio and still be saying the sentence, you are repeating, not shadowing. In shadowing you speak while the audio plays, so Hamada recommends knowing the clip's meaning first.
English Shadowing Practice for Beginners: Choose a Clip, Shadow It, and Check Your Recording →