How to shadow?

Step 1: READ Step 2: LISTEN Step 3: SHADOW Step 4: REPEAT

Read the text before you First, listen. Then, listen Now, try to repeat what Repeat the same text again
start shadowing. The more closely, pause and repeat the speaker says sentence and again until you are
familiar you are with the sentence by sentence. Try by sentence without confident and you speak
material, the easier later to match the accent and pausing the audio. Speak with the same speed as the
for you to shadow. tone of the speaker. aloud. audio.

5 Reasons to Use the Speech Shadowing Technique When we are repeatedly

exposed to listening to
How effective is the shadowing technique? something, our mind starts
processing the information in
the same pattern. So,
#1 Speech shadowing helps Similarly, you can add up naturally we start framing the
in better pronunciation more words of the foreign sentences in the same way.
language when you listen to This is similar to a child who
With speech shadowing, you
it. first starts speaking and
listen to the language rather
creating his or her own
than only reading it. You can #3 You can gain fluency of
sentences according to how
understand the pronunciation the language by using speech
the parents speak.
better when you have shadowing
actually heard it. Also, you #5 Targeted learning
By gaining vocabulary and
can grasp the accent of the
practicing speaking, you can In speech shadowing, we try
target language or the
improve your fluency of the to match with the audio.
language you wish to learn.
language both in speaking Therefore, we have a target
#2 Improves vocabulary of and understanding. to achieve. And when we
the target language have set target for ourselves,
#4 Creates an impression of
the potential to perform well
As they say, one believes in the sentence structures in
becomes higher!
what their ears listen. mind