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A plan for your next shadowing session.
Bring a sentence and a recording you want to follow. Choose your time and focus; get a step-by-step routine, a timer and a worksheet to keep.
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10 minutes. One useful sentence.
New to shadowing · Stress and rhythm
Understand the line
Use one clear audio model. Listen and check the meaning of a short sentence. Keep the same excerpt for this session.
Play your source audio separately. Each stage stops at zero and waits for you.
Your five-stage routine
- 01
Understand the line
Use one clear audio model. Listen and check the meaning of a short sentence. Keep the same excerpt for this session.
- 02
Listen and repeat
Play a phrase, pause the audio, then repeat it. Listen for the strongest words and the pauses. Keep lighter words between the beats.
- 03
Shadow the speaker
Start with one short clause. Slow the recording if needed. Let the audio continue and speak just behind the model. Listen for the strongest words and the pauses. Keep lighter words between the beats.
- 04
Compare one feature
Replay the model and compare it with your voice, using a recording if you choose. Listen for the strongest words and the pauses. Keep lighter words between the beats. Make one adjustment and try again.
- 05
Make it your own
Hide the transcript and change the sentence to express something true for you. Write one note about what to revisit next time.
My review note
One thing I noticed: ___________________________________
My own sentence: _____________________________________
Next time: ___________________________________________
Your voice. Your source. A little structure.
This planner allocates time across five practice stages. It does not generate or play audio, record your voice, or give pronunciation scores.
1. Open a clear audio model
Use a short excerpt you understand from a video, podcast or recorded reading. Keep it in another tab or app.
2. Follow the stages at your pace
Start and pause the timer as needed. A completed stage waits for you. Change your settings and generate again to begin a new session.
3. Keep a note or share the structure
Download a Markdown worksheet or print to PDF. A settings link shares only the experience, time and focus; your sentence is excluded. Teachers can share the plan for students to use with their own audio.
New to the method?
Start with one sentence.
Learn the difference between listen-and-repeat and shadowing, try an original example, and choose one thing to improve. Session lengths are suggestions, not a promise of progress.
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