English shadowing with real speeches

Shadowing textbook audio gets boring fast. Use real voices you actually want to sound like, one sentence at a time.

What is shadowing?

You listen to a native speaker and repeat what they say almost at the same time, like a shadow. It trains pronunciation, intonation, pace and rhythm.

The trick is short chunks and many repetitions. Repeating one sentence until it feels natural beats shadowing a long video once.

1
Listen once with the translation
Play the video and follow the line-by-line translation. Tap any word to see its meaning and IPA.
2
Break it into sentences
Tap a sentence to play from there. Use the Replay button or the R key to repeat it, and the ← → keys to move between sentences.
3
Speak along with the highlight
While playing, the word being spoken is highlighted in yellow. Follow it and say the words out loud at the same pace.
4
Repeat and speed up
Start at 0.75x from the YouTube player settings, then return to normal speed. Ten minutes and three to five sentences a day is plenty.