Shadow Reading for English Listening Practice

Shadow Reading

Sometimes shadowing is simply too difficult. In this case, you can move back one step to some easier practice: shadow reading. This is shadowing the audio while you look at the script for the audio.

Read Along

You try your best to read along with the audio. As you read, you can discover words’ correct pronunciations. There are many cases in spoken English where the words are not pronounced according to the spelling, or the sounds are shortened and do not ‘sound’ like the written word.

Discovery

In these cases, shadow reading is a great tool to discover the correct pronunciation of the words by a native speaker.