Shadowing English - SpeakFox
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Talk with your AI tutor about your day, food, travel or movies. Learn new phrases in lessons and shadow real videos to make them yours.
Understand English but freeze the moment you have to speak? That's the passive-vocabulary gap — and shadowing is how you close it.
Shadowing · real YouTube videos · instant speech scoring — finally speak the words you already know.
From Steve Jobs speeches to Friends, TED talks to JENNIE — turn the videos you already love into speaking practice. The same method used by professional interpreters, just 5 minutes a day.
THE LOOP: LISTEN → REPEAT → SCORE
1. Pick a real video you love
2. Listen to a short segment
3. Repeat it out loud
4. See your pronunciation score — try again until you nail it
WHY SHADOWING WORKS
Shadowing trains your mouth to produce the sounds you already understand — the way interpreters at the UN build fluency. It works at every level.
WHY SPEAKFOX
• Real YouTube, not textbooks — real accents, real context, not scripted audio
• Instant speech scoring — feedback on what you SAY, not just what you recognize
• Bilingual subtitles — understand every line in English and your own language
• Built for your level — beginner to advanced, videos matched to you
• 5 minutes a day — daily streaks keep you coming back
16 INTERFACE LANGUAGES
Use the app in your native language while learning English.
FREE vs PRO
Free: up to 15 segments per day
Pro: unlimited practice, AI pronunciation scoring, full progress tracking, priority support
Start speaking the English you already understand. Try SpeakFox free today.
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What's new:
• New Talk tab: chat out loud with your AI tutor about your day, food, travel, work or movies. No script, just a real conversation.
• Learn with your AI tutor in Lessons: watch a short clip, repeat the key phrases, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Shadow real videos in the Videos tab: repeat after native speakers and get a score for every phrase.
1.4.38 8h ago
What's new:
• New Talk tab: chat out loud with your AI tutor about your day, food, travel, work or movies. No script, just a real conversation.
• Learn with your AI tutor in Lessons: watch a short clip, repeat the key phrases, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Shadow real videos in the Videos tab: repeat after native speakers and get a score for every phrase.
1.4.36 4d ago
What's new:
• New Talk tab: chat out loud with your AI tutor about your day, food, travel, work or movies. No script, just a real conversation.
• Learn with your AI tutor in Lessons: watch a short clip, repeat the key phrases, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Shadow real videos in the Videos tab: repeat after native speakers and get a score for every phrase.
1.4.35 5d ago
What's new:
• New Talk tab: chat out loud with your AI tutor about your day, food, travel, work or movies. No script, just a real conversation.
• Learn with your AI tutor in Lessons: watch a short clip, repeat the key phrases, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Shadow real videos in the Videos tab: repeat after native speakers and get a score for every phrase.
1.4.34 6d ago
What's new:
• Meet your AI speaking partner. Talk out loud, hear natural replies and keep the conversation going. If you get stuck, suggested answers help you find the words.
• Watch a real video moment first, repeat the useful lines, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Follow speaking lessons for everyday situations and leave every session with phrases you can use in real life.
1.4.33 Oct 7
What's new:
• Meet your AI speaking partner. Talk out loud, hear natural replies and keep the conversation going. If you get stuck, suggested answers help you find the words.
• Watch a real video moment first, repeat the useful lines, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Follow speaking lessons for everyday situations and leave every session with phrases you can use in real life.
1.4.32 Oct 5
What's new:
• Meet your AI speaking partner. Talk out loud, hear natural replies and keep the conversation going. If you get stuck, suggested answers help you find the words.
• Watch a real video moment first, repeat the useful lines, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Follow speaking lessons for everyday situations and leave every session with phrases you can use in real life.
1.4.31 Oct 2
What's new:
• Meet your AI speaking partner. Talk out loud, hear natural replies and keep the conversation going. If you get stuck, suggested answers help you find the words.
• Watch a real video moment first, repeat the useful lines, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Follow speaking lessons for everyday situations and leave every session with phrases you can use in real life.
1.4.30 Sep 30
What's new:
• Meet your AI speaking partner. Talk out loud, hear natural replies and keep the conversation going. If you get stuck, suggested answers help you find the words.
• Watch a real video moment first, repeat the useful lines, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Follow speaking lessons for everyday situations and leave every session with phrases you can use in real life.
1.4.29 Sep 22
What's new:
• Meet your AI speaking partner. Talk out loud, hear natural replies and keep the conversation going. If you get stuck, suggested answers help you find the words.
• Watch a real video moment first, repeat the useful lines, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Follow speaking lessons for everyday situations and leave every session with phrases you can use in real life.
1.4.28 Sep 21
What's new:
• Meet your AI speaking partner. Talk out loud, hear natural replies and keep the conversation going. If you get stuck, suggested answers help you find the words.
• Watch a real video moment first, repeat the useful lines, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Follow speaking lessons for everyday situations and leave every session with phrases you can use in real life.
1.4.27 Sep 19
What's new:
• Meet your AI speaking partner. Talk out loud, hear natural replies and keep the conversation going. If you get stuck, suggested answers help you find the words.
• Watch a real video moment first, repeat the useful lines, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Follow speaking lessons for everyday situations and leave every session with phrases you can use in real life.
1.4.26 Sep 17
What's new:
• Meet your AI speaking partner. Talk out loud, hear natural replies and keep the conversation going. If you get stuck, suggested answers help you find the words.
• Watch a real video moment first, repeat the useful lines, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Follow speaking lessons for everyday situations and leave every session with phrases you can use in real life.
1.4.25 Sep 15
What's new:
• Tap any word in the subtitles. You instantly get its translation, what it means in this exact line, and an example sentence with a translation. Whole expressions like "figure it out" are explained as one piece, not word by word.
• Hear the word from a native speaker, then keep it with one tap. It goes to your Word Bank with the meaning it had in the video, ready for you when you come back.
1.4.24 Sep 12
What's new:
• Tap any word in the subtitles. You instantly get its translation, what it means in this exact line, and an example sentence with a translation. Whole expressions like "figure it out" are explained as one piece, not word by word.
• Hear the word from a native speaker, then keep it with one tap. It goes to your Word Bank with the meaning it had in the video, ready for you when you come back.
1.4.23 Sep 10
What's new:
• Practice any video you want. Search YouTube right inside SpeakFox, pick a video, and in about a minute it becomes a full lesson: transcript, subtitles in your language and word by word speech scoring.
• A new Search tab keeps that one tap away, and every video you add stays in your own library, ready whenever you come back.
• Long videos keep flowing. The next minutes load while you practice, and Explore now has a Continue watching row that drops you back exactly where you stopped.
1.4.22 Sep 10
What's new:
• Practice any video you want. Search YouTube right inside SpeakFox, pick a video, and in about a minute it becomes a full lesson: transcript, subtitles in your language and word by word speech scoring.
• A new Search tab keeps that one tap away, and every video you add stays in your own library, ready whenever you come back.
• Long videos keep flowing. The next minutes load while you practice, and Explore now has a Continue watching row that drops you back exactly where you stopped.
1.4.21 Sep 8
What's new:
• Practice any video you want. Search YouTube right inside SpeakFox, pick a video, and in about a minute it becomes a full lesson: transcript, subtitles in your language and word by word speech scoring.
• A new Search tab keeps that one tap away, and every video you add stays in your own library, ready whenever you come back.
• Long videos keep flowing. The next minutes load while you practice, and Explore now has a Continue watching row that drops you back exactly where you stopped.
1.4.20 Sep 2
What's new:
• Practice any video you want. Search YouTube right inside SpeakFox, pick a video, and in about a minute it becomes a full lesson: transcript, subtitles in your language and word by word speech scoring.
• A new Search tab keeps that one tap away, and every video you add stays in your own library, ready whenever you come back.
• Long videos keep flowing. The next minutes load while you practice, and Explore now has a Continue watching row that drops you back exactly where you stopped.
1.4.19 Aug 30
What's new:
• Your saved words now come with a daily challenge. Swipe through them, mark what stuck, and watch every word travel from new to learned.
• A starter set of words picked for your level is waiting on your very first visit, so you always have something to practice.
• Word Runner now feeds the same collection, so every round you play pushes your real vocabulary forward.
1.4.18 Aug 15
What's new:
• Your saved words now come with a daily challenge. Swipe through them, mark what stuck, and watch every word travel from new to learned.
• A starter set of words picked for your level is waiting on your very first visit, so you always have something to practice.
• Word Runner now feeds the same collection, so every round you play pushes your real vocabulary forward.
1.4.17 Aug 15
What's new:
• Enjoying SpeakFox? Now you can share it with a friend in one tap, right from Settings.
• Your courses and the practice screen move even more smoothly, so nothing pulls you out of the flow.
1.4.16 Aug 8
What's new:
• Enjoying SpeakFox? Now you can share it with a friend in one tap, right from Settings.
• Your courses and the practice screen move even more smoothly, so nothing pulls you out of the flow.
1.4.15 Aug 5
What's new:
• Enjoying SpeakFox? Now you can share it with a friend in one tap, right from Settings.
• Your courses and the practice screen move even more smoothly, so nothing pulls you out of the flow.
1.4.14 Jul 23
What's new:
• Every line now shows clear pronunciation hints, with the stressed syllable marked, so you always know how to say each word.
• Keep your streak going just by listening. The days you listen along now count too, not only the ones you speak.
1.4.13 Jul 16
What's new:
• New Talk tab: chat out loud with your AI tutor about your day, food, travel, work or movies. No script, just a real conversation.
• Learn with your AI tutor in Lessons: watch a short clip, repeat the key phrases, then use them in a conversation of your own.
• Shadow real videos in the Videos tab: repeat after native speakers and get a score for every phrase.
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