Shadowing Practice: A1/A2 Beginner English Listening Practice - Travel - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I love travelling.
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It is one of my favourite hobbies.
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I love to travel because I can learn a lot about other cultures.
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I can see new places and try different food.
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Travelling is great for relaxing.
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When people travel, they forget about their work and their daily life.
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They aren't stressed when they are traveling, so it is more relaxing than being at home.
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You can spend time at the beach, in the mountains, or even walking around a city.
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Different experiences are relaxing for different people.
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I like going for a walk in the mountains to relax.
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I like seeing the green forests and the animals in nature.
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Travelling is the best way to learn about other countries.
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You can go to museums to learn about the history and art of that country.
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It is more interesting than reading a book about history or art.
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You can experience the history of the place.
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People can visit museums and walk around the city centre to look at the buildings and monuments.
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It is very interesting to learn about the city or the country because then you can understand more about the culture.
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It is also amazing to travel because you can create new memories.
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Some people like to travel alone, but others prefer to travel with their friends,
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their family or their partner.
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It is great to take photographs during your holiday to remember those moments forever.
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My best travel memories are discovering new places,
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eating at a nice restaurant and relaxing in nature.
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What is your favourite memory that you have from your travels?
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You can meet a lot of new people when you are on holiday.
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I think that when people are on holiday,
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they are very friendly, so it is easy to meet other people that are travelling too.
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Also, you can meet local people who live in that country.
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It is a good idea to learn how to say basic phrases in the language that they speak in that country.
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For example, thank you, good morning, goodbye.
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It is difficult to learn to speak the language just for a holiday,
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but I think that it is a good way to be respectful and friendly.
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It is also a good experience to try the local cuisine.
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The cuisine is the style of cooking of the country.
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For example, if you visit Spain, you can try some paella or a Spanish omelette.
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It is totally different to the paellas that they sell in England.
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I know that there are a lot more typical foods, but these are just some typical examples.
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I like going to restaurants when I am on holiday,
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because you can try food that you don't normally eat when you are at home.
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It is a good idea to ask the waiter at the restaurant what food he thinks is the best on the menu, because sometimes
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when you go to a restaurant in a different country you don't understand the menu what is the best food
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that you have tried on holiday
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now we are going to go with the questions i want you to write the answers in the comment box
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and I will correct them.
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The first question is, what countries have you visited?
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I have visited a lot of countries in Europe.
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I would say that I have visited about 10 countries in Europe,
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but I would like to go to America one day and discover some places in Asia,
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especially the places that have nice beaches.
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The second question is, what is your favourite memory that you have from your travels?
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I think that my favourite memory that I have from my travels is being at the beach when
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and the sun is going down.
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So at 8 or 9 o'clock in the summer,
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the beach is beautiful, the sun is going down and it is very relaxing.
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The third question is, what is your favourite thing to do on your travels?
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My favourite thing to do on my travels is to go for long walks in nature.
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I prefer the mountains to the beach.
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I think that it is more interesting and exciting to be active.
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When you are on the beach, you are sitting down a lot of the time and I think that it is more boring.
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And the final question is, what is the best food that you have tried on holiday.
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I think that the best food that I have tried on holiday is a pizza
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that I had when I went to Rome.
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It was delicious and it is the best pizza I have ever eaten.
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So do the same as me,
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answer the questions and write them in the comment box so that I can correct them.
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Thank you very much and I'll see you in the next video.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “A1/A2 Beginner English Listening Practice - Travel”. Las palabras que más se repiten: travel, holiday, favourite, learn, relaxing. Este vídeo tiene 66 frases y 804 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:30. El hablante habla despacio, unas 95 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 88 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
relax verbo/ɹɪˈlæks/relajar, aflojar
pizza sustantivo/ˈpi.tsə/pizza
discover verbo/dɪˈskʌvə/descubrir
menu sustantivo/ˈmɛn.juː/menú, carta
cuisine sustantivo/kwɪˈziːn/cocina, gastronomía
delicious adjetivo/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/delicioso, sabroso
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/adiós, hasta luego
phrase sustantivo/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/frase
photograph sustantivo/ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/fotografía, toma fotográfica
hobby sustantivo/ˈhɑ.bi/afición, hobby
bore verbo/boɹ/aburrir
monument sustantivo/ˈmɑnjʊmənt/monumento
respectful adjetivo/ɹɪˈspɛkt.fl̩/respetuoso
waiter sustantivo/ˈweɪ̯təː/camarero, garzón
paella sustantivo/pɑːˈeɪ.(j)ə/paella

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
walk around verbodeambular
sit down verbosentarse

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahave tried · have visited · have ever eaten
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe best
Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosasmore relaxing than · more interesting than
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare traveling · are discovering · are travelling

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, aren't, I'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: cuisine /kwɪˈziːn/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como relax, pizza, discover.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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