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Hello and welcome to another episode of Elephant English Podcast.
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Today I'm going to be doing a speaking practice about family,
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friends and hobbies to help you to practice for your speaking test and to improve your listening skills in English.
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I'm going to ask some questions and then I'm going to answer them like they do in speaking exams.
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The first topic is about family.
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And the first question is, do you have any brothers or sisters?
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I have two brothers and one sister.
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I am the youngest because my brothers and sisters are older.
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They are 33, 35 and 37.
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Question number two.
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Do you think it's important to spend time with family?
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Yes, I think it's important to spend time with my family because they are very special to me.
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We have a very good time when we are together
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and we share happy moments but they also help me when I am sad or I have a problem.
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Question number three.
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What do you do with your family?
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When I spend time with my family we normally play cards
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or board games like Monopoly or Cluedo while we listen to music from the 80s.
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We also like to cook together and follow new recipes because it is one of our favourite hobbies.
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When the weather is nice we like to spend time in the garden watering the flowers
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or just sitting in the sun having a
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conversation the next topic is about friends question number four how
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often do you see your friends i meet my friends once
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a week i oh no i meet my friends once a week i always meet them at the weekend
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because i never have time during the week i work from monday to friday
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so the best days to meet up are saturdays
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and sundays question number five what do you like doing with your friends we normally hang out in a park
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or go to the countryside to go hiking
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and afterwards we sometimes go to a cafe
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or a restaurant to have some lunch
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or dinner i don't normally go to the cinema
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or to the shopping centre with my friends because I prefer to spend time outside enjoying the nice weather.
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If the weather is bad we spend time at home and order takeaway food from a restaurant that is in my neighbourhood.
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The last topic is hobbies.
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Question number six What are your hobbies?
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I love cooking, painting and doing exercise but I think that cooking is my favorite hobby.
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My favorite recipes to make are Asian recipes because they have a lot of flavor and they are delicious.
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I have a lot of recipe books that I use to make them
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and I sometimes follow YouTube videos when I want to make something that is extra special.
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Question number seven.
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What is your favourite sport?
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My favourite sport is badminton.
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I played badminton when I was younger and I think that it It is very fun and competitive.
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The problem is that there aren't any badminton lessons near my house so I can't play anymore.
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It is a shame because I really love it.
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Question number 8.
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What do you normally do at the weekend?
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At the weekend I always like to relax because I work from Monday to Friday.
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Sometimes I go to the countryside to go for a long walk along the river or in the mountains.
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Other times when the weather is bad for example I stay in my city and visit different museums and exhibitions.
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In the evenings at the weekend we usually order takeaway food like pizzas
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or burgers and we eat them while we are watching a series or a film.
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In this video we have talked about family, friends and hobbies.
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I hope that it has been useful for you and
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if it has please press the like button and subscribe to my channel
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because I'm going to be making a lot of videos like this.
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Thank you very much and I'll see you in the next video.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “👪Family, friends & hobbies🎾 English Practice for Beginners”. Las palabras que más se repiten: spend, hobbies, recipe, normally, weather. Este vídeo tiene 57 frases y 677 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:13. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 130 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
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| hobby sustantivo | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | afición, hobby |
| recipe sustantivo | /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/ | receta |
| topic sustantivo | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | tema, tópico |
| countryside sustantivo | /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/ | campo, campaña |
| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| pizza sustantivo | /ˈpi.tsə/ | pizza |
| afterwards adverbio | /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ | después, consecuentemente |
| flower sustantivo | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | flor |
| skill sustantivo | /skɪl/ | destreza, habilidad |
| exhibition sustantivo | /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/ | exhibición |
| delicious adjetivo | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | delicioso, sabroso |
| relax verbo | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | relajar, aflojar |
| cinema sustantivo | /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ | cine, cinematógrafo |
| burger sustantivo | /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ | búrguer, burger |
| youngest adjetivo | /ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/ | más joven, jovencisímo |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Do you think it's important to spend time with family?
- What do you do with your family?
- What is your favourite sport?
- What do you normally do at the weekend?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have talked · has been |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the youngest · the best |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venir | I'm going to be · I'm going to ask |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 8 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, aren't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: exhibition /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/, exam /ɪɡˈzæm/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/, hike /haɪk/, neighbourhood /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como hobby, recipe, topic.
¿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.