Pratique du Shadowing: Real Easy English 3 - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Real Easy English 3”. This video has 25 sentences and 155 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:04. The speaker talks at a steady 146 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 5 of its 25 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

• What social media do you use?
• What apps do you often use?
• Where do you live?
• Do you have your own room?
• Who do you live with?

Pronunciation to watch

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shine /ʃaɪn/, conversation /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like tidy, shine, cosy.