Shadowing Practice: Learning new language situatione 🤣 #gumball - Learn English Speaking with Video

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Learning new language situatione 🤣”. This video has 21 sentences and 145 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:56. The speaker talks at a natural 157 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 5 of its 21 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

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

• I'm gonna type that the way I heard it.
• Gumball, you're not being very constructive.
• What country do you come from?
• Don't worry, I got this.
• Of course, why didn't we think of that?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, leisure /ˈlɛʒə(ɹ)/

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like electrical, discover, translation.