Shadowing Practice: 27.Talking about hobbies - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello and welcome to Real Easy English, the podcast where we have everyday conversations in easy English.
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I'm Georgie.
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And I'm Neil.
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Hi Neil, how are things?
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I'm very well, thank you Georgie.
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And how about you?
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How's your week going?
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My week's going really well, thank you.
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And I'm excited because later I have choir practice.
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Ah, choir practice.
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That means you sing with other people.
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It does.
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Well, that's good because we're talking all about hobbies.
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And those are the activities that we do after work or college or at the weekends.
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So Neil, I go to choir.
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Do you have any hobbies?
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Yes, I also have a musical hobby.
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I like to play guitar.
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Nice.
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How often do you play the guitar?
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It depends.
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Sometimes I play for a long time and often.
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Usually if I've heard a song I like, I want to learn how to play it.
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And then sometimes I don't play it at all for a while, for weeks.
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Okay.
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So you go through phases, I suppose.
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Yeah.
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And how about your choir?
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Tell me more about that.
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Well, so I go to choir practice weekly, every Monday, and at the moment we're practicing for a Christmas concert.
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We did just do a concert, which was really fun, and we've got another one, another one coming.
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Right, OK.
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And do you really enjoy the singing?
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How does it make you feel?
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I love the singing because I put my phone in my bag
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and I just sing with my friends
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and we have a really nice group of people that do choir so I really enjoy it.
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So Neil, you like playing the guitar but maybe there's a new hobby you'd like to try?
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Yeah, so I've been playing guitar for many years but I don't have any training and I can't read music.
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So I thought that maybe I should learn piano and learn properly.
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Oh, that would be good.
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Then you can play the piano with my choir.
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OK.
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When do I start?
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Next Monday.
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So do you have any hobbies that aren't musical?
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Yes.
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I like doing some exercise.
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So I like running and I like doing yoga.
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At the moment, I'm not running regularly.
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I'm running probably monthly, so once a month, which is not very good.
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I'd like to run more.
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Yeah, I also run, but I struggle to do it regularly.
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I think if you do it twice or three times a week, it's easy to keep going.
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But once you stop, you stop for a long time.
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I completely agree.
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It's difficult to stick to a routine with running, I find.
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It's very easy to lose your routine.
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So Georgie, you go to choir regularly, but you don't run regularly.
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What's this word, regularly?
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Well, regularly means that you do something often as part of a regular routine.
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So, for example, I regularly get a coffee when I come to work.
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So I get a coffee most times I come to work.
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But I don't regularly buy lunch.
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I usually bring my own lunch from home.
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Saves money.
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Neil, what about unusual hobbies?
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Do you have any unusual hobbies?
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I suppose I do.
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I quite like making sauerkraut.
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OK, sauerkraut.
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What is sauerkraut?
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It's a kind of food.
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You get some cabbage and you slice it thinly and you add some salt.
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you crush it and you leave it and after a while it changes into something new, which is very good for your stomach.
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OK, so why do you like making sauerkraut, Neil?
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It's very relaxing and it takes a while for it to be right.
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And I think in today's world we do lots of things that happen very quickly.
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So it's kind of old-fashioned but satisfying.
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OK, makes sense.
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I wouldn't do it, but I'm glad you have found something you love.
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Well, let's recap the language we learned during the conversation.
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We heard weekly, which means every week.
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Yes, and monthly, every month.
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We heard regularly, often.
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We also heard the word choir, a group of people who sing together.
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Yes.
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Thanks for listening to Real Easy English.
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Continue your learning on our website where you'll find worksheets and courses for all levels.
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Visit bbclearningenglish.com.
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Next time we'll talk about the things we do to stay healthy.
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Bye for now.
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Bye.
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Who Will Benefit from This Video?
This video is perfect for beginner to intermediate English learners aiming to talk about hobbies confidently. If you want to practice everyday conversations, learn how to describe activities, or improve your ability to ask and answer questions about free time, this dialogue is a great resource. It’s ideal for those using learn English with YouTube strategies, as the natural, slow-paced speech makes it easy to follow and replicate.
Key Words & Phrases to Master
Here are standout expressions from the conversation, with quick explanations to boost your vocabulary:
- Choir practice: A group singing session. Example: "I go to choir practice every Monday."
- Go through phases: To do something regularly for a period, then stop. Example: "He plays guitar in phases—sometimes daily, sometimes not for weeks."
- Weekly: Every week. Synonym: "I run weekly to stay fit."
These phrases are practical for real-life talks, so add them to your active vocabulary!
How to Get the Accent Right
Focus on these pronunciation tips to sound natural when discussing hobbies:
- Weak forms: Notice how "do you" becomes /də juː/ (not /duː juː/) in questions like "Do you have any hobbies?" This softens the speech and matches native flow—great for shadow speech practice.
- Intonation in questions: The speakers rise at the end of yes/no questions (e.g., "How about you?") and fall for statements. Use a shadowing app to mimic this pattern until it feels automatic.
- Stress on key words: In "I like running and yoga," stress the hobbies to emphasize them. Practice by repeating the sentence and highlighting the stressed words—this makes your speech clearer.
For best results, try shadowspeak techniques: play a short clip, pause, and repeat it immediately, matching the speed and tone. This trains your mouth and brain to produce natural sounds.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | concert, which was · month, which is · new, which is |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've heard · have found |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | we're talking · we're practicing · I'm not running |
| Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspelling | you'll find · we'll talk |
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.