Shadowing Practice: F&F 2-UNIT 15 LESSON 5+6 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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Listening 162.
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Listen and read.
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Susie is a fairground horse.
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She is behind a red horse and in front of a blue horse.
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She goes round and round every day. But Susie isn't happy.
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Mmm, I want to run in the fields, she says.
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I want to eat the green grass.
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I want to be a real horse.
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The next day, Susie moves her head.
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She moves her tail.
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Hooray! says Susie.
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I'm a real horse now.
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Susie runs to the field.
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She eats the green grass.
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She drinks the fresh water.
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She is very, very happy.
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But that night, Susie isn't happy.
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She's cold, she's wet, and she's scared.
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I miss my friends, she says.
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I miss the red horse and the blue horse.
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In the morning, Susie says goodbye to the green grass.
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She says goodbye to the fresh water.
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Susie goes back to the fairground.
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I'm a happy horse, She says.
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I can go round and round every day with my friends, the red horse and the blue horse.
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Mmm!
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Listening 163.
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Listen and number.
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One.
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1. Susie is behind a red horse and in front of a blue horse.
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2. Susie isn't happy.
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She wants to run in the fields.
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3. She can move her head and her tail.
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Now she is a real horse.
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4. Susie runs to the field.
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She eats and drinks.
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5. Susie is scared.
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She's cold and she's wet.
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6. Now Susie is happy.
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She is with her friends.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “F&F 2-UNIT 15 LESSON 5+6”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Susie, horse, blue, round, field. This video has 40 sentences and 240 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:56. The speaker talks slowly, about 82 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
grass noun/ɡɹɑːs/Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as…
tail noun/ˈteɪ̯l/An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something.
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
scare verb/skɛɚ/To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
fairground noun/ˈfɛə(ɹ)ɡɹaʊnd/An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.
horse noun/hoɹs/A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
drink verb/ˈdɹɪŋk/To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
fresh adjective/fɹɛʃ/Newly produced or obtained; recent.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go round verbTo physically swirl or rotate.
go back to verbTo stem from; to originate in.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as isn't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 grass, tail, goodbye.

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.

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