Shadowing Practice: Single Stories 26 | At the Circus | Little Fox Level 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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At the Circus Whose ball is this?
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This is his ball. Whose bike is this?
3
This is her bike.
4
Whose roller skates are these?
5
These are his roller skates Whose hula hoop is this?
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This is her hula hoop. Whose ring is this?
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This is his ring. Whose swords are these?
8
These are her swords.
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Whose flowers are these?
10
These are his flowers.
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Whose cannon is this?
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This is my cannon.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Single Stories 26”. This video has 12 sentences and 71 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:03. 8 of its 12 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
flower noun/ˈfloʊɚ/A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens…
sword noun/soɹd/A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
cannon noun/ˈkæn.ən/A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar…
roller noun/ˈɹoʊlɚ/Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
skate noun/skeɪt/A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
hoop noun/hʊp/A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
hula noun/ˈhulə/A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.
bike noun/baɪk/Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.
ring noun/ɹɪŋ/A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.

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 flower, sword, cannon.

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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