Shadowing Practice: AEF 1 - Second Edition 1A - My name's Hannah not Anna - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 146 sentences and 372 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:26. The speaker talks slowly, about 28 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 84% 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

15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ (noun) — A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.
• gate /ˈɡeɪ̯t/ (noun) — A doorlike structure outside a house.
• tennis /ˈtɛnɪs/ (noun) — A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
• twelve /twɛlv/ (noun) — A group of twelve items.
• goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ — Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
• salad /ˈsæl.əd/ (noun) — A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often…
• pasta /ˈpɑ.stə/ (noun) — Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
• tomato /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/ (noun) — A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
• madam /ˈmædəm/ (noun) — A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
• karate /kəˈɹɑ.ti/ (noun) — An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.
• email /ˈiˌmeɪl/ (noun) — A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet…
• meat /mit/ (noun) — The flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food.
• zero /ˈzɪɹoʊ/ (noun) — The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
• cheese /t͡ʃiz/ (noun) — A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
• basketball /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/ (noun) — A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 16 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, we're. 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 sandwich, gate, tennis.