Shadowing Practice: Baking Christmas Cookies Together - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I love Christmas cookies!
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Me too! What do we need?
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We need flour, sugar and eggs.
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I can mix, and you can cut!
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Great! Use this big bowl.
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Look! I've got a star cutter.
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Oh, nice! I've got a tree.
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Wow, your tree is really big!
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Yes! I like big cookies!
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Wait. What's that smell?
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Look! The oven is very hot!
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Quick, open the oven door!
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Oh no. These stars are black.
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It's black, but I like it!
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You're so funny!
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Now, what colors have we got?
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We've got red and green sugar.
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Red is nice, but I like green.
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Okay! I'm putting red on the stars.
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Wow, they look really beautiful!
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Wait! Where's your big tree?
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Look! There's Biscuit, under the table!
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Oh no! He's eating your cookie!
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Hey! That's my big tree!
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He's bad, but he's so cute!
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Okay. Merry Christmas, Biscuit!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Baking Christmas Cookies Together”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: tree, cookie, star. This video has 26 sentences and 144 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:25. The speaker talks slowly, about 102 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 4 of its 26 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
cookie noun/ˈkʊki/A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
oven noun/ˈʌ.vn̩/A chamber used for baking or heating.
egg noun/ɛɡ/An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell…
flour noun/ˈflaʊ.ə/Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and…
cutter noun/ˈkʌtɚ/A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
sugar noun/ˈʃʊɡə/A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used as sweetener and preservative.
cute adjective/kjuːt/Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair…
bowl noun/boʊl/As much as is held by a bowl.
smell verb/smɛl/To sense a smell or smells.
tree noun/tɹiː/A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
quick adjective/kwɪk/Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
color noun/ˈkʌl.ə/The spectral composition of visible light.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • What do we need?
  • I've got a star cutter.
  • It's black, but I like it!
  • We've got red and green sugar.
  • Where's your big tree?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as I've, I'm, we've. 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 cookie, oven, egg.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →