Shadowing Practice: Banana Bread | Buddy Oliver | #CookingBuddies - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi guys, today I'm going to show you how to make an amazing banana bread.
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First thing you have to do is you have to grease this tin.
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So you're gonna take a kitchen cloth
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and you're gonna just take a small amount of butter and rub it around your tin.
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So there you go, nice and greased.
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So we have greased this tin and now we're going to cream our butter
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and I'm going to show you how to do it.
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So we do this to make it fluffy and smooth and to get some air into it.
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So we use a spoon and we just beat it and you know mix it together.
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Make sure your butter is nice and soft so it's easier to smooth down.
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You can use your spatula to get the butter off the sides.
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So now I'm going to give my hands a wash.
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Next you're going to crack two eggs into the butter.
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Oh my god a double yucca!
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These eggs are for my own chickens.
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It looks a bit like scrambled eggs.
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So when you're mixing it in don't worry if it looks a bit lumpy because at the end it will come together.
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So now Now we're going to add our bananas.
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The browner the better.
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You don't need a knife, you just smush them up into the mixture.
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This is a great way to use up manky old bananas.
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They're not bad though.
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So you get yourself a fork and you just use the fork to push down the bananas and smooth them down.
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Keep going until it's all mushed in.
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Because there's no sugar in this, we're going to add a bit more sweetness.
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you need about two tablespoons of honey
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there we go next we're going to add two tablespoons of apple juice yum
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save the rest for later
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Next, we're going to mix it all together.
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Next, we're going to add our dry ingredients.
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You need 250 grams of self -raising flour.
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Is it all of this?
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You're going to use a spatula to fold it in.
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So different to mixing it, we're folding it so we keep all the air inside of it.
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This is how you fold.
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It's making my arm ache a bit but it's going to be worth it.
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Now we're going to add a big pinch of cinnamon.
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See how all the ingredients have come together now.
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So now I'm going to add these pecan nuts.
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These nuts you can use the cross chop method.
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How you do this is you put your one of your hands on top of the knife
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and the other hand on the handle and just move it around.
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It's a good method because it's very safe.
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If you don't want to use a knife you can crush them up with a rolling pin
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or you can crunch them in your hand.
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So different things that you could add are peanuts,
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walnuts, hazelnuts, chocolate, chocolate chips, dried fruit, dried mango.
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Aren't dried raisins dried grapes?
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Raisins, dry bananas oh yeah and chocolate
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so now you're gonna add these chopped up nuts to your mixture okay I'm gonna mix that in
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that's it and now we're gonna have a little clean up
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so now this is all mixed in you're going to pour this mixture into this tin
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so we're going to hold it like this
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and we're going to pour the mixture to get all the mixture off the side
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and into the tin now we're going to use a spatula to smooth
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it out now we can add some toppings you can do whatever topping you like
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but I'm going to add some chopped bananas.
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So you can do this with a blunt knife or you can do it with an adult.
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That's going to be about enough and on here we're just going to sprinkle them on top.
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So we're just going to put about six on.
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So there you go, it's got a bit of a gap at the top because it's going to rise in the oven.
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Now we're going to go and bake it.
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so this is my banana bread been called on a drying rack and it's ready to be eaten got two slices
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that's what it looks like inside
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so you can spread anything in it really you can spread chocolate spread
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you can spread um honey jam really anything you can think of um so now i'm of taste.
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This is my impression of daddy's teeth.
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I'm embarrassing myself.
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It's super easy and I want you to have a go.
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Upload your pictures and videos to Instagram on hashtag kitchen bunnies.
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Now let's go and take some to my sister.
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Bye guys!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Banana Bread”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: add, banana, tin, mixture, butter. This video has 72 sentences and 793 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:40. The speaker talks at a steady 140 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| banana noun | /bəˈnænə/ | An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. |
| butter noun | /ˈbʌtɚ/ | A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk). |
| mixture noun | /ˈmɪkst͡ʃɚ/ | The act of mixing. |
| knife noun | /ˈnaɪ̯f/ | A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge… |
| smooth adjective | /smuːð/ | Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough. |
| 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… |
| fold verb | /ˈfəʊld/ | To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. |
| chop verb | /t͡ʃɑp/ | To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions. |
| grease noun | /ɡɹis/ | Animal fat in a melted or soft state. |
| honey noun | /ˈhʌni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
| pour verb | /poɹ/ | To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it. |
| fork noun | /fɔɹk/ | A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food. |
| ingredient noun | /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ | One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food. |
| crack noun | /kɹæk/ | A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material. |
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come together verb | /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ | To assemble; to congregate; to combine. |
| clean up verb | To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. | |
| push down verb | To force downwards (literally or figuratively). | |
| use up verb | To consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Next, we're going to mix it all together.
- Next, we're going to add our dry ingredients.
- Aren't dried raisins dried grapes?
- This is my impression of daddy's teeth.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have greased · have come |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | Aren't dried · been called |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | I'm going to show · gonna take · gonna just |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | you're mixing · we're folding · It's making |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 40 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: smooth /smuːð/, cloth /klɒθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: impression /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, hashtag /ˈhæʃˌtæɡ/, mush /mʌʃ/, smush /smʌʃ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like banana, butter, mixture.
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.