Shadowing Practice: Deutsch lernen im Alltag: Baking & Easy Conversations (Comprehensible Input) - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 64 sentences and 581 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:50. The speaker talks slowly, about 66 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 55% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• yogurt /ˈjɒɡ.ət/ (noun) — A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
• thick /θɪk/ (adjective) — Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
• layer /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ (noun) — A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
• delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ (adjective) — Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
• gram /ˈɡɹæm/ (noun) — A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.
• egg /ɛɡ/ (noun) — An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell…
• invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/ (verb) — To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
• namely /ˈneɪmli/ (adverb) — Specifically; that is to say.
• vanilla /vəˈnɪl.ə/ (noun) — Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in…
• ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ (noun) — One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
• buttercream (noun) — A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes another fat, such as margarine) with powdered sugar.
• citron /ˈsɪtɹən/ (noun) — A greenish yellow colour.
• desto (noun) — a headsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display mounted on a bus or other public transport vehicle to indicate its intended route and…
• skier /ˈskiːə(ɹ)/ (noun) — One who skis.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
• see after (verb) — To look after, watch over or care for (someone).

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as 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 yogurt, thick, layer.