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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Deutsch lernen im Alltag 🇩🇪”. This video has 15 sentences and 119 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:11. The speaker talks slowly, about 101 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.
Key vocabulary in this video
9 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| colleague noun | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate. |
| ess noun | /ˈɛs/ | The name of the Latin script letter S/s. |
| genie noun | /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/ | A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form. |
| meat noun | /mit/ | The flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food. |
| cake noun | /keɪk/ | A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing. |
| bread noun | /brɛd/ | A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals. |
| weekend noun | /ˈwiˌkɛnd/ | The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday. |
| fish noun | /ˈfɪʃ/ | A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod. |
| dinner noun | /ˈdɪnɚ/ | The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening. |
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 colleague, ess, genie.
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.