Shadowing Practice: Heinemann Grade K - 53 What Is Very Long - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, I'm Teacher Aaron.
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Welcome to my story time.
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Boys and girls, today our story is about very long things.
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Our story is, what is very long?
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Boys and girls, look at the picture.
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What can you see?
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What animal can you see?
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Hmm, yes, very good.
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I can see a giraffe!
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A giraffe has a long neck.
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Our story today is what is very long.
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This is a giraffe.
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The giraffe has a very long neck.
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Boys and girls, look at his tail.
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Is his tail very long too?
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No, I don't think so.
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I think his tail is short, but maybe it's a little long.
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Here is a frog.
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The frog has very long legs boys
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and girls what is the frog doing
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that's right the frog is jumping boing boing boing jump jump jump friends can you jump like the frog
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I think you can this is a bird the bird has a very long beak boys
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and girls do you have a beak too?
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No, boys and girls do not have a beak.
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Boys and girls have a mouth.
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Here is an elephant.
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The elephant has a very long trunk.
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Friends, do you have a trunk?
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No, no you do not.
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Boys and girls have a nose.
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The elephant has a trunk.
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You have a nose.
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This is a monkey.
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The monkey has a very long tail boys
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and girls what do monkeys love to eat
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that's right monkeys love to eat bananas here is
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a rabbit the rabbit has very long ears boys and girls what are our ears for?
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Yes, very good.
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Our ears are for hearing.
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H -E -A -R -I -N -G.
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Hearing.
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This is a walrus.
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The walrus has very long teeth.
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Boys and girls, what color are his teeth?
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Yes, very good.
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His teeth are white long white teeth ooh here
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is a hippopotamus the hippopotamus has a very long name boys
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and girls do you know a different name for the hippopotamus a short name, you can say hippo.
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I'm teacher Aaron.
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Thank you for reading a story with me today.
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I hope you have a wonderful day.
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I'll see you very soon.
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Take care.
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Bye for now.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Heinemann Grade K - 53 What Is Very Long”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: boys, girls, frog, giraffe, monkey. This video has 54 sentences and 369 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:58. The speaker talks slowly, about 93 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 76% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tail noun | /ˈteɪ̯l/ | An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something. |
| monkey noun | /ˈmʌŋki/ | A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails… |
| ear noun | /ˈɪə̯/ | The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. |
| elephant noun | /ˈɛlɪfənt/ | A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia. |
| trunk noun | /tɹʌŋk/ | The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches. |
| rabbit noun | /ˈɹæbɪt/ | A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares) |
| 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. |
| giraffe noun | /d͡ʒəˈɹæf/ | A ruminant in the genus Giraffa of the African savannah with long legs, a highly elongated neck, yellow fur patterned with dark spots typically in the form of… |
| hippopotamus noun | /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/ | A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae. |
| beak noun | /biːk/ | A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. |
| boing | /bɔɪŋ/ | A representation of the sound of something bouncing. |
| jump verb | /d͡ʒʌmp/ | To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. |
| bird noun | /ˈbɜːd/ | An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of… |
| neck noun | /ˈnɛk/ | The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. |
| nose noun | [nəʊ̯z] | A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Our story is, what is very long?
- What can you see?
- What animal can you see?
- No, I don't think so.
- Friends, do you have a trunk?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 tail, monkey, ear.
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.