Shadowing Practice: Learn English in the Supermarket ๐๐ Active Comprehensible Input. Episode 01 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everybody, welcome to my channel.
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Welcome again.
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We are outside, we are in a supermarket.
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We will show you items, vocabularies, words, expressions in English.
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I know we should have done this a long time ago, but you know, better late than never.
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So, yes, what do we call this in English?
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Shopping cart.
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Yes, this is a shopping cart.
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Yes, Omar, where are we now?
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Now we are at the vegetable corner, let's say.
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Or we call it grocery, right?
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So on the grocery bar we have tomatoes, green peppers.
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Amar, what's your favorite vegetable?
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Oh, that's a good question.
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I would go for...
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Let's say tomato.
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Tomato, okay.
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And what do we call this?
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Eggplants. Or...
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Ubergine.
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What is this?
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What is this?
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Bell pepper.
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Bell pepper.
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And this is?
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Zucchini.
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This is a zucchini, yes.
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Oh my god.
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We have...
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What do we call this? hey what do you think herbs herbs in English yes
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and this is my favorite sour yellow what do we call this lemon a lemon right okay
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and this Kiwi this is a Kiwi right let's keep it going
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and the food what's your favorite fruit Amar my My favorite one is the green apple.
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Green apples, yes.
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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Right?
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Red apples too.
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Me personally, I like this guy right here.
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It's my favorite.
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Melon is the goat fruit or vegetable.
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I'm not sure what it is.
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And here we have?
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Yeah, we have pineapples.
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We have pineapples.
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And you, what's your favorite vegetable?
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What's your favorite fruit?
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Let's meet in the comments
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and yes where are we now Amar we are at the
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bakery right we are at the bakery part of the supermarkets
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here we have some baguettes we have do we call it trees yes yes
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or these are some buric in Turkish we call it buric it's a special name yes
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so as you can see
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when you are outside you can use English actively you can
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think everything in English where am I from at the bakery
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part what is this this is a baguette what is this this is a bread
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and have a look at oh my god these guys look
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so delicious right okay let's keep it going
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and here we have the unhealthy parts of the life do you like frozen pizzas Amar
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kind of i like the ones
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that i made how much percent let's say uh 70 70
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percent do you know i have never had a frozen pizza
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before oh i really i don't know how they taste so
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and here what do we have amar we have some asian
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food right yeah we have sushis we have things i have
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i would never eat have you tried sushi before no no
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yes i remember once uh my friend from Taiwan gave me one but actually I didn't like it.
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Yeah right not me never my cup of tea.
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They have some donuts here.
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Yes.
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It's not pretty usual here in Turkey to have donuts.
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Of course it's not very common right.
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Yeah.
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And here we have the dairy products right.
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Yeah.
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Dairy or dairy.
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Dairy.
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Dairy products yes.
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So we have all kind of milks over here.
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Chocolate milks, banana milks, strawberry milks
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and what do we call this in english let's say a carton of milk right
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and here this is how you start your day do you
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start your day like this what do we have here all
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kind of cereals over here millions amar what's your favorite flavor oh i love chocolates next with chocolate Where is it?
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Let's go with this one.
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Yeah, right?
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Let's go with chocolate.
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This is the other one.
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But I like those who have a filling, chocolate filling inside.
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Oh, really?
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Oh, I didn't know there is such thing.
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Because you know me.
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Because all I eat is oatmeal, sorry.
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So here what do we have?
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We have so many...
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What do you call it?
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Dairy products.
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Dairy products again and here we have
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so many kefir you know is it kefir in english i'm not sure
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but i believe so so amar here we have
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so many flavors yogurt
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which one is your favorite flavor amar i would go for
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peach really the blueberries are nice amar you should try them
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and also here we have another one which one from here
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okay let's go for the strawberry strawberries really have you tried them yeah oh i have tried before
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and man you have such a wide selection you are a tasteful guy
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and here we have the yogurt turkish people hate to call it greek yogurt
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but me personally i have never said a greek yogurt yogurt
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all i say is yogurt it's never great yogurt yes
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and here we have all kind of cheeses cheese cheese
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or cheeses let's say cheese all kind of cheese right reminder this is the active comprehensible input in english
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so when you go outside you will keep english always active inside your mind you will look at the things
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and your brain will automatically translate them into english i am
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in the supermarket there is a guy wearing such as such there are so many shelves
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filled with such as such this is how you keep english always active inside your mind and also you practice English silently.
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Thank you.
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And where are we now Amar?
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We are in the chocolate section.
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This is everybody's favorite.
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Me personally, I prefer the dark chocolate.
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Oh my god.
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It's the best.
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When you melt the chocolate and you put it on the cake, that's the best.
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I don't really understand people who like white chocolate.
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What do you mean?
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Like chocolate, First of all most, chocolate is never white.
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Chocolate is a dark brown thing.
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There is a saying, by the way, 9 out of 10 love chocolates.
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The last one always lies.
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So it means that everybody loves chocolate.
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Chocolate, right?
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Yes, I agree with you.
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And you, let's meet in the comments.
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What's your favorite chocolate?
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We have all kinds of chocolates.
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This is also very good.
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I love pistachio.
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And this is once upon a time everybody's Dubai chocolate.
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You know, public announcement, I have never tried Dubai chocolate in my life.
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And I'm never curious and I'm so proud of it.
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Chocolate is dark.
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God created chocolate dark.
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What do you mean put it inside a pistachio and do these crazy stuff?
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Anyways, everybody's favorite chips and potatoes, right?
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so amar what's your favorite chips here what's your favorite snack let me have a quick look
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all right i would go for this one i love doritos
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spicy doritos oh my god you know i'm pretty similar um i'm pretty close to you
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but b -u -t jalapeno sour you know i love spicy sour salty things oh my god I'm craving now,
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but don't worry about it.
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So, I want you to let me know what's your favorite snack in the comments.
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Again, and that's all for this video, right, Amar?
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Do you have anything to say?
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Maybe we could make them have a look at these things.
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Yes, we have the almonds, the pistachios, the hazelnuts, the peanuts, right?
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Yes.
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So, when do you consume these things?
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What does it mean consuming? consuming is like to let's say eat to eat these things right very good
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and also to use these things or eat these things
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when you are with your friends when you watch a match
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when you watch a film when you go outside
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when you go to the cinema right so
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that was all for this video thanks for watching
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if you made it till here subscribe to my channel comment
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down let me know do you need more of these videos
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right amar do you have anything to say that's it i guess thank Thank you
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so much everybody for reaching this point of the video.
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We do appreciate that.
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Thank you sir.
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And I'll see you in the next one.
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Peace out.
About This Lesson
You're practicing English with "Learn English in the Supermarket ๐๐ Active Comprehensible Input. Episode 01" using the Shadowing technique โ a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.
Focus on sounding like the speaker โ not just repeating words. With 15โ30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.
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 โ like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1โ2 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 โ making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.