Shadowing Practice: Little fox level 1: The Blobs at the Pizza place - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The Blobs at the Pizza Place Here come the Blobs What do they see?
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They see a pizza place The Blobs go into the kitchen
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They toss three balls of dough
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They put sauce on three pizzas
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they put cheese on three pizzas
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They put toppings on three pizzas.
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It's time to bake their pizzas.
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Oh, no. Two pizzas fall to the floor.
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But one goes into the oven.
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The blobs share the pizza.
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Silly blobs.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Little fox level 1: The Blobs at the Pizza place”. This video has 11 sentences and 76 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:35.

Key vocabulary in this video

11 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
pizza noun/ˈpi.tsə/A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
silly adjective/ˈsɪl.i/Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
oven noun/ˈʌ.vn̩/A chamber used for baking or heating.
bake verb/beɪk/To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
toss verb/tɔs/To throw with an initial upward direction.
dough noun/doʊ/A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
topping noun/ˈtɑpɪŋ/Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.
blob noun/blɑb/A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
kitchen noun/ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)n/A room or area for preparing food.
cheese noun/t͡ʃiz/A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
floor noun/flɔː/The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.

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 pizza, silly, oven.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →