Shadowing Practice: Smalltalk B2 Beruf | Sprechen Teil 2 | Mündliche Prüfung | Übung 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 90 sentences and 806 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:41. The speaker talks at a steady 121 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 17% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ditch noun | /dɪt͡ʃ/ | A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. |
| muss verb | /mʌs/ | To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy. |
| seine noun | /seɪn/ | A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish. |
| klar noun | In Karen animism, one of the thirty-seven spirits that are said to embody every individual. | |
| brauche noun | Synonym of braucherei. | |
| echt adjective | /ɛkt/ | Proper, real, genuine, true to type. |
| naja noun | A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobras | |
| seiner noun | A fisherman who uses a seine to catch fish. | |
| abend noun | /ˈæbɛnd/ | The abnormal termination of a program. |
| ersatz noun | /ˈɛəɹsɑts/ | Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute. |
| immer noun | A bird in genus Gavia. | |
| lass noun | /læs/ | A girl; also (by extension), a young woman. |
| lich noun | /lɪtʃ/ | A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster. |
| mâche noun | Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb. | |
| paar noun | A hypothesized shifting of four geologic blocks: northeast Africa west of Red Sea and north of the Ethiopian valley, the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai… |
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 ditch, muss, seine.
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.










