Shadowing Practice: Easy Speaking Exercise , Present Simple - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Easy Speaking Exercise , Present Simple”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: dance, salon, Julie, beauty, hair. This video has 46 sentences and 264 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:27. The speaker talks slowly, about 76 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 12 of its 46 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| salon noun | /ˈsælɒn/ | A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests. |
| salsa noun | /ˈsɑl.sə/ | A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, often including onions and hot peppers. |
| hairstylist noun | A hairdresser. | |
| stylist noun | /ˈstaɪlɪst/ | A designer. |
| dance noun | /dæns/ | A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. |
| beauty noun | /ˈbjuti/ | The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness. |
| 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. |
| lack noun | /læk/ | A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth. |
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 salon, salsa, hairstylist.
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