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A1 Seviye İngilizce Diyaloglar | I prefer reading books

English shadowing practice · 45 sentences · 3:01 long · 227 words

About this practice session

This page turns the YouTube video “A1 Seviye İngilizce Diyaloglar | I prefer reading books” into an English shadowing exercise. The recording is split into 45 short sentences that you can play one at a time, repeat after the speaker and record your own version for automatic pronunciation scoring.

The speaker talks at about 92 words per minute, a slow pace, with an average of 5.0 words per sentence. That makes it a good choice for beginners and for working on individual sounds.

How to practise with this video

1. Play the first sentence and listen while reading the transcript. Notice the stress, the pauses and where the intonation rises or falls.
2. Replay it and speak along with the speaker, copying the rhythm rather than reading word by word.
3. Record yourself straight after the original. ShadowEcho scores each word for accuracy, fluency and completeness.
4. Compare your recording with the original, retry the words marked in red, then move on to the next sentence.
5. Practise 10–15 minutes a day. Coming back to the same video after a few days is an easy way to measure progress.

Transcript (English)

1. 0:06 do you prefer reading books or watching
2. 0:11 Netflix I prefer reading
3. 0:14 books what kind of books do you
4. 0:18 like I like hun It Books Sherlock Holmes
5. 0:22 is my
6. 0:24 favorite how often do you read
7. 0:28 books every night before I
8. 0:32 sleep why do you read before going to
9. 0:37 sleep reading helps me relax and forget
10. 0:40 the day's
11. 0:48 stress do you prefer reading books or
12. 0:51 watching
13. 0:53 Netflix I prefer reading
14. 0:57 books what kind of books do you like
15. 1:02 I like hun It Books Sherlock Holmes is
16. 1:05 my
17. 1:07 favorite how often do you read
18. 1:11 books every night before I
19. 1:14 sleep why do you read before going to
20. 1:19 sleep reading helps me relax and forget
21. 1:22 the day's
22. 1:28 stress
23. 1:32 do you prefer reading books or watching
24. 1:36 Netflix I prefer reading
25. 1:39 books what kind of books do you
26. 1:43 like I like hunit books Sherlock Holmes
27. 1:47 is my
28. 1:49 favorite how often do you read
29. 1:53 books every night before I
30. 1:57 sleep why do you read before going going
31. 2:00 to
32. 2:02 sleep reading helps me relax and forget
33. 2:05 the day's
34. 2:13 stress do you prefer reading books or
35. 2:16 watching
36. 2:19 Netflix I prefer reading
37. 2:22 books what kind of books do you
38. 2:26 like I like hunit books Sherlock Holmes
39. 2:30 is my
40. 2:32 favorite how often do you read
41. 2:36 books every night before I
42. 2:40 sleep why do you read before going to
43. 2:44 sleep reading helps me relax and forget
44. 2:48 the day's
45. 2:58 stress

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