hey there this is emma from um english
today we're going to be doing some
speaking practice together and we're
going to be practicing with the
english imitation technique now i've
talked about this before
we've practiced it together before it's
one of the most effective ways that you
can
reduce your accent and fix some of those
pronunciation problems so that you're
speaking english
clearly and confidently plus we're going
to be using
a lot of the narrative tenses you've
been learning over the past few weeks
the past continuous the past perfect
continuous and the past perfect
simple very very exciting to be putting
all of that grammar
into practice in a speaking lesson now
one more thing before we get started
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time to dive in
so if you're new to english you may not
have practiced with one of my imitation
lessons before
it's really simple i'm going to help you
practice out loud with
me all the way through this lesson and
if you like it
there are several other imitation
lessons on my channel
and i've also got some imitation courses
available
on the english website you can get to it
up here or the link is down in the
description below
today we're going to practice
storytelling in english
an exceptionally important skill to have
i'm going to be sharing a simple story
about a coincidence
at the supermarket a coincidence that
turned into a disaster
not an awful disaster just a funny
disaster
a mess keep in mind that you can easily
exchange my story with your own once you
practice along with me for a little
while
that's what i really want you to do is
take the story that i'm using
and adapt it make it your own
an unusual trip to the supermarket
step one listen and read
on monday i was doing my weekly shopping
when i bumped into an old friend of mine
we hadn't seen each other for more than
10 years
so it was a real surprise to see her in
my local supermarket
we stopped in the middle of the aisle
mouths open
then hugged and chatted for what felt
like ages
it turns out she'd been living overseas
in istanbul
and had only just moved back home
that's why we hadn't seen each other for
so long
while we were talking another friend
wandered up the aisle
it was one of our old classmates from
high school
what a coincidence and it turns out
he'd recently become a dad he had his
new baby girl tucked up in the pram
he admitted to us he was just trying to
get out of the house for a while
so we decided to go to the cafe next
door
we couldn't miss this chance to catch up
after all of these years
but it turned out to be a disaster we
ordered cake
but it tasted terrible we ordered coffee
but it never came when one of the
waitresses was
rushing to open the door for a customer
she knocked over a huge
vas of flowers which you guessed it
smashed onto our table and soaked us
with water
fortunately we were having so much fun
reminiscing about old school days
that it didn't really bother us too much
step two listen and copy me
now you need to imitate exactly what i
say
so that means you're trying to copy my
pronunciation
the word stress the pause in every
sentence
you can even try and imitate my facial
expressions to practice communicating
with
more than just words in english now
there's going to be a pause
after each sentence or clause so that
you can practice
out loud with me okay just try and relax
and go with the flow
all right it's just you and it's me
we're here right now we're doing some
speaking practice together we're gonna
have some fun
[Music]
on monday i was doing my weekly shopping
when i bumped into an old friend of mine
we hadn't seen each other for more than
10 years
so it was a real surprise to see her in
my local supermarket
we stopped in the middle of the aisle
mouths open
then hugged and chatted for what felt
like ages
it turns out she'd been living overseas
in istanbul
and had only just moved back home
that's why we hadn't seen each other for
so long
while we were talking another friend
wandered up the aisle
it was one of our old classmates from
high school
what a coincidence
and it turns out he'd recently become a
dad
he had his new baby girl tucked up in
the pram
he admitted to us he was just trying to
get out of the house for a while
so we decided to go to the cafe next
door
we couldn't miss this chance to catch up
after all of these years
but it turned out to be a disaster
we ordered cake but it tasted terrible
we ordered coffee but it never came
when one of the waitresses was rushing
to open the door for a customer
she knocked over a huge vas of flowers
which
you guessed it smashed onto our table
and soaked us with water
fortunately we were having so much fun
reminiscing about old school days
that it didn't really bother us too much
step three shadow me
so now we're moving on to step three
which
is a little more challenging than the
last one
so don't forget that you can pause here
you can go back
and practice section two as many times
as you need to before we keep going
it's gonna take a little bit of practice
and some time for you to get comfortable
and relaxed
so you're going to shadow me and that
means that you're
listening to me and speaking at exactly
the same time
and the reason why we're doing this is
because i want you to copy the rhythm
and the tone that i'm using the pattern
and the sounds that are coming out of my
mouth so
even if you get tongue-tied and you get
stuck trying to make the words come out
as quickly as i am saying them
don't worry about it focus on following
the rhythm
follow that rhythm
[Music]
on monday i was doing my weekly shopping
when i bumped into an
old friend of mine we hadn't seen each
other for more than
10 years so it was a real surprise to
see her in my local supermarket
we stopped in the middle of the aisle
mouths open
then hugged and chatted for what felt
like ages
it turns out she'd been living overseas
in istanbul
and had only just moved back home
that's why we hadn't seen each other for
so long
while we were talking another friend
wandered up the aisle
it was one of our old classmates from
high school
what a coincidence and it turns out
he'd recently become a dad he had his
new baby girl tucked up in the pram
he admitted to us he was just trying to
get out of the house for a while
so we decided to go to the cafe next
door
we couldn't miss this chance to catch up
after all of these years
but it turned out to be a disaster we
ordered cake
but it tasted terrible we ordered coffee
but it never came when one of the
waitresses was
rushing to open the door for a customer
she knocked over a
huge vas of flowers which you guessed it
smashed onto our table and soaked us
with water
fortunately we were having so much fun
reminiscing about old school days
that it didn't really bother us too much
so you made it all the way through well
done
i know that it's a little bit of a
mouthful trying to get all of those
auxiliary verbs
out right trying to get it all sounding
natural
using those contractions and the linking
between
words but now that you're feeling a
little more comfortable with my story
why don't you try adapting your own
story
you know have you had any funny
coincidences happen to you lately
run into someone that you haven't seen
in a long time
if you have then share that story down
in the comments
see if you can practice using some of
the same tenses that we shared in this
lesson together
i'll be down to check them out as soon
as i can i'm looking forward to jumping
down
and reading some of your stories soon
thanks for watching and i will see you
in the next lesson bye for now