Shadowing practice: Learn How to Talk About Yourself in English | Easy Introductions for Beginners | English Podcast

This clip is a podcast conversation between two American hosts, Emily and Paul, rated A2 for beginners. The episode is built around one everyday task, answering "Tell me about yourself." out loud, and the hosts model it turn by turn instead of lecturing about it. The recording plays at 139 words per minute, slower than most of the catalogue, so a beginner gets time to hear each word land before the next one starts.

After a short welcome, Emily and Paul turn the segment into a real back and forth: name, spelling, hometown, city size, house or apartment. Each answer is one or two short sentences, so there is a natural pause after every idea, good material for english speaking practice on a real recording rather than a scripted drill for two people talking through everyday English.

Three lines carry the shape of the whole exchange, and each is short enough to hold in your head after one listen.

• "Where are you from?" is a plain four word question, useful for the rising pitch on "from" alone.
• "Tell me about yourself." is the episode's whole topic packed into one line, worth being able to say without reading it.
• "It's very busy, very noisy, but I love it." strings three short clauses on commas, so it is a good line for practising pace and where the breaths fall.
• "It's great to be here." is the kind of short, flat opener a beginner can repeat immediately without slowing down to think.

Work through the opening in order rather than jumping around, since the questions build on each other.

• Listen once straight through the welcome and the name questions without pausing, just to catch who is asking and who is answering.
• Go back to "Tell me about yourself." and say it yourself before Emily and Paul get to it, so you hear your own version first.
• Isolate "Where are you from?" and repeat it five times on its own until the question feels automatic, not just readable.
• Shadow "It's very busy, very noisy, but I love it." line by line, matching where each comma pause sits.
• Answer the same questions about your own name, city and home before moving past that section, this keeps it english speaking practice for daily use rather than passive listening.
• Come back the next day and shadow the same lines again before adding new ones, a beginner english shadowing practice works better repeated than rushed.