ESL: Improve listening and speaking skills with this exercise: Small talk dialogue 03 Shadow English

Practice conversational spoken English in the context of small talk at a conference in Marseilles France . This conversational exercise will help you improve your English fluency. It will help you improve your pronunciation and it will help you with you confidence in speaking conversational English. If you have trouble understanding spoken English this is the perfect exercise to help you practice understanding and speaking in a natural way.

If you are taking ESL exams such as IELTS Cambridge TOEFL, this exercise will greatly improve your speaking and listening scores.

Below you will find a copy of the transcript of the conversation: Do NOT read the transcript while practicing and listening to the video! The only way to improve your speaking and listening skills is to practice speaking and listening! Reading will only prevent you from taking full advantage of the exercise.

Person 1: I’m certainly looking forward to the dinner this evening.

Person 2: I am too. Especially the fish. We don’t have much fish where I live.

Person 1: really? Where do you come from then? Person

2: Garmisch-Partenkichen. It’s in the mountains near Munich. What about you?

Person 1: I’m from Cork in Ireland. The high street is supposed to have more pubs than any other town in Ireland.

Person 2: Really? I’m going there on a business trip soon to visit the Apple factory. I must see if I can find time to visit some.