🎙️Practice your American English pronunciation with this World Cup vocabulary shadowing exercise. Shadowing is one of the most effective methods for building natural rhythm, stress, and accent, and this episode uses real World Cup vocabulary to train your ear and your mouth at the same time.

Follow along with the text:

"The World Cup starts with the group stage. During the group stage, teams play against other teams in their group. The top teams advance to the knockout rounds. Teams that do not advance are eliminated."

Each sentence is modeled clearly with a neutral American accent at natural speed and then broken down so intermediate English learners can repeat, imitate, and shadow at their own pace. Vocabulary practiced in this episode includes group stage, knockout rounds, advance, and eliminated.

Perfect for B1–B2 English learners who want to improve their American English accent and speak confidently about the World Cup with native speakers. Part of the World Cup vocabulary series and the weekly shadowing series on the Learn English Podcast. For the full explanation of World Cup vocabulary, search for Learn English Podcast in your podcast app and listen to this week's full episode.

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