A tour of Washington D.C | Speaking Practice with a Real English Conversation | Listening (A2-B1)

Improve your English listening and speaking skills with this real conversation on a tour of Washington, D.C.! (A2-B1 Level) Anna takes Penelope on the DC Ducks — a bus with wheels that drives on the road and then sails on the water. But a boy on board knows more Fun Facts than the tour guide. Will it float? Learn English with a real conversation in four easy steps: WATCH the whole conversation with clear subtitles, LEARN useful travel and sightseeing vocabulary with simple pictures, SPEAK every sentence out loud (listen and repeat shadowing — this lesson gives you each sentence TWICE, slowly first), and TEST yourself. No dictionary needed — everything is explained in simple English, and you speak more than you listen! HOW IT WORKS ① WATCH — the real conversation with subtitles. ② LEARN — useful words with pictures. ③ SPEAK — listen, pause, and repeat. Slowly first, then at normal speed. ④ TEST — listen and write the missing words. Then check your answers. CHAPTERS 0:00 Start here — how this lesson works 0:36 ①WATCH — a tour of Washington, D.C. by bus and boat 3:22 ②LEARN — 7 new words 5:54 ③SPEAK — listen and repeat (slow, then normal) 18:43 ④TEST — fill in the blanks out loud 19:54 Homework: write in the comments WORDS YOU LEARN TODAY • wheel — a round part that turns and helps a vehicle move (a wheel · four wheels) • aboard — on or into a bus, train, boat or plane (get aboard · be aboard) • around — in many different parts of a place (around the city · around the room) • along — following the length or direction of a road, river or wall (along the beach · along the road) • across from — on the opposite side of something (the library is across from the school) • security gate — a controlled entrance where guards check people before they enter (at the security gate) • tour guide — a person who shows visitors a place and explains it (our tour guide) GRAMMAR IN THIS CONVERSATION: Place words that are easy to mix up — around (many parts of a place), along (following a line: a road, a river, a wall) and across from (on the opposite side). Listen for how Anna uses each one as the tour moves through the city. Make a sentence, and write in the comments: It would be awesome to … Inside …, there is … … is across from … Say them out loud too. The more you speak, the more natural your English becomes. LEVEL: A2–B1 (High Beginner to Intermediate). Turn on subtitles (CC) to read teaching instructions! Story footage: VOA Learning English, "Let's Learn English" Level 2, Lesson 6 Original: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a... VOA-produced material is not subject to U.S. copyright protection (17 U.S.C. §105). Everything else in this video — the explanations, pictures, examples, listen-and-repeat practice, quiz and narration — was made by this channel. Not affiliated with or endorsed by VOA. #englishconversation #englishlistening #englishspeaking #shadowing #learnenglish #englishpractice #englishlesson #esl #voa