Pratique du Shadowing: IELTS SPEAKING 8.5 | Мок тест + Кері байланыс - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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Good evening.
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This is an IELTS speaking test and I'm going to be your IELTS speaking examiner for today.
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My name is Dana Kouba-Hitova.
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Could you please tell me your full name?
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My full name is Batyr Khan Erdolyat.
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Okay, and what can I call you?
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You just can call me Erdo.
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Okay, Nata.
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This speaking test will consist of three parts.
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In the first part, I will ask you some general questions about you.
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Let me first start by asking you about your occupation.
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Can you tell me please, do you work or are you a student?
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Well, to be honest, I'm kind of a gap year student.
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I've got a part-time job and I do participate in a couple of courses as well.
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generally I took up this work to meet my basic needs, like to have pocket money.
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Okay.
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And can you tell me a little bit about your home?
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Do you live in an apartment or in a house?
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I live in an apartment in the center of Astana, in a left bunk, to be precise.
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Okay.
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And what do you like about the place where you live in?
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Well, I'm particularly passionate about generally the place.
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I really love the infrastructure.
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I'm the kind of person who loves urbanized places with everything around, with all the amenities and etc. Okay.
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Let me ask you a few questions about tidiness.
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Would you say you are a tidy person?
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At least I'm not that graphic person.
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I don't want to be like control freak, but I love when my surrounding is kind of structured as well.
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So I just love when everything is in its place.
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but I'm not over a perfectionist.
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Okay, and did you used to keep your room tidy as a child?
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I wouldn't say so.
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I had always been very rebellious child and in my childhood in particular
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all my room used to be very cluttered and everything was not in that place in the right place.
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So my mom even didn't care about my room.
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She didn't just, she used to just skip my room.
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Okay, and how exactly do you keep things tidy?
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There is kind of a basic rule for me.
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I just put everything back in place.
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I do not do kind of general cleanings or something like
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that because it takes time time
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and I kind of I don't I do not spend a lot of time at home
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so I've not care about the tightness at home in my workplace only.
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Okay let's talk about parks.
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Do you like to go to parks?
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Yeah I do love it a lot.
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But sometimes it is quite complicated to carve out time for
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like devoting a couple of windows for just going out simply
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because I'm out of the zoo with all these tests that I've got now.
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So I love it.
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Okay.
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And when was the last time you went to the park?
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A couple of weeks ago with my sisters when I decided that I have to find the work and life balance.
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But it was the wrong decision because I just skipped all the deadlines.
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Okay.
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And let's talk about cars.
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type of cars do you like?
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I'm not that car buff let's say I do not love particular types of cars
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but being kind of accurate I would say let's I don't
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know maybe gyps they would be comfortable both in a city and the countryside as well.
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Okay what color car would you choose to buy?
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Having always been a person who is quite say let's say quite intelligent
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and at the same time have calm calm personality I would
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say a lot kind of the combination of beige whites
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or something dark since it reflects my personality traits do you
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think car colors are generally important um zooming out a bit for some people it might be,
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but generally I don't think that it matters a lot since you haven't got
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that that blog car
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and in in summer it might be very boiling in sight for some people it might be
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because I do believe that generally the choices
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that people do in daily basis is exactly what actually shows
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their personality for example red colors can be meaning of very sharp personality while the other ones mean others.
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Okay this is the end of part one now we'll be moving to part two.
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And now we'll be moving to part two.
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In this part I will give you a cue card
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which has a topic and I will give you one minute to prepare for the topic
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and then you will have two minutes to talk about it.
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Here's your pen and paper and your one minute starts now.
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Okay your one minute is up now.
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I will give you two minutes to talk about the topic and you may start speaking now.
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Okay now I'd like to talk about the technological problems that I faced many many months ago.
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With hindsight I would like to give some background first.
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My father had always been a person who has great capacity of knowledge
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and he used to know very well how to raise up a child in the right way as well.
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So it starts from that point.
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I just, I very loved cars when I was a child
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and I would tap everything that I saw
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and in the car once I was tapping the infotainment system a lot
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and somehow I managed to make it broke and after that my father saw it.
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I was so devastated I thought that I'm gonna be that he is being turned off by me and generally
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he was let down but apparently he didn't say nothing he didn't say nothing and
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indeed he just told me that you have to fix it by yourself regardless how much time does it take and
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at that particular moment I realized
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that I have to do it by myself I watched a variety of YouTube videos where I saw how to fix it, how to fix it.
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And right after I somehow managed to fix that, even though I was in hot water for quite a while,
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he just let me be inside for a long time.
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And at that point he managed to nurture a love of learning
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and generally doing something by yourself only and actually
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that was the turning point in my life when i understood
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that the things that you do you should take the responsibility for
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that and actually solve it so you cause no problems for other people
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and take take a charge of yours okay thank you so much this is the end of part two
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In the following part, I will ask you some more general questions related to the topic that we talked about before, which is technology and communication.
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What are the differences between the technology of the past and that of today?
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Technologies are improving with an alarming rate since it has been introduced.
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And nowadays technologies are more of a tool
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that is used for making the processes that human beings do much easier and generally automate them.
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Whereas in the past technologies used to solve such problems that human beings couldn't.
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And I guess that the main difference is
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that nowadays people use their knowledge for and actually use technologies for making them easier for themselves,
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while in the past it was not the case.
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Okay, and what are the differences between making friends in real life and online?
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That's also a question that is being begged for quite a while.
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And I believe that if we make friends online, it can cause some repercussions in the future.
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First of all, whenever we talk to someone online, it is unlikely that we are going to share some interest with them.
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It is not a fact that we are going to have something in common.
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And those kind of friends are not met, are met by coincidence, let's say.
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Whereas if you meet friends face to face, then you kind of got to arrangements with particular purposes.
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For example, volunteering projects, scientific projects, sports, for instance, as well.
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And one more thing, whenever people face each other, then they have emotional bonds.
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They will treat themselves emotionally.
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So it means that they will have better connections than those who talk to each other online only.
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Okay.
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Does technological development have a negative impact on communication among people in general?
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Could you come up again?
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Okay.
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Does technological development have a negative impact on communication among people?
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Yeah, but I have to go a bit deeper.
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I, technological advancements are a common case nowadays and one of them that I would like to mention is social media.
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Social media is kind of a stepping stone that can be used for both benefits of individuals as for bad for them.
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And social media nowadays cannot be used, cannot be utilized by those who are young in a proper way
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and because of that social media kind of creating some benchmarks kind of creating some standards among people
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and because of that the standards of friendship is rising as well
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and whenever people for example talk on social media on social media
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which is a case of technological advancement then they are likely
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they are likely to not be aware of emotional situation of an individual
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so they cannot support they cannot understand and listen properly
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which is not gonna last long
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which is not gonna make the friendship last long okay
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and do you think technology unites or separates people totally depends yeah
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it's like a poison it can be used both for the benefit
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and for both it's kind of double sword again some people can utilize it in a way so it can benefit them.
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For example, by using technology people can unite by, for example, in tech companies.
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Tech companies do provide those people with great technologies, albeit they might not use them properly.
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So whenever people talk about technologies,
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they have to consider the fact that technologies should always be some things that have to be used in the right way.
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Okay, thank you so much Nardolet.
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This is the end of your speaking test.
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In quite a moment I will start giving you your feedback.
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Okay Nardolet, feedback time now and I will start giving you feedback part by part.
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So let's start with part one.
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I don't have much to say about your fluency
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and coherence in you know all three parts so that's solid nine
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but we will have some you know points to talk about uh in part three uh don't worry about
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that but yeah overall it's nine don't have much to say for parts one
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and two uh in terms of lexical resource it was almost
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perfect couple of things to note is are um first of all with the word boiling
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so as you know this is the one of those extreme words that that we use and that's why, do you need to say very before boiling?
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Oh, right, did I?
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What could be the alternative for very in this case?
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Absolutely.
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Exactly, right?
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Absolutely boiling, extremely boiling and so on and so forth.
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But that's a minor mistake, so don't worry about that.
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Choices that people do, what do you think?
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Yes, thank you.
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Okay, I have one thing to clarify in terms of part two.
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When you were talking about technological problem that you faced with, you mentioned the word make it broke.
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Did you mean when you just broke it?
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Okay, so that's something to note for a lexical resource then.
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But overall because you managed to use really good and advanced vocabulary like double-edged sword and some topic vocabulary with part two,
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I think I could potentially give you a 9 for lexical resource.
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Now, let's talk about grammatical range and accuracy.
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Some slips, very minor ones.
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Let me start with I have always been a child and blah blah blah blah blah.
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Well, since you are no longer a child, what would be the... Had always.
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I said I had always.
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Okay, okay, my bad.
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Good.
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Another thing, he didn't say nothing.
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Yeah, that was...
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I think you did notice that yourself because you wanted to correct yourself, but you didn't didn't
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and I was like okay he knows what he's talking about all right what about
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so what would be the correct version of it he didn't
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think he didn't say a thing he didn't say anything right
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or he said nothing nurture a love for learning nurtured a
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love of learning love of learning exactly okay um he said
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nurture a love for learning that's why i'm correcting it um
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but yeah and and and last but not least social media creating
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and you use the word creating not within a complex sentence like as in participles
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but you use it as you know simple sentence
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and that's why do you really say creating in this case no no right okay
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so because we have a few errors like this
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that will downgrade your score a little bit to 8.0 for grammatical range
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and accuracy and for pronunciation i am giving you a nine actually
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but i have a couple of points to to make um
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so when you were talking about your favorite type of car
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which was jip yes do we say jip
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or do we say jeep yes exactly
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because there's like you know there are there is double e in there
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and what about the color do you remember the color did i say something beige beige right okay
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so um make sure yes
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and what about the word month month did i say wrong i think you said months
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or something like that i've been working with it okay
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so that's very minor
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and i didn't notice any systematic errors with pronunciation your intonation was quite good
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so I think I could still give you a nine
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but not a solid one though overall we could round up to 8.5
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which was a very good performance you should be proud of
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yourself I know you're super hard on yourself please don't be
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and this is actually a solid 8.5 it's um either lexical resource and pronunciation but I think potentially both could be 9.0.
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So very good job on there.
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I hope that people in the comments will agree with me, right?
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Okay, this is the end of your speaking test.
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Are you happy with the feedback?
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I'm happy with the feedback.
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Thank you so much.
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If you want to ask me,
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IELTS, IELTS, IELTS, IELTS, IELTS, IELTS.
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Thank you very much.

What This IELTS Speaking Clip Helps You Achieve

This video is a goldmine for anyone prepping for IELTS speaking practice or general english speaking practice. It targets fluency in everyday conversations—think how to explain your current situation (like being a gap year student) or describe your home with natural flow. The dialogue shows how to balance detail with brevity, a key milestone for scoring well in IELTS Speaking Part 1, where examiners look for clear, coherent responses.

Reusable Phrases to Boost Your Speaking

Steal these practical expressions from the conversation to sound more native:

  • "to be honest, I'm kind of a..." – Softens statements for a natural tone.
  • "I took up this work to meet my basic needs" – Explains motivations clearly.
  • "I'm particularly passionate about..." – Adds emphasis without overcomplicating.
  • "it is quite complicated to carve out time for..." – Perfect for talking about busy schedules.
  • "I don't want to be a control freak, but..." – Balances opinions to avoid sounding extreme.

Fix Your Weak Spots: Rhythm and Intonation

One common issue learners face is sounding too robotic. This video helps with shadow speak (or shadowspeak)—a technique where you mimic the speaker's pace, pauses, and stress. Notice how the test-taker uses short pauses ("Well, to be honest...") and rises in intonation when explaining preferences ("I really love the infrastructure!"). Practicing with this clip on a shadowing site can train your mouth to move like a native, making your speech sound more natural and confident. Focus on copying the relaxed rhythm, not just the words—this is how you turn "good" speaking into "IELTS 8.5" speaking.

Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?

Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.

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