Pratique du Shadowing: IELTS Speaking Part 1 SAMPLE ANSWERS | Hometown - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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hi there it's asiya do you know that there are  just a few topics that each ielts speaking exam begins with in this video i'm gonna talk about one  of them your hometown i'll show you sample answers
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and give you some useful vocabulary to help you  improve your answers there is also a pdf guide where you can find questions and sample answers  for the other topics okay let's get started
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first of all what is a hometown that's a place  where you were born or lived as a child i've been living in london for 10 years but this is not my  hometown actually i have two i was born in almaty
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and grew up mainly in bishkek so i can talk about  either if you're in a similar situation just choose one to keep it simple the first question  is are you from a town or a village listen to this
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answer and think if it's a good one i was born  in almaty the largest city in kazakhstan with a population of about 2 million people almaty served  as the capital of kazakhstan in the past and it's
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still its main commercial and cultural center  benefiting from its location along the ancient silk road can you feel that something is wrong  that it didn't sound natural well that's because
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this answer sounds like a wikipedia article  because it is the wikipedia article i just copied it that won't do you'll be penalized for  using memorized answers because they don't show
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your english they show your memory so give an  answer you would normally give in real life
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i could say i'm from a city called almaty it's the  former capital of kazakhstan or here is another option i'm from a small village called take in  south kazakhstan and that's enough in these two
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examples i directly answered the question and then  gave a bit more information to explain where it is
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there will be questions where you can say  more so don't feel the pressure to just talk a lot all the time the next question is what is  your hometown like okay so here i can say more
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it's quite a large and modern city of over 2  million people it's growing fast because many people move there to work or study i like  its hustle and bustle the city is located
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in the foothills of the alatau mountains  which means that the views are beautiful
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and we can easily go hiking in summer and skiing  in winter here are a few useful phrases hustle and bustle that's all the noise and activity we  associate with a busy city you may love the hustle
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and bustle of living in this city center but then  require a break from all this hustle and bustle
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you can also talk about a bustling city or  neighborhood that's the one that is full of people moving around okay what kinds of  public transport are there in your hometown
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there are buses electrical trolley buses and  trams and one metro line which took about 20 years to build that's definitely not enough  for such a large city and as a result most
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people use cars and traffic congestion is a  major problem so public transport is british and public transportation is american and it  includes buses trains taxes and so on if you
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live in a small village there may be no public  transport you can travel by public transport
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traffic congestion that's when there are so many  cars on the roads that they move very slowly and a traffic jam is when cars stop in one particular  place as a result of congestion or a car accident
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next what are people like in your hometown i find  that people are generally friendly and quite open
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i mean they share personal information with you  freely so it's easy to make friends but i must admit that not everyone respects the queue so cue  jumping is quite common which stresses me out to
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respect the queue means to wait in line for your  turn and that's what people in the uk do very well
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there is even a joke that if you've been waiting  for 20 minutes to discover that there is no queue
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you're british cue jumping is quite rare  here before we move on to the other questions i just want to say that you should practice your  answers to these questions but don't learn them by
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heart to keep them natural and if you want to work  on your speaking skills with the teacher a great place to do that is cambly the sponsor of today's  video it's an online learning platform where you
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can practice your english with the native speaking  teachers at any time that suits you you can choose a teacher you like or book lessons with different  teachers to get used to a variety of accents you
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can suggest a topic for your lesson or take ielts  speaking lessons or even a mock speaking test
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you should definitely consider taking the free  lesson while it's available all the links are in the video description box below and now let's  continue you may be asked one of these questions
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what is your town known for or what is  the most interesting part of your town or
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what would you recommend a  visitor to see or do in your town
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think what you could say in advance to  avoid being caught off guard here is my idea
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on the outskirts of almaty there is an  outdoor skating rink called medellin
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it's famous because of its high altitude and  it's even hosted some international competitions
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i think it's definitely worth seeing even for  people who don't skate because the views from there are simply breathtaking on the outskirts  of the city that's near the edge of the city far
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from the city center to be worth seeing that's a  good phrase breathtaking that's something that is so beautiful that it takes your breath away  a breathtaking view is a common collocation
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what kinds of jobs do people in your town  or village do that's a common question but quite a tough one even people who speak english  very well may find it difficult to answer it
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you can actually see a mock speaking exam  with this question linked in the description
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so here is what i would say i suppose that  most people work in manufacturing i know that there are some big factories in elma  team others work in small businesses such as
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shops and restaurants also almaty is known as  the financial center of kazakhstan which means that some of the country's largest banks and this  stock exchange are based in the city when you're
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talking about your city or village you can start  by saying that most people work in manufacturing agriculture fishing hospitality the services  industry just choose the ones that suit you
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usually a lot of people work in small and  medium-sized businesses such as shops and restaurants and you can say if there are  banks or if there are no banks where you live
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and that will basically be enough next has your  hometown changed much since you were a child
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a lot when i see old photographs of almaty  i can hardly recognize it it used to be a quiet medium-sized town but in recent years  big developments have sprung up like mushrooms
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the city center is now dominated by glass and  concrete offices and big shopping malls i think the city has almost doubled in size in the last  20 years and has completely changed its appearance
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okay it used to be that's something you can say  when something was true in the past but it's not true anymore it used to be a quiet town to spring  up like mushrooms that means to grow very quickly
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and that's a common idiom to talk about  buildings glass and concrete offices
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shopping malls to double in size that means to  become twice larger and basically this question is a great opportunity to use the perfect tense it  has doubled in size or it hasn't changed much next
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would you say it's a good place to live and  why you know there are a lot of great things about living in almaty i like its climate the hot  sunny summers and snowy winters i also think that
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almaty's universities are the best in the country  and the city offers good work opportunities
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however traffic congestion and the related air  pollution are big problems for those living there
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so you can talk about great and limited job  opportunities traffic congestion and of course air pollution right now you can download the pdf  guide with the sample answers from this video and
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answers to other topics used at the beginning of  ielts speaking exams right here and don't forget to check out cambly if you like to practice  your english with a native speaking teacher
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thank you so much for watching me today good  luck with your preparation and your exam bye

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B2 s’appuie sur la vidéo « IELTS Speaking Part 1 SAMPLE ANSWERS ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : answer, almaty, speaking, hometown, town. Cette vidéo contient 56 phrases et 1592 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 12:31. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 127 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 85 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais ; le reste mérite d’être vu avant de commencer.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
hometown nom/ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ville natale
bustle nom/ˈbʌsəl/affairement, branlebas
congestion nom/kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/embouteillage, bouchon
hustle verbe/ˈhʌsəl/bousculer, s'agiter
breathtaking adjectif/ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/époustouflant, à couper le souffle
queue nom/kju/file, queue
outskirts nom/ˈaʊtskɝts/banlieue
skate nom/skeɪt/patin
mock verbe/mɑk/imiter
pollution nom/pəˈluʃən/pollution
collocation nom/ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/collocation
foothill nomcontrefort, piémont
memorize verbe/ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/mémoriser, apprendre par cœur
penalize verbe/ˈpiː.nəl.aɪz/pénaliser
trolley nomtrolley, perche

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotSens
check out verbemater, regarder
grow up verbegrandir

La grammaire de cette vidéo

Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :

StructureDans la vidéo
Present perfect continu have/has been + -ing — une action commencée avant et toujours en coursi've been living · you've been waiting
« Used to » used to + verbe — une habitude ou un état passé qui n’est plus vraiused to be
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le faitwere born · was born · be penalized
Propositions relatives who / which + proposition — une précision sur une personne ou une chosemountains which means · people who don · people who speak

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 19 contractions et formes réduites, comme don't, I'm, you're. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, pollution /pəˈluʃən/, collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, subscription /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, hospitality /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ti/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: hometown /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/, hustle /ˈhʌsəl/, hospitality /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ti/, hike /haɪk/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: breathtaking /ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/, mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, refund /ɹɪˈfʌnd/

Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo

  1. Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
  2. Répétez phrase par phrase à vitesse normale, en reprenant chacune jusqu’à ce que votre rythme corresponde à celui du locuteur.
  3. Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme hometown, bustle, congestion.

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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