Shadowing Practice: IELTS SPEAKING PART 1: SHOES ๐ก๐ฉฐ๐ผโจ - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
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ืืืชื ืขืจืืฅ
ืืืืฅ ืขื ืกืจืืื
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video โIELTS SPEAKING PART 1: SHOES ๐ก๐ฉฐ๐ผโจโ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: shoes, buying, ones. This video has 20 sentences and 250 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:37. The speaker talks at a natural 155 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 3 of its 20 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| shoe noun | /หสu/ | A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made ofโฆ |
| everyday adjective | /หษvษนiหdeษช/ | Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions. |
| formal adjective | /หfษษนmษl/ | In accordance with established forms. |
| boost verb | /buหst/ | To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up. |
| occasion noun | /ษหkeษชฬฏสษn/ | A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. |
| casual adjective | /หkรฆส(u)ษl/ | Happening by chance. |
| highlight verb | /หhaษชหlaษชt/ | To make prominent; emphasize. |
| depend verb | /dษชหpษnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| convenient adjective | /kษnหviห.niษnt/ | Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient. |
| modest adjective | /หmษdษst/ | Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble. |
| pricey adjective | /หpษนaษชsi/ | Expensive, dear. |
| sandal noun | /หsรฆndษl/ | A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot |
| sharpen verb | /หสษษนpษn/ | To make sharp. |
| sneaker noun | /หsnikษ/ | One who sneaks. |
| splurge verb | /splษdอกส/ | To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Do you like buying shoes?
- Have you ever bought shoes online?
- How much money do you usually spend on shoes?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: shoe /หสu/, occasion /ษหkeษชฬฏสษn/, casual /หkรฆส(u)ษl/, sharpen /หสษษนpษn/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75ร speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like shoe, everyday, formal.
ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืฉืืืืืื ื?
ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืืืืช ืฉืคื ืืืืกืกืช ืืืข ืฉืคืืชืื ืืืงืืจ ืืืืฉืจืช ืืชืืจืืื ืื ืืงืฆืืขืืื ืืคืืคืืืจืืช ืขื ืืื ืืคืืืืืืื ื"ืจ ืืืืกื ืืจ ืืจืืืืืก. ืืฉืืื ืคืฉืืื ืื ืขืืฆืืชืืช: ืืชื ืืงืฉืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืืืืช ืืืืืจ ืขืืื ืืงืื ืจื ืืื โ ืืื ืฆื ืืขืืงื ืืืจื ืืืืืจ ืขื ืขืืืื ืฉื 1โ2 ืฉื ืืืช ืืืื. ืื ืืืื ืืืืื ื ืคืกืืืืช ืื ืชืจืืืื ืืงืืืง, ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืืจืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืฉืจืืจืื ืืคื ืืขืื ืืืฉืืืจ ืืคืืกื ืืืืืจ ืืืืชืืื ืื ืืื ืืช. ืืืงืจืื ืืจืืื ืฉืื ืืฉืคืจ ืืฉืืขืืชืืช ืืช ืืืืง ืืืืืื, ืืืื ืืื ืฆืื, ืืงืฆื, ืืืืืืจ ืืืืืืจ, ืืื ืช ืืฉืืืขื ืืฉืืฃ ืืืืืืจ โ ืื ืฉืืืคื ืืืชื ืืืืช ืืฉืืืืช ืืืขืืืืช ืืืืชืจ ืืืื ื ืIELTS Speaking ืืืชืงืฉืืจืช ืืื ืืืืช ืืขืืื ืืืืืชื.










