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The Part
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1 Let's talk about your schooling.
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Where did you go to primary school?
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I went to a small village primary school in London, England.
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There were only 100 children in the whole school.
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I think there are about 15 children in my year.
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Did you do you enjoy school?
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Yes and no. I have always quite enjoyed school.
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I'm quite academic and I like learning.
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But I don't like tests and exams.
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I hate having deadlines.
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So often I found school very stressful.
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There is so much pressure.
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What was, is your favorite school subject?
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My favorite subject at school has always been English.
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I love reading and it is so interesting to learn about what books mean and to discuss different interpretations.
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I also really enjoy history.
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about the past really helps us to understand the present.
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What was is your least favorite subject in school?
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Well, I've never been keen on science.
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It just doesn't hold my attention.
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I wish I enjoyed it more because I do think that it is interesting and important to understand how the world works.
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I'm just better suited to creative subjects.
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What did you study?
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Do you want to study?
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Or are you studying at university?
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I was hoping to study English literature at university.
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It has always been my best subject at school and I really enjoy it.
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My favorite author is Jane Austen,
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so I'm hoping to specialize in studying her work.
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Part 2 Describe a teacher who you really did not like.
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You should say who the teacher was, what kind of person they were,
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what their lessons were like and explain why you didn't like them.
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I've been lucky to have a lot of really great teachers, but there was one who I did not like at all.
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He was my science teacher when I was 14 and he was useless.
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All of our lessons were really boring and we spent most of the time copying out of a textbook.
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He wasn't very good at explaining things, so it felt like we were just teaching ourselves most of the time.
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Also because the lessons were so dull, some of my classmates would misbehave a lot and be very noisy and rude.
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He wasn't very good at controlling the class, which made it even harder to learn anything.
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3. Do you think anyone can be a good teacher with practice?
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I think practice can make teachers better, but I don't think anyone can be a good teacher with enough practice.
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Personality is really important.
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Teachers need to be really enthusiastic and passionate about what they teach to make it fun and interesting for students.
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Not everyone can do this.
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Also, teachers need to have a lot of patience and understanding.
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With some teachers, it feels like they don't even like children.
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What qualities do you think a good teacher should have?
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I think that a good teacher should be passionate about both their subject
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and educating young people wanting to help children to learn not
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just pass exams should be their priority a good teacher is also fair listens to their students
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and recognizes what learning techniques best suit their students would you like to be a teacher why
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or why not although I think education is really important I wouldn't want to be a teacher, I just don't think I have it in me.
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You have to be very confident to stand up in front of a class of children and gain their respect,
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and I just think I would be too nervous to be able to do it.
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Do you think the majority of teachers are good at their job?
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To be honest, I think it's really hard to judge the majority of teachers when I've only experienced a few.
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From what I've seen though, it's a bit hit and miss.
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There doesn't seem to be a general standard of teaching ability.
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Teachers often complain about being overworked.
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Do you agree?
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Oh yes, I think that teachers have a massive amount of work to do.
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There is so much paperwork involved nowadays, and that's before you even get to marking and lesson plans.
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I think that teaching is a very full-on job, and perhaps a bit too much is expected of teachers.
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Reducing class sizes or having more teachers responsible for a smaller number of classes might make their workload more reasonable.
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What can be done to improve the quality of teaching in schools?
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I think that teachers need regular training to ensure a better and more consistent quality of teaching in schools.
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Teachers' performance need to be checked more regularly, with lessons being observed and student feedback taken into account,
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so that underperforming teachers can be given more support.
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It's not just about what results their pupils get.
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A good teacher needs to be engaging their students in the subject.
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Should teachers be allowed to hit students who behave very badly?
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No, teachers should not be allowed to use violence against students.
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Discipline should not be physical because it sends the wrong message to students.
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It implies that violence is acceptable.
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I think that it is actually a very irresponsible form of punishment and could have dangerous consequences.
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What do you think can be done to improve discipline in schools?
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I think that the way to improve discipline in schools is to treat the students more like adults.
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You have to develop a mutual respect.
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Rules should be clear and the consequences of breaking rules should be explicit.
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Idle threats should not be made, but discipline should also be fair.
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Students need to feel like they are being listened to.
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What would you do to improve the education system if you were the Minister for Education?
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I think the main improvement that I would make to the education system would be reducing the number of exams.
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I would introduce more coursework-based assessment so that the emphasis was on students really learning and understanding a subject,
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not just memorizing facts to repeat in an exam.
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I would also introduce more life skills education to teach students about the responsibilities they will face as adults.

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Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “IELTS SPEAKING TEST SAMPLE BAND 9 SERIES 2 (Part 1,2,3): TOPIC - SCHOOL”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: teacher, student, subject, lesson, teaching. Questo video contiene 86 frasi e 1025 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 8:57. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 114 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 85% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 15 delle sue 86 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
consequence sostantivo/ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/conseguenza
passionate aggettivo/ˈpæʃənɪt/appassionato
classmate sostantivo/ˈklæs.meɪt/compagno di classe, compagna di classe
memorize verbo/ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/memorizzare, imparare a memoria
specialize verbo/ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/specializzare
noisy aggettivo/ˈnɔɪzi/rumoroso
irresponsible aggettivo/ˌɪɹ.əˈspɑn.sə.bəl/irresponsabile
idle aggettivo/ˈaɪd(ə)l/ozioso, inattivo
textbook sostantivo/ˈtɛkst.bʊk/libro di testo
pupil sostantivo/ˈpjuːpəl/allievo, allieva
imply verbo/ɪmˈplaɪ/implicare
paperwork sostantivo/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk/lavoro di documentazione
enthusiastic aggettivo/ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/entusiasta
stressful aggettivo/ˈstɹɛsfəl/stressante, logorante
educate verbo/ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/istruire, educare

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • Where did you go to primary school?
  • Did you do you enjoy school?
  • What was, is your favorite school subject?
  • What was is your least favorite subject in school?
  • Do you want to study?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fabeing overworked · is expected · can be done
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohas always been · I've never been · I've been
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosateacher who you · one who I · students who behave

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 17 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I've, I'm. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/, patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: irresponsible /ˌɪɹ.əˈspɑn.sə.bəl/, enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: consequence /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, classmate /ˈklæs.meɪt/, memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, classmate /ˈklæs.meɪt/, enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come consequence, passionate, classmate.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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