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Les maken...
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Welcome to the IELTS speaking test.
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Can I have your full name please?
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My name is Duan Konling.
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Very good.
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Let's start with IELTS Speaking Part 1.
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For this part, I'm going to ask you a few questions about teaching.
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Do you want to be a teacher in the future?
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So being a teacher has been my ambition since I was a little kid
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because I have a great aspire to be able to deliver my knowledge to other people.
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I'm quite talkative.
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I think this occupation really fits me.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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- you Do you have a teacher from your past that you still remember?
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Well, I have a lot of teachers that I've been remembering since I was a kid.
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But I think my most inspirational teacher is my secondary school.
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main teacher.
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So it's not about the subject she teaches, it's literature, which is not my favorite,
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but she always tries to get students to follow the policies or regulations of the school,
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and always remind us to be hardworking and be careful with every test that we have.
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Are you still in touch with your primary school teachers? About...
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you I think yes I do.
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Um...
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It's been a while, it's been more than 10 years, but I still always try to reach to her when it comes to the National Teacher Day of Vietnam.
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I always try to wish her the best and she always asks me how I'm doing, a few times a month.
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So we have a great connection.
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Yes.
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No, it was a good point.
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In what way has your favourite teacher helped you?
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So It's quite a tricky question.
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I'm going to take a few seconds.
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She's just been a figure for me to follow.
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She always tries to encourage us to get over any kinds of difficulties that we have to really when we're studying.
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So it's not only about the subjects, it's also about the mindset that we always have to keep moving forward, trying to focus on our targets.
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And especially she always reminds us to be self -disciplined.
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We need to always try to work our best for whatever we want to do.
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Let's move on to IELTS Speaking Part 2.
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For this part, I would like you to talk about a challenge you faced
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that you thought was rather difficult for 1 -2 minutes.
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You may have some notes.
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You might take some notes for 1 minute if you want to.
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you So among all the difficulties and challenges that I've been faced in my life,
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There was a period of time that I've got a mental problem that is actually came from my physical health.
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So it's about my overweight condition at that moment.
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So when I finished my secondary school program and I moved up to the high school program, I was merely our best,
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and the number it was horrible.
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And I started to get fat shaming.
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And at first, I think it was Actually, it's not that serious to be body shamed,
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but after a while I think that actually they have points because I'm...
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because I was really in a bad health condition at that time.
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So the problem and the difficulty started to rose when I started my lost weight program.
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At first, I had to reduce my Fat intake and I try to have a healthier diet,
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try to do more exercises, do any kind of sports, I could at that moment.
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I tried to leave waiting.
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And when it comes to doing some calisthenics or gymnastic things, it's really hard at the at the first steps, so it was really challenging.
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But after a while I managed to
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finished my program and it was a weight loss session about three months and
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It came out that I lost 20 kilograms just in three months and that was incredible.
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So until now I still consider that That period of time was the most amazing experience of my life, because I managed to do something.
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And it actually helps me to overcome a lot of mental
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and physical issues that I have with myself later in my life.
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Yes, Dad three -month experience was amazing.
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Let's move on to IELTS Speaking Part 3.
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Let's talk about challenges.
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What is the most challenging thing for kids?
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Well, I think for kids, the little kids, I think the most challenging thing for them is to be able to adapt to their life, because at the early stage of their life, they have
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little awareness of what is going on around them
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and I think it includes of being able to listen to their parents
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and at the same time consider what they observe
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and what they experience so that they can have the best solutions
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or the best soft skills that they may use in the future.
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Should parents encourage their kids to meet challenges?
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I think it really depends.
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because parents, first of all, on the parents' side, they should know what exactly is going on in their kid's mind.
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because I think it's really risky if parents try to push the kid too much.
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But also, at the same time, they also need to try to make some
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obstacles for the child
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because the children themselves need to have the abilities to get over some specific problems in their lives in the future.
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I think just being able to get over the difficulties and the challenges It's a really precious skill for them.
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are parents too protective of their children these days.
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I think...
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Yes, somehow parents nowadays, they're trying to protect their kids too much.
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Because I think that on every parent's mind, their perspective to their lives, they think that Because through what they've experienced,
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the life is really dangerous and there are a lot of things that are unexpected.
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So I think that when they're trying to protect their children, somehow they're not aware of what they're doing
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and sometimes they are just being so subjective and they just.. don't realize that while they're overprotecting the child,
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and that leads to a lot of mindset problems for the child in the future.
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And you clearly have a very high level of fluency.
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Your speech flew really well.
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You're very confident.
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You sound super natural and fluent. So congratulations.
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Your use of discourse markers is also on point.
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In terms of vocabulary, you show your ability to paraphrase extremely well.
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and you show that you can use a bit of less common vocabulary in the IELTS test, which is really nice.
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You paraphrase overweight with obese,
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You paraphrase "face" with "be faced with" although you miss the preposition "with" at one point.
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So you said "I was faced" and then "no with".
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So I like your preposition there.
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Just a minor minor slip.
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Grammar -wise it's nearly perfect.
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there's a certain part that you use the wrong verb or the wrong tense, but it doesn't hinder my ability to understand you very well.
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Grammar -wise, you have a great range and great accuracy.
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There are certain parts you use the wrong verb tense, which is not a big problem because I can still understand you pronunciation I think you're nearly native -like.
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I understand you extremely, extremely well.
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You speak with a lot of ups and downs, so great intonation there.
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Your stress is also on point.
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There are some minor slips, like with the word obese.
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I think you pronounce it a bit in a French way of best, but again, it doesn't hinder my ability to understand you at all because overall you sound clear,
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you sound confident, and I think it was a solid performance.
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Congratulations.
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Yes, thank you.
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Overall, you're a capable English user.
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And this performance today could score you somewhere around 7 .5 in our speaking test.
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But on a good day, you can easily score an 8, I'm sure.
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Yes, thank you.
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Thank you very much.
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you you you Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “MOCK TEST SPEAKING BAND 8.0”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: teacher, kid, parents, Ielts, challenge. Deze video bevat 119 zinnen en 1335 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:51. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 151 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
hinder werkwoord/ˈhɪndɚ/hinderen (hinder), moeilijk maken
preposition zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/voorzetsel, kastwoord
obese bijvoeglijk naamwoord/oʊˈbis/obees, vetzuchtig
verb zelfstandig naamwoord/vɝb/werkwoord
overweight bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/te zwaar
vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/woordenschat, vocabulaire
mindset zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/mentaliteit, ingelsteldheid
tense zelfstandig naamwoord/tɛns/tijd, tempus
aspire werkwoord/əˈspaɪɚ/ambiëren, nastreven
fluency zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfluːənsi/vlotheid
hardworking bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈhɑːɹdˌwɜːɹ.kɪŋ/ijverig, vlijtig
intonation zelfstandig naamwoord/ɪntəˈneɪʃən/intonatie, zinsmelodie
kilogram zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkɪləɡɹæm/kilogram
talkative bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈtɔ.kə.ɾɪv/spraakzaam, praatgraag
pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/uitspraak

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
come out werkwoord/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/uitkomen

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • Can I have your full name please?
  • Do you want to be a teacher in the future?
  • Are you still in touch with your primary school teachers?
  • In what way has your favourite teacher helped you?
  • I'm going to take a few seconds.

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetI've been faced · are unexpected · be faced
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telthas been · I've been faced · they've experienced
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of dingliterature, which is · test, which is · tense, which is

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 22 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, they're, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, inspirational /ˌɪnspəˈɹeɪʃənəl/, ambition /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, calisthenics /ˌkæ.lɪsˈθɛ.nɪks/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: paraphrase /ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/, verb /vɝb/, talkative /ˈtɔ.kə.ɾɪv/, subjective /səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: paraphrase /ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, calisthenics /ˌkæ.lɪsˈθɛ.nɪks/, gymnastic /d͡ʒɪmˈnæstɪk/, kilogram /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: overweight /ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/, hardworking /ˈhɑːɹdˌwɜːɹ.kɪŋ/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als hinder, preposition, obese.

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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