Shadowing Practice: CELPIP Speaking Practice | Comparing and Persuading - Learn English Speaking with Video

Take a look at these two vehicles.

This one is called a van.

And that one is called an SUV.

SUV, that stands for Sports Utility Vehicle.

SUV, okay?

Now when you take the CELPIP exam, you're going to see a question

where you have to compare two things and then persuade someone that your choice is the best.

Okay, so in this lesson I'm going to teach you how to answer this question.

Now I'm making a lot of videos on cellpips so if you want more lessons like this, make sure you hit that subscribe button right down there.

Okay, so this question is task 5 on the CELPIP exam.

And it's about comparing and persuading.

Now, when you answer this question, you need to use lots of comparison words.

Okay, like this: "EASIER" or "HARDER" "Older /Newer" "FASTER /SLOWER" "BETTER /WORSE" "LIGHTER /DARKER" "MORE EXPENSIVE" "LESS EXPENSIVE" Okay,

the person who's going to be listening to your exam and giving you your marks,

they're going to be listening specifically for words like this: Okay,

so you need to know how to use comparison words when you answer this question.

Now this is how we persuade people in English.

Okay?

We use phrases like this: "I think this one would be a better choice for our family because..." Or,

the reason we should get this one is because...

Or, if we get this one, we will...

Okay, let's say the question is asking you to compare two apartments.

Okay?

And you need to decide which one is better for your family.

It was a very loud airplane.

flying over my house.

Can you hear it in here?

It's distracting me.

Okay, so let's say you need to Pick an apartment.

Okay?

You could say: "If we get this apartment,

we will have more space to host guests." or something like that, okay?

So these are good ways to convince someone that your choice is the best.

So maybe you can memorize some of these phrases, okay?

But there are other ways to say this as well.

Okay, so let's take a look at this question.

So you're going to see two things.

In this case, it's two vehicles.

And it's going to give some Ok,

so the question here is: Your family is looking for a new vehicle.

You found two options.

Using the pictures and information below, choose the option that you prefer.

In the next section, you will need to persuade your family that your choice is the better choice.

If you do not choose an option, the computer will choose one for you.

Ok.

these two pictures and you have 60 seconds to choose the option that you like best.

And then you need to click on which one you want.

If you don't click on one, the computer is going to decide for you.

You don't want that.

You want to look at these things and see which one you like better.

And choose that one.

Okay?

So let's take a look at these.

Okay, so the SUV is 42 ,000.

The van is 34 ,000.

The SUV gets 11 liters per 100 kilometers.

fuel economy.

Okay, the fuel economy on the van is a little bit better.

It's 8 liters per 100 kilometers.

The SUV seats 7, the van seats 8, the SUV has four -wheel drive,

but the van is only two -wheel drive.

Okay now you don't need to do any speaking here.

You don't need to do any comparing or anything.

Just look at them and and pick which one you like better, or which one you think will be easier to talk about.

Okay, so let's say we choose the van.

Okay, so we click on the van.

Then Suddenly, another picture is going to pop up.

Okay, so We chose the van that's here then it's going to say your family is wants to buy a station wagon.

Okay, that style of vehicle is called a station wagon.

Okay, so your family wants to buy a station wagon.

You need to convince them that your choice is better.

Okay, so that's the question.

Now you're going to have 60 seconds to

to compare these and to make some notes and think about what you want to say.

Okay, so you have the van, 34 ,000, 28 ,000.

Okay, so you have all this information.

Now, what are you going to put in your notes when you take notes?

Okay, for this question you have 60 seconds to take notes.

In a lot of the other questions on the speaking part, you only have 30 seconds.

So you should take a few notes so that when you're speaking, If you forget what to say,

you can look at your notes and it'll remind you of the next thing you want to talk about.

Okay, so try to make...

try to have like three or four...

things why your choice is better than their choice.

Okay, so you want the van instead of the station wagon.

Okay, so, hmm, I'm going to think, well, the van is bigger,

which would be better for going on road trips, right?

Because it's a little bit, it's more comfortable.

There's more room inside to stretch out and it's also got more luggage space.

Because when you go on a road trip with your family, you need a lot of space, right?

Okay, so I'm just going to write bigger, road trips.

Then I'm going to think of another reason.

Hmm...

More seats.

Thank you.

There's another airplane flying over my house.

There's so many airplanes today.

I don't know why they're all flying over my house today.

I live near the airport, but usually it's not this bad.

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Those are pretty loud.

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Okay, so my next my next note is going to be more seats.

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Because, Then we can take our friends with us, maybe on road trips or anywhere.

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We can have our family and our friends.

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Okay, then my third reason is going to be, hmm, The price and the fuel economy are not much different.

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Okay?

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Maybe six or seven thousand dollars difference in price.

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One liter difference in fuel economy.

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Okay, so that's not much difference.

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Okay, so then you need to actually speak after your preparation.

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It's going to say start speaking now.

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to pause this video and try to take some notes or you can use my notes if you want,

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and then speak for 60 seconds to get some practice.

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Now, it might be a little bit embarrassing for you to speak out loud, You might just think about it in your head,

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but I think it's a good practice for you to speak out loud, because then you will be more...

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comfortable, when you actually take the test.

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Okay, so you might be in your house right now and your family is around you and you might be embarrassed.

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You don't want your family to hear you speaking.

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Okay, but when you take the CELPIP exam, You're going to be in a big room with other people.

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Okay, so you can hear those other people talking, and they can hear you talking they're probably not listening because they're wearing,

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you're going to be wearing like a headset with a microphone.

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Okay, so everyone is busy looking at their own exam.

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So nobody's going to be listening to you but it might be distracting.

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Okay, so it's good to practice speaking out loud at home and that way I think you'll be more prepared

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on the exam.

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Okay so try your best and then when you're When you're ready to hear my answer,

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then press the play button because I'm going to give you my answer right now.

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Okay, so I have my stopwatch here.

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And I'm going to start right now.

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Hey guys, I know you really want to buy the station wagon, and I think that would be a good choice.

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But I think the van would be an even better choice because it's a little bit bigger.

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Which means it'll be much better for going on road trips.

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I want to go on a lot of road trips in the next few years.

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much more comfortable.

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Also, having the extra two seats in the van would mean that we could take our friends

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on our road trips as well.

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Or if we're just driving around the city we can take a lot of people in the van.

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Now, even though the station wagon is a little bit better in fuel economy, it's really not that big of a difference.

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And also it's a little bit cheaper, but that's okay because I have a good job.

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So, all in all, I think the van would be a better choice.

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Done.

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Okay, that was a minute.

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I was a little bit rushed at the end.

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But that's okay because I kept talking

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from the first second all the way to the last second okay

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so the number one mistake people make is they don't speak enough so remember try to keep talking without too many

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pauses in your speech.

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Okay, so the first thing you might have noticed is that I was talking to a person Okay, so that's good.

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That's how you should handle this question.

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Just make someone up.

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If it's one person, then make up a name like, "Hey John, I would recommend this or something like that.

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But if you're talking to a group of people like your family or friends, then you can say, "Hey guys, I know you want to do this,

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but I think we should do

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this okay so talk to a person now another thing you may have noticed is

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that i didn't say any numbers i didn't say the station wagon has six seats

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and the van has eight seats okay i didn't just list the numbers i used words okay

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so you need to use words like cheaper, more expensive, more or less space,

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better or worse fuel economy.

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Okay, if you use words like this, you're going to get really good marks.

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Okay, now the next tip is that you should acknowledge the advantages of the other choice.

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Okay, look at this.

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The station wagon is actually cheaper.

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Okay, you're trying to say that the van is a better choice, but the station wagon is cheaper, it has better fuel economy, okay?

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So those are sort of negative things.

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So how are you going to handle that?

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How should you say that?

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You should acknowledge it, and this is how you acknowledge the advantages of the other choice.

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You say, "Even though the station wagon is cheaper, The van is a better option because...

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it's more comfortable or whatever you want to say.

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Or you could say, even though the station wagon has better fuel economy The van is a better option because...

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blah blah blah whatever you want to say okay so this is a great way to talk about the things

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with the other choice that may be better.

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And there's going to be those on the test, okay?

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So, maybe you should memorize a sentence like this: Even though.. blah blah blah blah the is a better option because...

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okay, so try to remember this sentence when you take your exam.

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Okay, so the next thing you need to do is to show appreciation.

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I mean, you don't need to do this, but it's nice.

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When you're trying to convince someone of something.

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Okay, like when I started speaking,

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I said, "Hey guys, I know you really want to buy the station wagon." And that would be a good choice.

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Okay, so I'm showing appreciation for their choice before I tell them my choice.

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Okay?

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So you can say, hey guys, I appreciate your suggestion, but I think we should...

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by the van because...

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okay?

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So that's also good.

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Now, let's take a look at another example.

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Do you want to or are you bored yet?

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You should probably get as much practice as you can.

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So let's take a look at another question.

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Okay, so in this question, we're given two hotels.

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Hmm, and we need to take a look at all this information.

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Now the question is: is going to be: "You and your friends are going on a holiday."

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You are looking for hotels and you found two suitable options.

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Using the pictures and information below, choose the option that you prefer.

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In the next section, you will need to persuade your friends that your choice is a better choice.

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If you do not choose the option, the computer will choose one for you.

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Okay, so remember, you need to choose an option.

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So maybe wait like 45 or 50 seconds and then make your selection.

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Okay, so you're going to to look at them.

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Now remember you're not speaking at all here.

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You're not taking notes at all.

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You're just looking at each option and you're going to Pick the one that you like better.

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Okay, so this one is downtown, this one is near the beach.

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Okay, so already I know I'm going to like this one because I like beaches.

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Okay?

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This one is a bit cheaper as well.

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It doesn't have a swimming pool.

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That one has a swimming pool, but this one is near the beach, so it doesn't matter.

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That one has a free breakfast.

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This one has free drinks.

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Which one will be easier for me to talk about?

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Well...

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I think this one is going to be easier for me.

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So I'm going to click on this one and then suddenly there's a different picture there.

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Okay, so here's my selection and the question is going to be: your friends are recommending a guest house in the mountains.

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Convince them that your choice is better.

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Okay, so they're recommending a guest house in the mountains.

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It costs $100 a night.

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It has a hot tub and it has free meals.

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- Wow, okay, so how am I going to convince them that my choice is better?

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Okay, so here are the notes I'm going to take.

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Okay.

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the location is a little bit better.

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Now remember, I'm just writing very short notes because I only have one minute to prepare.

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That's not very much.

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Okay, so I'm going to say better location.

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Well, nicer rooms.

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Even though the guest house is cheaper, I think the hotel will have better rooms.

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So nicer rooms.

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Drinks are a better value.

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than the free meals because we're on holiday We want to be drinking lots of milkshakes,

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maybe some champagne or whatever we want, okay?

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So those are my notes.

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Now you need to speak for 60 seconds.

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Okay?

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So I want you to pause this video

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and I want you to try again to speak for 60 seconds and see what you say.

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Then after that you can press play.

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And here, my answer to this question.

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Okay?

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So here is my answer to the question.

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Are you ready?

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Set Go.

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Hey guys, I know you found a great guest house in the mountains and I think that would be a good option.

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It's cheaper, it has a hot tub, it has free meals, but I think The one near the beach

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is actually going to be a much better place for us because it's going to have a much better environment.

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We're on holiday.

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We want to feel like we're on holiday.

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So the warm weather, the palm trees, the beach, the ocean, it's going to give us a better feeling like we're on holiday.

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Now even though the guesthouse is a lot cheaper.

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The rooms in the hotel are going to be much nicer.

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Bigger bathrooms, bigger TVs, that kind of thing.

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And also, I mean, even though the guesthouse has free meals, I think we're going to enjoy the free drinks much more.

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We want to be drinking lots of milkshakes, champagne, and everything.

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So this is a better Choice.

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Okay, exactly a minute.

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Again, I was a little bit rushed at the end.

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Maybe I should have planned it out a little bit better.

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But you know what?

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If you don't answer a question very good or you don't feel very confident about it, just forget about it and move on to the next question.

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Because if you take the negative feelings and you're worried about that one, then you're going to do even worse on the next one.

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Okay, so even if you do bad on a question, just forget about it.

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and move on.

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Okay, so that was my answer.

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Now, here are the tips that I want to give you, okay, when you answer this question.

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Talk to a person or a group of people.

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"Hey John, I think we should do this" or "Hey guys,

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I think..." Okay, show appreciation for the other person's selection.

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Okay, with the guest house I said, "Hey, I know you guys have found a great guest house.

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I think that's a good option." But...

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I think this one is a better option.

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Okay, so show appreciation.

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Use lots of comparison words.

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Cheaper, more expensive, better, worse bigger rooms, smaller rooms, okay?

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Acknowledge the advantages of the other rooms.

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option, okay?

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Even though the guest house is half the price of the hotel,

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the hotel will be better because It has nicer rooms, bigger beds, whatever else you want to say.

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Okay, so those are my tips for how to answer task 5 on the CELFIP exam.

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Now let's do some homework, okay?

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I want you to compare V's to.

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Okay?

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So you're going to speak for 60 seconds and you're going to write your notes down in the comments, what you said, because I can't hear you.

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I can read what you write.

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Okay, so the first one is a cruise.

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That costs $2 ,000.

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free meals, and it's eight nights.

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And this one is a resort.

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It's $2 ,800.

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It's all inclusive, which means free meals and free drinks.

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and it's seven nights.

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Okay, so I want you to compare these two options and persuade me why your option is the better choice.

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Let me know down there in the comments, and I'll see you over in the next episode of Mad English TV.

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Take care.

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Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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