Shadowing Practice: Collins Get ready for IELTS Speaking Unit 1 Track 1-7 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Track two.
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Brother.
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Mother.
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Grandmother.
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Track three.
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One.
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My mother is very kind.
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She loves everybody.
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She looks like her sister.
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They've both got curly hair.
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My mum is a creative person.
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She makes things all the time.
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2. I don't have any brothers or sisters.
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I'm an only child, but I've got seven aunts.
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My favourite aunt is called Betty.
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She's very clever.
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She's a teacher and she helps me with my studies.
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3. My uncle is so bossy.
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He tells me what to do all the time.
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He is married and his wife is bossy too.
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But their son is really funny.
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He's my favourite cousin.
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We go to the same college.
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Track four.
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looking and very funny.
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Marco is twenty-seven and he's the oldest.
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His wife teaches at my college.
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Her name is Maria.
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My mother is an only child, so her family is very small.
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But my father is from a big family.
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He has three brothers.
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He looks like his brother.
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My uncle Giorgio.
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They are both bossy, but kind.
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My uncle has four children and one cat.
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Its name is Lola.
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Tell me about your family.
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Track five.
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Hello.
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My name is Steve Smith.
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Could you tell me your full name, please?
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Thank you.
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Can you show me your identification, please?
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I'd now like to ask you some questions about yourself.
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Tell me about your family.
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What does your father do?
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How much time do you spend with your family?
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What does your father do?
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How much time do you spend with your family?
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Are people in your country close to their family?
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Do you prefer to go out with your family or your friends.
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Where do you live at the moment?
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Track 6.
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My father is a doctor.
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He helps people.
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He works in a hospital.
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He's very kind to people.
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Track 7.
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One.
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What do you do?
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2. How would you describe your family?
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3. Who is important to you in your family?

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Collins Get ready for IELTS Speaking Unit 1 Track 1-7”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: track, brother, father, bossy, uncle. This video has 62 sentences and 326 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:04. The speaker talks slowly, about 80 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 11 of its 62 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
uncle noun/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
aunt noun/ɑːnt/The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
cousin noun/ˈkʌz(ə)n/Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a…
clever adjective/ˈklɛv.ɚ/Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.
identification noun/aɪˌdɛn(t)ɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).
grandmother noun/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/A mother of someone's parent.
curly adjective/ˈkɝli/Having curls.
bossy adjective/ˈbɔsi/Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
favourite adjective/ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
teach verb/ˈtiːt͡ʃ/To pass on knowledge to.
twenty noun/ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i]The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).
creative adjective/kɹiˈeɪtɪv/Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
prefer verb[pɹɪˈfɝ]To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
describe verb/dɪˈskɹaɪb/To represent in words.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Could you tell me your full name, please?
  • Can you show me your identification, please?
  • What does your father do?
  • How much time do you spend with your family?
  • Are people in your country close to their family?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'd, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: identification /aɪˌdɛn(t)ɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, twenty /ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i]

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like uncle, aunt, cousin.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

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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