Shadowing Practice: Day 58 of English Speaking Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video

hi everyone

so this is another day after uh you can say after

a two week i am uh recording this video right

so during this two way there's a lot of things is done

and this two way we have a seasonal exam we have

a coding round of mastercard right the last video i have told you about that

so today i am covering all these two days sedu that what the thing is done what we have a face

how was the exam how was the round how we have prepared

and this thing right what is the situation what is the situation

and i am also want to tell you my uncle

that they give the review about my english right so let's start

so i think i have made a last video on uh 13th of july right

almost two weeks ago right

and in the video I have told you about the MasterCard interview round MasterCard coding round

and also the session right so let's start from that time

so on that day the day was probably Friday

and date is 13 13 or 30 31st of July we got a mail from our our HOD sir,

our placement officer sir, that you have a MasterCard interview round, MasterCard coding round after your Sessional week.

We got a mail on 31st July and we have a Sessional exam on 3rd August.

So from that day we have only 3 days to prepare our Sessional exam.

and our sessional exam is from a Monday to from a Saturday we have a six paper

and after a last day of a paper last paper on a Saturday

and a Sunday we have a coding round of mastercard

right so this is the situation we have only the one week to prepare our mastercard coding round

and also during this week we have sessional exam also so we have to prepare a mastercard

encoding now right so what will you choose there is a big confusion

if you are not preparing sessional exam you are not going

to give any paper of the sessional exam then you have

to give a block exam I think I have to tell you about first exam structure

so in DTU there is a three exam three sessional exam you have to give all three exam right

and this is a monthly exam

if you are not able to give any of them exam then you have to give block exam

which is uh come after the viva week once a viva week finish

and next monday your a block exam will start but the conflict is that in a sessional exam

there is only the one month syllabus

but in block exam of full same syllabus right

so after a five a week the very first day you have a session exam

so you have no any time to prepare all the full syllabus

and same exam you have around one month for preparation right

so you cannot choose a block examination you cannot choose

that i am only preparing for mastercard i am not going to give any exam any session exam right

and another thing that a mastercard which is one of the biggest company

which will give you the highest package and package is a 12 lpn

and two month internship offer for a summer internship with a 40 first with a 40 000 stipend right

and every time the mastercard come to recruit in ddu for only

and only a third year student right and all the

other college all other companies will come for a fourth year and also indeed you uh

actual the placement season will start in our same field over a seventh semester

which means in our fourth year

but the mastercard is one of the companies come to recruit

one year before another company they choose uh only a two hardly two or three candidate from the 300 student right

So now you can imagine that how the opportunity is, what is the opportunity and how is the big

that you got a placement one year before any other student with the highest package.

But this thing need a very much preparation.

I have prepared a DSA from one year.

I am very confident in DSA.

But not only a DSI will work, you have to knowledge about web technologies.

I have learned Spring Boot during my application.

But the thing is lacking that I have no project.

I am thinking that after the session is finished i am starting my project

but right we have a talk about our seniors during uh

two to three hours that what the thing need to prepare

and what type of question will be asked in our interview

round uh in our coding round what the thing need to

prepare for interview right there is core concept dbms java

and this thing and they have told us

that you have at least a one back-end project on a java springboard

so we have decided that me and my friend decided

that after a session of the exam finish from monday we are starting our project right

and most of the scenarios the about this mastercard come to at the end of the august

or beginning of the september

right so we thought

that we have a one month we can easily prepare we can build a backend project in one week

and then after we start our interview practicing right

so our goal is that we have a one month

but suddenly we got the mail that after a one week you have coding around

but not one week is not the thing we thought

if we have a one make we have a pure one make there is no any session exam

and that whole thing we can I think I am able to correct the coding round

and also not not also the interview round I think

that I have correct recording around

and I will give my interview at my best right with

covering all my core concept all my uh project related work

and this whole thing i thought that if i get uh

this one may this is not enough obviously

but i am just i am able to crack coding around

and i will give my best uh but uh there is a sessional exam

so we have to prepare sessional exam also

right half day we are preparing our sessional exam after we are preparing our coding round

for every day from the mail I the from the day

when we got our mail from

that 31st August to till the end of 8th August 31st

July to 8th August with me from Friday to the next week end of the next week right

so this thing is done we I have great all the

DBMS concept like a sliding window area string graph trees

and all this thing we have prepared some according west we are some

con contest and this thing we have prepared a basic syntax of the strings of the areas

and this thing right so we have fully prepared for coding now

and uh monday there is a coding round from 11 to 12 right

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so day before uh saturday a day before uh sunday

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which means on 8th august we got a mail

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that there is your registration link for your test then and

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that man they have also there are some rules and regulations

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that your camera will always on your microphone will keep on on

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that during a one hour right we will they will track

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all the activities you cannot swap the tab you cannot change your window you cannot use any ai tools

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and this thing this all the things are

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recorded in your video in your microphone right

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and they will attract your all the activities

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so there is no chance to cheating right and this thing

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and with a registration link there is another thing to check your devices is capable to interview

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or to test or not right the

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and the we have have clicked this link

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and they say your device is okay

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which means your uh camera is completely fine your microphone is completely fine

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and your network screen is also completely fine they have also mentioned

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that you have to sit uh uh an area where a

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network speed is more than a 200 kb per second

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or 2 kb per second right so all the thing is done

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and i thought

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that my device is capable i have prepared for coding round now i will give a coding round tomorrow peacefully

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but there is a one more a twist

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so from sunday there is a coding around between 11 am to 12 pm right one hour

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and that one hour only two questions are there one is 40 mark and one is 60 mark

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so and another condition is

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that you can only enter in this test during from this link between a 10 minutes starting 10 minutes

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which means a 10 11 from 11 p.m to 11

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and a 10 p.m there is only the 10 minute you have to click after

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that link will disable you link will not able to clickable right

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so I have clicked the link on a soft will stop 11 am

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and after the clicking empty after the clicking

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that link they again check all the ds is capable

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or not right camera is working microphone is working

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and i found error this dual camera is exist i am

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very shocked i am just brain worse right there no any other thing is coming to my mind

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that how to resolve this error that right

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there is suddenly say

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that your device is not capable i have checked this all the thing uh tomorrow I yesterday

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and that the situation they give you are capable

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and now they are saying that your device is not capable

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and what to do so this thing is rice the mail we got on Saturday

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that for testing all the thing there is a two thing

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one is testing test one is link for a coding exam

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another link is for our checking capabilities both links are different

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so for a dummy link we have checked all this thing is done

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and this is same situation for all other students who are

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using this hp victor's laptop and actually

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which is attached actual test link they have are saying that you

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or our website detecting a dual camera it means you are using a two camera just remove one camera

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so i have removed one camera i think that i have removed

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that i have grow to the another tab and i found

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that two cameras is a normal camera of the laptop

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and another camera is the omen webcam right so i have right click

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but there is no option to disable the camera first of

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all during first seven to five five to seven minute I

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just you can say on word my brain is not working

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there what to do in this situation I cannot call any other my friend to resolve this error

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because he is also giving the same exam and I am

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and I am NOT have to adjust up there right

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so what to do I have quickly at the church

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if they ask data that and disable this thing right click

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and disable but there is no option in the Chrome

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so I have to uninstall this application so I have quickly uninstall this Omen hub

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application right after that I have to restart my laptop

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so during that restart the time is exists from 9

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and all the thing is done I have restart the laptop will restart at 11 15

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and the time is out for it means that link is decibel

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so situation is the situation is that I am not

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able to even sit in the exam right so in

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that time I am just very sad

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that I have prepared a lot of thing from the one

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week I have preparing for DSA I am preparing for my

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exam also I am completely okay with the DSA I am

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very happy I miss I am very confident don't give this coding now

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but this a technical issue I am just not able to

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read a question I am not able to enter the test

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this thing is that I am just very sad after

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that I after the finishing that one hour after it where they

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when the test is over I called my friend

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that would think is done

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if you have the first same error then I got to know

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that the most of the week to don't they have a

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Victor's is it's just laptop they face the same error some of the students face some technical error

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that once they you write solution and at the moment when they press run and test test button they just

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means they just close the tab automatically close tab and they come into the the text.

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So this most technical issue are there in most of the students.

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So this is about how the situation was in that last one week.

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And after that from Monday which means covering my coding interview

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which is covering my coding exam

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which is a very worst time I am not able to

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give the exam due to technical issues not my skill level

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After that I got up that I am not able to I am no more able to process

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The thing is done that

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most of the my

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Friends able to solve only a five to six test case

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There is a two question in coding round one is a for a 60 mark and one is for 40 marks

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most of the students attempt a 40 mark question

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and most of the are in there is a 12 test case in

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that 40 mark question and most of the students solve only the five to six test case

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so in my branch there is no any student on come out with one question

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so in C student there is a two three they have counted both of the questions right

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so yesterday there is an interview of the six candidate

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and from that six only three candidate is select for this internship offer right

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so and this thing that who this is about my last two year last two weeks

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and how this thing is i am very busy right

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so that's one of the reason

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that that's why i'm not able to making any videos

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and this thing yeah this is a one phase

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which is a very big phase and another thing is

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that we have a subject for it entrepreneurship and in

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that subjects start one some kind of task that every student means

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that a role number bias means your your day you have to speak at least a two to three minute

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you give a speech about two to three minute from our last lecture concept

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and this is for one week which means

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that in particular week there is a three lecture of it on your screen

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and you have to speak for that three days

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so from the last three days i am preparing that thing

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that speech right but this week is for my uh my turn me

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and my with my three two friends right so i am busy on that day i have prepared three speeches for uh

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giving three speech on starting of the lecture right now there is a three different experience

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i am recording this video from my uh question so i am able to i am confident to speak in english

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but I have not an experience of the public speaking right

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I have to speak in front of 50 to 60 student right on the stage

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so this is you can say the new experience for me

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the first time my leg is busy I am very fear

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that how I can speak from

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that 60 to 70c student over class the another day i feel very calm i am not feeling

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that much fear and the third day i am easy to speak all of this thing right

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and one thing notice

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that icon i am not able to speaking with icon i have to learn this thing i tried during the speech

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but i noticed that once i contact to some person then after

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that i just disappointed so i decided

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that i will not do any eye contact i am just

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uh seeing on a random object like a bench like a book

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and i will speak all these things

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so from the last day now from the last three days i am a busy on

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that right so this is a two phase first is a mastercard

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which is a very big face which is a very memorable for me

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that how the thing is done what is our this is a very worst

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days from my college journeys right so that's why i am not able to um view any this video performance

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so that's it from my last two week situation last two week all the thing right so I am asking you

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my uncle that kindly they give some reviews on my English how is my confidence

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what to improve and what the thing right so thank you for today

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Day 58 of English Speaking Practice”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: exam, coding, round, mastercard, link. This video has 243 sentences and 2915 words to shadow. The speech runs for 20:38. The speaker talks at a steady 141 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
examination noun	/ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/	The act of examining.
sessional adjective		Pertaining to a period, often an academic term or a sitting of a legislative body.
laptop noun	/ˈlæp.tɑp/	A laptop computer.
disable verb	/dɪsˈeɪbəl/	To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
restart verb	/ˈɹiːˌstɑɹt/	To start again.
microphone noun	/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/	A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.
syllabus noun	/ˈsɪləbəs/	A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
internship noun	/ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/	A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.
placement noun	/ˈpleɪ̯smənt/	The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
lecture noun	/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/	A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
omen noun	/ˈoʊ̯mən/	Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or…
uninstall verb		To completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.
viva	/ˈviː.və/	Long live ... ! (used to express acclaim or support).
recruit verb	/ɹɪˈkɹut/	To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
java noun	/ˈd͡ʒɑː.və/	A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
come out with verb	To say (something) unexpectedly.
get up verb	To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have told · have prepared · have made
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is done · is finished · will be asked
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	mastercard which is · students who are · Monday which means
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the biggest · the highest · the most of

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, registration /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, entrepreneurship /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.ʃɪp/
Long words — get the stress right: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, registration /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, entrepreneurship /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.ʃɪp/, capability /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/

How to practise with this video

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

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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