Shadowing Practice: Debating challenge book2 Is Homework Helpfull? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Debating Challenge, Book 2.
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Published and copyrighted by WorldCom Education.
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All rights reserved.
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Unit 1 Is homework helpful?
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Students go to school to learn.
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Then they go home and do their homework.
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Teachers give homework because that is how people have learned for a long time.
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Should we stop giving students work to do at home?
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Some people say that students should do their homework.
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First, homework is helpful.
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Students learn many things each week.
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But they often forget what they learn.
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Doing homework gives students a chance to review what they learned.
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Second, students can actually learn more at home.
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Children can do their own research, and improve their knowledge.
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Also, they will become more independent learners.
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This is an important skill.
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Other people say that schools should stop giving homework to students.
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First, students already study a lot.
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They go to school for many hours each day.
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So, when they are at home, they should do something fun and active.
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This will help them to feel happier.
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Second, teachers usually give easy homework to their students.
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Doing easy homework is not helpful because students don't learn anything.
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you Supporting Opinion.
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Teachers should give homework to their students.
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First, homework improves students' learning.
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Class time is too short to learn many things.
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However, at home, students have time to memorize facts.
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This will help them to get good scores on their tests.
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Second, Homework can teach students how to organize their time.
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They can learn to focus on their work.
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Learning to use time well will really help students when they try to get a job.
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you Opposing opinion.
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Giving homework to students is a very bad idea.
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First, homework puts stress on children.
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they worry about not having enough time.
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They also worry about not being able to do their homework.
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Children don't need to have this kind of stress.
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Second, homework stops students from learning other skills.
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Children should play sports and make friends.
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These activities can teach children important social skills.
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They cannot learn these skills by sitting alone at home.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Debating challenge book2 Is Homework Helpfull?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: students, homework, learn, skill, helpful. This video has 43 sentences and 343 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:34. The speaker talks slowly, about 96 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| homework noun | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class. |
| skill noun | /skɪl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| helpful adjective | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | Furnishing help; giving aid; useful. |
| distress noun | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. |
| copyright noun | /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ | The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship. |
| organize verb | /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ | To arrange in working order. |
| learner noun | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | One who is learning; one receiving instruction. |
| memorize verb | /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/ | To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory. |
| teach verb | /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ | To pass on knowledge to. |
| debate noun | /dɪˈbeɪt/ | An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision. |
| reserve noun | /ɹɪˈzɝv/ | The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception. |
| teacher noun | /ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/ | A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor. |
| opinion noun | /əˈpɪn.jən/ | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. |
| worry verb | /ˈwʌ.ɹi/ | To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. |
| improve verb | /ɪmˈpɹuːv/ | To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something). |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | Should we stop · should do · should stop |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | stop giving |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will become · will help · will really help |
Pronunciation to watch
- Long words — get the stress right: independent /ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt/, activity /ækˈtɪv.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 homework, skill, helpful.
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.