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Ethnic Groups of Vietnam Hello, everyone.
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Today, I would like to talk about ethnic groups of Vietnam.
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Vietnam has 54 ethnic groups.
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The king is the largest group, and there are many minority groups, such as the Thai, Thai,
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Hmong, Ede, Nung, Khmer, Cham, and Bahnar.
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Each ethnic group has its own language, lifestyle, costumes, and traditional culture.
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The ethnic group I would like to talk about is the Thai.
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The Thai people are one of the largest ethnic minority groups in Vietnam.
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Many Thai people live in the northern mountains, especially in places like Ha Zang.
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Their villages are often peaceful and close to nature.
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The Thai people usually live in stilt houses.
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A stilt house is a house on high posts.
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It is often made of wood and bamboo.
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From the house, people can see mountains, rivers, and terraced fields.
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I think this kind of house is very special and beautiful.
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The Tay people have many interesting activities in their daily life.
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They grow rice, raise livestock, do gardening, and weave clothes.
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Some families have a little land for growing crops and a few animals,
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like chickens, pigs, or cows.
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Children in the family often help their parents with simple housework.
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The Tay people also have a rich traditional culture.
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They have folk songs, folk dances, and musical instruments.
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One popular musical instrument is the don ting.
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They also have special food, such as five -color sticky rice.
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It looks colorful and delicious.
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At festivals, people wear traditional costumes, sing songs, dance, and play music together.
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In my opinion, ethnic groups make Vietnamese culture more colorful and interesting.
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We should learn more about them, respect their lifestyle, and protect their traditions.
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I hope I can visit a Thay village in Ha Zang one day.
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Thank you for listening.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “G8 U4 Mindmap”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: ethnic, Thai, Vietnam, traditional, culture. This video has 30 sentences and 299 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:07. The speaker talks slowly, about 96 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
ethnic adjective/ˈɛθ.nɪk/Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
minority noun/maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
lifestyle noun/ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.
instrument noun/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/A device used to produce music.
folk noun/foʊk/People, persons.
costume noun/ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
colorful adjective/ˈkʌl.əɹ.fl̩/Possessing prominent and varied colors.
delicious adjective/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
crop noun/kɹɑp/A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
cow noun/kaʊ/An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
pig noun/ˈpɪɡ/Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus…
cloth noun/klɒθ/A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
terrace noun/ˈtɛɹəs/A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
livestock noun/ˈlaɪvstɑk/Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.
sticky adjective/ˈstɪki/Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.

Pronunciation to watch

  • The “th” sounds: ethnic /ˈɛθ.nɪk/, cloth /klɒθ/

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 ethnic, minority, lifestyle.

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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