Shadowing Practice: Giải đề IELTS SPEAKING - Social media - Learn English Speaking with Video

Now, speaking with me, we are social media.

In this topic, there are 4 questions, and we will see what questions are.

First question, do you like to use social media?

I think the answer is almost all of us.

So we will have the answer to this one.

Yes, I have to say that I spend the majority of my leisure time on social platforms such as Facebook or Twitter.

The reason is that those platforms are great places for not only to communicate with others easily, keep in touch with our friends and family,

but they also offer a great deal of engaging content that makes it hard for you to put your phone down.

The second question, do you think your friends use too much social media?

With nếu các bạn học sinh trả lời câu này thì

mình nghĩ rằng câu trả lời cũng sẽ là có luôn

Chúng ta dành quá nhiều thời gian trên những trang mạng

xã hội như vậy Và lý do thì chúng ta sẽ cùng trả lời như sau nhé Sadly,

yes, like people my age nowadays have their phone with them almost everywhere Like be it a school,

at home or public places like a restaurant or a coffee shop

and many of them put a lot of effort in creating a virtual, a perfect virtual life

and building social relationships on the internet rather than in real

life third question do you want to work in social media uh well

when it comes to social media related jobs the first occupation

that comes to my mind is celebrities on social platforms such as facebook

or uh influencer or on tick tock and in

that case i think i do not have what it takes to become a content creator on such sites

and i think that i am more suitable for some kind of back office jobs in social media

and the last question what is the most popular social media

in vietnam uh well i think it really depends on the age group that we're talking about

uh to be more specific if middle-aged people

or people of older age groups are concerned i think

that facebook is their favorite social networking site the reason is

that facebook has been around for quite a long time

and people are all familiar with this

and also this site is quite user friendly but

when it comes to a younger demographics i think uh tick tock would be their preference this is

because tick tock offers a short eye grabbing videos that you can never get tired of

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 33 sentences and 464 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:40. The speaker talks at a natural 174 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 73% 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:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
tick noun	/tɪk/	A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
virtual adjective	/ˈvɜɹt͡ʃuəl/	In effect or essence, rather than in fact or reality; also, imitated, simulated.
topic noun	/ˈtɑpɪk/	A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
suitable adjective	[ˈsjuː.tə.bɫ̩]	Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
engage verb	/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/	To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
celebrity noun	/səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/	Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
creator noun	/kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/	Something or someone which creates or makes something.
communicate verb	/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/	To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
depend verb	/dɪˈpɛnd/	To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
occupation noun	/ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/	An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a…
nowadays adverb	/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/	At the present time; in the current era.
preference noun	/ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/	The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
demographic adjective	/ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/	Of or pertaining to demography.
leisure noun	/ˈlɛʒə(ɹ)/	Freedom provided by the cessation of activities.
tock noun	/tɑk/	A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.

Pronunciation to watch

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: occupation /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, leisure /ˈlɛʒə(ɹ)/
Long words — get the stress right: celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, occupation /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, demographic /ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/, influencer /ˈɪnflu.ənsə(ɹ)/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like tick, virtual, topic.

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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