Shadowing Practice: IELTS English Podcast - Speaking Topic: Globalization - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Good day and welcome to another episode of the IELTS plus English podcast.

where today I'm afraid we have a difficult topic.

It's globalization.

I did notice this topic coming up in the near future and I saw globalization.

I thought, oh, that's going to be a tough one.

So what I'd like to start by talking about today is this concept, and we're going to talk about this much more and perhaps you've heard it before,

but it's the concept of bringing a answers bringing topics into your world.

Okay.

This is so important when you come to a topic area.

that you are uncomfortable with.

It might be...

economics.

It could be technology.

Here's a great example, actually.

If you go back to my episode about AI,

And I.. i love ai um but i don't know a great deal about it um and the part two question

was pretty tough.

I've had a few people listen to that episode and say, Jack, was that a good answer that you gave?

Was that relevant?

I feel like you're talking about something different to the question.

the the answer is and you can see this in the comments please go back to the AI episode Yes.

I purposely moved that question into my world, my world of business. and coaching.

And although I did that, and by the way, it was great because I was able to speak comfortably,

I did still address the question, The content was relevant.

And because I was comfortable, I was able to use really good language.

so what does this all mean um bring the topic into your own world you have

Things in your life that you know about You enjoy.

For example, your job.

Your hobby or hobbies your likes your interests these are all the same kind of things For me,

you know, I love reading.

um i am interested in technology i do love golf Travel.

I have some good experiences in travel that I can draw upon.

so these areas i know if i can bring the answer Here,

to these comfortable areas i can speak really comfortably i can say a lot This means: Let's say,

for example, you have, and I talked about this recently because it was a real example, you have a question about globalization.

You say, Jack, I.. do not know i don't i barely know what it is i don't know how that's affecting my country

You can probably, if you are interested in cooking, Talk about...

ingredients that have come from around the world and they are now in your country.

If you're a golfer, are you seeing more foreigners playing golf?

any sport are you seeing more foreigners um Maybe you love your city.

how's your city changed are you seeing more foreign restaurants So, If you go through my entire syllabus,

you will identify topics that are outside of your comfort zone.

And I want you to think carefully about.

You've got to spend time on this.

Think carefully how to bring them into your comfort zone.

How to bring any question into something you can talk about.

And that's all I want to say.

I did say a lot then, but let's get started.

So, um, I'm going to, Firstly, student challenge: what evidence?

of globalization can you see in your hometown?

I'm asking this because I'm curious.

Where are you from in the world?

Tell me where you're from.

And what evidence can you see of globalization?

Are there more restaurants?

Is there more foreign food, foreign people?

let me know and uh today yeah it's a difficult topic and therefore there are difficult words we've got integration tariff

diversify, vibrant, lovely words, but it's going to be tough.

It's going to be tough to get these in the answers.

This is, of course, available in my textbook.

which is called the IELTS + Total Speaking Textbook, And it's available for you on www .britplus .net.

Go and check it out.

It's helping a lot of students and I've had some great feedback, so I hope it helps you too.

Let's get into it.

part one question one what do you understand by the term globalization Okay.

I think globalization is this rapid change

that we see around the world where it's becoming easier to go to different countries

to spread ideas to spread culture you A great example of this is how K culture,

we call it Korean culture, has spread around the world so easily.

And now you can go to a small town in the UK and have Korean food.

okay i i kept that pretty light um but uh i'm pretty happy with that answer let's do another one

What are the main benefits of globalization?

Of course, one of the main benefits is trade and being able to get new types of products.

um perhaps for more reasonable prices nowadays um the spread of culture

the spread of ideas um i think there's so many benefits that we're seeing from globalization

and i certainly enjoy them here in south korea you Excellent, let's get into a part two.

so today's part two question is describe how globalization has affected

your country um now that's an interesting one to get into my structure

so i haven't prepared let's see how i get that into my

past present future structure so i've put two minutes on the clock And my time starts now.

I'd like to tell you about how globalization has affected South Korea.

I first came to South Korea about 15 years ago.

It's been a long time and when I did Thank you.

I it felt so different to back home in England.

It was really, you know, Korean culture was so strong and we had all the traditional food,

but there was a real lack of things like coffee shops and Western influenced food.

These kind of family restaurants were not so popular.

Wine.

coffee some of these products that were so big back home or in the us were not so prevalent here

and that made it a little difficult for me to integrate into korean society so i kind of

suffered a bit from culture shock.

let me tell you a little bit more about globalization in korea and how it's changed so much so

Certainly in the past 10 years, it's changed really rapidly.

And all these things I've just said are now readily available.

Bye.

I, um...

I see such diversity of products available.

I think there's a lot of sort of free trade agreements now available or have been set up.

So we're getting more well -priced wines and foods from around the world.

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And it's also affected restaurants as well.

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A huge number of Mexican, Italian, Spanish restaurants.

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made Korean food very exciting as well.

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We see more combinations, fusion food of Korean and other countries.

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I also noticed that there's so much to say, so much to say.

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Well, I think I'm quite happy with that answer, but obviously I didn't make that much progress with my structure.

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with my strategy but you know i got a few words in there

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a bit of a diversity of the tenses the grammar tenses

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but yeah loads more to say I won't I'm gonna move straight on to part three now um so

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How has globalization affected the economy of your country?

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Globalization has really diversified the things available in Korea.

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So, you know, economy wise, I assume that that has affected the way money is spent and what it's spent on.

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We can see all different types of shops and restaurants and things like that.

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On the other hand, and perhaps more importantly, because of globalisation and the spread of Korean culture,

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we see a lot more tourism and that's becoming a big source of income for Koreans.

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So, for example, you can go somewhere like Itaewon, which is a region of Seoul,

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and see far more foreigners there and very successful businesses.

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I think you can see many places around Korea that are profiting from tourism.

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Okay.

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What are the disadvantages of globalization?

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I think the major disadvantage of globalization perhaps is That's with the increased tourism,

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you can see increased pollution.

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Thank you.

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There are I think because of globalization, I think we can definitely put it down to that,

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you know, the spread of culture and movies and dramas and things like that.

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It encourages people to travel more.

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It's becoming easier to travel.

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and you can get people,

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much more people, traveling to these beauty spots and more obscure parts of the world.

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And that, for the environment, is a bad thing.

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So, you know, in my case, I went to an island in Paris.

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in the Philippines called Barakai.

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And I always remember that example because it was full of litter.

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And I think that's probably down to a huge number of tourists.

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travelling there and...

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spreading litter and not being so careful with the environment.

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You could see the beach, inland, the sea, actually in the sea, there was a lot of rubbish, which was a real shame.

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Good, okay, I'm trying to give clear examples today.

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I think I've used that before.

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By the way, this is an example.

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of bringing an answer into my own world

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The disadvantages of globalization, I.. i don't know i don't know

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that many certainly off the top of my head right now but I can talk about travel I can talk about tourism,

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that's comfortable for me, so that's what I'm doing.

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Thank you.

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Next question: Do you think globalization will continue to grow in the future?

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Yeah, I think it's absolutely going to grow in the future.

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It, of course, depends on...

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The way that culture is spread and things like, as I said before, dramas and movies, that's becoming easier with things like Netflix.

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So that's going to encourage globalization.

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But in terms of trade, if we are going to get more free trade agreements, between countries

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and there are going to be less tariffs you know we see these tariffs being created between countries

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that disagree with each other if that can happen less tariffs, then yes, globalization is going to continue to grow,

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continue to spread, and we're going to see...

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the most isolated parts of Earth Um,

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more visibly and we're going to visit those places so yeah i do think it's going to continue Thank you.

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Great.

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So as you heard today, I think that's what you can hear throughout my answers.

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I really focused on the travel part of globalization.

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That's only one part of globalization.

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But that's what I'm comfortable with.

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my answers were relevant i was able to use some of the vocabulary And because of that,

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I'm happy with my answers and I think it would be a good score. So that's everything today.

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I think that was a pretty long episode, so sorry about that, but I do hope it was helpful.

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Next week, we are going to be having a bonus episode.

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I've decided, based on a student's question, we've got a bonus episode.

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We're going to really dig deeply into part three answers, so do come back for that.

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So I'll see you next week.

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Study incomprehensibly hard this week, and I'll see you next week.

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see you then bye bye!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 170 sentences and 1912 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:50. The speaker talks at a steady 129 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

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
topic noun	/ˈtɑpɪk/	A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
tourism noun	/ˈtʊɹɪzəm/	The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home.
disadvantage noun	/ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/	A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback.
carefully adverb	/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/	With care; attentively, circumspectly.
bonus noun	/ˈbəʊ.nəs/	Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
encourage verb	/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/	To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
comfort noun	/ˈkʌm.fət/	Contentment, ease.
diversity noun	/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/	The quality of being diverse or different; a difference or unlikeness.
tense noun	/tɛns/	The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
hobby noun	/ˈhɑ.bi/	An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
textbook noun	/ˈtɛkst.bʊk/	A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.
comfortably adverb	/ˈkʌmftɚbli/	In a comfortable manner.
litter noun	/ˈlɪt.ɚ/	Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals.
shock noun	/ʃɔk/	A sudden, heavy impact.
curious adjective	/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/	Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
go back to verb		To stem from; to originate in.
go through verb		To travel from one end of something to the other.
set up verb	/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/	To make ready for use.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 43 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I've, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shock /ʃɔk/, integration /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/, pollution /pəˈluʃən/, fusion /ˈfjuː.ʒən/, rubbish /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, diversity /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/, economics /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks/, integration /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/

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 topic, tourism, disadvantage.

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	you've heard · I've had · have come
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is called · have been set · is spent
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	Itaewon, which is · rubbish, which was

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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