Shadowing Practice: IELTS Speaking Band 7.0 Mock Test with Feedback - Learn English Speaking with Video

Okay, we can get started now.

To begin, can you tell me your full name?

My name is Nina and my last name is Wira Hadiraksa.

Can you spell your last name for me?

Yes, W-I-R-A-H-A-D-I-R-A-K-S-A.

All right, nice to do it.

And are you working or studying right now?

I'm currently studying but I am in an off book period.

Okay.

What do you study?

I'm studying nursing.

And what is an off book period?

It's like breaking, like taking a break from school.

And do you enjoy your studies?

So far, yes.

It's pretty demanding but I'm enjoying at the moment.

And what do you enjoy doing in your free time?

I enjoy listening to music, watching some random videos, chill out and go for a walk.

And sometimes I like to just read a book and chat with my friends on the phone.

And what is your hometown?

I mean, I have two hometowns.

Like one is in Switzerland, which is called Schindeläcki, and the other one is Gunpo.

It's like a city but kind of a town.

Yeah.

Where is Gunpo?

It's in Gyeonggi-do. In Gyeonggi-do.

Okay.

You can pick either one.

Yeah.

And what are some things that you like about one of your hometowns?

I would actually pick Strindelage because I actually recently lived there because I immigrated to Switzerland in 2016.

And what I like about there is the nature.

It's very wide and really, really big

and it's got a lot of people and just not so many supermarkets.

So then we have to drive a lot to the city parts to do grocery shopping,

but just the nature, I guess.

Okay, good.

Sort of following on that, what are some things that you don't like about it?

Yeah, the grocery shopping part and...

I mean, I said the good thing about my town was nature, but it's also...

the other hand, like, it's also not the good part because there's not so many things to do.

So I would have to travel to the city side to do something with my friends

because there are only houses and train stations nearby my house.

Okay.

Now, we'll talk about shopping.

So, to begin, do you like shopping?

I do.

Why?

It keeps me off from negative thoughts sometimes, and just...

Irrelative thoughts regarding schools, or just...

try to chill me out sometimes.

Okay, good.

And do you compare prices when you shop?

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't, depending on the items.

Okay, can you tell me more?

Yes, for example, if it's related to me, I don't really consider the price.

Like, if it's, for For example, items like clothes or something like a book or something related to skincare,

then I wouldn't really care about the cost so much

because it's related to me and taking care of myself and my body.

So cost doesn't really matter.

Okay.

And is it difficult for you to make choices when you shop?

Yes, and that also depends.

When it comes to me, it doesn't take so long for me to pick out items.

But if it's for someone else, like picking out presents, for example, my family or my relatives or just anyone other than me,

then it would take a long time compared to me.

Why does it take longer?

Because it's someone else than me.

I don't know what they like.

I don't know their preferences.

So that's why.

Okay, good.

Do you think expensive products are always better than cheaper products?

I think in some ways it does show that yeah you do have some extra vacancy kind of

attached to it in the item

and yeah it can show a bit of a more I don't know in some sense

that you care a lot more about this person in a way of a gratitude weight

but not always because I do think that the meaning and what this what that item means to someone is what matters.

Okay good good so that's the end of part one now we can move on to part two

So for part two you're gonna have one question and you'll have a minute to prepare, make some notes, and then up to two minutes to give your answer.

So here is your question and here is a pen so you can take some notes.

I'll set a timer so you can go ahead and take some notes.

Okay so that is a a minute and when you're ready can describe a time when you changed your opinion.

So about a year ago in summer in Switzerland I went

to an ice cream shop with my friend like a gelato shop in the city center

and I usually go for a cheesecake flavor

but there was a new flavor called mint chocolate

and I'm not like an anti mint chocolate person like flavor person

but I was kind of like thinking maybe I should go for it

and my friend was like yeah you know you should go for it

and then it was actually my family's controversial kind of a conversation always like mint chocolate

or not like the flavor kind of a debate

because my mom likes it and my sister doesn't

and my dad doesn't know about the flavor and i was thinking for quite a long time actually

not for like a 15 minute thing but like maybe five minutes and um although my original opinion was cheesecake.

I actually did go for the mint chocolate because I was curious.

Being inquisitive about the new flavor kind of, yeah, it was intriguing to,

you know, try out a new flavor and discover what it actually means to try out that flavor itself.

And I did, and it tasted very different from what I thought.

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I thought it would taste something like a chewing gum that I I used to like chew on like a mint flavor,

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spearmint, but actually tastes really nice and sweet.

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And I felt surprised, pretty odd actually.

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And yeah, I was very, I wasn't really like very excited about it,

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but it was more that I was very odd about it.

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Okay, good.

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Yeah, that's two minutes there.

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Nicely done.

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And now we can move on to part three.

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So the first question, do children like to change their opinions?

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I think they do.

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I've worked with children for some months because I had an internship at a daycare school.

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and I think their preferences change a lot depending on the situation

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and I think situation is definitely it because like for example they see

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that their friend has something and it looks like theirs are more nice

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and theirs look bigger and fancier and they suddenly want that one than

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the ones they have and they change their opinion

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and sometimes it's like that

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and like they used to have this preference on this kind of a cookie

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and then later on they discovered this taste

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and then they changed their preferences and kind of an opinion on other food and tastes okay good Good.

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And more generally, when do people change opinions?

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I think it's a situational thing.

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Although one can have their own opinion, depending on what the group has, like the opinion the group has,

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I think one can change.

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For example, if the group has a definite sole opinion on this and the other one has another opinion,

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then I don't think that person can advocate their opinion on their own.

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Okay, good.

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And who do young people turn to for advice?

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The person who they feel emotionally close to, I guess that's number one,

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but maybe depending on their level of dependency,

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their friends or other adults that can be close.

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yeah, they're parents or emotionally dependent people.

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And do people like giving opinions about politics?

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Oh, not so into politics,

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but But from what I've seen, I think so.

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And it's, I guess, politics, it's a very big topic.

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And it's a topic that has to do with many different branches

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and many different storylines and headlines that are connected to each other

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that it's connected to culture and media and so many things that it can trigger someone,

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it can just be a controversy, it can be a debate,

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it can be anything that it can go on and on and on.

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It can be a conversation on a bus, it can be a conversation in a cafeteria.

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I've seen a lot at school, but I've never been in one.

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But I think people really like to give opinions, especially my schoolmates.

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Okay, sure.

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All right.

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That's the end.

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And now we can move on to a little bit of feedback.

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As you probably know, the IELTS test is scored on four categories.

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So there's fluency and coherence, there's pronunciation, and then vocabulary and grammar.

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I think you did a really nice job overall, sort of working in order.

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The first two categories, fluency and pronunciation, I thought were both very strong.

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You have a sort of natural rhythm of speaking,

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and all of the words are pronounced with a easy to understand common standard English pronunciation.

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So those are both very good.

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vocabulary were also good but it might be here that

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that a little bit of improvement is possible just to point out a few vocabulary things

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that I heard along the way in part one

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when you were describing the nature sort of landscape in Switzerland

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I think you described it as wide yeah I know what you mean

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but there's probably other expressions and maybe you could describe it as expansive

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impressive imposing I'm picturing the mountains of Switzerland

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but yeah expansive rather than why would be the kind of

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the kind of adjective to to try there there was one

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little mix up around I think you're looking for the word irrelevant

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but I'm not sure it came out quite right in part

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two as you were describing the the ice cream you use

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some good words like inquisitive is a very good advanced word

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a couple words to maybe think about I think you described

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the debate about mint chocolate as controversial again I know what you mean

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but I'm not sure something like that would be controversial

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because it's so it's not really important something like politics can be controversial

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because it has a sort of emotional charge ice cream flavors they might be hotly debated

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but it's in a sort of in a playful spirit

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so I'm not sure it would be described as controversial

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and it would probably would be possible in

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that answer to to think of some other ways to to express the idea

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that you wanted to try it you repeated the idea that you wanted to go for it and go for it, which is a very good expression,

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but trying for more variety to express the idea that you want to try this new flavor.

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More vocabulary in part three.

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There's some very good words.

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It talked about advocating for your position, which is very good, and talked about something triggering.

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So these are good sort of advanced words to be using.

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So, mostly good, but there's always room for improvement.

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In terms of grammar, mostly pretty good.

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Good use of the past tense in part two.

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A couple of little slip-ups, kind of working in reverse order.

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In part three, I think you described something as being more nice.

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but that's a good opportunity to use the comparative to describe it as nicer rather than more nice

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and in part one there's maybe a preposition at one point

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mentioned something I think shopping was would keep you off negative thoughts

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instead of off and maybe keep you away from

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or help you avoid negative thoughts so these are small things

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but at the at the advanced sort of bands it's important

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to to try to keep them as accurate as possible

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so really good job and based on all

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that I think your estimated score today would probably be 7.0

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but a strong 7.0 and

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and with a little bit of fine-tuning on the on the vocabulary I think you get higher

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so thanks for coming in and good luck

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 200 sentences and 2072 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:41. The speaker talks at a steady 124 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% 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
flavor noun	/ˈfleɪvə/	The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
mint noun	/mɪnt/	Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
controversial adjective	/ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/	Arousing or likely to arouse controversy.
depend verb	/dɪˈpɛnd/	To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
vocabulary noun	/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/	A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
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")
hometown noun	/ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/	An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
pronunciation noun	/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/	The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
topic noun	/ˈtɑpɪk/	A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
compare verb	/kəmˈpɛɚ/	To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it…
discover verb	/dɪˈskʌvə/	To find or learn something for the first time.
connect verb	/kəˈnɛkt/	To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
trigger noun	/ˈtɹɪɡɚ/	A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
advocate noun	/ˈæd.və.kət/	Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
chill verb	/tʃɪl/	To lower the temperature of something; to cool.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
pick out verb		To remove by picking.
try out verb		To test (something) to see how it works or whether it is suitable.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
mix up verb		To mix or blend thoroughly and completely.
point out verb		To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true	used to like · used to have
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is called · are connected · is scored
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've worked · I've seen
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	Switzerland, which is · person who they · position, which is

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 33 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: theirs /ðɛɚz/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, cloth /klɒθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, controversy /kənˈtɹɒv.ə.si/

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 flavor, mint, controversial.

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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Phrasal verbs you will hear

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