Shadowing Practice: IELTS Speaking Band 7.5 Mock Test with Feedback - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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So could you tell me your full name please?

My name is Yeonjin Nam but you can call me Michelle.

Okay perfect.

And are you working or are you a student?

I'm a student.

I'm currently in university at a university and yeah my major is biomedical and biomedicine sciences.

And do you enjoy studying this major?

I guess yes, because when I was in freshman,

we don't really learn those major materials,

but from second graders we're learning those like microbiology or genetics,

and I feel like they're pretty interesting,

so I guess I like my major.

And could you tell me about your hometown?

My hometown, it's kind of because I'm Korean

but I lived in China for like 10 more years so I would like to describe about China.

I'm from Qingdao, do you,

I don't know if you know or not but there's lots of foods that I really enjoy to eat especially the

and Mara Xianghua, I don't know in English,

but it's like a very spicy food, yes.

Okay.

And what do you enjoy doing in your free time?

Oh, my free time.

I guess because I am really an outgoing person,

so I love to hang out with my friends.

For example, we go to eat some foods and go to cinema,

or we can go to those game centers or maybe karaoke.

Now we're going to talk about the internet.

So when did you start using the internet?

I cannot remember exactly when I started

but I think from elementary school I started to use the internet

because in school there are some projects that we have to search for it.

So I think I started using internet from elementary school.

And how often do you use the internet these days?

Very much, because I feel like internet is getting more advanced.

So, for example, in university,

we also use internet for our projects, especially ChatGPT.

I use that a lot for my study and it's really helpful.

So I think every day I'm using my internet internet.

And do you think you spend too much time online?

Yes, because one of my hobbies is watching the dramas so I think I used too much sometimes almost a whole day.

So yes and what would you do without the internet?

Maybe reading some books and music is also internet right

because I might one of them also one of my hobbies dancing

so I just turn on the music and maybe cleaning some house house

and yeah okay now let's talk about singing

so do you like singing yes I love to go to karaoke with my friends

but I don't think I'm that good at singing,

but I still enjoy it.

And have you ever learned how to sing?

No, actually not.

I've never learned singing, but I would like to learn if I have a chance.

Okay.

And do you think singing can bring happiness to people?

Yes, I guess so, because sometimes people will even cry

because they are very emotional

when they listen to some song for example the greatest showman

ost really is touching heart really it really touches heart

so yeah i think singing can bring happiness okay perfect okay

that'll do us for part one now we'll go on to part two of the test

Here is your question and I'll give you a pencil there.

All right.

So now I'm going to give you one minute to read the question

and you can do some note-taking here if you like.

All right.

Okay, so that's one minute now.

All right.

So could you describe a time you saw a child behave badly in public?

Yes.

I don't remember when I saw it,

but I was in a restaurant with my family

and I saw there were two children who were playing around and I thought it's okay,

because you know, they are just a kid,

but they were like playing with a small ball and running around and really,

they were very naughty.

And I thought it was a bit dangerous for both children

and also other people because people are walking around there and also people are serving the foods.

So I thought the parents should let them to be a bit calm,

to let them to be,

let them calm down a bit,

but they were just doing nothing.

And other people were, other people were also staring at them.

And I thought at first I could understand cause you know,

they're just a child.

So, but because it's dangerous,

I thought like their parents should take care of them.

Yes.

Okay.

So that's about a minute and 10 seconds.

Yeah.

And do you think other people in the restaurant were bothered by their actions?

Yes, a little bit.

Because I was eating hot pot and you have to go to get sauce.

So, you know, they have to walk a lot

but they were like running around and just you know throwing some balls

so it may be you know a bit dangerous

and really bothering them okay okay now let's go into part three of the test okay let's keep it going

so yeah um what kinds of bad behavior do children usually do

I don't know if it's bad

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but like you know there are some places you have to

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be quiet you know for example cinema people have to really be focused on movie

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but there are some children who don't listen to their parents

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and you know while the movie is playing they're screaming or talking to the next person,

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I think that can be a bad behavior because it bothers others.

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So in that case, parents should really tell them.

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Like in cinema, because it's a quiet place,

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you guys should be quiet a little bit.

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Yes, take care of your behavior.

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Right.

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And do you think in your country, parents usually do this?

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I think it depends but usually majority of people will tell their children because

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they are you know even a kindergarten know the mood and vibes so if they tell them,

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oh, here you have to be quiet.

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We can talk later.

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Then they could understand.

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Yes, yes.

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And do you think parents these days are stricter than they were in the past?

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I think for some cases they're really strict but in other parts they are not stricter than before.

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For example, I think study,

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parents became more strict because it's really hard to get into a good university

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so they really take care of their children's education

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so they are really strict to children because I'm aware of

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that in Korea they start to learn a lot of things from kindergarten so I think in this way

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uh parents are being more strict

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but in other cases like for example doing the house course they are very open

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so yeah yes and do you think it's possible for parents to be too strict with with their children?

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I think everyone is different, but I guess yes.

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Because for me, when I was a child,

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my mom didn't really care about my education.

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So she wanted me to do it by myself.

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But there are some parents who forced them to study until like 2 a.m or until the late time.

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So I think in that case,

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parents are too strict to their children.

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And could this have a negative effect on children or their relationship?

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Yes, I think there are some positive effects.

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For example, it could help them to study a lot for their future.

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But if they don't sleep well because they're children,

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I think they have to sleep well.

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But there are lots of people who have sleep deprived,

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so it's affecting their health.

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Yes.

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And whose influence on children is more important, friends or parents?

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Oh, it's a tough question.

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But I think it really depends on the age.

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Because, you know, in kindergarten,

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I think parents are actually everything to them.

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But from middle school and high school,

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I think friends affects more because we're spending more time with our friends rather than parents,

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for example, in school.

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And there are lots of students who go to classes even after school and they're with their friends, right?

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So I think it really affects their habits and all those stuff.

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Yeah.

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Sure.

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And what are some common rules among families in your country?

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Common rules?

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I've never think of this question before,

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but I guess common rules.

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I don't know if it's a common rule,

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but I think many Korean really enjoys their weekend with their family.

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For example, they can go to hang out to some restaurants or do other outside activities,

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or there are some people who enjoy indoor activities as well,

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watching TV together and read some books together.

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OK, perfect.

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Okay, that'll do us for the test.

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All done.

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Thank you very much.

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That was really...

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Yeah, that was quick, right?

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All right, so yeah, let's start with the feedback now.

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So yeah, that was a really good test.

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Obviously, fluency, pronunciation, really strong.

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Yeah, there's almost no hesitation at all and really easy to understand.

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Yeah, just like there's a few grammar issues that we can talk about.

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Maybe we can go through a couple, right?

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At the beginning, you said like when I was in freshman.

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I'd probably say when I was a freshman.

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Yeah, when I was a freshman, yeah.

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And you said second grade, right?

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Second graders second graders like in anyway in the uk

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and ireland we don't usually say grade for university either

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so i'd probably say year is more common yeah i know in america they use like what freshman

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and sophomore like

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that we would say like yeah right we would say like

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first year second year third year of university right um okay

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when we talked about uh the the sentence there is a

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lot of foods i enjoy to eat like there are a lot of dishes maybe

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that could be better there are a lot of dishes i enjoy eating yeah

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so enjoy always the ing there um

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when we talk about the internet make sure we always say

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uh the internet yeah using the internet every day yeah yeah um

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and when i asked you did you like do you use the internet often

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or much um you said like yeah every day i'm i'm

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using the internet i'd probably use the just present simple there

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so i use internet yeah yeah i use the internet every

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day yeah exactly um yeah part two spoke for like a

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i think it was a minute 10 seconds you know so

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if you were doing the real ielts test i would try to keep talking yeah

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if you have a little bit more detail you could talk

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about you know the reactions of other people i i think you just kind of touched on

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that so maybe you could give some more detail

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if you can um yeah just in in terms of the

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tense i think you're using present continuous sometimes you know people are walking

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so people were yeah people were walking around and they were throwing the balls so yeah um

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and yeah this is like a little bit difficult grammar you said uh should let them calm down right um

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so let them is more like allow them allow them to calm down so probably like

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make them tell them tell them to yeah maybe tell them would be better so and we want to use um

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should have told so should have plus past participle

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so i think parents should have told them to calm down

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or parents should have scolded them

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or parents should have asked them to be quiet yeah it was all good um yeah

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when we talked about part three this one like a comparative

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sentence i asked you um our parents these days stricter than in the past

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and you said they're not stricter than before a better way to say

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that would be using as as

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so they're not as strict as yeah they're not as strict as before actually yeah

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so uh it's often used when you're comparing

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um yeah good vocabulary as well sleep deprived make sure i

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would just say are like people are sleep deprived these days yeah um

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and the last one is about um oh yeah so outside um and outdoor

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outside is the adverb right so go outside work outside um outdoor would be the um

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adjective right outdoor activities yeah with that but yeah really good really good tests

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so thank you for coming in thank you cheers thank you so much all right

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