Shadowing Practice: IELTS Speaking Band 8.0 Mock Test with Feedback - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, welcome.
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Hello.
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So we can get started now and to begin, can you tell me your full name please?
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My name is Chae-Yeon Lee.
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Nice to meet you.
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Nice to meet you.
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And are you working or studying right now?
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Well, I'm mainly a student major in English literature but I'm also working at the same time.
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What kind of work do you do?
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I'm working as an interpreter and bilingual MC for the international events.
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Oh, very cool.
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Do you enjoy your job?
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Yeah, I really like my job
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because I'm the type of person who really likes to step out of my comfort zone and broaden my horizon.
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And working as a freelance interpreter, I always get to meet various people.
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Like I always work with different clients, different audiences.
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So that really excites me.
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So I really like my job.
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And do you like your studying?
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I'm trying to like my major because I used to study culture and anthropology, but I found out that it's not really my thing.
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So I changed my major into English Literature, but I really like studying English, but English Literature, I'm not sure about it.
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Fair enough.
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And what do you enjoy doing in your free time?
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In my free time?
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Well, these days I started making cocktails because I really enjoy drinking.
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So there's a lot of YouTube channels where they teach how to make some simple cocktails.
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So I watched that, I followed the tutorials and served myself a glass of cocktails nearly every day.
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And a couple of questions about your hometown.
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What is your hometown?
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Hometown?
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Well, I live in Yongin.
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I was born and raised in Yongin, so I basically lived my entire life in Yongin.
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And it's a suburb city which is located in Gyeonggi Province.
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And whenever I tell my friends that I live in Yongin, my friends always ask me, it's the city where Everland is located.
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So I'm always like, yeah, but I've never been to Everland.
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So yeah, the only thing that we have in our city is Everland, the amusement park.
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Okay, good.
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That sort of leads into the next question, which is what things do you like about your hometown?
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My hometown, well, it's a peaceful city there aren't many people
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because Seoul is so crowded so it's comparably more peaceful than Seoul
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so that's the thing that I like about my hometown
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and there's this Lotte Mall right near my apartment
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so whenever I want to watch a movie
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or whenever I want to grab some anything like foods I can do
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that so it's very convenient like we have a great infrastructure
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so I think that's the thing that I like about my hometown.
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And what things do you not like about it?
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Not like about it?
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Well the transportation is bad
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because I have to transfer twice to get to Seoul like Gangnam
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so it's very inconvenient and additionally there's pretty much nothing in in yongin
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so if i want to like hang out with me hang out with my friends
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and i want to drink i i like always have to go to seoul so that's
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not good because when i'm drunk i have to get back to yongin but that's nearly impossible yeah Sure.
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Well, that sort of leads naturally into the next topic, which is public transportation.
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There's a few questions.
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Do people usually use public transportation in your country?
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A lot.
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Because I would say Korea has a great infrastructure, especially public transportation system.
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So a lot of people commute by, especially subway.
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So whenever I go to work, I also use subway.
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So there's like a lot of people.
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So I am kind of stuck in the subway every morning.
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So that's a bad part.
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But yes, people use a lot of transportation systems.
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And what kind of public transport do people in your country use the most?
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The most.
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Just like I said right before, yes, subway, because we have over 20 lines.
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So it's really easy.
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It's really convenient to transfer like line to line.
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So I think like many people take subway.
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And this sort of all leads naturally.
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What do you want to change about the public transport?
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What I want to change?
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Well, I've never thought about this question,
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but I would say I hope there are more subways because in Seoul there are a lot of people using subways.
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So always people are stuck in that subway.
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So many people are like trying to get into the subway, so it feels kind of suffocating for me whenever I take the subway.
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So I think I would, I hope that would change.
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And will you ride public transportation in the future?
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Yeah, probably because car is expensive because I have to, if I lease a car,
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then I would have to pay at least like $500 a month
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and that's pretty a lot for me because I'm still a student
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so even if I get a job in the future I would still take on public transportation.
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So that's the end of part one job so far and
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for part two we have a question for you
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and you'll have a minute to prepare for we can use this paper to take notes
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and pencil to write and in a minute we can get started. May I start?
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Yeah you can take notes.
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Okay that is a minute and if you're ready you can take up to two minutes to talk about this topic.
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Yeah, sure.
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The things that I enjoy doing with a group of people is about work.
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I am now also working as a translating manager for the 4M models at the model agency.
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So shooting is a group work, teamwork is very important.
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Photographers like makeup artists and models, those should make teamwork to perform well.
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So as a trendsetting manager I always try to assist models so that they can perform their best.
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So I always like give them water and always like have chit chat with them.
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So those group work
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and I always try to ask the client what kind of poses they want for the model
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so that I can deliver it to the model.
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So those kind of group works is very enjoyable
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because I consider myself as a friendly person and working with a bunch of people really excites me and it's very enjoyable.
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So yeah, I think this is the thing that I enjoy with people.
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Okay, good.
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Oh, should I talk more?
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You don't have to.
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We don't have to.
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It was a little short.
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You're at a minute and 21 seconds.
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But it's OK.
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Don't worry.
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Don't worry.
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We can move on now to part three.
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Sure.
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So, the first question, what kind of jobs need people to work in a team?
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I'm sorry, could you repeat the question?
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What kind of jobs need people to work in a team?
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Well, probably most of the jobs need teamwork.
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But I guess my job, interpreter, also needs to work as a team.
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Because whenever I go to work, I work with buyers and also I perform in front of the audiences.
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So in all those process of preparations, we need to communicate with clients.
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And we need to, I always have to ask what they want from me.
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So I think all those processes of communications and those steps, I think it's, we work as a team, right?
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Yeah, good.
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So yeah, my job interpreter.
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Good.
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What can parents do with their children to make them happy?
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Well, I think parents themselves make children happy.
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because for the children, parents are their life itself.
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So I would say having time as much as they can will make children happy
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because spending time with parents broadened their world.
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hearing stories from parents and yeah that all those time would be worthy for the children and it will make them happy.
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And how can children improve their social skills?
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Social skills?
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Well I think be engaged in extracurriculars in the schools would be one of the ways
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that they can be socialized because being part of the group
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and being engaged in the social social being engaged in those activities would make would enhance their communication skills
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because they would have to like keep talk to others
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and yeah so um i heard i know
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that schools provide a lot of extracurriculars so be engaged in those activities would help them. And a final question.
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What are the benefits of boys and girls playing together?
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Well, that's a tricky question but but may I please have a second to think about this question?
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Yes, take a minute.
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Yeah, thank you.
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Well, I think that there are some stigmas for the gender.
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So if children, if like girls play with only girls and boys play with only boys,
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their world is limited but if they play together
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if they hang out together then they will get to understand of each other like how how the others think
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and how that how they're different so i think
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that would be the biggest benefit okay good good you made it to the end oh thank you
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very nice very nice thank you um so now we can move on to a little bit of feedback Let's see.
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So as you probably know, the IELTS exam is scored on four categories.
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There's fluency and coherence, pronunciation, lexical resource, which is a fancy way of saying vocabulary, and grammar.
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And you did a very good job in all of these categories, but we can talk about each one in a little bit of detail.
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So in terms of fluency and coherence, very strong, sort of natural rhythm.
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And in particular, in the beginning, you have very good connections between words and between ideas.
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So that was very strong.
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Your pronunciation is very clear.
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didn't hear really any words that were pronounced in a in a sort of unnatural or
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incorrect way so that was very good.
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You also used a lot of good vocabulary.
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Talked in part one about broadening your horizons,
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infrastructure comparably, which is a nice way to talk about two different things.
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And some good words in part three as well with extracurriculars and talking about kids being socialized,
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which is a good morphology of social and stigma.
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So there was a lot of good vocabulary.
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More good news.
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Your grammar is good.
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Thank you.
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The only things that jump out sort of throughout, and they're all very small.
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The first one would be articles.
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Articles, of course, from Korean are very difficult because they don't exist in Korean.
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In a few cases, the article was dropped and in a couple places it was added.
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For example, a few times when you're talking about the subway, I just talked about subway.
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And sometimes they were added to, I think at one point in part two, you might have said shooting,
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like a photo shoot, is a teamwork.
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Yeah.
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So that would be an article that you actually don't need.
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Mm-hmm.
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So those are, that's small, but an important thing.
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Okay.
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The other sort of grammar point would be around singulars and plurals.
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Mm-hmm.
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I think he once referred to audiences in plural, but often we just talk about audience, the audience, I'm going to meet the audience,
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even though there are many people here, talk about them together.
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And at one point in part one, I think he said pretty a lot,
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which is close, but you can really just say a lot.
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Those are the main points on those categories.
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One part that's maybe, it doesn't relate specifically to these four categories, but in part three, well sort of actually let's go part two first.
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In part two, you're a little bit short at a minute and I think 21 seconds.
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So you have up to two minutes and it's always good to fill that time
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as much as you can because it's an opportunity to show all the language structures that you can use.
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And it's actually okay even to hit the two minutes and have the examiner tell you to stop.
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So that's a minor thing related to the structure of the test.
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Another thing related to the test itself is that part three, the questions are all very general.
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and they want you to talk in general about it, but not with a personal example.
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So the first question there about the jobs that people need to work in a team, I think you gave a personal example,
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which I can understand because you had just talked about it.
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But it's always good in that part three to speak generally, sort of at a sociological level rather than a personal level.
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But overall, really, really strong, strong test.
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I think really strong in the beginning and a few hiccups later.
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But I would estimate your overall score around an 8.0, which is very good.
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And yeah, you should be proud.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for coming in.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for having me today.
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Yeah, thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Real-Life Speaking Practice: A Glimpse into an IELTS Mock Test
If you’re looking to learn English with videos, the dialogue from this IELTS Speaking Band 8.0 mock test is a goldmine. It mirrors real exam interactions—casual yet structured, with questions about work, study, hobbies, and hometown. This is the kind of natural conversation you’ll need to master for fluency, whether you’re prepping for IELTS or just want to improve your English speaking practice.
Useful Chunks & Collocations to Boost Your Speech
Native speakers use pre-built word groups, and so can you! Here are 5 key chunks from the video:
- Step out of my comfort zone – Perfect for talking about new experiences: “I love traveling because it helps me step out of my comfort zone.”
- Broaden my horizon – Great for describing growth: “Reading international news broadens my horizon.”
- Comparably more peaceful – A smart way to contrast places: “My neighborhood is comparably more peaceful than the city center.”
- Great infrastructure – Useful for discussing urban areas: “The new town has great infrastructure, with parks and public transit.”
- Transfer twice – Essential for talking about transportation: “I transfer twice to get to the office, but it’s worth it.”
Your Shadowing Challenge: Speak Like a Pro, Now!
The shadowing technique (or shadow speak) is one of the best ways to improve pronunciation and fluency. Here’s your task: Watch the video clip where the speaker talks about her hometown (from “I live in Yongin” to “transfer twice to get to Seoul”). Pause after each sentence, then repeat it immediately, copying her tone, speed, and stress. Do this 3 times. Notice how she connects words (e.g., “born and raised in”) and stresses key ideas (e.g., “peaceful,” “bad transportation”). This practice will help you sound more natural in no time!
Remember, every small step counts. Keep using shadowspeaks and real video dialogues, and you’ll see progress faster than you think. Happy practicing!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was born · is located · are stuck |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | person who really · city which is · question, which is |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've never been · I've never thought |
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.