Shadowing Practice: IELTS Speaking Band 8.5 Mock Test with Feedback - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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Okay, let's get started.
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To begin, can you tell me your full name?
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I'm Hyo-in Kim, but you can also call me Chloe,
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which is my English name.
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Okay, sure.
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And are you working or studying right now?
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I'm currently a student.
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I go to the University of Toronto in Canada,
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and I just completed my second year there.
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I major in the book and media studies.
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Okay.
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Do you enjoy your studies?
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Yes, definitely, because I'm very passionate about media.
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And when I finish studying,
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I want to work in one of those contemporary digital companies,
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media companies like Netflix, Instagram, TikTok.
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So I definitely enjoy what I'm learning right now.
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Yeah.
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And what do you enjoy doing in your free time?
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In my free time, I like to watch YouTube videos.
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Also, the short like reels on Instagram,
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it's very fun to watch.
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and I also love to listen to music,
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find new songs, and not only that but I also like to dance to the music so I enjoy that a lot.
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And what is your hometown?
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My hometown is is BUNDANG in Korea.
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It's quite close to Seoul.
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Yeah, and like the air there is more clean and it's like a nice neighborhood.
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So I don't live there anymore,
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but I like to go there often once in a while.
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Yeah.
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What things do you like about your hometown?
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As I mentioned, I definitely like how it's a very quiet and comforting neighbourhood.
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It's more safe and the scenery or the nature there is nice to look at as well.
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So I like to visit there.
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And what things do you not like about it?
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I think it could be quite inconvenient at times because it's not really in the middle of the city.
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So if I want to get around or if I want to hang out with my friends,
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it's quite far away from the popular areas,
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which is like Gangnam or Hongdae.
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Okay, good.
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Now let's talk about public transportation.
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Do people usually use public transportation in your country?
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Definitely yes because the public transportation here in Korea,
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it's very convenient and I know all my friends,
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we don't have a car yet so we like to get around places with using like the metro or the buses.
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Even like the taxis are very affordable I think compared to like America or Canada
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and you can just call them through using those apps yeah
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okay what do you want to change about the public transport in In Korea?
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In Korea, yeah.
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I think maybe for people who are not from Korea,
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it could be at times maybe quite confusing.
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So maybe for the foreigners,
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it'd be nice if there are more translation applications
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available or more signs in English as well maybe some kind of platform
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or services available for people who are not from Korea.
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And will you ride public transportation in the future?
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Yes because even now when I'm trying to go out to places I always use the metro
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so I would always be using it even in the future.
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Okay that will do us for part one and now we can move on to part two.
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So to begin you're gonna have one question
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and I'll give you a minute to prepare and here's a pen to take notes.
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This is your question and in a minute we'll go ahead and get started.
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All right, that's a minute.
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So you're going to describe a person who often helps others.
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So this person is my middle sister.
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She's eight years older than me.
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And she's like such a smart individual and also just her true personality as such a caring person, loving person.
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She loves to just care for the people who she loves.
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So not only that, but she wants to,
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she's actually doing her in the process of completing her PhD degree.
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So she wants to become a professor
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and she's very into education she's passionate about it
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so as i was growing up she would just be like a sort of role model
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and a teacher for me she would just teach me how
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to write how to read how to organize stuff everything
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and i just look up to her a lot
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and i definitely have a lot of love for her because
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because I just have so much to learn from her and seeing how she treats others and the people around her,
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it's very inspiring and it just warms up my heart a lot.
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Okay.
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All right, we can move on to part three now.
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So, why are some people willing to help others?
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I think it could be due to several different reasons.
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It definitely depends on who that person is.
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But for one, personally, I like to help others because it gives me a sense of satisfaction.
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Because I think growing up,
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people learn about things like morals and principles.
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And knowing that you did a good thing and you brought a positive change to the world,
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I think it gives you that sense of like a good feeling
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that you did something good today yeah okay
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and in what kinds of professions do people like to help others more um i think that
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maybe uh people who are in the medical field or people who are in the who are in the police
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police field yeah or um uh i think
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but i think uh people just in many different careers they could help others in many ways
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so i think to a degree to an extent it could be like any career or job.
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Who should teach children to help others?
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Parents or teachers?
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I believe teachers are more
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fitted to help to teach children because with parents I think there's the fact
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that there can be be a sort of personal sense to how you see your children.
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So if they're not doing well when you're teaching them,
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you can get more frustrated because you know how much you believe in your child
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and you could have a lot of expectations for them.
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So with teachers, it's their job and it's their expertise.
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So I think it's more suitable to let your children be educated by professionals.
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Okay, good.
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And do people nowadays help others more than they did in the past? That...
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I never really thought about that question,
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but I think to an extent,
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maybe
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people help others less in the current contemporary society because
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when I see people just around me I feel like today like the society is
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so fast moving and people are so busy to just and they don't really have time to care for others.
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I feel even students we have to compete a lot to succeed
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and be better than our peers and I think that's a lot of pressure
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so I feel like people are becoming more they care more about themselves than as like a collective society.
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Okay, good.
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We made it to the end.
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Good job.
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That was a very good test and now we can do a little bit of feedback.
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So, as you probably know, there are four categories.
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There's fluency and coherence.
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There's pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.
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I think you did well in all of these categories,
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but we can talk about them each briefly on their own.
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Fluency is really no problem.
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Pronunciation as well.
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I can tell you've spent a lot of time in an English speaking environment because it's all very natural and native-like,
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so that's very good.
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More good news, your vocabulary and grammar are also very good.
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There's not really any errors I noticed the only thing that is possible is to slightly increase the range.
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So your vocabulary is very accurate,
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but another part of that is how wide it is,
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how many idioms and really advanced words that you can use.
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So I think there's a few places where you could have found a more accurate and more advanced word.
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In part three, I think was a good example.
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The last question when you were thinking of people working alone or working collectively,
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I think you might have been looking for individualistic as a word.
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And in the first question in part three,
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the field that you might have been describing is maybe the service industry,
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service and medical professions.
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But having all of those words just on immediately in command is very good.
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In terms of grammar, I mean I guess you could use more unusual tenses
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but your grammar is very good and I understood everything so I think you did a very good job.
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One only other bit is in part three it's generally a good idea to not use a personal example
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the questions are all structured so you can sort of talk about society
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and talk in general about other people
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but i think it was the first question about people willing
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to help others where you discussed sort of how you would
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do it in the real test it's a good idea to avoid using a personal example
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and just sort of talk about other people in general yeah but like i said it was a really good test.
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I would estimate your score at 8.5 for today.
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And yeah, so thanks for coming in.
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Really good job.
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Thank you.
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Context & Background
In this IELTS Speaking Band 8.5 mock test, we meet Hyo-in Kim, also known as Chloe, who is currently a university student in Toronto, Canada. Chloe, majoring in Book and Media Studies, passionately speaks about her academic interests, personal hobbies, and her hometown of Bundang, Korea. Throughout the conversation, she illustrates the cultural significance of public transportation in her country and the conveniences it provides. This makes the dialogue rich for English learners who wish to develop their conversational skills and understand various contexts in English.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- “I definitely enjoy...” - A way to express strong interest or liking.
- “It's quite close to...” - Useful for describing locations and distances.
- “I think it could be...” - A phrase that allows for expressing opinions and suggestions.
- “We like to get around...” - A conversational way to refer to traveling or moving in a city.
- “It's more safe and the scenery is nice...” - Ideal for discussing preferences about locations and environments.
Step-by-step Shadowing Guide
To improve your English speaking skills and pronunciation through the shadowing technique, follow this structured approach using the dialogue from Chloe’s mock test:
- Choose a section of the dialogue: Select a 1-2 minute excerpt to focus on. This can help avoid overwhelming you with too much information.
- Listen carefully: Play the audio or video and listen attentively to Chloe’s accent and intonation. Notice her emphasis on certain words, which conveys meaning.
- Repeat after her: Use the shadowspeak technique. As Chloe speaks, try to imitate her tone, pace, and pronunciation. This will help you improve English pronunciation and fluency.
- Record yourself: After practicing, record your voice to compare with Chloe’s. Analyze where you can improve your articulation.
- Revisit and refine: Repeat the exercise regularly. Gradually, increase the duration or complexity of the selected excerpts as your speaking skills develop.
By consistently engaging in English speaking practice through this method, you will find your confidence and clarity in speaking will significantly enhance over time. Remember, the goal is to immerse yourself in real conversational scenarios just like Chloe’s, so take advantage of this valuable resource!
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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