Shadowing Practice: IELTS Speaking Part 1 #Topic Social Media #Albutt Academy - Learn English Speaking with Video
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IELTS Speaking Part 1.
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Example Questions and Answers.
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Topic Social Media.
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1. Do you use social media?
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Yes, I use social media almost every day.
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I mainly use platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Line to stay connected with friends, share photos and follow news or educational pages.
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2. What do you usually do on social media?
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I usually scroll through my feed, like and comment on posts, and watch videos.
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Sometimes I join groups related to my interests, such as language learning or science.
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3. Do you think social media has more advantages or disadvantages?
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I think it depends on how we use it.
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Social media has many advantages, like staying in touch with others and accessing useful information.
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but it also has disadvantages such as wasting time or comparing ourselves to others.
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It's important to use it in a balanced way.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 14 sentences and 138 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:06. The speaker talks at a steady 126 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| disadvantage noun | /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/ | A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback. |
| 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… |
| connect verb | /kəˈnɛkt/ | To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. |
| depend verb | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| scroll noun | /skɹoʊl/ | A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll. |
| feed verb | /fiːd/ | To give (someone or something) food to eat. |
| platform noun | /ˈplætfɔɹm/ | A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made. |
| ourselves | /aʊɚˈsɛlvz/ | Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject. |
| educational adjective | /ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃə.nəl/ | Of, or relating to education. |
| mainly adverb | /ˈmeɪnli/ | Of a person or thing being the driving force influencing the outcome of an event; chiefly; certainly for the most part. |
| advantage noun | /ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/ | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end. |
| join verb | /ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ | To connect or combine into one; to put together. |
| photo verb | /ˈfəʊ̯.təʊ̯/ | To take a photograph of. |
| touch verb | /tʌt͡ʃ/ | To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. |
Pronunciation to watch
- Long words — get the stress right: disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, educational /ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃə.nəl/
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 disadvantage, topic, compare.
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.