Shadowing Practice: People with Disabilities in Viet Nam - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The General Statistics Office successfully conducted Vietnam's National Survey on People with Disabilities at the end of 2016,
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early 2017, with technical support from UNICEF.
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This is the first time Vietnam conducted a large -scale and comprehensive survey, which used the measuring tool sets of international standards on disability.
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This is one of the first national disability surveys in the world using these measuring tools.
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According to the survey, Vietnam has more than 6 .2 million people with disabilities,
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of which more than 0 .67 million are children and 5 .5 million are adults.
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5 million households have members with disabilities.
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More people with disabilities live in rural areas than in urban areas, and more women than men are with disability.
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The absolute number and proportion of people with disabilities is expected to increase in the future due to speedy population ageing.
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The most common type of disability is related to walking and cognition.
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For every 100 people, there are two who have difficulty taking care of themselves.
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People with disabilities face multiple barriers to integrating into society and enjoying equality.
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A positive sign in terms of healthcare is that 9 out of 10 people with disabilities have health insurance,
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while the proportion of people without disabilities is 8 in 10.
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Nationwide, of the 10 commune health centres, 6 have rehabilitation programmes.
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The chance of schooling for children with disabilities is much lower than for those without.
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The net enrolment rate in primary school for children with disabilities is about 89%, while that of children without is over 96%.
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This gap grows at higher levels of education.
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Only one -third of children with disabilities go on to upper secondary school at the right age, whilst among children without disabilities it is two -thirds.
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For every 100 primary and lower secondary schools, only three have suitable infrastructure for children with disabilities.
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Out of 7 primary and lower secondary teachers, only 1 is trained to teach children with disabilities.
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The difference is more obvious in vocational training.
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Out of 100 people with disabilities aged 15 and over, only 7 receive vocational training,
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while this number among people without disabilities is 22 in 100.
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People with disabilities have the need to work and earn income in order to be independent, but less than one third of them have a job.
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Nearly one in five people with disabilities live in multi -dimensional poor households, lacking income and access to basic social services.
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Disability is both a cause and a consequence of poverty.
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The government has made great efforts to support people with disabilities.
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Out of 10 people with disabilities, 4 get a monthly subsidy, 5 are supported for health insurance,
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and 3 receive reduction or exemption of medical expenses.
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But the living conditions of people with disabilities are still poor.
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Only half of the households of people with disabilities live in
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permanent housing less than three -quarters of people with disabilities have access to improved source of drinking water
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and improved sanitation the rate of people with disabilities having television internet computer
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or mobile phones continues to be much lower than
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that of people without disabilities they also face a great barrier to integrating into society sustainable life for people with disabilities.
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Sustainable future for the community.
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No one left behind.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “People with Disabilities in Viet Nam”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: disabilities, disability, survey, lower, households. This video has 38 sentences and 517 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:34. The speaker talks at a steady 113 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| disability noun | /dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/ | A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability. |
| household adjective | /ˈhaʊshoʊld/ | Belonging to the same house and family. |
| sustainable adjective | /səˈsteɪnəbəl/ | Able to be sustained. |
| barrier noun | /ˈbæɹi.ə/ | A structure that bars passage. |
| proportion noun | /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/ | A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number. |
| integrate verb | /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/ | To include as a constituent part or functionality. |
| vocational adjective | Of or pertaining to a vocation. | |
| earn verb | /ɝn/ | To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. |
| infrastructure noun | /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/ | An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system. |
| poverty noun | /ˈpɑːvɚti/ | The quality or state of being poor; lack of money |
| successfully adverb | /səkˈsɛs.fə.li/ | In a successful manner; with success; without failing. |
| reduction noun | /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/ | The act, process, or result of reducing. |
| suitable adjective | [ˈsjuː.tə.bɫ̩] | Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion. |
| whilst adverb | /waɪlst/ | Often preceded by the: During the time; meanwhile. |
| comprehensive adjective | /ˌkɑm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv/ | Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| leave behind verb | To abandon. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: proportion /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/, reduction /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/, nationwide /ˌneɪ.ʃənˈwaɪd/, dimensional /daɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nəl/, rehabilitation /ˌɹiː.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: disability /dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/, sustainable /səˈsteɪnəbəl/, infrastructure /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/, successfully /səkˈsɛs.fə.li/, comprehensive /ˌkɑm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv/
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 disability, household, sustainable.
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.