Shadowing Practice: 🔥Spring Down Junior School - Đề thi IELTS LISTENING kèm đáp án - transcript - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Now turn to section 2 on page 3.
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Section 2.
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You will hear a teacher giving a talk about a junior school to a group of parents.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 17 on page 3.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 17.
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Okay, can everybody hear me?
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Good.
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Well, I'd like to welcome all the new parents to Spring Down Junior School.
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My name is Anne Rawson, and I'm the assistant headteacher.
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What I'd like to do is tell you about the school day and show you round the school,
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and perhaps you can ask me any questions you may have at the end.
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right first of all let me start by telling you a little bit about what happens here
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and what's on offer children are expected to arrive at school between 8 45
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and 8 50 and the bell is rung for everybody to go to their classrooms at 8 55
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so that we can take the register.
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We then have assembly at nine o 'clock
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when the whole school meets in the hall for the head to talk to the children.
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He may discuss what's happened in the news or something that is important for the school.
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Lessons run until 4 p .m with an hour for lunch.
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Lunch is served in the canteen and children can bring their own packed lunch or a hot meal is available.
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They also have time to play outside and get some fresh air.
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In the middle of the morning and the middle of the afternoon,
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there are two breaks of 15 minutes when the children also generally go outside, unless it's wet.
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Now, we encourage the children to do as much as they can, and we offer them several ways of achieving this.
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For example, on Thursday afternoons, rather than continuing with lessons, we expect the whole school to do sports.
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We vary these between summer and winter, and everything is supervised by the teachers.
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Also, we like the children to work on something artistic over a long period of time, so for each of the three terms,
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they are expected to produce a poster.
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This will normally be on something particular that they have studied, that term, such as the environment.
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We also make sure we keep a close eye on how each child is doing in their schoolwork,
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and every month, rather than the teacher giving the children a report, as I know some schools do, they have to do tests,
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and we record their performance over the year.
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We're very proud of our school.
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and of the very good results we achieve.
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Our teachers are all very committed to the school, and at the end of the school day,
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many of them have set up clubs that the children go to for an extra hour to learn a new skill, such as music.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 18 to 20 on page 4.
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Now listen and answer questions 18 to 20.
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Okay, I'll quickly show you where everything is.
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We're here at the main entrance, and on the right, where you would normally expect to find reception, you'll see the head's office.
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He likes to see visitors personally, and his door is always open.
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Opposite this are two of the classrooms, but most of the classrooms are down the long corridor.
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The library, then, is situated between those two classrooms, and we are hoping that we will be able to create a computer room within
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that so that the children can have somewhere quiet to work on their own.
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On the left of the classrooms, we have converted one of the old cloakrooms to create a music room,
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and children can go in there at lunchtime if they want to.
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Now, if you come with me through the main hall here,
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okay now as you can probably see this main hall is a new addition this year
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and we are very pleased with it we used to be squashed into the old assembly hall next door
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which as you can see has now been turned into a gym for the children
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and we have weekly lessons here do feel free to Go and look around the classrooms, and I'll be waiting here to answer your questions.
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That is the end of Section 2.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “🔥Spring Down Junior School - Đề thi IELTS LISTENING kèm đáp án - transcript”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: classrooms, questions, hall, teacher, answer. This video has 56 sentences and 731 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:32. The speaker talks slowly, about 97 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 91% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| classroom noun | /ˈklɑːsɹʊm/ | A room, often in a school, where classes take place. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
| carefully adverb | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | With care; attentively, circumspectly. |
| encourage verb | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit. |
| clock noun | /klɑk/ | A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day. |
| skill noun | /skɪl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| entrance noun | /ˈɛn.tɹəns/ | The action of entering, or going in. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| commit verb | /kəˈmɪt/ | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. |
| vary verb | /ˈvɛəɹi/ | To change with time or a similar parameter. |
| reception noun | /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/ | The act of receiving. |
| poster noun | /ˈpoʊstɚ/ | A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall. |
| situated adjective | /ˈsɪt͡ʃueɪtɪd/ | Located in a specific place. |
| artistic adjective | /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/ | Having or revealing creative skill. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| look around verb | To inspect a building or area. | |
| set up verb | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | To make ready for use. |
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 | are expected · is rung · is served |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have studied · have set · have converted |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'd, I'll, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: reception /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/, squash /skwɔʃ/
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 classroom, lesson, meal.
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.