Shadowing Practice: TOEFL Speaking 2026 Task 1+2 Practice #012 - Full Set - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Welcome to TOEFL Speaking.
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Task 1.
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Listen and repeat.
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Then task 2.
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Take an interview.
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You are learning how to orient visitors to a graduate seminar room.
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Listen to the speaker and repeat what they say.
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Repeat only once.
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Welcome to the graduate seminar room.
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The central table seats up to 12 people.
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The whiteboard at the front is available for all presenters.
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If you need technical support, a staff member is available just outside the room.
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Reference books on the built -in shelves are available to borrow because they support seminar discussions.
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Before the session begins, please sign the attendance sheet near the entrance so we can keep an accurate record.
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Now, let's move on to task two.
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Take an interview.
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You agreed to a campus wellness survey on how students handle stress.
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You will share the methods you use to cope with academic pressure and daily stress.
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Thank you for joining.
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Can you tell me a little about your personal approach to stress management?
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What methods do you typically use to cope with academic pressure in daily challenges?
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Thank you.
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I see.
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What challenges do you face when trying to manage academic pressure, especially during busy periods like exams?
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How do you typically handle those specific difficulties?
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Thank you.
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interesting some people say
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that taking frequent short breaks throughout the day is more effective
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for stress management than waiting for one long break do you agree or disagree and why Thank you.
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If you could design an ideal campus resource or program to help students better manage stress, what would it look like,
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and what would be its most important feature?
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Bye.
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That's your daily Speakeasy TOEFL speaking practice for today.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “TOEFL Speaking 2026 Task 1+2 Practice - Full Set”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: stress, seminar, repeat, academic, task. This video has 34 sentences and 285 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:58. 88% 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
seminar noun/ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
ideal adjective/aɪˈdi(ə)l/Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
sheet noun/ʃit/A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
entrance noun/ˈɛn.tɹəns/The action of entering, or going in.
resource noun/ɹɪˈzɔːs/Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
difficulty noun/ˈdɪfɪkəlti/The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
frequent adjective/ˈfɹiː.kwənt/Done or occurring often; common.
exam verb/ɪɡˈzæm/Shortened form of examine
attendance noun/əˈtɛn.dəns/The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.
disagree verb/dɪsəˈɡɹi/To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
shelf noun/ʃɛlf/A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
subscribe verb/səbˈskɹaɪb/To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
visitor noun/ˈvɪzɪtɚ/Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
borrow verb/ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
presenter noun/pɹɪˈzɛntə(ɹ)/Someone who presents a broadcast programme; a compere or master of ceremonies.

Pronunciation to watch

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sheet /ʃit/, shelf /ʃɛlf/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like seminar, ideal, sheet.

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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