Shadowing Practice: TOEFL Speaking 2026 Task 1+2 Practice #013 - 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 introduce students to a campus honors program center.
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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 Honors Center.
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Our Bulletin Board has important program announcements.
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You can use our computer workstations to access academic resources online.
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The bookshelf in the back corner holds research guides and honors handbooks.
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If you need group study space, please use the round table here.
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You can schedule a meeting with your faculty advisor because office hours are posted on the door.
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Before you leave today, feel free to relax in our lounge area, which is open to all registered honor students.
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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 survey on student cooking habits.
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You will share how often you cook for yourself, what kinds of meals you make and your relationship with home cooking.
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Thank you for joining.
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Can you tell me about your typical cooking habits as a student?
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How often do you cook for yourself and what kinds of meals do you usually prepare?
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Thank you.
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I see.
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What challenges do you face when trying to cook for yourself as a busy student, and how do you usually overcome them?
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Thank you.
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interesting many students believe that home cooking is too time -consuming
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and expensive compared to eating out do you agree or disagree with this statement and why Thank you.
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Good points.
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If you could change one thing about your current cooking habits or facilities on campus,
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what would it be, and what advice would you give new students?
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Thank you.
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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: student, cooking, honor, habits, repeat. This video has 35 sentences and 299 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:54. 87% 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
habit noun/ˈhæb.ɪt/An action performed on a regular basis.
meal noun/ˈmiːl/Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
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…
resource noun/ɹɪˈzɔːs/Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
introduce verb/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
faculty noun/ˈfæk.əl.ti/The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
announcement noun/əˈnaʊns.mənt/An act of announcing, or giving notice.
relax verb/ɹɪˈlæks/To make something loose.
overcome verb/ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
disagree verb/dɪsəˈɡɹi/To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
subscribe verb/səbˈskɹaɪb/To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
advisor noun/ædˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/One who offers advice.
lounge noun/ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
consume verb/kənˈsum/To use up.
handbook noun/ˈhændˌbʊk/A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.

Pronunciation to watch

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: bookshelf /ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/, workstation /ˈwɝkˌsteɪʃən/

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 habit, meal, 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.

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