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Stilt houses are popular among different ethnic minority groups,

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from the Thai in the Northern Highlands to the Khmer in the Mekong Delta.

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The houses come in different sizes and styles and show the traditional culture of their owners.

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Stilt houses are made from natural materials like wood, bamboo and leaves.

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They stand on strong posts about two or three metres above the ground.

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This allows them to keep people safe from wild animals.

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People climb a seven or nine step staircase to enter the house.

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The most important place in the house is the kitchen.

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It has an open fire in the middle of the house.

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It is the place for family gatherings and receiving guests.

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The stilt houses of the Te and Nung usually overlook a field.

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The stilt houses of the Tai, however, face mountains or a forest.

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The Banar and Ede have a communal house called a Rong house as the heart of their village.

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These communal houses are the largest and tallest ones in the village.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “u4 l8 skill 1”. This video has 14 sentences and 171 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:22. The speaker talks at a steady 126 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
communal adjective	/kəˈmjuː.nəl/	Pertaining to a community or a commune.
minority noun	/maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/	The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
ethnic adjective	/ˈɛθ.nɪk/	Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
gathering noun	/ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋ/	A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
climb verb	/ˈklaɪ̯m/	To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
leaf noun	/lif/	The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
metre noun	/ˈmiːtəɹ/	The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in…
bamboo noun	/bæmˈbu/	Any of the fast-growing grasses of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterized by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
staircase noun	/ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/	A flight of stairs; a stairway.
overlook verb	/ˈoʊ.vɚˌlʊk/	To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
stilt noun	/stɪlt/	Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
kitchen noun	/ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)n/	A room or area for preparing food.
guest noun	/ɡɛst/	A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
tall adjective	/tɔl/	Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the feet to the very top of the head) when standing. (For instance, somebody with a height of…

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 made
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	The most important · the largest

Pronunciation to watch

The “th” sounds: ethnic /ˈɛθ.nɪk/, gathering /ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋ/

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 communal, minority, ethnic.

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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