Hi friends! Welcome to the speaking practice video. In this lesson, you're going to improve your speaking
answers on the Duolingo English Test by using the imitation technique, the imitation technique is
basically listen and repeat. So I'm going to speak out a full answer. And your job is to listen and repeat
exactly what I say. But you have to pay attention to the speed, the pronunciation and the intonation. Doing
this will help you sound a lot more fluent. And on top of that, you'll learn new vocabulary, and you'll learn
how to structure an answer well. We're going to do it for the "Read, then Speak" question type on the
Duolingo English Test, you know, the one that looks like this, you get this question twice on the Duolingo
English test. And the topic we're going to cover is technology. So a very common topic. Okay, we will start
in just a second. But I want to say if you're new to this channel, Hi, hon teacher, Luke from DETREADY.COM
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Duolingo English test. So let's get started. Like I said, we're going to cover the topic of technology
today. And this is the question we're going to answer. Describe how technology has changed the way we interact
with each other? Do you think that it has made us more social? Has it had a positive or negative impact on
society? How would it change the way we interact in the future? So this is the style of question you'll get on
Duolingo English test, you basically get given a broad topic and then you get three questions to answer about
it. So I'll now speak out my answer for this question. And your job like I mentioned is to listen and repeat
paying close attention to my speed pronunciation and intonation. I'll speak out my answer two times the
first time will be a bit slower and in smaller chunks and the second time will be a lot more natural speed.
Okay, well let's get started with my answer. Yes, overall, I think that technology has made us more social
albeit in a different way than in the past. The invention of online social media sites like Facebook
has dramatically reduced the need to have face to face interactions.
And this has been very helpful, especially since 2020. Through the social media platforms people can easily
keep in touch and communicate with whoever they want
from anywhere in the world actually, I've experienced this because since last year, I've been learning
Japanese from a Japanese teacher
who lives in Tokyo from my home in Germany it's amazing that I have this opportunity thanks to new technology
so based on this I believe that technology has made us more social. Moving on to the next question if I had to
make a prediction I'd say that interactions among people are going to become more digital in the future
I think this because many of my younger friends and colleagues would much prefer to communicate with me
digitally via text or online chat rather than in person. So based on this I strongly believe that
technology will encourage more people to interact online rather than in real life
okay, so that was the first time that was a little bit slow. Now I'll do it a lot more quicker. And I'll speak
in full sentences, but your job is the same Listen and repeat paying close attention to the speed,
pronunciation and intonation. Okay, let's get to it. Yes, overall, I think that technology has made us more
social, albeit in a different way than in the past.
The invention of online social media sites like Facebook has dramatically reduced the need to have face
to face interactions. And this has been very helpful, especially since 2020.
Through these social media platforms, people can easily keep in touch and communicate with whoever they want
from anywhere in the world.
Actually, I've experienced this because since last year, I have been learning Japanese from a Japanese
teacher who lives in Tokyo from my home in Germany.
It's amazing that I have this opportunity thanks to new technology so based on this, I believe that technology
has made us more social.
Moving on to the next question, if I had to make a prediction, I'd say that interactions among people are
going to become more digital in the future.
I think this because many of my younger friends and colleagues would much prefer to communicate with me
digitally via text or online chat, rather than in person.
So based on this, I strongly believe that technology will encourage more people to interact online rather
than in real life.
Okay, that's all from me today. If you liked this video, I recommend you watch this video here. It's a
very similar video to this one. It'll help you with your speaking. Okay. Thank you very much, and I'll see
you soon. Bye.