Shadowing Practice: 1 Kaizen MAIN - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, this is AJ with your next lesson.
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The rest of the lessons are going to be a little bit different than what you've had up till now.
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In the rest of these lessons, I'm going to talk about some book or article or idea.
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I'll probably read a little bit of it just
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so you can get the general idea of the topic and then I'll talk about that topic.
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And of course we'll have our same mini-stories.
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We're going to have our vocabulary lessons and we're going to add one more kind of lesson, the point of view lesson.
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The point of view lesson is really great for learning grammar in an intuitive way.
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Alright, so let's get started.
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This lesson is called The Kaizen Way.
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We're going to talk about a book.
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The book is called The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer.
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Now, kaizen is a Japanese word, although we use it in English now a little bit.
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Especially in business, you find it a lot, kaizen.
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Kaizen, as our Japanese students already know, means small improvements over time.
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It really means constant and never-ending improvement.
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But it has this idea of making little tiny improvements again and again and again and again for one week,
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for one month, for one year, forever.
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So Kaizen is kind of the opposite of innovation.
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Innovation means a sudden big change, a sudden big improvement.
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And that's a great way to learn and improve.
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For example, you could study English very intensely for one month or two months and you would make a big, sudden improvement.
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That's the innovation idea.
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But there's another way you can improve and that is the Kaizen way.
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And the Kaizen way means maybe you just listen to English or read English or study English.
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Maybe you just do it 20 minutes every day.
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And every day you improve just a little bit.
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But the key, the secret is you do it every single day.
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Every day you make one little improvement.
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Well, after one week, one month, one year, two years, five years,
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you will make a huge change just by making little tiny improvements over time.
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That's the idea of Kaizen.
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So I'm going to read a little bit from the Kaizen way, this book, just a couple paragraphs and then I'll talk about it more.
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Okay, so here's a section.
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It's called Kaizen Tip and this is from Robert Maurer, M-A-U-R-E-R.
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That's his last name.
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Okay, Kaizen Tip.
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You want to do something creative.
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Write a story or a song.
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Paint a picture.
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Time up your perfect career, learn something, or come up with a zinger of a solution to an office problem.
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But you have no idea where to start.
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Your mind keeps coming up empty.
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During times like these, Kaizen can help you summon your powers of inspiration.
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Although you can't force your brain to cough up creative ideas on demand,
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you can program it to launch the imaginative process simply by asking yourself a small question.
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Here are some of the most popular small questions my clients use for creativity.
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Feel free to come up with your own.
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Whatever question you use, your challenge is to ask it with a gentle and patient spirit.
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When you use harsh or urgent tones with yourself, fear will clog the creative process.
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So here are some questions you can ask yourself.
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Number one, what's one thing I wish to contribute to the world with my project or idea?
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Number two, whom could I ask for help or inspiration?
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Number three, what is special about my creative process, about my talents, about my team?
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Number four, what type of work would excite and fulfill me?
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Number five, what small, tiny change could I make now, today, to improve?
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Remember, if you repeat the question for several days or weeks, or however long it takes,
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the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain that stores information, will have no choice but to address it.
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And in its own way, on its own timetable, the brain will begin giving you answers.
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Okay, that's the section from the Kaizen way.
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So this is very interesting from Robert Morrow here.
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This technique of asking small questions to yourself is very powerful.
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You can use it for anything.
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You could use it for learning English, of course.
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You could ask yourself small questions every day.
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For example, how could I improve today just a little bit?
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Or, how could I improve my pronunciation 2% this week?
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The important part of asking these questions, they must be small questions.
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So don't say, how could I be totally perfect with English in one month?
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That's a huge question and often you'll feel stress or worry or fear if you ask this gigantic huge question.
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You think, oh my god, I don't know, can I do it?
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But if you ask a very small question, it seems so small, so easy, your brain will say, oh, I can do that, that's easy.
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And then you will start to take action.
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And of course, action is the most important part.
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Action is what we need.
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So if you try to ask big questions, you're trying to improve very fast and you're feeling stress, maybe you can change your strategy.
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Try the Kaizen way.
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Instead, ask yourself little small questions.
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How could I improve just a little bit?
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How could I learn just one new word each day?
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How could I improve my pronunciation?
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Just a tiny bit each week.
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Ask yourself these little questions.
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And another point from this article, you need to repeat the questions again and again and again.
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You have to ask the same question or questions
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every day for one week or two weeks or maybe even a couple months.
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By asking yourself these questions again, again, every day you're asking the same question.
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Your brain must come up with an answer.
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Your brain must find an answer.
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It will find answers.
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Keep asking questions, your brain will give you answers.
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It will give you better and better answers the more you ask these small questions.
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So anytime you have some big goal,
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some big project that seems so difficult, try the Kaizen way.
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Try to approach this problem with little, small, tiny improvements.
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Ask yourself little, small, easy questions every day again and again and again.
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Your brain will get more energy.
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It will find the answers.
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You'll get momentum.
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You'll start to take action.
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And then after one month, you'll take bigger actions.
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After two, three months, bigger actions, bigger actions.
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Actually, these improvements start to grow.
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The improvements get bigger and faster and faster.
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That's the magic of the Kaizen way.
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It seems so small and tiny, seems so easy, but over time it builds, it grows stronger and stronger.
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So try this.
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Try this method.
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Try the Kaizen way.
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And again the book title is The Kaizen Way, that's K-A-I-Z-E-N, Kaizen.
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The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer.
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All right, and remember, of course, keep your psychology strong, keep your physiology strong.
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I hope you're smiling right now.
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I hope those shoulders are back.
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Chin up!
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Lots of energy.
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Don't forget that.
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Every single lesson.
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You must be smiling.
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You must be moving.
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You must have energy in your body.
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That's how you're going to learn English much, much faster.
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Okay, I will see you next time.
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Bye-bye.
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Thank you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “1 Kaizen MAIN”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: kaizen, improvement, lesson, improve, brain. Deze video bevat 125 zinnen en 1257 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:18. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 135 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 88% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | uitspraak |
| distress zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | druk, stress |
| excite werkwoord | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | prikkelen, opwinden |
| hippocampus zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/ | hippocampus, hippokampos |
| timetable zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtaɪmˌteɪbəl/ | rooster, lesrooster |
| summon werkwoord | /ˈsʌmən/ | bijeenroepen |
| intuitive bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/ | intuïtief |
| physiology zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌfɪziˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | fysiologie |
| gigantic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/ | gigantisch |
| vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | woordenschat, vocabulaire |
| fulfill werkwoord | /fʊlˈfɪl/ | vervullen |
| chin zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈt͡ʃɪn/ | kin |
| creativity zelfstandig naamwoord | /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/ | creativiteit |
| paragraph zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ | alinea, paragraaf |
| momentum zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ | impuls |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| come up with werkwoord | bedenken, verzinnen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Alright, so let's get started.
- We're going to talk about a book.
- You think, oh my god, I don't know, can I do it?
- How could I improve just a little bit?
- How could I improve my pronunciation?
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 23 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, you'll, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, hippocampus /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/, imaginative /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/, intuitive /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/, physiology /ˌfɪziˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: imaginative /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/, intuitive /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: hippocampus /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/, imaginative /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/, gigantic /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, paragraph /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gigantic /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/, paragraph /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/, grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als pronunciation, distress, excite.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.