Shadowing Practice: 28 May 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Why is it that babies are so good at learning new languages,
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but us as adults really suck?
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I'm Peter, a neuroscience student here at Stanford University,
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and today I'm going to explain why that's the case.
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So a baby's brain is at a maximum level of neuroplasticity.
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Neuroplasticity basically just means the brain's ability to adapt and change and learn new information.
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And so a baby's brain is at a maximum level of neuroplasticity because,
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put simply, it hasn't really had to make a choice about what information it deems necessary
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and which information it deems useless and
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so it's going to be able to pick up a language super quickly
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because it's really able to adapt super quickly
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and that's why as we've all noticed
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and probably done ourselves a baby is able to literally just pick up a language by being around it
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which I find super cool
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and the reason this doesn't really work for us as adults is
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because our brains have become
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so much more efficient we have been able to prune out the information
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that we deemed useless and oftentimes that information is learning new language
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or the tools it takes to learn a new language because our brain says we've already learned one language,
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we're able to communicate, that should be enough, shouldn't it?
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But that makes it really difficult when it comes to us trying to learn a new language in adulthood.
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So now I'm going to share some neuroscience grounded facts on how to make that process easier.
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So I have three main tips for this.
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The first one is that exposure is so much more important than rote memorization.
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This is because we still have those same circuits we had as a baby to learn our first language through exposure.
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They're just a lot less useful than they were back then,
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or we're just not as good at those things as we were back then.
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We can still tap into those circuits and be able to learn the language a little bit quicker.
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And this is also because our brain just loves pattern recognition,
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and we're going to get that pattern recognition by learning through exposure.
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So you can turn on a podcast,
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turn on a movie, something like that,
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and that will speed up the process.
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The second thing is that you should speak early even when you're not great at it.
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This is because our brain learns based on mistakes.
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Our brain uses these things called error-based learning circuits.
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Our brain kind of creates a pattern for what it thinks it's going to expect from the world,
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and it needs to make a mistake to be able to change that.
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So if we're learning a language and want to change those patterns as quickly as possible,
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we have to make mistakes and tell our brain
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that it's doing something wrong so that in the future it can do that thing correctly.
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And the final thing is kind of obvious,
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but sleep is so important for memory consolidation.
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So when you're learning a new language,
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you are building new synaptic connections,
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and those connections are going to be strengthened when you sleep.
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So it's so important you're getting your eight hours all the time,
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but especially when you're learning a lot of new information,
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because that is how you're actually going to process it and retain it.
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So those are my facts about language learning.
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I hope this was helpful.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: language, brain, learning, learn, pattern. Deze video bevat 51 zinnen en 583 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:27. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 238 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| exposure zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/ | blootstelling, contact |
| recognition zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/ | herkenning |
| adapt werkwoord | /əˈdæpt/ | aanpassen |
| helpful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | behulpzaam |
| efficient bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪˈfɪʃənt/ | efficiënt |
| suck werkwoord | /sʌk/ | zuigen |
| correctly bijwoord | /kəˈɹɛk(t).li/ | correct, juist |
| communicate werkwoord | /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ | meedelen, mededelen |
| podcast zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast |
| strengthen werkwoord | /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/ | versterken |
| adulthood zelfstandig naamwoord | volwassenheid | |
| deem werkwoord | /dim/ | beschouwen |
| neuroscience zelfstandig naamwoord | neurowetenschap | |
| memorization zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmem(ə)ɹaɪˌzeɪʃn̩/ | onthouden |
| prune werkwoord | /pɹuːn/ | snoeien |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| pick up werkwoord | oppakken, optillen |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 18 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, we're, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: exposure /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/, recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, consolidation /kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/, memorization /ˈmem(ə)ɹaɪˌzeɪʃn̩/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, consolidation /kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/, memorization /ˈmem(ə)ɹaɪˌzeɪʃn̩/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: adapt /əˈdæpt/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, synaptic /sɪˈnæp.tɪk/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als exposure, recognition, adapt.
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