Shadowing Practice: A2.1 - U19 - A different way to learn - Learn English Speaking with Video

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A different way to learn.
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Manor Park School in California has a gym, 10 classrooms, a library, and a kitchen.
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However, there are no timetables, no homework, and no exams.
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Teachers don't give students marks for their work, and they never give them tests.
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There are lessons, but students don't have to go to them.
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They can choose what they do and how they spend their time If they don't want to study, they can play video games,
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talk with friends or watch TV They can cook a meal
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if they're hungry or bring food from home and eat it
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when they like If students want to do a project or learn something, they can ask for lessons Anyone can go to these classes,
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from the youngest student, who is 5, to the oldest students, who are 18 Often students teach the classes themselves.
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13-year-old Lewis taught a class on cosmology to a group of older students last week.
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He says he's very interested in space and reads a lot about it.
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He's going to give more classes over the next few weeks.
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Other subjects available at the moment are Chinese, nature study, maths, bike repair,
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filmmaking, art, music, and photography.
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The head teacher says it's not very important for children to learn hard things like chemistry or physics.
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They just forget it, she says.
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Instead, they need to learn how to learn.
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Then, when they're interested in something, they know how to find out about it by themselves.

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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.

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