Shadowing Practice: A2 English Listening Practice - Childhood - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey everybody, welcome to this A2 English listening practice video.
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You can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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Before we start, remember to subscribe to the channel,
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click on the bell, and follow us on Instagram.
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You ready?
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So today, I'm going to talk about childhood.
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I like this topic because it's fun to look back and remember things from your childhood.
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I was born in 1993,
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so I grew up in the late 90s and early 2000s.
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If you were born in a different decade,
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then you probably had a different type of childhood than I did.
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Our childhood depends a lot on the time period that we grew up in.
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It also depends a lot on the place in which we grew up.
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Let's talk about that first.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Southern California,
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which you've probably seen featured in some American movies.
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The suburbs are areas around a city where there are more houses and fewer businesses.
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They're residential areas.
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Growing up in the suburbs,
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kids spend a lot of time playing outside with their neighbors.
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During my childhood, I played outside with my neighbors for hours on end.
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It's common to play in the streets,
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on front lawns, or in parks or nature places.
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Starting from a young age,
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my neighbors and I would invent games and use our imagination to have fun.
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I also remember playing a lot of sports,
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building tree houses, and even collecting bugs.
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When I was a young child,
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the world was such a big and exciting place for me.
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Everything was an adventure.
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However, around the same time I was growing up,
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video games and the internet started becoming really popular.
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So as each year went by,
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I started spending more time indoors,
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playing Xbox, surfing the web,
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etc. I slowly forgot about all my outside adventures.
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Nowadays, children have much more technology than I had when I was young.
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They can access all the fun and entertainment they want in seconds.
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And most children today probably can't imagine what childhood was like before all this technology.
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They might imagine it to be lame and boring.
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But honestly, I think I had more fun before I started using the internet regularly.
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I'm really glad that I was able to experience that classic American childhood for some years before the internet took over.
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How about you?
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Did you use the internet when you were a kid?
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Another important part of childhood is is family.
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Growing up, my household included my mom,
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my dad, my older sister, and me.
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My family situation was pretty standard.
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My dad worked a full-time job and my mom worked part-time,
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so she had more time to spend with me and my sister.
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Of course, I had a lot of fights with my sister,
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as most siblings do, but we always loved each other.
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Did you fight with your siblings when when you were a kid?
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So, one tradition that my family had was that we would eat dinner at 6.30pm every day.
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I remember that sometimes my mother would ring a little bell to tell us that dinner was ready.
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This was the dinner bell.
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It was great being able to eat that meal together with my family every evening.
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It gave us the opportunity to spend time together and talk about our day.
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We never watched TV when we were eating dinner.
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Nowadays, it's less common for American families to eat dinner together.
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Okay, one last thing about childhood that I wanted to talk about is cartoons.
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I loved watching cartoons when I was young.
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Every Saturday morning I would wake up at around 6.50
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because all the new episodes of my favorite cartoons would start at 7am.
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And on weekdays there would be new episodes at night too.
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Some of my favorite cartoons were Hey Arnold, Rocket Power, and Yu-Gi-Oh!
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I really miss those shows.
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Alright that's all for today.
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Leave a comment and tell me about your favorite memory from your childhood.
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And remember to subscribe to the channel,
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click on the bell, and follow us on Instagram for more English tips and lessons.
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I'll see you next time.
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Deze spreekles op niveau A2 is gebaseerd op de video “A2 English Listening Practice - Childhood”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: childhood, dinner, cartoons, bell, grew. Deze video bevat 72 zinnen en 707 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:57. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 143 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 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
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| adventure zelfstandig naamwoord | /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ | avontuur |
| depend werkwoord | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | afhangen |
| nowadays bijwoord | /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ | heden, momenteel |
| subscribe werkwoord | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | abonneren |
| sibling zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɪb.lɪŋ/ | brus, sibling |
| topic zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | onderwerp, thema |
| meal zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmiːl/ | maaltijd |
| lesson zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | les |
| collect werkwoord | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | verzamelen, opstapelen |
| fewer | /ˈfjuː.ɚ/ | minder |
| imagination zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/ | verbeelding, fantasie |
| bug zelfstandig naamwoord | /bʌɡ/ | wants |
| lawn zelfstandig naamwoord | /lɔːn/ | gazon, grasperk |
| bore werkwoord | /boɹ/ | vervelen |
| surf werkwoord | /sɝf/ | surfen |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| grow up werkwoord | opgroeien |
| look back werkwoord | achterom kijken, terugkijken |
| take over werkwoord | overnemen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Let's talk about that first.
- Did you use the internet when you were a kid?
- Did you fight with your siblings when when you were a kid?
- I'll see you next time.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
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| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | was born · were born |
| Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgd | started becoming · started spending · loved watching |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | was growing · were eating |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 6 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, can't, I'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: residential /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/, imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: residential /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/, imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: suburbs /ˈsʌbɝbz/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, household /ˈhaʊshoʊld/
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 adventure, depend, nowadays.
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.