Shadowing Practice: A2 FLYERS Speaking test – CHLOE | SPEAKING TEST 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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Hello Chloe, I am Teacher Billy.
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Today we have the Cambridge test.
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Are you ready to do it with me?
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Yes.
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Very good.
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I will ask you first how old you are.
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I'm nine years old.
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Okay.
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And where do you live?
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I live in Ho Chi Minh City, in Binh Han.
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Binh Han.
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Yeah.
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Very nice.
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Let's start with the pictures that have differences.
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There are two pictures here,
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and can you tell me things that are different about them?
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Okay.
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In picture one, the car is blue,
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but in picture two, it's yellow.
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In picture one, it's in the night,
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but in picture two, it's in the day.
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In picture one, the little girl is holding a porch,
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but in picture two, she's holding a flag.
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Yes. In picture one,
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the woman with the yellow t-shirt is coming into the tent,
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but in picture two, she's just going out.
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Going out, yes, okay.
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And one more.
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In Nature 1, there is a house and two trees,
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but in Nature 2, there are no house.
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Just three trees?
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Yeah.
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Very good.
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Thank you very much for that.
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Let's turn the page.
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And in this one, we get to ask each other questions.
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So I'm going to start by asking you about Mary's house.
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Yeah.
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And then after that, you could ask me about Tom's house, okay?
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Okay.
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So for Mary's house, is it a big house or a small house?
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It's a big house.
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Thank you.
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And is it an old house?
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What would you think the age of the house is?
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It's five years old.
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Okay.
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Relatively new.
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How many people live inside the house?
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There are eight people.
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Aha.
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And where in the house does Mary do her homework?
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Mary does her homework in her bedroom.
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Aha.
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And for Mary's house, what color is the front door?
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It's blue.
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It's blue?
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Yeah.
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Very good.
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Now, can you ask me about Tom's house?
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And I'll give you the same answers.
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Okay.
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Is Tom's house big or small?
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Tom lives in a small house.
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How old is it?
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He is a very old house.
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It's a hundred years old.
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Okay, how many people live in that house?
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In Tom's house, there are four people living there.
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Where does Tom do his homework?
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Usually does his homework in the dining room.
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What color is the fun door?
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Tom's house has a door that is white.
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Thank you.
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Now we've got another picture story.
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I've turned this around.
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I've got five pictures.
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Can you tell me what's going on?
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Yesterday was Betty's birthday.
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She's standing on a chair to take the can of coffee.
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Suddenly she fell.
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Suddenly she fell.
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Ouch!
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It was hurt.
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So her mom helped her to take the bandage to apply the bandage.
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Yes.
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Okay, okay.
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But, and she fell asleep.
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Uh-huh.
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Her friend's coming and she...
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I don't know.
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What do you think?
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Her friends and her mom wanted to make her surprise,
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so they make a birthday party in her bedroom.
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I think so.
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It looks like they arrived while she was sleeping.
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Yeah.
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So it's a nice surprise for her when she woke up.
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Yeah.
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Very nice.
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And now I've got one more part here.
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And this one, Betty's birthday party, yes.
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And now I want to talk a little bit about school.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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So, what time do you usually go to school?
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I usually go to school at 15 minutes to 7.
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Okay.
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How do you get to school?
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I get to school by my mom's motorbike.
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Your mom's motorbike.
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Yeah.
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At school, what's your favorite lesson?
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My favorite lesson is English.
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Oh, that's good.
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Do you play any sports at school?
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I play basketball at school.
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Okay.
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And can you tell me a little bit about your best friend at school?
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My best friend's name is Boone.
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She's got short hair.
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Okay.
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And she's very nice.
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Aha.
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Did you see her today?
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Yeah.
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Very nice.
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I think that's the end of this part.
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So I want to say thank you very much.
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Yeah, thank you.
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Let's say goodbye to the camera.
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Goodbye.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau A2 is gebaseerd op de video “A2 FLYERS Speaking test – CHLOE”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: picture, homework, aha, birthday, fell. Deze video bevat 132 zinnen en 689 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:04. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 114 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 90% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen. 26 van de 132 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

12 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
homework zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/huiswerk, huistaak
lesson zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɛs.ən/les
bedroom zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbɛdˌɹum/slaapkamer
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/tot ziens, tot weerziens
arrive werkwoord/əˈɹaɪv/aankomen, arriveren
asleep bijvoeglijk naamwoord/əˈsliːp/slapend
tent zelfstandig naamwoord/tɛnt/tent
porch zelfstandig naamwoord/pɔɹt͡ʃ/veranda, portiek
ouch/ˈaʊt͡ʃ/au, auw
bandage zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbæn.dɪd͡ʒ/verband, bandage
motorbike werkwoord/ˈmoʊtɚˌbaɪk/motorrijden
dine werkwoord/daɪn/dineren

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
go out werkwoordnaar buiten gaan
wake up werkwoord/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/wakker worden, ontwaken

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • Are you ready to do it with me?
  • Can you tell me what's going on?
  • How do you get to school?
  • At school, what's your favorite lesson?
  • Do you play any sports at school?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtis holding · is coming
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwill ask · I'll give

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 8 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I've, I'm, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, bandage /ˈbæn.dɪd͡ʒ/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als homework, lesson, bedroom.

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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