Shadowing Practice: American Accent Training - A Basic Review - Learn English Speaking with Video
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American accent training. Welcome back English practicer. Thank you for practicing your English speaking with me again today. This is going to be a basic review of some of the uh core components of the American accent. First, let's practice some key sounds of American English. The R sound. The American R is strong. Strong and everywhere. It's everywhere. It's strong. It's American. All right. The um sound as in her. Work. Hear the in there. Work. Work. Word. Word. Yo, word up. Let's get to work. Did you see her? Her work word. All right, let's try the R sound.
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R. Car. Start part. Car start part. That one's easy. All right. The or sound or for more story for more story for more story. Continue or. All right. Good.
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Let's just go through these quick. Car car part work work early early girl.
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Right, right, around around right right around the corner. There was a girl. She was working early on part of her car. Oh, look at that. I made a whole story with those words on the spot. Ad living. All right, here's some uh pairs here. Cod card. Cod card. Cod card. Cod card.
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Caught. Caught. Caught. Caught. Caught. This one's a longer sound. Caught. Caught. Caught. Walk.
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Work. Walk. work. I walk to work. Do you walk to work? Yes, I walk to work. I try not to get caught when I sleep on the cop. All right, here's a t sound. Water. Water. Water. What? It's not a T sound. It's a D sound. Water becomes water. Water. Water. Drink some water. Better. Better.
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You better do it. You better You better drink some water. City city. I live in the city. City. I'm a city boy. Waiting. I'm waiting. I'm waiting to get some water in the city. Are you waiting?
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It's better to put water in a bottle. It's better to put water in a bottle.
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It's better to put water in a bottle. It's better to put water in a bottle.
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Good. He's waiting in the city. Where's he waiting? He's waiting in the city.
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All right. The vowel length is important and the quality of the vowel sound. Cat.
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We're going to exaggerate here so that we can really reduce our accent. Right. Cat. Bad. Bad cat. Don't be a bad cat.
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Jacket. Jacket. Father. Father. Father. Are you hot? Take off your jacket.
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Hot hot father. Oh, I'm a hot father. Yeah. Okay, that's enough of that. All right, here's some more vowel length and quality. Cup. Cup. Luck. Luck. Above. Above. Bird. Bird. Her her first first her first bird above the cup. That's a bad sentence. I'm just trying to make something up. Okay. Now, word stress is important, too, right? Like table window.
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American or America. America American English. American English. I often get asked, well, where do I put the stress? Ah, that's so hard. There's there are rules, but it's it's so difficult. You just need to do lots of repetition and practice and hearing and listening and it becomes natural. You just know where to put the stress.
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That's the best I can do for you there, man. Sorry. All right. Misstressing a word can make it hard to understand. For example, photography or see I I messed up. This is photography and this photograph. This is a photograph. This is photography.
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Photography. photograph. You see where the stress is can change the meaning of the word even though it's spelled the same. All right. Sentence stress in a sentence. Content words, that's the nouns, the main verbs, the adjective adverbs, those get more stress, the content words. And the function words a, the, to, of, and, can, do, etc. Those are reduced. Not always. This is generally speaking. I want to go to the store. I want to go to the store. All right. So, we're comparing that to we're stressing want. Go. Store. Those are the important words. These are not so important. Well, they're they are important, but less. So, they're reduced a bit. Huh. I want to go to the store.
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This is a general advice, not not standard across everything. Let's look at some connected speech.
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Native speakers don't pronounce every word separately. They connect words together. You know this, right? Like linking patterns. Go out. Go out. Go out. I'm going to go out. Are you going to go out? I'm going to go out. See it? Do you see it? Do you see it? I see it. I see it.
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Take it. Take it. Here. Take it. Do you see it? Yeah, I see it. Go ahead and take it. Take it and go out. Go out. I'm going to say those nice and slow. I was going too fast. Go out.
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Go out. See it. See it. Take it. Take it. All right. So, you can also re reductions for two, four, and these. These are common. You know these, right? Going to going to Are you going to go? I'm going to go. Want to wanna I want to go. For becomes for in fast speech. What for?
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What for? That sounds weird. What for? Um I'm going for I'm going for a walk. I'm going for a walk. Do you want to come with me? I'm going to go for a walk. There we go. I'm going to go for a walk. Do you want to come with me? Rock and roll, baby. Rock and roll. So, the and becomes in. Rock roll. I can't think of any other ones right off the top of my head. Um, yeah, hot and cold. Also, here's some advice. When practicing speaking English in my videos, pay attention to connected speech, common linking patterns, and reductions. then gradually include them in your own speech as you become more comfortable using them. It takes time. It takes lots of exposure. It takes lots of listening and it takes lots of trying to mimic and repeat to finally get the feel for it. It takes time. So, how do you reduce your accent? You want to reduce your accent, use focused imitation.
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That's what we do. Imitation. You imitate me. You shadow me. You try to copy me. You try to reduce your accent. You build your muscle memory. The the way your mouth moves. You have to listen carefully to the sound I'm making and then mimic that sound. That's muscle memory buildup in your mouth. Listen carefully to the sounds, the rhythms, the stress and inonation and then mimic what you hear. This is basic good advice, right? You know this. And that was our basic review of American accent training. Thank you so much for practicing with me again today. This has been an English coach Chad presentation. Boom. Good workout. Keep moving forward. One step at a time.
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Having some fun while we practice English. Hey, I'll see you in the next English speaking video.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “American Accent Training - A Basic Review”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: sound, word, caught, walk, English. Deze video bevat 24 zinnen en 1175 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:58. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 107 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 87% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 23 van de 24 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 12 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| distress zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | druk, stress |
| vowel zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈvaʊ.əl/ | klinker, klinkerklank |
| imitation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/ | navolging, imitatie |
| adjective zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/ | bijvoeglijk naamwoord, adjectief |
| exaggerate werkwoord | /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/ | overdrijven |
| imitate werkwoord | /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ | nabootsen, imiteren |
| repetition zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/ | herhaling |
| noun zelfstandig naamwoord | /naʊn/ | zelfstandig naamwoord, substantief |
| pronounce werkwoord | /pɹəˈnaʊns/ | uitspreken, verklaren |
| verb zelfstandig naamwoord | /vɝb/ | werkwoord |
| workout zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/ | training, oefening |
| rhythm zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹɪð.əm/ | ritme |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| go out werkwoord | naar buiten gaan |
| mess up werkwoord | verrommelen, in de war brengen |
| take off werkwoord | uittrekken, afzetten |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Did you see her?
- Let's just go through these quick.
- Do you walk to work?
- Are you going to go out?
- Do you want to come with me?
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 25 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, we're, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: imitation /ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: imitation /ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/, exaggerate /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, verb /vɝb/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, exaggerate /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/
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 distress, vowel, imitation.
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.