Shadowing Practice: B1 Preliminary for Schools Laura and Claudia - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Good evening.
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Hi.
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Can I have your mark sheets, please?
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I'm Kay Welsh and this is David Bradshaw.
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What's your name?
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Hey, I'm Laura Fernandez.
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Laura.
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How old are you?
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Hey, I'm 16 years old.
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Thank you.
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And what's your name? my name is claudia martin claudia how
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old are you i'm 14 years old thank you claudia where
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do you live i live in rivers is near here about 30 minutes in car thank you
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and laura where do you live yeah i live in rivers
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too thank you laura tell us about a teacher you like
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of my school for example I like my language teacher because she is so funny,
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she always tells us about his life and I like it.
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Claudia, how often do you use a mobile phone?
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I use my mobile phone every day, like two hours, to see films or to chat with friends.
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Laura, which time of year do you like the most?
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I like summer because we don't have high school and we can go to the beach or to the village.
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And Claudia, which do you like best, the morning or the afternoon?
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I prefer the afternoon because in the morning I'm tired and angry and in the afternoon I'm more happy.
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Laura, tell us about sports you like.
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I like to run.
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When I'm running, I'm happy and I don't think about anything, so I like it.
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Claudia, what type of music do you like listening to?
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I like to hear all types of music, like pop, English and Spanish, because it depends on the moment,
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I prefer some music than others.
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Laura, tell us what you do in the school holidays.
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Well, in these holidays I can go out of Madrid,
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so I stay in my house and I meet with friends and things like that.
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Claudia, what new hobby would you like to try?
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I want to try different sports like volleyball or something like
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that because I always do the same sport and I want to try other ones.
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Thank you.
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Now I'd like each of you to talk on your own about something.
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I'm going to give each of you a photograph and I'd like you to talk about it.
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Laura, here is your photograph.
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It shows someone learning how to do something.
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Claudia, you just listen.
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Laura, please tell us what you can see in the photograph.
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In this photograph I can see two girls who are cooking.
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They are in the kitchen of a house And they are looking for a photograph in the table,
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in the tablet, and they are doing things with an egg and with flour.
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Talk about the people.
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One of the girls is wearing a t -shirt and blue jeans,
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and the other is wearing a dress.
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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Claudia, here is your photograph.
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It shows someone at home after school.
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Okay.
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Laura, you just listen.
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Claudia, please tell us what you can see in the photograph.
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I can see a boy that he came from school and he wants to see a football match.
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He's in his house, he's wearing a white t -shirt and I think he's very excited of the match.
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I can see in the table some decoration and electronic dispositives.
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And in the TV, behind the TV,
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I can see some more dispositives and that.
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I think this is a piano, I think, in his house.
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And he can be in his living room.
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He is sitting on the sofa.
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Thank you.
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Now, in this part of the test, you're going to talk about something together for about two minutes.
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I'm going to describe a situation to you.
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some students from a small village school are going on a trip to their capital city
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here are some activities they could do there talk together about
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the different activities they could do in their capital city and say which would be most interesting all right Okay.
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No, talk together.
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I think they are thinking about many different activities,
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but I prefer, I think this, because it's going to be so,
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and I love animals, and if I were in this high school, I want to do that activity.
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Well, I think for me that the most important is to go to the museum
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because you can see a lot of interesting pictures or sculptures about the city and I like this activity.
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I agree with you and I think this activity
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that the boost of the city it can be entertaining
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because you can know your city or other cities with your friends and it could be interesting.
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I like this one too they are watching a match
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And I think it can be an option that it can be very funny to stay with your friends.
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I think the same.
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I think the maths could be the best option
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because it's a funny activity and more if you were with your high school and your friends.
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And the worst activity I think could be this because I think a castle can be boring sometimes.
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Yes, I'm agree with you.
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I like this one because I think
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that visit a market can be very interesting
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because you can learn new things about the other city and it can be very interesting.
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Yes, and you can buy something for your family and your friends to eat after the trip.
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But I think the best option is a match of football or of basketball or if you want, baseball.
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Yes, I'm already with you.
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Thank you.
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Claudia, would you like to have more school trips?
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I want to have more because in my high school they don't do any trips so I want to do more.
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Where would you like to go?
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I like to go to the attraction park
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because one day I went to and I want to repeat because it's an interesting experience.
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And how about you, Laura?
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My high school doesn't do any trip so I want to go to the city centre to stay with friends.
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And what do you need to take when you go on a trip?
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My phone, money because if I want to buy anything I need the money,
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a jacket and food.
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and how about you Claudia?
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I think the mobile is important to contact with something if it happens something.
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Food, a bottle of water, money and some jacket if it's called.
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Do you prefer to go on trips with your friends or your family?
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I like to go with both with friends and family because it's a funny experience and I love both.
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Do you agree, Laura?
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Yes.
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Laura, what do you think is the best time of year to visit a city?
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I like Christmas because I think it's magic.
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And how about you, Claudia?
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I prefer spring because it's more colorful, the flowers are like that, and the weather is better than in summer or in winter.
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Laura, which do you think is more interesting?
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visiting the countryside or visiting a city?
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I like the city because I for me it's more interesting.
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Why?
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Because we can well I can go shopping with my friends and go to the park for example.
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What about you Claudia?
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I prefer the city because you can know the story of the city
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and like that but I also like the contrary side like the beads or foreheads because they are beautiful too.
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Well, thank you.
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That is the end of the test.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “B1 Preliminary for Schools Laura and Claudia”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: claudia, laura, interesting, photograph, trip. Deze video bevat 123 zinnen en 1255 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:50. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 116 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 85% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 22 van de 123 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
photograph zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/foto
jacket zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/jas
marten zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmɑɹ.tən/marter
colorful bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈkʌl.əɹ.fl̩/kleurrijk
sofa zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsoʊ̯fə/bank, zetel
decoration zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/versieren, decoratie
entertain werkwoord/ˌɛntəˈteɪn/vermaken, amuseren
volleyball zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/volleybal
forehead zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/voorhoofd
sculpture zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/beeldhouwwerk, beeld
countryside zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/platteland, buitengebied
bore werkwoord/boɹ/vervelen
hobby zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhɑ.bi/hobby, vrijetijdsbesteding
flour zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈflaʊ.ə/meel, bloem
tablet zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtæblət/kleitablet

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Can I have your mark sheets, please?
  • Claudia, how often do you use a mobile phone?
  • Claudia, what new hobby would you like to try?
  • Claudia, would you like to have more school trips?
  • Where would you like to go?

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groepthe most important · the best · the worst
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtI'm running · are cooking · are looking
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenI'm going to give · you're going to talk · I'm going to describe

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 19 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, I'd. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: dispositive /dɪˈspɒzɪtɪv/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: dispositive /dɪˈspɒzɪtɪv/, forehead /ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/, countryside /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/, jeans /d͡ʒiːnz/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: photograph /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/, jacket /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/, tablet /ˈtæblət/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/

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 photograph, jacket, marten.

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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