Shadowing Practice: Behind the Art - A Short Documentary - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I used to teach some drawing classes with kids
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and purposely give them pencils without erasers to let them think
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of like just moving forward is more important than worrying about correcting things.
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My parents would take me to an art center on Saturday mornings called Boulevard Art Center
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and it's there that I became obsessed with learning tools of drawing like people
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and still life that I would apply throughout my week
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and I couldn't wait to go back to the Art Center on the weekends
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and learn a new technique and then just become obsessed with that as well.
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My name is Joe Miller.
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I'm from Chicago, Illinois and I'm a painter.
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You like yourself in the mirror?
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What if I'm trying to play music?
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What am I supposed to do? Or, wait.
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You?
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Oh, yeah.
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The drawing I did with you?
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Yeah, that's okay.
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Oh, that's good.
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I love that.
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Yeah.
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I do stuff sometimes.
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My parents said the art classes gave me the best babysitter
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because I would just be obsessed with drawing
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and learning and practicing
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that all the
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time my
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biggest motivation and inspiration varies from project to project
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and day to day these days the biggest motivation is the fact
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that i get to do this for a living is pretty amazing, and I try to stay humble and remind myself of that.
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During the week, there's a school that walks the kids up and down this street, and I have all this footage of a group of little kids just talking about my work,
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and they're like, oh, oh, this is so cute.
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It's too much.
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when I'm more active and kind of energetic and go to a wall
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and feel like energized by this challenge
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and then the reverse can happen where I come home
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and want to unwind and maybe my hands aren't feeling the best
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so I need to do something that's a little easier on the body.
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I try to treat every project as a case -by -case evaluation.
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What is it for?
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What's its purpose?
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Who is it for?
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What do they want to do with it or feel from it eventually?
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And it's kind of nice
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because it lets me enter every project with a blank slate even though it is eventually coming out of me
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and my style does come through that.
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I like to think that it does give me a chance to start fresh.
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Describe my artistic style is difficult
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but I think lately it's been much easier considering it's been dominated by this colorful dot explosion
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which everybody loves and everybody wants so I just give them what they want
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but before that I was really trying to grow through different projects commissions
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and seeing my work take on new forms
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and I thought people really enjoyed seeing my work unfold
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because they didn't know where it was going to go next
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so that uncertainty became like what I think excited me about working
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and other people hiring me to do projects because they're like, what's he going to do with this new given parameter?
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To list a few favorites, working with Charles Bradley and Daptone Records is definitely one that was more emotionally driven.
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And Dad Strength featuring my older brother and my niece, which is a very passionate project of mine, is another favorite.
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Oh, and Canopy Tower in Panama, that one mind blowing.
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Focus on the path ahead, you know, just go for it.
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Don't worry about making mistakes or being a perfectionist.
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Sometimes that journey is way more exciting and even more interesting to look at than the perfect and result.
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I quit my job the day I graduated and figured if I want to paint I got to only paint
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and it took a long time to get to a nice rhythm
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and workload but it wasn't without just going going for it and not thinking about what's behind me.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Behind the Art - A Short Documentary”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: project, drawing, obsessed, center. Deze video bevat 64 zinnen en 663 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:11. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 128 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 84% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 10 van de 64 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:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| obsess werkwoord | /əbˈsɛs/ | obsederen |
| motivation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/ | motivatie |
| eraser zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪˈɹeɪsɚ/ | gom, gum |
| excite werkwoord | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | prikkelen, opwinden |
| perfectionist zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/ | perfectionist, perfectioniste |
| unfold werkwoord | /ʌnˈfoʊld/ | openvouwen, uitspreiden |
| colorful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈkʌl.əɹ.fl̩/ | kleurrijk |
| niece zelfstandig naamwoord | /nis/ | nicht, nichtje |
| dominate werkwoord | /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/ | domineren, overheersen |
| painter zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpeɪntɚ/ | schilder, kunstschilder |
| pencil zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɛnsəl/ | potlood, griffel |
| uncertainty zelfstandig naamwoord | /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/ | onzekerheid |
| rhythm zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹɪð.əm/ | ritme |
| passionate bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈpæʃənɪt/ | hartstochtelijk, gepassioneerd |
| humble bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈhʌmbəl/ | bescheiden, deemoedig |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- You like yourself in the mirror?
- What if I'm trying to play music?
- What am I supposed to do?
- The drawing I did with you?
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | be obsessed · been dominated |
| Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groep | the best · the biggest |
| Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgd | enjoyed seeing · mind blowing |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 11 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, they're, aren't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, perfectionist /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, evaluation /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, perfectionist /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/, parameter /pəˈɹæm.ə.tɚ/, energetic /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/, uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: energize /ˈɛnəd͡ʒaɪz/, unfold /ʌnˈfoʊld/, unwind /ʌnˈwaɪnd/, footage /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: parameter /pəˈɹæm.ə.tɚ/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, blank /ˈblæŋk/, evaluation /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/
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 obsess, motivation, eraser.
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.