Shadowing Practice: Children's Engineering Workshops ielts listening - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The test is in four parts.
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At the end of the test, you will be given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.
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Now turn to part one.
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Part 1.
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You will hear a man phoning to find out about some children's engineering workshops.
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First, You have some time to look at questions 1 to 3.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 3.
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Hello, children's engineering workshops.
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Oh, hello.
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I wanted some information about the workshops in the school holidays.
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Sure.
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I have two daughters who are interested.
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The younger one's Lydia.
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She's four.
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Do you take children as young as that?
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Yes.
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Our tiny engineer's workshop is for four to five year olds.
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What sorts of activities do they do?
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All sorts.
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For example, they work together to design a special cover
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that goes round an egg so that when it's inside they can drop it from a height and it doesn't break.
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Well, sometimes it does break, but that's part of the fun.
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Right.
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And Lydia loves building things.
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Is there any opportunity for her to do that?
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Well, they have a competition to see who can make the highest tower.
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You'd be amazed how high they can go.
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Right.
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But they're learning all the time as well as having fun.
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For example, one thing they do is to design and build a car that's attached to a balloon,
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and the force of the air in that actually powers the car and makes it move along.
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They go really fast too.
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OK, well, all this sounds perfect.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 4 to 10.
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Now listen and answer questions 4 to 10.
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Now, Carly, that's my older daughter, has just had her seventh birthday.
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So presumably she'd be in a different group?
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Yes, she'd be in the Junior Engineers.
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That's for children from six to eight.
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And do they do the same sorts of activities?
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Some are the same, but a bit more advanced.
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So they work out how to build model vehicles, things like cars and trucks,
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but also how to construct animals using the same sorts of material and technique.
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and then they learn how they can program them
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and make them move so they learn a bit of coding they do they pick it up really quickly
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We're there to help if they need it, but they learn from one another too.
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Right.
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And do they have competitions too?
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Yes.
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With the junior engineers it's to use recycled materials like card and wood to build a bridge.
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And the longest one gets a prize.
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That sounds fun.
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I wouldn't mind doing that myself.
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Then they have something a bit different, which is to think up an idea for a five -minute movie and then film it,
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using special animation software.
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You'd be amazed what they come up with!
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And of course that's something they can put on their phone and take home to show all their friends!
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Exactly!
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And then they also build a robot in the shape of a human
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and they decorate it and program it so that it can move its arms and legs.
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Perfect.
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So is it the same price as the tiny engineers?
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It's just a bit more.
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Fifty pounds for the five weeks.
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And are the classes on a Monday too?
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days.
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The classes are held in the morning from 10 to 11.
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OK.
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That's better for me, actually.
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And what about the location?
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Where exactly are the workshops held?
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They're in building 10A.
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There's a big sign on the door, you can't miss it, and that's in Fradston Industrial Estate.
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Sorry.
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Fredston.
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That's F.
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R A D S.
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tea, O -N -E.
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And that's in Grassford, isn't it?
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Yes, up past the station.
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And will I have any parking problems there?
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No, there's always plenty available.
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So, would you like to enrol Lydia and Carly now?
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OK.
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So, can I have your full name and...
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That is the end of part one.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers to part one.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Children's Engineering Workshops ielts listening”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: workshop, answer, sorts, build, questions. Deze video bevat 87 zinnen en 682 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:58. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 114 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 88% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 9 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
workshop zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/atelier, werkplaats
decorate werkwoord/ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/sieren, opsmukken
recycle werkwoord/ɹəˈsaɪkəl/recycleren, recyclen
attach werkwoord/əˈtæt͡ʃ/vastmaken
balloon zelfstandig naamwoord/bəˈlun/ballon
presumably bijwoord/pɹɪˈzuːməbli/vermoedelijk, waarschijnlijk
animation zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/animatie
robot zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/robot
seventh bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈsɛvənθ/zevende

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
come up with werkwoordbedenken, verzinnen
think up werkwoordbedenken, verzinnen
work out werkwoord/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/uitrekenen

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Do you take children as young as that?
  • You'd be amazed how high they can go.
  • I wouldn't mind doing that myself.
  • You'd be amazed what they come up with!
  • That's better for me, actually.

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetwill be given · be amazed · are held
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groepthe highest · the longest
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwill be · will hear · will I

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 11 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals she'd, they're, you'd. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: presumably /pɹɪˈzuːməbli/, animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: amaze /əˈmeɪz/, pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/

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 workshop, decorate, recycle.

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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