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I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who sent in their questions.
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A huge number here with loads of wonderful emojis attached to them.
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What is the early years?
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Help!
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With a wonderful emoji at the end of it.
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I suppose we're looking at it from pregnancy through to the age of five, so through to children starting school.
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What sparked my interest in the early years?
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I actually get asked this question a lot.
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I think people assume that because I'm a parent, that's why I've taken an interest in the early years.
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I think this really is bigger than that.
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This isn't about just about happy healthy children, this is about the society I hope we could and can become.
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Right from the early days meeting
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lots of people who are suffering with you know addiction
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or poor mental health and hearing time and time again
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that their troubles now in adulthood stem right back from early childhood experience.
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How do you manage toddler tantrums in your household, especially with multiple children?
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Yes, that's a hard one i'd also like to ask the
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experts myself as a mum of a two-year-old tantrums are something i'm very familiar with
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when my son has a tantrum i try to put into
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words um how i think he might be feeling in a slow and calm
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and gentle way okay the next question is what was the
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best part in the development of the early years project
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that I think has to be going around the nation
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when we launched the survey and I got to meet loads of amazing families, loads of amazing parents, hearing firsthand what they were going through,
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what their experiences of parenthood was really like
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but also meeting amazing people who have done fantastic work up
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and down the country in supporting families and children in the early What did you like most in your childhood?
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That's a very good question.
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I love spending time outside and that has stuck with me for my whole life.
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Gosh, I'm amazed by the honesty actually and some of the questions that are coming through.
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So this is a Covid, the impact of Covid on our children.
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So how can we help children adjust post lockdown?
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As grown-ups we can't take Covid away but we can try to help children feel better about it.
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And we can do that with our conversations, by modelling good behaviour and giving children some control.
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How important are the early years of a child for their future endeavours?
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That's a great question and such an important question to ask as well.
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I was amazed as a first time parent
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that 90% of our adult brain develops by the age of five
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so there's such a huge opportunity as parents and carers and all those looking after children in those early years.
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What links have you found between maternal mental health and the early years on children?
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Firstly there's suffering for everybody which is unquantifiable.
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There can also be a range of physical issues such as the baby arriving early, as well as a range of emotional,
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social and cognitive problems for the child as they develop.
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Do you think about taking the project to other countries?
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There's amazing work going on internationally because ultimately this is a global issue
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and it would be great to see best practice being shared.
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So yes, I hope so in the future.
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Are there any projects coming out for 2021?
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Yes, a lot.
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And I think there will be for quite some years to come too,
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because this really isn't something that we're going to be able to change quickly and overnight.
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It's going to take, you know, generations, and I'm keen to support this for the long term.
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So I think that's it.
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But thank you very much to everybody again for sending in your questions.
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This is just the start of the conversation, so thank you so much for being part of this.
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Thank you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Duchess of Cambridge Q&A on Early Years”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: parent, amazing, tantrum, Covid, loads. Deze video bevat 56 zinnen en 675 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:24. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 153 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 87% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen. 9 van de 56 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tantrum zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtæn.tɹʌm/ | driftbui, woedeaanval |
| emoji zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪˈmoʊ.d͡ʒi/ | emoji |
| parenthood zelfstandig naamwoord | ouderschap | |
| lockdown zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɑkˌdaʊn/ | lockdown |
| adulthood zelfstandig naamwoord | volwassenheid | |
| firstly bijwoord | /ˈfɜɹstli/ | ten eerste |
| attach werkwoord | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | vastmaken |
| maternal bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /məˈtɝnəl/ | moederlijk |
| toddler zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɑdlɚ/ | peuter |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | gossie |
| spark zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈspɑɹk/ | vonk, sprank |
| honesty zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɑ.nɪ.sti/ | eerlijkheid |
| adjust werkwoord | /əˈd͡ʒʌst/ | aanpassen, verstellen |
| cognitive bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ | cognitief |
| keen bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /kin/ | scherp |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | everyone who sent · people who are · people who have |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've taken · have done · has stuck |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 11 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, isn't, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, addiction /əˈdɪkˌʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: amaze /əˈmeɪz/, firsthand /ˈfɜːstˌhænd/, cognitive /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: tantrum /ˈtæn.tɹʌm/, firsthand /ˈfɜːstˌhænd/, attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, cognitive /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als tantrum, emoji, parenthood.
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