Shadowing Practice: Easy English Speaking Practice: Shadowing for Fluency & Repeat-After-Me - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Lost phone panic!
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Okay, we're going to have some fun practicing speaking English, work on your flow, your pronunciation.
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Let's jump right into it.
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Last Monday, I woke up and immediately reached for my phone, but it wasn't there.
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All right, I want you to repeat after me.
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Last Monday, I woke up and immediately reached for my phone, but it wasn't there.
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Okay, now I want you to shadow me.
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Say it with me.
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Say it together with me.
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Ready?
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Here we go.
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Last Monday, I woke up and immediately reached for my phone, but it wasn't there.
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Again, last Monday, I woke up and immediately reached for my phone, but it wasn't there.
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All right, good.
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I checked under my pillow.
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Say that.
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Checked under my pillow.
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Looked around the bed.
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And even flipped over my blanket.
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Flipped over my blanket.
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I turned over my blanket.
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And even flipped over my blanket.
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But I couldn't find it anywhere.
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But I couldn't find it anywhere.
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All right.
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Let's say all of that together.
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Ready?
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Here we go.
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I checked under my pillow, looked around the bed, and even flipped over my blanket, but I couldn't find it anywhere.
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Again, I checked under my pillow, looked around my bed, and even flipped over my blanket, but I couldn't find it anywhere.
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I started to freak out.
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Ah, this is freaking out.
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Ah, I'm freaking out.
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Don't freak out.
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I started to freak out.
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I jumped out of bed, dug through my backpack.
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So if you dig through something, you're looking through it.
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You're digging through something.
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You're digging through a drawer.
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You're digging through your backpack digging through your luggage all right
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so i dug past tense of dig is dug dug through my backpack
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and emptied my pockets onto the table took everything out of my pockets and put it on the table,
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emptied my pockets onto the table, hoping it would suddenly show up,
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appear, show up, but still nothing.
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Hoping it would suddenly show up, but still nothing.
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Okay, are you ready to shadow me?
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Let's say it together.
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Here we go.
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I started to freak out.
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I jumped out of bed, dug through my backpack, and emptied my pockets onto the table,
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hoping it would suddenly show up, but still nothing.
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Alright, let's do it again.
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Here we go.
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I started to freak out.
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I jumped out of bed, dug through my backpack, and emptied my pockets onto the table,
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hoping it would suddenly show up, but still nothing.
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Then I remembered I'd gone out with friends the night before.
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Then I remembered I'd gone out with friends the night before.
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Then I remembered I'd, what's that I'd?
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I had, I had gone out with my friends.
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I went out partying to a restaurant, who knows?
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Out with my friends the night before.
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Last night.
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Then I remembered.
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I'd gone out with my friends the night before.
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Say that.
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Good.
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I opened my laptop, signed into my account,
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and tried to track my phone using the location app.
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Yeah, you can track where's my phone at.
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Let me check my location app and see if I can find where my phone is at.
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I opened my laptop, signed into my account, and tried to track my phone using the location app.
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One more time.
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I opened my laptop, signed into my account, and tried to track my phone using the location app.
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Luckily, it showed up.
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at a small cafe near my house.
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It showed up.
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It appeared.
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Luckily, luckily, luckily it showed up at a small cafe near my house.
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Luckily it showed up at a small cafe near my house.
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All right.
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I hurried over to the cafe.
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asked around.
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If you ask around, you ask many people.
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I asked around.
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I asked several people.
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And finally got it back from the manager who told me someone had picked it up and turned it in.
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You pick it up, turn it in, you hand it over.
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If you turn something in, you hand it over.
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I hurried over, asked around, and finally got it back from the manager,
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who told me someone had picked it up and turned it in.
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Shall we say it one more time?
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Here we go.
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I hurried over, asked around, and finally got it back from the manager, who told me someone had picked it up and turned it in.
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A lot of phrasal verbs in there.
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All right.
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I was so relieved that on the way home,
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I promised myself I'd be more careful and never lose it again.
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How about that I'd over there?
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I'd be more careful.
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What's the I'd contraction of?
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I promised myself I would be more careful and never lose it again.
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I was so relieved that on the way home,
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I promised myself I'd be more careful and never lose it again.
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Did you get that flow?
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Let's do it again.
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I was so relieved that on the way home, I promised myself I'd be more careful and never lose it again.
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Okay, good.
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Now, I'm going to do that same text from start to finish, nonstop.
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Try to say it with me.
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Shadow me.
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Match my pace.
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Here we go.
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Last Monday, I woke up and immediately reached for my phone, but it wasn't there.
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I checked under my pillow, looked around the bed, and even flipped over my blanket, but I couldn't find it anywhere.
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I started to freak out.
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I jumped out of bed, dug through my backpack, and emptied my pockets onto the table,
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hoping it would suddenly show up, but still nothing.
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Then I remembered I'd gone out with friends the night before.
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I opened my laptop, signed into my account, and tried to track my phone using the location app.
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Luckily, it showed up at a small cafe near my house.
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I hurried over, asked around, and finally got it back from the manager, who told me someone had picked it up and turned it in.
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I was so relieved that on the way home, I promised myself I'd be more careful and never lose it again.
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Boom.
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Good workout.
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Way to go.
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Keep moving forward.
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Keep practicing.
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One step at a time.
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We will get there.
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And I'll see you in the next English speaking practice video.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau A2 is gebaseerd op de video “Easy English Speaking Practice: Shadowing for Fluency & Repeat-After-Me”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: bed, dug, blanket, flipped, backpack. Deze video bevat 131 zinnen en 1062 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:03. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 117 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 81% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
blanket zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈblæŋ.kɪt/deken
pocket zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɑ.kɪt/zak
luckily bijwoord/ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/gelukkig
backpack zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbæk.pæk/rugzak
pillow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɪl.oʊ/ [ˈpʰɪɫ.ö̞]hoofdkussen, oorkussen
laptop zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlæp.tɑp/laptop, notebook
dig werkwoord/dɪɡ/graven, delven
relieve werkwoord/ɹɪˈliːv/opluchten
shadow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈʃædəʊ̯/schaduw
boom werkwoord/bum/dreunen, donderen
panic zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpænɪk/paniek
workout zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/training, oefening
tense zelfstandig naamwoord/tɛns/tijd, tempus
luggage zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/bagage
drawer zelfstandig naamwoord/dɹɔɹ/la, schuif

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
show up werkwoordtentoonstellen
wake up werkwoord/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/wakker worden, ontwaken
go out werkwoordnaar buiten gaan

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Then I remembered I'd, what's that I'd?
  • I went out partying to a restaurant, who knows?
  • Shall we say it one more time?
  • How about that I'd over there?
  • What's the I'd contraction of?

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgdKeep moving · Keep practicing
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtis freaking · I'm freaking · you're looking
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenwe're going to have · I'm going to do
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwill get · I'll see

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 32 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'd, couldn't, wasn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, contraction /kənˈtɹækʃ(ə)n/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: dig /dɪɡ/, relieve /ɹɪˈliːv/, luggage /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/, verb /vɝb/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: blanket /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/, backpack /ˈbæk.pæk/, laptop /ˈlæp.tɑp/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, panic /ˈpænɪk/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: dig /dɪɡ/, luggage /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/

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 blanket, pocket, luckily.

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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