Shadowing Practice: Empower A2. Documentary Video. Unit 1. People. - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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This is Sindhutai Sapkhal.
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She's Indian, and she lives in Pune, a city in the west of India.
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People call her Mai.
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Mai means mother in her language, Marathi.
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They call her Mai because she has 1 ,400 children.
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they're not really my sons
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and daughters my helps poor children with no parents she gives them food
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and a home the children all have my family name they can stay with her until they get a job
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or get married like a real family my is well known for her kind work
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Many people want to know about her life and her children.
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She speaks in India and many other countries around the world.
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Mai also has a lot of awards for her work.
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People give Mai money to help her children.
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Mai uses the money to give the children a safe home and a good education.
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Some of Mai's children are now doctors and lawyers, others work at universities.
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Many of the children help Mai with her work.
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Mai's family say she is very warm and kind.
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She now has four homes for people in need.
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More than 400 children and 150 women live there.
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Mai has helped thousands of people.
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She says her children will help more people in the future.

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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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