Shadowing Practice: English Speaking Practice: Shadowing for Fluency - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Have you ever been nervous about joining a conversation with a bunch of native speakers?
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That can be really intimidating sometimes, right?
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All right, let's just have a little English -speaking practice today about this topic.
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All right, so first, we're just going to listen to the text.
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I'm just going to read it at a nice, natural pace.
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And then we'll repeat, shadow, work on pronunciation and speaking flow.
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And then at the end, we'll do a nonstop shadowing session.
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All right, let's jump into it.
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Here it is.
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When I arrived, I noticed that everyone was already there and they seemed to be deep in conversation.
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I hesitated for a moment, wondering whether I should join them immediately or wait for the right moment.
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Then one of them looked at me, smiled, and invited me to join the conversation.
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At first, I wasn't sure what to say, so I just listened carefully and tried to understand the topic they were discussing.
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After a few minutes, I felt more comfortable and slowly began to share my thoughts on the subject.
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I realized that I didn't need perfect words.
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I just needed to express my ideas clearly and calmly.
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The more I listened and responded, the more natural the conversation started to feel.
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At some point, I even forgot that I was worried about speaking, and I just focused on enjoying the moment.
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Looking back, I think the key was
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that I allowed myself to be present instead of trying to control every word I said.
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I was a little nervous at first, but once I started listening and responding naturally, everything became much easier.
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All right, that's the text.
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Now that you've heard it all, let's practice saying that.
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I want you to repeat after me.
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When I arrived, I noticed that everyone was already there.
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I noticed that everyone was already there.
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and they seem to be deep in conversation, and they seem to be deep in conversation.
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When I arrived, I noticed that everyone was already there, and they seemed to be deep in conversation.
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Again, when I arrived, I noticed that everyone was already there, and they seemed to be deep in conversation.
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All right, so you know what to do, right?
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You shadow me on those last two.
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Let's look at this one.
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I hesitated for a moment.
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I hesitated for a moment.
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Wondering whether I should join them immediately or wait for the right moment.
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Or wait for the right moment.
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All right, from the top.
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I hesitated for a moment, wondering whether I should join them immediately or wait for the right moment.
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Again, faster.
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I hesitated for a moment, wondering whether I should join them immediately or wait for the right moment.
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Then, one of them.
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Now, of course, when you're speaking fast, them, you cut the TH off and you just say the um um part,
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then one of them, then one of them, then one of them looked at me, looked, looked, that's a T sound, looked, looked at me, looked,
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looked, looked, maybe not a T sound.
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It depends on the person.
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Looked at me, looked at me, looked at me, and then one of them looked at me,
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smiled, and invited me to join the conversation, and invited me to join the conversation.
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Alright, let's shadow this two times.
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Ready?
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Then one of them looked at me, smiled, and invited me to join the conversation.
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Then one of them looked at me, smiled, and invited me to join the conversation.
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At first, I wasn't sure what to say.
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What to, what to, what to, what to, what to say, what to say.
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At first, I wasn't sure what to say.
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So I just listened carefully and tried to understand and tried to, and tried to, and tried to,
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tried to understand the topic they were discussing.
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Alright, two times let's say it together.
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Here we go.
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At first, I wasn't sure what to say, so I just listened carefully and tried to understand the topic they were discussing.
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Again.
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At first, I wasn't sure what to say, so I just listened carefully and tried to understand the topic they were discussing.
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After a few minutes, I felt more comfortable and slowly began to share my thoughts on the subject.
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And slowly began to share my thoughts on the subject.
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Alright, let's say it twice.
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Shadow me.
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After a few minutes, I felt more comfortable and slowly began to share my thoughts on the subject.
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After a few minutes, I felt more comfortable and slowly began to share my thoughts on the subject.
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I realized that I didn't need perfect words.
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I just needed to express my ideas clearly and calmly.
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Okay, let's do it two times.
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I realized that I didn't need perfect words.
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I just needed to express my ideas clearly and calmly.
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I realized that I didn't need perfect words.
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I just needed to express my ideas clearly and calmly.
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The more I listened and responded, the more natural the conversation started to feel.
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Started to feel.
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The more natural, the more, the more, the more I listened and responded, the more natural the conversation started to feel.
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Say that by yourself.
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Okay, good.
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At some point, I even forgot that I was worried about speaking.
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Say it again.
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At some point, I even forgot that I was worried about speaking.
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And I just focused on enjoying the moment.
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And I just focused on enjoying the moment.
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All right, let's say it together.
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You ready?
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At some point, I even forgot that I was worried about speaking.
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And I just focused on enjoying the moment.
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Try again.
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At some point, I even forgot that I was worried about speaking, and I just focused on enjoying the moment.
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Looking back,
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I think the key was that I allowed myself to be present instead of trying to control every word I said.
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instead of trying to, trying to, trying, trying to, trying to control every word I said.
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Okay, are you ready?
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I'm going to say it two times.
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Looking back, I think the key was
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that I allowed myself to be present instead of trying to control every word I said.
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looking back I think the key was
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that I allowed myself to be present instead of trying to control every word I said I was a little,
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little, little, little I was a little nervous at first but once I started listening and responding naturally
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everything became much easier.
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All right, from the top, here we go.
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I was a little nervous at first, but once I started listening and responding naturally, everything became much easier.
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Again, I was a little nervous at first, but once I started listening and responding naturally, everything became much easier.
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All right.
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Pretty easy, huh?
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Let's go ahead and go from start to finish, non -stop.
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I'm going to keep a nice brisk pace, kind of fast.
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Here we go.
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When I arrived, I noticed that everyone was already there and they seemed to be deep in conversation.
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I hesitated for a moment, wondering whether I should join them immediately or wait for the right moment.
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Then one of them looked at me, smiled, and invited me to join the conversation.
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At first, I wasn't sure what to say, so I just listened carefully and tried to understand the topic they were discussing.
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After a few minutes, I felt more comfortable and slowly began to share my thoughts on the subject.
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I realized that I didn't need perfect words.
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I just needed to express my ideas clearly and calmly.
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The more I listened and responded, the more natural the conversation started to feel.
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At some point, I even forgot that I was worried about speaking, and I just focused on enjoying the moment.
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Looking back, I think the key was
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that I allowed myself to be present instead of trying to control every word I said.
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I was a little nervous at first, but once I started listening and responding naturally, everything became much easier.
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Boom.
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Good workout, guys.
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Way to go.
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Good practice.
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Thank you for practicing with me again today.
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I appreciate you coming here and just practicing your English with me, one step at a time.
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Let's keep moving forward.
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I'll see you in the next one.

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Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “English Speaking Practice: Shadowing for Fluency”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: moment, conversation, looked, join, word. Deze video bevat 129 zinnen en 1400 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 11:41. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 120 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

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

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
topic zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtɑpɪk/onderwerp, thema
invite werkwoord/ɪnˈvaɪt/uitnodigen, nodigen
hesitate werkwoord/ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/aarzelen
naturally bijwoord/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/natuurlijk
carefully bijwoord/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/voorzichtig
shadow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈʃædəʊ̯/schaduw
arrive werkwoord/əˈɹaɪv/aankomen, arriveren
calmly bijwoord/ˈkɑː(ɹ)m.li/kalmpjes, kalmweg
boom werkwoord/bum/dreunen, donderen
depend werkwoord/dɪˈpɛnd/afhangen
workout zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/training, oefening
pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/uitspraak
brisk bijvoeglijk naamwoord/bɹɪsk/levendig
intimidate werkwoord/ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/intimideren, inschuchteren

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
look back werkwoordachterom kijken, terugkijken

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • All right, let's jump into it.
  • I realized that I didn't need perfect words.
  • Let's look at this one.
  • Alright, let's shadow this two times.
  • At first, I wasn't sure what to say.

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 20 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals wasn't, didn't, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intimidate /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/

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 topic, invite, hesitate.

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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