Shadowing Practice: Fluency in 10 Minutes a Day - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Most students spend years studying English, but many don't practice speaking English,
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either because they don't know how or they have no one to practice with.
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So today, I'm going to show you a simple 10-minute fluency routine
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that you can do on your own at home to become more fluent in English.
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Hello, it's Keith from the Keith Speaking Academy, here to help you speak English more fluently.
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Now then, many teachers will tell you to be more fluent, just practice more.
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Yes, but how?
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You see, the truth is, you are not fluent in English, maybe because you're speaking English word by word.
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And when you speak English word by word, it takes longer to process and you speak more slowly.
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What native speakers and proficient speakers of English do is we speak in chunks, groups of words.
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And when you speak in chunks, then you're processing more quickly, you can speak more fluently.
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So in today's video, I'm going to show you some common chunks with simple examples you can start practicing with.
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and at the end of the video, a simple 10-minute fluency routine using this chunking method.
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Are you ready?
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Let's begin.
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So, as I mentioned, chunks are groups of words, two or three words that we say together as one sound.
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There are many kinds of chunks.
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There are grammatical chunks, lexical or vocabulary chunks, opinion chunks, frequency chunks.
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For example, let's take some grammar chunks, okay?
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Word by word, we've got I would like to.
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Chunking, I'd like to.
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I'd like to help.
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I am looking forward to chunking.
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I'm looking forward to.
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I'm looking forward to coming.
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Or better, I'm looking forward to going.
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You can repeat these with me.
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I can't help.
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I can't help smiling.
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You hear its one sound.
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You should have.
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You should have told me.
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And notice with grammar chunks, be careful if the word coming after is a noun or a verb.
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And if it's a verb, is it the infinitive or the turund?
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Vocabulary chunks, there are many, for example, word by word, to go for a something.
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Chunking, to go for a walk,
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to go for a run. To have a shower.
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To have a shower. to have a wash.
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Chunking is like one sound.
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Frequency chunks.
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From time to time.
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But chunking from time to time.
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Without fail.
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Now and then.
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Now and then.
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Every once in a while.
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Okay?
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So you can see with these chunks, once you start speaking and thinking in chunks like sounds,
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these chunks act as building blocks.
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And if you're speaking in this way, you're going to be processing more quickly and you're going to be speaking more quickly, but more fluently as well.
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If you practice these over time, you'll get better and better.
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Now, repeating is okay, but it's not enough.
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Let's look at a more complete fluency routine you can do every day.
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Okay, the 10-minute fluency drill, there are two parts.
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There's the drill practice and the real practice.
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The drill practice is like if you're a footballer and you're down the gym and you're training,
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doing repetitions, repeat, repeat, repeat, that's the drill practice.
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The real practice is like doing the sport, playing the game, playing football for real.
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Okay?
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So you've got two parts.
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Let's look at the drill practice first.
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And in the drill practice, there are four things.
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Repeat the chunk.
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Make a phrase.
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Repeat the phrase several times.
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Change something in the phrase.
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Let me show you this with three different chunks.
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Okay.
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First of all, let's take I'd like to.
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That's the chunk, right?
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Word by word, I would like to.
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Chunking, I'd like to.
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Make a phrase.
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I'd like to learn.
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I'd like to learn Spanish.
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Repeat several times.
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I'd like to learn Spanish.
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I'd like to learn Spanish.
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Change something.
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We could change the noun.
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I'd like to learn Japanese.
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I'd like to learn Arabic.
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Just changing something, okay?
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So, we can change the noun.
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Let's take another chunk.
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I am looking forward to...
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chunking.
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I'm looking forward to...
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I'm looking forward to having dinner.
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So, we repeat several times.
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I'm looking forward to having dinner.
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I'm looking forward to having dinner.
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Changing something, we can change the verb.
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I'm looking forward to preparing dinner.
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I'm looking forward to eating dinner.
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I'm looking forward to enjoying dinner.
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Got it?
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Great.
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A third chunk, let's take a vocabulary chunk, to go for a.
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I go for a walk i go for a walk repeat
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i go for a walk i go for a i go for a walk
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we could change the verb we could change the vocabulary let's change the person
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i go for a walk my dad goes for a walk my wife sometimes goes for a walk So,
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we're changing the person.
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Notice you're also using the grammar, changing go to goes.
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So, we can change the verb.
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You can change the tense.
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You can change the noun, the verb, the tense, the person, anything.
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It's all fluency practice.
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Got it?
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Let's look then at the second part.
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That's the drill practice.
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Let's look at the real practice.
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Okay, next real practice.
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And basically here we are combining chunks to make meaningful sentences.
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Okay, often two chunks, maybe more.
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For example, I'd like to go for a walk.
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I'd like to go for a walk.
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Something like that.
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Now the tip is you want to look for natural combinations.
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For example, grammar and vocabulary chunks are a very natural combination right?
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I'm looking forward to going for a walk.
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I can't wait to learn Japanese.
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I can't wait to learn Spanish.
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You should have gone for a walk because now it's raining.
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Okay?
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So we're combining chunks to make simple but meaningful sentences.
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Another common combination is activity and frequency.
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I go for a walk from time to time.
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I go for a walk every morning without fail.
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Okay, remember as you're doing this focus on the chunk.
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I go for a walk every morning without fail.
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It's that sound not word by word.
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Adverbs and habit.
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By and large, I go for a walk in the mornings.
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Again, very common combinations.
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Next, you can also make little stories.
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It's just putting the sentences together to make a story.
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Don't make a good story.
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It can be a stupid, illogical story, but you're just practicing, okay?
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It might look a little bit like this.
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I'd like to go for a walk.
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Actually, I'm looking forward to going for a walk.
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I've been looking forward to it for hours.
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By and large, I go for a walk in the mornings.
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However, today, I'll go for a walk in the afternoon.
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Hey, not bad.
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A final tip here.
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Record yourself doing it.
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Video, audio recording, but do that.
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Listen back and see if you can feel the chunks and how you can improve.
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Okay, let's move on.
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So summarising this is your 10 minute fluency routine.
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Repeat the chunk.
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Make a phrase.
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Repeat it several times.
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Change something.
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The noun, the verb, the person.
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Combine two chunks.
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Create a mini story.
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And this is your routine.
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10 minutes every day, you're going to build up your fluency in no time.
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To practice more, I do have a PDF, which you can go and download.
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With this, there are common chunks from common situations, for example, at work, at home, socializing.
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Just be careful.
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You know I'm not a big fan of word lists
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and I don't recommend you get a big list of chunks and just go through them.
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Just choose two or three from a particular topic or situation and practice them.
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And then practicing on your own is great.
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practicing in real life with real people is also really, really good, right?
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So do that in your real life.
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If you don't have a chance to speak to other people, come and join me.
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Come and join the IELTS Speaking Gold course.
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Not only do we have a self-study course full of language grammar vocabulary for IELTS, but also live lessons, Zoom meetings,
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breakout rooms, speaking practice rooms where you get to practice with real people around the world on the course.
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And that is really going to level up your fluency.
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If you're not preparing for IELTS, I have something for you.
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Coming soon, the Speaking Fluency Club.
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This is brand new, coming in a few weeks.
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The Speaking Fluency Club is aimed at upper intermediate advanced level students.
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It's not a course.
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It's a club.
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We'll have live lessons, Zoom meetings
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and speaking practice rooms where you will get a chance to actually practice speaking with other students at that level.
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So it's aimed at the higher level, upper intermediate B2, advanced C1 levels.
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It's coming soon.
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So keep your eyes open.
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In the meantime, nice chunk.
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In the meantime, thank you so much for watching the video.
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It's been a pleasure, as always, chatting to you.
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Take care.
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I'll see you soon.
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Oh, and let me know in the comments what you think of the video.
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All right, then.
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Take care now.
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Bye-bye.
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Thank you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 197 zinnen en 1535 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 12:43. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 121 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 81% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| chunk zelfstandig naamwoord | /t͡ʃʌŋk/ | stuk, brok |
| drill zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɹɪl/ | boor, boormachine |
| verb zelfstandig naamwoord | /vɝb/ | werkwoord |
| vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | woordenschat, vocabulaire |
| phrase zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | uitspraak |
| grammar zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | spraakkunst, grammatica |
| noun zelfstandig naamwoord | /naʊn/ | zelfstandig naamwoord, substantief |
| frequency zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɹiːkwənsi/ | frequentie |
| combine werkwoord | /kəmˈbaɪn/ | combineren |
| fluent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈfluənt/ | vloeiend |
| lesson zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | les |
| meaningful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fl̩/ | zinvol |
| intermediate bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/ | middelmatig |
| meantime zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmiːntaɪm/ | ondertussen |
| tense zelfstandig naamwoord | /tɛns/ | tijd, tempus |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| look forward to werkwoord | uitkijken naar, zich verheugen op |
| build up werkwoord | opstapelen |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 59 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I'd, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: combinations /kɑmbɪˈneɪʃənz/, proficient /pɹoʊˈfɪʃ.ənt/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, socialize /ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, intermediate /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/, combinations /kɑmbɪˈneɪʃənz/, grammatical /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/, illogical /ɪˈlɒ.dʒɪ.kəl/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als chunk, drill, verb.
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