Shadowing Practice: High-Level Shadowing Practice Speaking English - Learn English Speaking with Video

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this is a purple lesson that means it's a  highlevel English speaking practice we're going to work on our fluency and flow I want you  to just repeat after me and match my pronunciation
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and Pace your mind constantly generates  suggestions your mind constantly generates suggestions yes it does your mind is constantly  generating suggestions to you do this do that do
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this every thought that pops up in your  head every thought that pops up in your head is a suggestion not a  command is a suggestion not a
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command all right let's say this whole part here  nonstop join in and Shadow me say it together with me your mind constantly generates suggestions  every thought that pops up in your head is a
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suggestion not a command your mind constantly  generates suggestions every thought that pops up in your head is a suggestion not a command  your mind constantly generates suggestions
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every thought that pops up in your head is  a suggestion not a command all right good job at times your mind may suggest your mind  may suggest that you are tired that you are
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tired that you should give up that you should  give up or that you should choose an easier
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path or that you should choose an easier path here we go three times at times your  mind may suggest that you are tired that
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you should give up or that you should choose  an easier path at times your mind may suggest that you are tired that you should give up  or that you should choose an easier path
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at times your mind may suggest suggest that  you are tired that you should give up or that you should choose an easier path however  if you take a break however if you take
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a break and pause for a moment and pause  for a moment you can discover alternative
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suggestions different suggestions  alternative you can discover alternative suggestions that can benefit you that can benefit
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you that can benefit you that can that  can that can that can that can benefit you however if you take a break and pause for  a oops sorry let's start start over ready here
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we go however if you take a break and pause  for a moment you can discover alternative suggestions that can benefit you however  if you take a break and pause for a moment
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you can discover alternative suggestions  that can benefit you however if you take a break and pause for a moment you can discover  alternative suggestions that can benefit you
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for example you can remind yourself for example you can remind yourself that you will feel good  that you will feel good once the
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work is done yeah you'll  feel good once the work is done or that you have have the cap capability to
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persevere capability I almost said capacity but  this is capability which is ability the power the
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potential to persevere you can do it even when you  do not feel like it even when you do not feel like
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it all right let's go Shadow time for example  you can remind yourself that you will feel good
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once the work is done or that you have the C  capability to persevere even when you do not feel like it for example you can remind yourself  that I am making a mistake and I did it again
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okay sorry sorry sorry let's get it right let's  go for example you can remind yourself that you will feel good once the work is done or that you  have the capability to persevere even when you
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do not feel like it one more time here we go  for example you can remind yourself that you will feel good once the work is done or that  you have the capability to persevere even when
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you do not feel like it how was that I I I'm  sorry I messed up and I keep right here this capability I don't know why I keep wanting to say  capacity all right remember your thoughts are not
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orders your thoughts are  not orders they are simply suggestions you possess the power  to decide which suggestion to
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follow all right before we Shadow it let's just  look at it real slowly remember your thoughts are not orders they are simply suggestions you  possess the power to decide which suggestion
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to follow all right now let's Shadow it here  we go remember your thoughts are not orders they are simply suggestions you possess  the power to decide which suggestion to
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follow remember your thoughts are not orders  they are simply suggestions you possess the power to decide which suggestion to follow  remember your thoughts are not orders they
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are simply suggestions you possess the power to  decide which suggestion to follow and that's it
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that is our text for today now I'm going to  say it nonstop I'm going to go at my natur my natural pace and speed you can try to join me  say it with me shadow me here we go your mind
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constantly generates suggestions every thought  that pops up in your head is a suggestion not a command at times your mind may suggest that you  are tired that you should give up or that you
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should choose an easier path however if you take  a break and pause for a moment you can discover alternative suggestions that can benefit you  for example you can remind yourself that you
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will feel good once the work is done or that  you have the capability to persevere even when you do not feel like it remember your thoughts  are not orders they are simply suggestions you
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possess the power to decide which suggestion to  follow boom good workout way to go keep moving
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forward one step at a time on this journey  to fluency that was step 2,975 get all 10,000 steps a journey takes 10,000 steps at this place  englishcoachchad.com I'll see you in the next step

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “High-Level Shadowing Practice Speaking English”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: suggestion, capability, benefit, pause, remind. Deze video bevat 35 zinnen en 1003 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:07. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 110 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 85% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 14 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
suggestion zelfstandig naamwoord/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/voorstel
remind werkwoord/ɹəˈmaɪnd/herinneren
pause zelfstandig naamwoord/pɔːz/pauze
discover werkwoord/dɪˈskʌvə/ontdekken
possess werkwoord/pəˈzɛs/bezitten
shadow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈʃædəʊ̯/schaduw
lesson zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɛs.ən/les
boom werkwoord/bum/dreunen, donderen
purple zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɝ.pl̩/paars, purper
workout zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/training, oefening
oops/ups/oeps, oei
pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/uitspraak
persevere werkwoord/ˌpɝ.səˈviɹ/doorzetten
fluency zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfluːənsi/vlotheid

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
give up werkwoordzich overgeven
mess up werkwoordverrommelen, in de war brengen

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 7 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, I'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: capability /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: remind /ɹəˈmaɪnd/, pause /pɔːz/

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 suggestion, remind, pause.

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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