Shadowing Practice: How I Interview New Massage Clients (With Demonstration) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi everyone, I'm Ian Harvey, massage therapist.
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Today we're going to talk about client communication,
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specifically what to do during that first ever interview with your client,
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that first time you're ever seeing them face to face.
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If you'd like to skip ahead to any portion of this video,
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click down in the time codes in the description.
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Before we get a client in here to do some role playing,
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I'd like to talk about what my goals are for this first ever interview.
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I don't want to skip over this interview or make it too short
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because this can be kind of an anxious time for clients and for us.
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This first ever interview is important for setting the tone for the rest of your therapeutic relationship,
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which could last for years.
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I know
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that some of you are working at massage franchises where you
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have like three minutes before a massage to get people on the table.
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And it's still possible to make some changes to this interview that can promote a good therapeutic relationship.
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If you'd like to see my tips for that,
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I did a live video on Facebook.
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If you'd like to see that,
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you can click down in the description.
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Now, if you've got more time than that,
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and I do like a good amount of time between my clients,
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I like to take that first interview at a slow pace.
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It allows the client to kind of tell their story,
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and it allows me to ask the amount of follow-up questions that I want to ask,
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and to kind of inform my client what I'm about and how I'm going to proceed.
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During that interview, I've got four goals.
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The first is to establish rapport.
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Rapport is that trust and open communication that can exist between you and a healthcare practitioner.
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The way that we present ourselves,
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the way that we present our knowledge,
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the questions that we ask and the way that we listen can all add up to a strong rapport.
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Two, I want to demystify massage.
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I want to take the mystery out of this whole unusual situation.
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Even if it's not their first massage,
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even if it's their hundredth massage,
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I still want to tell them what's going to happen,
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what I'm going to do,
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and what I expect from them.
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And you'll see that in the client interview I'm about to do.
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Third, I want to empower the client.
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In any clinical setting, there can be a power differential where the client goes in,
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they perceive this other person as the expert,
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and they don't perceive themselves as an expert,
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and that's what I want to change.
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I want to take any possible opportunity to let them know
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that they are the expert in the room when it comes to their unique body and their history and who they are.
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So as much as I want to give knowledge and show that I am a capable massage therapist,
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I also want to let them know that I value their input,
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that I value what they have to say about their personal history,
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about who they are, and about what they're feeling.
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So anything that I can do to promote them seeing themselves as an expert
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and empower them to use their voice to speak up
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when something hurts or when there's not enough pressure or when the temperature isn't right in the room,
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just any chance that I can get them to use their voice and to take part in this two-way relationship,
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I find that valuable.
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My fourth goal is to get good,
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actionable information from my clients.
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That pre-massage interview, it can go something like this.
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Does anything hurt today?
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Alright, get on the table,
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I'll unlock in a minute.
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It can be that short,
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but that hasn't given me any good information on how I can customize that massage to that client.
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So I make sure to ask open-ended questions.
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My favorite is, what brings you in for massage today?
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And then, once I've asked those questions, I wait.
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I give them the time and the space to give a full answer without interrupting,
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without jumping in.
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If they're able to take their time and tell their whole story,
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think about how different that is from other healthcare situations where it's all rush, rush, rush.
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I do ask questions though.
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I'm able to get the best information from asking follow-up questions to those open-ended questions.
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So if they talk about their low back,
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I'll ask questions about their hips,
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about whether they have any pain that shoots down their legs.
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If they've got shoulder problems,
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I'll ask about their neck and their,
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basically their skull and if they have any headaches.
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So asking follow-up questions can get you information that otherwise wouldn't have been volunteered and it will help build that rapport.
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It will help them realize that you do have some expertise and that you want to hear what they have to say.
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In every part of this first interview,
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these are all opportunities to build rapport and demystify and get good information and all that stuff that I just mentioned.
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So let's see what that looks like with a client.
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So this is Madison.
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Hi.
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So notice the way that I'm beginning.
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I'm not doing this.
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I'm not looming over my client.
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I think that's important on kind of a psychological level that you're not putting yourself above your client.
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So either sit at the same level or if they're standing,
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you can stand or you can be at a level below them.
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And if I haven't had the chance to do this yet,
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I do like to tell them a little bit about myself.
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So Madison, I've been doing massage for about 11 years now
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and I typically do a kind of massage called myofascial release kind of mixed with Swedish massage
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so it might be a little bit slower than what you're used to
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so let me know if that pace is ever not quite right for you okay?
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Okay.
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All right so letting people know who you are
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and what you do can start building that rapport that we were talking about.
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So Madison what brings you you in for a massage today?
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I have really bad shoulders,
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my lower back hurts, I feel like tightness up all in my neck.
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Okay.
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All right, do any of these stand out more than the others?
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Definitely my lower neck.
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I have troubles with my neck all the time.
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Okay.
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Show me where exactly you feel that pain.
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I would say right about where like,
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I don't I don't know,
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I know nothing about like spinal stuff,
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but right here, and where like the neck, like this bone thing.
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Yeah, okay.
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When someone tells me about their pain,
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I ask them to show me,
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because what one person means by lower neck or lower back,
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someone else will mean something very different.
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So I have them pointed out,
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and I mirror that on myself,
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so that when they look at me,
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they can see I know exactly what they're talking about,
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that I'm not missing a point.
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So Madison, do you ever get cricks in your neck it's hard to turn.
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Oh, all the time.
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How frequently do you get those?
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Oh man, at least four or five times a day.
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I have to like crack my neck.
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And do you ever wake up and you just can't look over your shoulder?
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Not, no, not really.
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It's more just like it hurts,
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like it's stiff, but I can pull through it.
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Okay, so stiff.
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Do you ever get headaches?
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Yeah.
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How often do you get those?
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Maybe like once a week or so.
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Okay.
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When you get them, where do you feel them?
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They kind of start back here and then kind of migrate forward to the front here.
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Okay.
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And that makes perfect sense to me.
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That's a pattern that I see fairly often,
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just kind of that wrapping around.
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Now, as I'm working with your neck,
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if you ever feel any of that sensation kind of at the back of your head or toward the front,
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just let me know that there's that kind of activation happening, okay?
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And as far as your low back where do you feel
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that okay yeah so kind of the very bottom do you ever get pain
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that goes down further than that so in your hip or leg okay great more just like a stiffness Alright,
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so when you're asking these follow-up questions,
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do your best not to give a different level of response based on whether the answer is positive or negative.
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So if she had answered that she did have pain in her hip,
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I shouldn't say, oh good,
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you know, I shouldn't get excited about that.
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Because giving a more enthusiastic response to this positive response can kind of lead the witness,
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and that's not what I want.
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So Madison, in a second here I'm going to step out of the room.
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When I do, I'd like you to get as undressed as you're comfortable with.
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For some people that's being completely undressed.
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Some people choose to leave their underpants on and if you do that's fine.
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I would like to work with your hips.
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Would that be alright if I made contact with this area?
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Absolutely.
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Okay.
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And I do like to make sure that I show them what I mean by hips so that there's no confusion.
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And you can't always choose to leave more or less clothes on.
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You could be completely dressed.
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Okay?
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to you and your clothes can go right over there.
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And as I'm working, do let me know
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if I'm ever too far into your personal space or if you ever feel uncomfortable or if you feel a draft.
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You should always feel well covered and comfortable, okay?
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Thank you.
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Yes, and also pressure.
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If I'm ever using too much pressure,
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if you're ever gritting your teeth or holding your breath to kind of get through a technique,
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that may not be too much for you,
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but that's too much for me, okay?
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So don't suffer in silence and please do give me a heads up, all right?
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Thank you.
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All right, all right.
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So I know that that may have been kind of thorough but I do that on purpose.
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I like to, especially for this first interview,
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I like to err on the side of talking too much,
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asking too many questions, and giving them plenty of opportunities to let me know more about themselves.
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Alright, so that's how I deal with a first-ever client interview.
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Let me know if you do anything differently.
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Let me know if you have any suggestions or anything that you'd like to add.
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Thanks Thanks again to my Patreon supporters for making it possible for me to teach in my weird way.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “How I Interview New Massage Clients”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: client, massage, interview, questions, neck. Deze video bevat 195 zinnen en 1884 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:11. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 185 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 87% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| massage zelfstandig naamwoord | /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/ | massage |
| rapport zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹæˈpɔɹ/ | verstandhouding |
| demystify werkwoord | /diːˈmɪstɪfaɪ/ | demystificeren |
| undress werkwoord | /ʌnˈdɹɛs/ | zich uitkleden |
| empower werkwoord | /ɪmˈpaʊ.ə/ | volmacht geven, machtigen |
| perceive werkwoord | /pɚˈsiv/ | waarnemen |
| therapeutic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/ | therapeutisch |
| stiff bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /stɪf/ | rigide, stug |
| therapist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/ | therapeut, therapeute |
| headache zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɛdeɪk/ | hoofdpijn, koppijn |
| cloth zelfstandig naamwoord | /klɒθ/ | doek, kleed |
| hundredth bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈhʌndɹə(d)θ/ | honderdste |
| migrate werkwoord | /maɪˈɡɹeɪt/ | migreren |
| interrupt werkwoord | /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ | afbreken, onderbreken |
| practitioner zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɹækˈtɪʃənəɹ/ | beoefenaar, practicus |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken | |
| go down werkwoord | afdalen | |
| point out werkwoord | aanwijzen, aanduiden | |
| wake up werkwoord | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | wakker worden, ontwaken |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- During that interview, I've got four goals.
- How frequently do you get those?
- Do you ever get headaches?
- How often do you get those?
- When you get them, where do you feel them?
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 57 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, you'd, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: therapeutic /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/, therapist /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/, cloth /klɒθ/, hundredth /ˈhʌndɹə(d)θ/, enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: massage /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/, actionable /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, practitioner /pɹækˈtɪʃənəɹ/, differential [dɪfəˈɹənʃəɫ], activation /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: demystify /diːˈmɪstɪfaɪ/, therapeutic /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/, actionable /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, practitioner /pɹækˈtɪʃənəɹ/, differential [dɪfəˈɹənʃəɫ]
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: massage /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/, perceive /pɚˈsiv/, customize /ˈkʌs.tə.maɪ̯z/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, expertise /ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: rapport /ɹæˈpɔɹ/, actionable /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, practitioner /pɹækˈtɪʃənəɹ/, activation /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/, enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als massage, rapport, demystify.
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.