Shadowing Practice: How I master English grammar - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Let me tell you a secret.
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I was scared of English grammar.
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Yes, very scared.
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Tenses, prepositions, articles.
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They all confused me.
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I used to look at grammar books and feel sleepy.
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Sometimes I felt stupid.
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I thought, maybe I will never learn.
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I even thought, maybe English is not for me.
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But one day, something happened.
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Something small.
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but powerful.
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From that day, grammar stopped being my enemy.
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It became my friend.
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Yes, my friend.
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Today, I will tell you that story.
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Expect step by step.
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And remember, if I can do it,
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you can do it too.
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Let's go on this journey together.
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I remember my school days very clearly.
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My English teacher always said,
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learn the rules, learn the grammar.
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But the rules were hard to understand.
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past perfect, future continuous, so many big names, so many rules.
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I memorized everything before the exam.
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But after one day, I forgot it all.
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The next day, I was blank again.
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I felt sad.
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I felt like a failure.
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Sometimes I didn't even try.
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I thought, grammar is too hard for me.
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I thought, only smart people can understand it.
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deep.
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In my heart, I still wanted to learn.
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I wanted to speak English with confidence.
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I just didn't know how.
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Then one day, something unexpected happened.
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I went to the library.
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I was looking for a storybook.
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But I saw a man sitting in the corner.
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He was reading a grammar book,
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but not with a serious face.
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He was smiling.
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I was shocked.
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I asked him, do you really enjoy grammar?
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He looked at me and said,
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yes, because I don't just study grammar.
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I play with it.
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Play with grammar?
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I asked.
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Yes, he said.
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I learned grammar with fun,
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with examples, with real stories, not only rules.
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That moment changed something inside me.
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It was a small idea,
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but it gave me hope.
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That night I went home.
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I looked at my old grammar books.
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I smiled and closed them.
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Then I picked up a notebook.
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I wrote, day one, present, simple tense.
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I didn't read 10 pages.
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I just wrote five sentences about my day.
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I wake up, I brush my teeth.
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I eat breakfast.
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I go to work.
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I sleep at 10 p.m.
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That's it.
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It felt so easy.
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Next day.
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Day 2.
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Past Simple Tense I woke up.
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I brushed my teeth.
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I ate breakfast.
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I went to work.
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I slept at 10 p.m.
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Just like that.
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I started learning grammar through my own life.
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I connected grammar with real things,
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not rules, from a book.
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And that made a big difference.
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I started talking to myself in English.
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Yes, it sounds funny, but it helped.
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I said, what did I do today?
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Then I answered in past tense.
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I went to the market.
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I bought apples.
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I cooked lunch.
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I watched cartoons with English subtitles.
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I paused the video and repeated the lines.
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I tried to say those lines with the same emotion.
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I wrote small stories.
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Very small, but full of practice.
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Like, yesterday I visited my grandma.
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She gave me sweets.
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We drank tea and talked about old stories.
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And when I made mistakes, I didn't cry.
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I didn't give up.
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I smiled.
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Because every mistake was like a small teacher.
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My mistakes taught me more than the rules did.
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I didn't study for 10 hours.
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I didn't join expensive classes.
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I just made one promise i will learn one small thing
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every day that's it one bets one grammar point one grammar
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rats one example one exa rats one new sentence slowly i
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became stronger in three months i could use tenses easily in
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six months i started speaking better english in one year grammar was no longer scary.
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It became simple.
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It became normal.
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It became my friend.
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Then I learned about parts of speech.
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These are the building blocks of English grammar.
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There are eight of them.
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Let me share.
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Nouns.
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Names of people.
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Places.
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Things.
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Like.
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Teacher.
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City.
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Book.
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Pronouns.
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Words like he, she, it, they.
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They replace nouns.
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Verbs.
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Action words like eat, go,
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sleep, Adjectives, words that describe nouns,
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like tall boy, red apple,
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adverbs, words that describe verbs,
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like walk slowly, speak loudly.
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Prepositions, words that show place or time,
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like on, in, at, before.
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Conjunctions, words that join sentences, like and, but because.
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Interjections Words that show feeling Like, wow, oh no, hooray!
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I didn't try to memorize them.
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I just used them in fun ways.
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I made my own silly sentences.
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Wow!
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The red dog jumped on the table and barked loudly.
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That one sentence had seven parts of speech.
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It became a game for me.
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And slowly, grammar became fun.
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My dear friend, listen to me.
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You don't need to be perfect.
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You just need to be Curious grammar is not just for exams grammar is for expressing yourself talk about your life
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Use simple grammar make small sentences start with present tense talk about your day
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I eat rice I go to work then go to past tense I ate rice I went to work Then future tense.
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I will eat rice.
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I will go to work.
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That's it.
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You're already learning.
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Make it fun.
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Make it your friend.
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Don't be afraid.
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Even if you make a hundred mistakes,
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each one will help you grow.
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So now when someone says,
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grammar is boring, I smile.
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Because I know the truth.
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Grammar is not your enemy.
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It is your superpower.
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You just have to use it the right way.
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And if I, a scared,
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confused, shy student, can learn grammar, then you can too.
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Yes, you.
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You just need to take one small step today and another tomorrow.
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And then one more the next day.
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Keep going.
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Don't give up.
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Your English will become strong,
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your grammar will become easy,
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and one day someone will ask you,
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how did you master English grammar?
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And you will smile and say,
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let me tell you a story.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “How I master English grammar”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: grammar, english, tense, became, words. Deze video bevat 178 zinnen en 1003 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 7:16. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 138 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| grammar zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | spraakkunst, grammatica |
| tense zelfstandig naamwoord | /tɛns/ | tijd, tempus |
| noun zelfstandig naamwoord | /naʊn/ | zelfstandig naamwoord, substantief |
| scare werkwoord | /skɛɚ/ | bang maken, beangstigen |
| memorize werkwoord | /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/ | memoriseren, uit het hoofd leren |
| preposition zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/ | voorzetsel, kastwoord |
| verb zelfstandig naamwoord | /vɝb/ | werkwoord |
| rat zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹæt/ | rat, bruine rat |
| interjection zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/ | tussenwerpsel |
| pronoun zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɹoʊ.naʊn/ | voornaamwoord, pronomen |
| storybook zelfstandig naamwoord | verhalenboek | |
| subtitle zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/ | ondertiteling, ondertitel |
| superpower zelfstandig naamwoord | grootmacht, supermacht | |
| sleepy bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈsliːpi/ | slaperig |
| notebook zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/ | schrift, cahier |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| give up werkwoord | zich overgeven | |
| wake up werkwoord | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | wakker worden, ontwaken |
| pick up werkwoord | oppakken, optillen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Let's go on this journey together.
- Sometimes I didn't even try.
- I just didn't know how.
- I asked him, do you really enjoy grammar?
- I said, what did I do today?
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 13 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals didn't, don't, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, interjection /ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/, conjunction /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, interjection /ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, verb /vɝb/, pause /pɔːz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, rat /ɹæt/, grandma /ˈɡɹænmɑː/, blank /ˈblæŋk/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, grandma /ˈɡɹænmɑː/
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 grammar, tense, noun.
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.