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Hello my friends.
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Welcome back to English Unleashed.
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I'm Tom.
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Today I'm going to talk about something that almost every English learner wants.
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Progress.
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Steady progress us.
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You want to understand more.
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You want to speak more easily.
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And you want to feel that your practice is taking you somewhere.
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You want to feel that your practice is useful.
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But sometimes Sometimes you study for a week, you feel excited, and then you stop.
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Life gets busy, you feel tired, or you start wondering, is this kind of practice even working?
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Today I will share my top tips for making progress that you can keep going with.
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You don't need a perfect routine.
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You need something that fits your real life.
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Let's start with my first tip.
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Make your daily goal small and clear.
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Study more English sounds good.
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But what does it actually mean?
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When will you study?
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What will you do?
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Try something more specific.
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Say, after breakfast, I will listen to five minutes of English and practice three useful sentences.
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Now you have a clear action and a time to do it.
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And on a difficult day, make it even smaller.
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Listen for two minutes.
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Say one sentence.
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A short session still gives you a chance to practice.
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It also makes returning tomorrow feel easier.
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My second tip is to stop changing your main resource every few days.
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Maybe you find a podcast on Monday, download an app on Tuesday,
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and buy a new book on Wednesday.
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by friday you have lots of materials
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but you haven't spent much time using any of them choose one main resource
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that you understand reasonably well and enjoy enough to return to Give yourself time to become familiar with it.
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Finish a section.
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Repeat an episode.
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Complete an activity.
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You can explore other things too,
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but having a clear starting point means you spend less time choosing and more time learning.
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Third, listen to the same short recording more than once.
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I know, new content feels more exciting.
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But familiar content gives you a different kind of practice.
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The first time, listen for the general meaning.
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What is the speaker talking about?
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The second time, notice useful phrases.
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If there is a transcript, check anything that confused you.
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Then listen again without reading.
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Can you hear words that seemed unclear before?
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You don't have to understand every single detail.
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The goal is to make a little more of the recording clear each time.
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My fourth tip is to learn phrases you can actually use.
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Imagine you learned the word depend.
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Well, that's a useful word, but you may still feel unsure about putting it into a sentence.
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Now learn, it depends on the weather.
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You have a whole phrase that you can use and change.
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It depends on the price.
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It depends on how much time I have.
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When you practice a useful expression, connect it to your own life.
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Write one example that is true for you.
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Then say it aloud.
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Make the language personal.
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Tip number five.
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Give yourself regular chances to speak.
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You don't need to wait until you know more grammar.
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Start with the English you already have.
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Describe what you're doing while you make breakfast.
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Talk about your plans while you walk.
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Record a short message about your day.
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At first, you may stop often.
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You may forget simple words.
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That doesn't mean the practice is useless.
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Try saying the same thing again.
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On your second attempt, you already know what you want to say
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so you can focus more on expressing it keep the topic simple and the practice manageable
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my next tip is to check what you remember before looking at your notes let's say you learned three phrases yesterday.
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Today, close your notebook and try to say them.
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Can't remember one?
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That's okay.
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Check it, cover it, and try again later.
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You can also ask yourself little questions.
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How do I explain that I'm tired?
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How do I ask someone to repeat something?
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Tip number seven.
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Make room for feedback without trying to fix everything at once.
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If you have a teacher or conversation partner, ask about something specific.
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Maybe you want help with your past tense or the pronunciation of a useful word.
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Choose one or two things to work on.
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During some speaking activities, let yourself finish your message before stopping to correct mistakes.
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Afterwards, look at what you could improve and try again.
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You need opportunities to communicate and you also need opportunities to notice problems.
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your routine can include both finally expect your routine to have interruptions
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you'll have busy weeks you will miss a session sometimes you simply won't feel interested when that happens
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return to one small action
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you don't need to punish yourself with a huge stubby session open your usual resource listen to a short section
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and say a few sentences
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okay before we finish choose just one tip from today which one could you try tomorrow tell me in the comments.
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Perhaps you will repeat a recording,
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practice three personal sentences, or record yourself for one minute.
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Thank you so much for spending this time with me.
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I'm calm and this is English Unleashed.
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Until next time, keep practicing,
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notice the small changes and keep believing in yourself bye for now
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “How to Make Steady Progress in English”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: practice, tip, useful, listen, English. Deze video bevat 103 zinnen en 888 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:00. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 99 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 90% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| phrase zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | uitspraak |
| depend werkwoord | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | afhangen |
| resource zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ | bron, hulpbron |
| topic zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | onderwerp, thema |
| confused bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /kənˈfjuːzd/ | verward, in de war |
| afterwards bijwoord | /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ | nadien, achteraf |
| connect werkwoord | /kəˈnɛkt/ | verbinden |
| feedback zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfiːdˌbæk/ | terugkoppeling |
| explore werkwoord | /ɪkˈsploɹ/ | onderzoeken, bestuderen |
| communicate werkwoord | /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ | meedelen, mededelen |
| grammar zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | spraakkunst, grammatica |
| podcast zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast |
| reasonably bijwoord | /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/ | redelijkerwijs |
| punish werkwoord | /ˈpʌnɪʃ/ | straffen, afstraffen |
| tense zelfstandig naamwoord | /tɛns/ | tijd, tempus |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- You don't need a perfect routine.
- Let's start with my first tip.
- Can you hear words that seemed unclear before?
- How do I explain that I'm tired?
- How do I ask someone to repeat something?
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgd | start wondering · keep going · stop changing |
| Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zeker | may still feel · may stop · may forget |
| Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspelling | will share · will you study · will you do |
| Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig is | have to understand · need to wait · need to punish |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 14 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, can't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, interruption /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, reasonably /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, interruption /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/, manageable /ˈmænəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, confused /kənˈfjuːzd/, afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/, aloud /əˈlaʊd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/, feedback /ˈfiːdˌbæk/, grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, transcript /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/
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 phrase, depend, resource.
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.