Shadowing Practice: How to Remember Vocabulary (Easily) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, everybody.
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In this video, I'm going to share with you a technique that you can use to remember English vocabulary.
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And the reason that I recommend this technique is that it's pretty effective.
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I actually did a small experiment.
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I created two lists of words that I didn't know and I just tried to memorize the words in each list.
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I did not use any technique to memorize the first list.
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It was just pure repetition.
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But for the second list, I used the technique that you're about to learn.
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The next day I tried to recall the meanings of the words in both lists.
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For the first list, I was able to recall only 12%.
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But for the second list, I recalled as much as 50%.
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This is pretty impressive considering the fact that I spent only one minute memorizing each word.
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So let me explain the technique and then at the end of this video, I will give you a link to an exercise that you can do to practice this technique.
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So let say we want to remember the word "adroit", which means "clever or skillful at something; really good at something".
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The first thing we need to do is to come up with another word that sounds similar to this word.
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And that word must refer to something that we can visualize - something that we can see in our mind.
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So for this word, the substitute word could be the word 'android' which means "a robot." Right?
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Adroit and android sound pretty close to each other.
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We could also use the phrase "a drawing".
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That sounds similar as well.
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Adroit. A drawing.
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What these words have in common is that they refer to something that we can visualize.
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And this is a very important point and you're going find out why soon.
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So we have two options here but let's use the word 'android' as the substitute word.
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Now visualize an android. You know...a robot that looks like a human.
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Next, we have to associate this image to the meaning of the word that we want to remember.
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And again the meaning is "skillful at something.
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That's the meaning.
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So perhaps we can imagine the android doing something that requires a lot of skill.
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Maybe we can imagine the android playing the guitar on stage.
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Maybe there's a competition going on and we can imagine other guitarists come up on stage and try to compete with the android.
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But everybody loses because the android is very good at playing the guitar.
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The android is adroit at playing the guitar.
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So what we're doing here is associate the pronunciation with the meaning through an image or a story.
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We're creating an association between them.
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So when you come across this word again, the pronunciation will remind you of the association and therefore the meaning of the word.
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Let's take a look at one more example.
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Suppose we want to memorize the word "lambaste," which means "to criticize (someone or something) harshly" For the first syllable 'lam,' we can use "lamb" - the animal, or "lamp" - the thing that generates light, as the substitute word.
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For the second syllable "baste," we can use "bass" - the musical instrument. And I also happen to have a friend named "Bass". So personally, I can use his name as the substitute word as well.
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But let's use "lamb" the animal and "bass" the musical instrument together.
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So we can imagine a lamb playing the bass. But unfortunately, the lamb is really terrible at playing the bass. So the bass gets angry and starts criticizing the lamb.
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The bass is lambasting the lamb.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “How to Remember Vocabulary”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: word, android, bass, lamb, technique. Deze video bevat 42 zinnen en 609 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:54. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 156 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 81% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| bass zelfstandig naamwoord | /beɪs/ | bas |
| lamb zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlæm/ | lam, lammetje |
| memorize werkwoord | /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/ | memoriseren, uit het hoofd leren |
| substitute zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/ | vervanger, plaatsvervanger |
| visualize werkwoord | /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/ | visualiseren |
| lambaste werkwoord | /læmˈbeɪst/ | berispen, uitschelden |
| skillful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈskɪl.fəl/ | bedreven, vaardig |
| syllable zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/ | lettergreep, syllabe |
| pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | uitspraak |
| criticize werkwoord | /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/ | kritiseren, bekritiseren |
| robot zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/ | robot |
| instrument zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/ | instrument, meetinstrument |
| repetition zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/ | herhaling |
| guitarist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɡɪˈtɑɹɪst/ | gitarist, gitariste |
| vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | woordenschat, vocabulaire |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| come across werkwoord | overkomen |
| come up with werkwoord | bedenken, verzinnen |
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | you're going · we're doing · We're creating |
| Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig is | need to do · must refer · have to associate |
| Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspelling | will give · will remind |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 6 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we're, you're, didn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: visualize /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, harshly /ˈhɑːʃli/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, visualize /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/, criticize /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: lamb /ˈlæm/, lambaste /læmˈbeɪst/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, lamp /ˈlæ̝mp/
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 bass, lamb, memorize.
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.