Shadowing Practice: How To Sound American: English Shadowing Exercise - Learn English Speaking with Video

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You will hear a sentence, then it will be followed by a pause so that way you can repeat what you hear.
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All right, let's take a look.
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I'm going to play for you a section from an interview.
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I will pause it so that way you can repeat the things that you hear.
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So she's able to negotiate his quirks with humor.
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So she's able to negotiate his quirks with humor.
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And that's what I really like about her.
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And that's what I really like about her.
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I think that she really enjoys his company.
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I think that she really enjoys his company.
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And she thinks that he's got a good soul.
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He's like a very...
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And she thinks that he's got a good soul.
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He's like a very...
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A very good, kind, loving person, and it's important to her to be around somebody like that.
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A very good, kind, loving person, and it's important to her to be around somebody like that.
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Because, you know, obviously she's gone through her own stuff.
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Because, you know, obviously she's gone through her own stuff.
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And she's looking for somebody who's a real person.
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And she's looking for somebody who's a real person.
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and what's kind of awesome about it is that they really hit it off
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and what's kind of awesome about it is that they really hit it off
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they're both very like drawn to each other he's a a kind warm loving person They're both very drawn to each other.
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He's a kind, warm, loving person.
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She's also a kind, warm, and loving person who also is a little bit sassy.
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She's also a kind, warm, and loving person who also is a little bit sassy.
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Thank you.

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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.