Shadowing Practice: How to Speak Articulately - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote that a century ago, and it may be one of the most quietly devastating sentences in philosophy.
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Because if it's true, then every word you can't find is a thought you can't fully have.
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And every idea you can't express is an idea that, as far as the world is concerned, you never had.
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And the world is listening.
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Within moments of hearing you speak, people decide how intelligent you are, how confident you are, whether you're worth following.
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Fair or not, your voice is the window they judge your mind through.
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But here is what most people get wrong about speaking well.
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Being articulate is not about big words.
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It's not about talking fast or never pausing or sounding impressive.
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It is something simpler and much harder.
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It is clear thinking made audible.
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So, let's build it from the ground up.
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There's a line attributed to Cato the Elder, the Roman statesman, that holds the whole secret.
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Grasp the subject and the words will follow.
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Most people who stumble when they speak don't have a language problem.
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They have a thinking problem.
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They start a sentence before they know where it's going.
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And then they search for the destination in real time, in front of everyone.
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That search is what you hear as, um, uh, like, you know.
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So the first thing you need to do happens before you open your mouth.
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Know your point.
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Not your topic, your point.
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A topic is my job.
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A point is, I'm leaving my job because I've stopped growing.
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Here's a simple test.
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If you can't say it in one sentence, you're not ready to say it in ten.
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And once you have that sentence, give it a spine.
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State the point, give the reason, offer an example.
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Then return to the point.
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Point, reason, example, point.
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It sounds almost too simple, but it's how clear thinkers have always spoken.
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The listener always knows where they are and where you're taking them.
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Aristotle taught that the first virtue of good speech is clarity.
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His reasoning was blunt.
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Language exists to carry meaning from one mind to another.
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Speech that doesn't make its meaning plain has failed at the one thing it exists to do.
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This is where people sabotage themselves by trying to sound smart.
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They reach for the longest word, the most tangled sentence, the vague phrase that sounds deep.
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But complexity is usually a hiding place.
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It covers the fact that the speaker isn't sure what they mean.
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Articulate people do the opposite.
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They use ordinary words with extraordinary precision.
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Short sentences, concrete examples, one idea at a time.
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And when an idea is abstract, they make it physical.
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Don't say the team lacks coordination.
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Say it's five men rowing in different directions.
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The mind forgets abstractions, but it remembers pictures.
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When a truly intelligent person explains something, you don't walk away impressed by their vocabulary.
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You walk away understanding.
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Blaise Pascal once ended a letter by apologizing for its length.
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He said he had made it longer than usual because he hadn't had time to make it shorter.
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Saying less is harder than saying more because it forces you to decide what matters.
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And most speech is padded with words that carry nothing.
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Basically.
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Honestly.
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Kind of.
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I just feel like.
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Each one is small.
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Together, they bury your meaning and drain your authority.
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So start hearing them and cut them.
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And watch especially how you finish.
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Weak speakers trail off.
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And so, yeah, I don't know.
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Strong speakers land the sentence and stop.
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Then there are the hedges.
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I think maybe.
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I'm not sure, but.
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This could be wrong, but.
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Sometimes uncertainty is honest.
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And then you should say it once, plainly.
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But most hedges aren't honesty.
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They're armor.
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They protect you from being wrong by making sure you never fully said anything.
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If you believe it, say it.
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This is the right move.
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Not, I don't know, maybe it could possibly be.
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Conviction isn't arrogance.
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It's simply meaning what you say.
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Which brings us to the most underrated tool in speaking.
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Silence.
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Most filler words come from one fear.
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The fear of a gap.
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We believe a pause makes us look lost so we fill it with noise.
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But the opposite is true.
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A pause makes you look certain.
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It tells the room you're choosing your words, not grabbing at them.
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And it gives the listener a moment to absorb what you just said.
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So every time you feel an um coming, close your mouth and let the silence sit.
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To you, it will feel like forever.
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To everyone else, it sounds like composure.
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And slow down.
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Nervous speakers rush, because some part of them wants to escape.
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Speak at the pace of someone who expects to be listened to.
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End your statements on a downward note, not a rising one.
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A sentence that lifts at the end sounds like a question, like you're asking permission to believe yourself.
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Now come back to Wittgenstein.
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If your language is the boundary of your world.. then building your vocabulary isn't about showing off.
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It's about seeing more.
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A man who only has the word bad can't tell the difference between disappointed, betrayed, exhausted, and ashamed.
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And if he can't name the difference, he can't explain it.
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And often he can't even understand it in himself.
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Precise words don't just make you clearer to others.
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They make you clearer to yourself.
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You don't build this by memorizing lists.
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You build it by reading.
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Real writing By people who used language well
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And reading it out loud
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So your mouth learns the shape of a good sentence
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When you find a word you like
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Use it three times that week
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Until it belongs to you
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But articulate speech isn't only about the one speaking Zeno, the founder of Stoicism Said we have two ears and one mouth
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So that we can listen more and talk less
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The most articulate people in any room are almost always the best listeners.
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They hear the whole question before answering it.
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They answer what was asked, not what they wanted to talk about.
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And because they listened, their words land exactly where they're needed.
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Most people listen while preparing their reply, and you can hear it.
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Their answers miss by a few inches.
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Listen fully, and your words start hitting the target.
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And there is one last layer, deeper than any technique.
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Seneca repeated an old
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Greek saying, as a man lives, so he speaks.
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Disordered speech usually comes from a disordered mind.
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Vague words often come from a life lived vaguely, avoiding hard thoughts, never deciding what you actually believe.
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You cannot speak clearly about what you refuse to think clearly about.
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So the most powerful speaking practice isn't a speaking practice at all.
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It's thinking, writing things down, deciding what you believe and why.
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Then when someone asks, the answer is already there, waiting.
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So here is what you need to do, starting today.
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Read out loud for 10 minutes a day from something well written.
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Once a day, pick one idea and explain it into your phone for 60 seconds.
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Point, reason, example, point.
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Listen back, count your fillers, then do it again with pauses where the fillers were.
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Before every important conversation, write your point in a single sentence.
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When someone asks you a question, take one breath before you answer.
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Collect words you love and use them until they're yours.
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And cut every word that isn't doing work.
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Do this for 30 days and the people around you will notice.
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They won't be able to say exactly what changed.
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They'll just find themselves listening when you speak.
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Because the limits of your language really are the limits of your world.
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Every word you master pushes that boundary a little further out.
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Every clear sentence is a piece of your mind made visible.
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So speak like someone who has thought it through.
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Because from now on, you will have.
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Thank you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “How to Speak Articulately”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: word, sentence, speak, language, speech. Deze video bevat 148 zinnen en 1351 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:15. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 164 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 85% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| pause zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɔːz/ | pauze |
| articulate werkwoord | /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/ | uitleggen |
| listener zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/ | luisteraar, toehoorder |
| topic zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | onderwerp, thema |
| silence zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ | stilte |
| disorder zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪsˈɔɹdɚ/ | stoornis |
| intelligent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/ | intelligent |
| boundary zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbaʊndɹi/ | grens |
| vague bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /veɪɡ/ | vaag |
| vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | woordenschat, vocabulaire |
| hedge zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɛd͡ʒ/ | haag |
| rush werkwoord | /ɹʌʃ/ | afraffelen |
| impressive bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/ | indrukwekkend, imposant |
| technique zelfstandig naamwoord | /tɛkˈniːk/ | techniek |
| founder zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/ | stichter, grondlegger |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| show off werkwoord | zich aanstellen, pronken met |
| slow down werkwoord | afremmen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Not, I don't know, maybe it could possibly be.
- It's simply meaning what you say.
- Precise words don't just make you clearer to others.
- You don't build this by memorizing lists.
- They'll just find themselves listening when you speak.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
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| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | people who stumble · someone who expects · man who only |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've stopped · have always spoken · has failed |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is padded · be listened · was asked |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 37 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals can't, don't, isn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: breathe /bɹiːð/, thinker /ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: rush /ɹʌʃ/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, conviction /kənˈvɪkʃən/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/, precision /pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: articulate /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: pause /pɔːz/, vague /veɪɡ/, hedge /ˈhɛd͡ʒ/, impressive /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, abstract /ˈæbˌstɹækt/, pad /pæd/, grasp /ɡɹæsp/, clarity /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: vague /veɪɡ/, grasp /ɡɹæsp/, exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔst/, arrogance /ˈæɹ.ə.ɡəns/, tangle /ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/
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 pause, articulate, listener.
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