Shadowing Practice: I Don't Have Much Hope For My Nets - Learn English Speaking with Video

Next up on the season preview list is my very own Brooklyn Nets.

Last year, they finished 20 -62, the worst offense in the entire league, 30th in offensive rating, which is impressive,

considering the fact that Michael Porter Jr. was better and healthier than expected and was a borderline all -star, 26th on defense, and 13th in the Eastern Conference,

which, of course, was on purpose.

This was a team that was trying to lose.

They wanted to have one of the worst records in the league.

They succeeded.

They got high lottery odds and, unfortunately, once again, slipped down.

I like Mikel Brown, but it's definitely tough

when you look at the last couple of years for the Nets where the goal when they traded away Mikel Bridges, made that Houston trade, was get their picks back for the last two years and then move forward.

And they got the eighth pick and the sixth pick despite pretty good lottery odds in each of those years.

Now, I like both those players, but still, clearly their plan was let's be bad for two years and then turn it around.

And I don't think this roster is as good as they were hoping

that it would be at the end of those two years.

But regardless, let's talk about their offseason and end of the season.

They added Julius Randle, Michael Brown, Keon Ellis, and Mo Wagner in the offseason, and then they lost Nick Claxton.

So some upgrades, certainly, obviously, the youth of Michael Brown.

We'll talk a lot about him alongside of Yeager in the backcourt.

Julius Randle is, you know, say what you want about Julius Randle, certainly as a postseason player, but he's been a floor -raising kind of guy.

Each of the last two teams that he's gone to, the Knicks were not that good, and when he went there, they certainly improved while he was there, and then same thing in Minnesota, just continuing to raise the floor.

I'll be honest, I'm not particularly excited to watch Julius Randle play basketball this year, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Maybe he'll lean a little bit more into the playmaking

that I think has always been something he should have been leaning more into as an NBA player.

But still, an interesting offseason for the Nets.

Maybe you were expecting something more exciting given that they had so much cap space, but Keon Ellis, Moe Wagner, being able to maneuver around, get some extra assets by taking on Julius Randle is what it is for their offseason.

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Let's talk about the starters.

Now, to me, this is pretty much locked in.

Not necessarily for night one, because I don't know that Michael Brown is going to be healthy for night one, but the ideal during the season starting lineup for the Nets would be Michael Brown, Yegor Jemen, Michael Porter Jr.,

Julius Randle, and De 'Ron Sharp, who came back on a cheap deal, but I actually think is pretty good but obviously no more Nick Claxton.

They have a couple of other bigs as well that they're going to have off the bench, including Moe Wagner, who I talked about earlier.

And it's an interesting group because, you know, Sharp is kind of, people don't really care too much about him at the five spot.

Then you got the two young guys in the backcourt in Brown and Jemen, and then you have MPJ and Julius Randle on the wing slash four spot

as the kind of veteran core of the group.

And I think there are ways in which this can really work.

Certainly if there's a leap from Yegor, obviously Michael Porter Jr., if healthy, was really good last year him

and Randle together in the backcourt slash on the wing is just a really difficult size matchup for teams to deal with.

I mean, MPJ is like a legit 6 '10".

Julius Randle is big and strong.

So I think there are certainly nights where they're going to be able to take advantage of their size in that way.

Yegor's big.

Michael Brown's big.

So it's a bigger starting group.

And I think that'll be one of the ways they try

and grind out some wins is try and get on the offensive glass, be a relatively strong defensive team, get out and transition.

There's obviously concern with that when you're dealing with two young guys in the backcourt.

But I think that's at least kind of the goal is

for one of the strengths of the team to just be overall size.

And then, you know, De 'Ron Sharp has a pretty good offensive rebounder as well.

Off the bench, things get more concerning, in my opinion.

Ben Saroff, Nolan Traore, obviously two of the young guys they've drafted in recent years.

Keon Ellis, Drake Powell, another young guy.

Noah Clowney, who I thought was pretty good last year.

And, you know, depending on how concerned or not concerned you are about rebounding, like maybe could start over De 'Ron Sharp, although I don't think he's a natural five.

And then Mo Wagner, who they also added in the offseason.

So some decent depth, some decent vets.

Overall, though, just not that impressive of a roster, depending on how much Julius Randle really raises the floor of this team.

There's a lot of concerns here defensively, as much as they want to try and be better this year because they don't have their pick.

There's still a ton of youth throughout this roster, and that obviously, especially in the backcourt, could lead to some not great play.

And if you really look at their guard rotation, I mean, it's Brown, Jemmins, Seraf Traore, either year one or year two guys, two of which, and Seraf Traore were not very good as rookies.

And then Keon Ellis, who's like a solid NBA player, but on actual good basketball teams, was playing like 12 minutes a game.

So injury here or there in the guard rotation gets pretty small pretty quickly in Brooklyn, not to mention i'm not super excited about the wings maybe drake powell will come along a little bit

but i think i wanted to be really excited about the team

because i like the backcourt we'll talk about that in a second

but it's more of an experiment than it is a really good basketball team to me

and i just i have a lot of concerns up

and down their roster let's talk about uh big storylines for their season i've mentioned this already for them

but they do not have their draft pick this year they owe it to houston

so i think in a in a normal year they would try

and be in that four to ten spot

which is you know the non -relegation zone right where you'd want to be in the draft

but they don't have their pick it doesn't seem to be a super strong draft anyway

but this is a scenario where they certainly I mean they

could give away the number one pick in the draft that's

a realistic scenario typically over the years the Nets have good lottery luck

when they don't own their own pick so you know

if they are as I expect them to be one of

the five to eight worst teams in a league look out for where

that Houston pick ends up for for the Nets

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and that's just I've done this before with this team already

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but it's just it's a tough place to be in

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when you know you need to get better you know the team's not

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that good then you're giving away high picks

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and not even getting anything out of what will probably be a pretty down season for them.

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Next up, big storyline here, and I think is the number one thing to come away from this season with, and that is this backcourt.

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If the Nets win 20 games again, but you come out of this season thinking, okay, Jordy's like a pretty good coach, maybe had some injury issues, da -da -da -da, and you have Michael Brown and Yegor as like,

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these are our guys for the future, to me, that's a successful season because then I have something to build from.

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If that's not the case, if Brown is hurt, plays like 30 games, and Yegor like takes a leap, but not that big of one.

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I don't really know where you're going.

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I don't know really what the foundation is other than, you know, MPJ is a decent trade asset and Julius Randle.

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Like, I don't know where the team is going from there.

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And I'm hopeful.

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My optimism for the team is Brown's ability to be an on and off ball guy because of his spacing.

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Yegor's continued improvement on the ball, getting to the rim.

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And then how he didn't necessarily shoot it great last year, but he shot way more than I thought that he would

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and clearly was like a point of emphasis for him in terms of improvement

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and those guys being kind of bigger and being you know both on

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and off ball guys I think there's something there

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that could be really exciting in a year or two years

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and that's all I want to see every single time I

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turn on a Nets game is both those guys healthy

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and then playing together as much as possible to me unless

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for some reason this is going to be a play -in team

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and a very tough Easter conference

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which I doubt the number one goal the season should be Brown

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and Jemen should be playing together as many minutes as possible

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don't stagger them at all always have them together on the floor at the same time

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because that to me is one of the only things

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that matters out of this season from an evaluation perspective offensively

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I think there's a lot to like on defense there's obvious

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concern Brown was not a great defensive player in college Jim

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and I think can be a really good NBA defender

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and they each have that size

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but I don't I don't want this to be a situation

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where it's like oh yeah well Yeager's gonna be the guy that guards

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and Brown doesn't I need both of them ideally to be at a guard in this version of the NBA so

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that's certainly something to keep an eye on the Jordy Fernandez

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factors another thing I put down here is a big storyline

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because I think amongst coaches whose record isn't

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that good in the first couple years I think Jordy has like a decently high reputation

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because there are there were points not necessarily last year

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but the year before where they kind of had to start losing some games on purpose

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because he was getting a lot out of the team

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and they were playing fast in transition it's a little bit

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like um the Jazz's coach Hardy where it's like okay we know the team isn't

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that good but you're doing stuff here

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that we like I hope that's still the case by the end of this year

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because although i don't think they're going to be very good

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i think the internal expectation level is higher certainly than it was last year

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or the year before so

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if they're not good i get a little bit worried about his future

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but i think ultimately he's a good coach

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and there's just going to be a lot of ways in

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which that will shine through even

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if the team record does not necessarily show hey this is a guy you should build around long term

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and then another thing i want to mention here as well is the michael porter jr julius randall fit

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and importantly that is a fit

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that they're not committed to michael porter jr as of this

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recording still does not have a new extension with the team he is a 2027 free agent

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and someone that regardless of how their season goes is going to be in trade rumors especially

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if you feel like that's not a good fit between those two guys

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and you just want to go ahead and move on from mpj

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and play one of the younger guys you don't have your pick anyway maybe get a pick

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or two out of mpj and even

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if he does stay on the team although the size is like interesting

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and intriguing i think mpj is more natural at the four

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spot julius randall obviously more natural at the four spot

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so is there enough ball handling is there enough creation here mpj had a really great season last year

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so i'm certainly not doubting his ability to have another one

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but early season as i'm like trying to talk myself into

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the team seeing how those two guys play together is going

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to be one of the number one things i'm going to be watching

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and paying attention to now in terms of prediction

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um i wish i could be optimistic it's my team i want to be excited

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when i looked at this roster and especially like

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if brown's not going to be healthy at the beginning of the year

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i think this i don't know if they'll finish this way

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but i think this is the worst roster in the conference

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but truly they're i have them at 15th in the east i i do not want

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that to be the case but unfortunately someone's got to be 15th

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and i think

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that there's just not enough here some of the vets are okay julius randall will help

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but if like if brown plays 20 games or 30 games

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because of a back issue

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or an ankle issue they're definitely bringing him along slowly i

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just don't know where you're getting any kind of backcourt creation

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from i don't really like any of the other guards other than yegor

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and maybe keon ellis

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so uh i i unfortunately do not think they're going to be very good i hope i'm wrong

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but that's where i'm at with the nets right now

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “I Don't Have Much Hope For My Nets”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: julius, brown, pick, michael, Randle. Deze video bevat 190 zinnen en 2678 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:52. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 246 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 83% 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
roster zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈɹɔ.stɚ/	rooster
porter zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈpɔɹtɚ/	kruier
necessarily bijwoord	/ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/	nodig, noodzakelijk
offensive bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv/	beledigend, weerzinwekkend
decent bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈdiː.sənt/	integer, fatsoenlijk
lottery zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈlɑtɚi/	loting, loterij
username zelfstandig naamwoord		gebruikersnaam
storyline zelfstandig naamwoord		verhaallijn
regardless bijwoord	/ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/	desondanks, niettemin
impressive bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/	indrukwekkend, imposant
transition zelfstandig naamwoord	/tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/	overgang
odd bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ɑd/	vreemd, merkwaardig
bench zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/	bank, zitbank
defensive bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/dɪˈfɛn.sɪv/	defensief, beschermend
asset zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈæsɛt/	activa, activum

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
give away werkwoord	weggeven
check out werkwoord	onderzoeken

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

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Let's talk about the starters.
I don't really know where you're going.

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	he's been · they've drafted · i've mentioned
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	was let · is hurt

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 61 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, they're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De “th”-klanken: sixth /sɪksθ/, eighth /eɪtθ/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
De klanken “sh” en “zh”: transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/, rotation /ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, extension /ɪkˈstɛnʃən/, evaluation /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, evaluation /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: offensive /ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv/, impressive /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/, odd /ɑd/, defensive /dɪˈfɛn.sɪv/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/, asset /ˈæsɛt/, evaluation /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/, rat /ɹæt/, ankle /ˈæŋ.kəl/
/g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: regardless /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/, upgrade /əpˈɡɹeɪd/, grind /ˈɡɹaɪnd/, intrigue /ˈɪntɹiːɡ/, stagger /ˈstæɡɚ/

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 roster, porter, necessarily.

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.

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Belangrijke woorden in deze video

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Zinnen om te herhalen

Grammatica in deze video

Uitspraak om op te letten

Zo oefen je met deze video

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?