Shadowing Practice: i don't work as much as i think i do - Learn English Speaking with Video

Kat says no. This is a video about time management.

Like, I do not use time the way I think I do.

Something I do these days is I time myself on my phone to track how much work I actually do.

I got this idea on the internet somewhere.

And I do this on days where I don't have to physically go into work.

So I'm like often at home working on music or on videos or whatever.

And it has given me a lot of insight.

I'd recommend this to anybody if you haven't tried it if you want to get better at your time management.

But the glaring conclusion that I have come to is

that I do not use my time the way that I think I do.

It's not even close.

I do not do as much work for as long as I think I do.

It's weird.

We all obviously value time.

We all have to maneuver it.

We all understand how it works.

But I've observed in myself the mental gymnastics that I do that misrepresents in my mind how I actually use my time.

How time actually moves for me and the typical results that are attained from a certain amount of time.

Bro, for years, like, I convinced myself that on a day in which I didn't have work,

right, I would say to myself,

like, oh, well, like, this is my day off.

Like, obviously, I can get eight hours,

maybe 10 hours of great work done.

But it's like, no, I don't.

I don't have 10 hours of time.

That is impossible.

I realistically will have to do other things.

Other things will pop up.

I can't possibly spend 100% of my waking hours making music.

So a couple years back,

I started implementing this thing where I would set a timer on my phone whenever I was working.

And the explicit rules that I had to follow were that I had to stop the timer anytime I did anything else.

So if I got a phone call,

if I had to cook,

if I had to clean,

if I get distracted in any way,

if I have to do anything else,

I have to turn the timer off until I begin again.

And I would do this on days where I thought I had plenty of time to get stuff done.

And needless to say, what I thought going in would be like an easy eight hour workday,

I very quickly realized like,

dude, I only spent three and a half hours doing work today.

And the strange thing was that that would feel like a lot to me.

It felt like I was locked in all day when in reality,

I spent more than half of that hypothetical eight hour day doing other things.

It's my day off.

And realistically, a lot of other things need to get taken care of.

I think as I was leaving college,

I started to watch those like Kenny Beats videos where he would be like,

if you're really about this music shit,

like you should be making beats 14 hours a day.

And as like a 22 year old,

I was like, you're right.

Like I could do that easily.

And that's just not the case, unfortunately.

Setting the timer and all that,

like it doesn't have to be a strict disciplinary thing.

It doesn't have to be torture because I think what it demonstrated for me was

that would I realistically be able to spend a meaningful,

precocious eight hours doing work?

I don't know, to be honest.

Now, that depends on the person, of course.

Ultimately, it is about long-term consistency,

but consistency is more achievable if I have actual information that backs up.

Like, how do I use my time?

How do I function?

How do I get work done?

I guess I've been trying to shave off as much fat from my life as possible.

And I've learned that this is easier said than done.

But yeah, I still do it to try to hold myself accountable.

Maybe it will help you as well.

Those are just some insights that I've had.

Yeah, thank you for watching.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “i don't work as much as i think i do”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: hour, timer, eight, realistically. Deze video bevat 73 zinnen en 707 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:52. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 183 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
timer zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈtaɪmɚ/	timer, eierwekker
insight zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈɪnsaɪ̯t/	inzicht
achievable bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/əˈt͡ʃivəbəl/	haalbaar, haalbare
precocious bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/pɹəˈkəʊʃəs/	vroegrijp, vroegvolwassen
workday zelfstandig naamwoord		werkdag
maneuver zelfstandig naamwoord	/məˈnuvɚ/	manoeuvre, (veld)oefening
gymnastics zelfstandig naamwoord	/d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/	gymnastiek
attain werkwoord	/əˈteɪn/	bereiken, realiseren
needless bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈniːdləs/	nodeloos
distract werkwoord	/dɪˈstɹækt/	afleiden
disciplinary bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/	tuchtrechtelijk, disciplinair
shave werkwoord	/ˈʃeɪ̯v/	scheren, zich scheren
accountable bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/əˈkaʊntəbl̩/	verantwoordelijk, aansprakelijk
explicit bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/	expliciet, uitdrukkelijk
observe werkwoord	/əbˈzɜːv/	respecteren, in acht nemen

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
back up werkwoord	teruggaan
pop up werkwoord	opduiken, te voorschijn komen

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

I was like, you're right.
I don't know, to be honest.
How do I function?
How do I get work done?
Those are just some insights that I've had.

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	has given · haven't tried · have come
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	are attained · was locked

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 17 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I've, doesn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: precocious /pɹəˈkəʊʃəs/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, achievable /əˈt͡ʃivəbəl/, misrepresent /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/, hypothetical /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/, disciplinary /ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: gymnastics /d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/, distract /dɪˈstɹækt/

Zo oefen je met deze video

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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.

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