Shadowing Practice: Improve Your English Pronunciation Fast with This Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In this video, we're going to talk about how you can improve your pronunciation quickly and permanently.
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And at the end of this video, I'll give you a link to a webpage that links to a lot of free pronunciation exercises.
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Let's start by talking about a very frustrating problem.
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Suppose I currently mispronounce this word.
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Suppose I say pogam instead of program.
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I want to fix this mistake.
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So I learn the right pronunciation and I repeat it over and over.
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program program program.
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Now here's the problem.
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Because I have mispronounced this word for so long, the incorrect pronunciation has become a habit.
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And because of that, I can only say the word correctly if I pay attention to my pronunciation.
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If I don't pay attention, I will revert back to the old habit.
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So how can I solve this problem?
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Well, the answer is...I have to increase the number of repetitions.
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Imagine that right now inside my brain there are two memories associated with the word program.
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One of them is old.
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The other is new.
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The old memory represents the wrong pronunciation - the bad habit.
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The new one represents the right pronunciation that I've just learned.
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So these are memories of how to coordinate the muscles in my tongue, lips, and other parts to say the word "program".
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The reason that I mispronounce this word if I don't pay attention is that the old memory is much stronger.
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If I want to break this old habit, I have to repeat the right pronunciation many, many times.
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Every time I do that, the new memory gets stronger, and the old memory gets weaker.
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I repeat - the old memory doesn't stay the same.
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It actually gets weaker.
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This phenomenon is called Retrieval-Induced Forgetting.
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It happens when there are two or more memories competing with each others.
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It's a phenomenon where retrieving one memory makes us forget other memories.
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This is why you have to be careful when fixing a mistake.
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If you accidentally repeat the mistake, it'll strengthen the old habit and weaken the correction that you're trying to make, making the problem worse.
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So that's the first thing to keep in mind.
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You have to repeat, repeat, and repeat.
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This sounds good in theory.
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But in practice, there's huge problem with repetition.
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So what's the problem with repetition?
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Well, it takes a tremendous amount of time.
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Fixing just one mistake requires a lot of repetition.
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Who has time for that?
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After all, you probably have lot of mistakes to eliminate.
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So what can you do?
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Fortunately, there's a technique that you can use to speed up the process.
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And that is exaggeration.
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Going back to our previous example, suppose I pronounce this word as pogam.
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That's incorrect because the R sound is missing.
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If I want to fix this mistake quickly, I will exaggerate the R sound.
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pRogRam pRogRam pRogRam.
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Here's another example: Let's say I pronounce this word as "banana".
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This is incorrect because I don't stress the second syllable.
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So to fix this, I will stress the second syllable real hard.
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baNAna baNAna.
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This sounds silly but you will not believe how much faster your pronunciation will improve when you exaggerate.
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But how does this technique help you improve your pronunciation faster?
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Well, one of the reasons that we mispronounce words is that we replace certain sounds with other sounds that are easier to say.
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So a non-native speaker might pronounce this word as "taught" instead of "thought".
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We also tend ignore certain sounds.
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So we might pronounce this word as hoss instead of horse.
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This is because the brain is lazy.
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It has the tendency to pronounce words in the easiest way possible.
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But when you exaggerate, you're telling your lazy brain that the sounds being exaggerating are important.
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You're basically telling your brain, "Hey, these sounds are important.
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Do not ignore them." So you when speak normally, you will sound much clearer.
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But that's not all.
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When you exaggerate, you're strengthening the muscles involved in speaking, especially your tongue muscles.
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This is a huge benefit because if those muscles are strong, you will speak much clearer.
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So to summarize: There are two things that you can do to quickly and permanently improve your pronunciation.
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Number one: You can use repetition to break bad speaking habits and replace them with good ones.
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Number two: You can speed up the process by exaggerating everything that should be exaggerated.
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Alright, that's all for today.
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To help you get started, I've created a resource page that links to a lot of free pronunciation exercises.
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So click here to go to that page.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Improve Your English Pronunciation Fast with This Practice”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: pronunciation, word, sound, program, repeat. Deze video bevat 70 zinnen en 778 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:18. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 147 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | uitspraak |
| exaggerate werkwoord | /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/ | overdrijven |
| repetition zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/ | herhaling |
| pronounce werkwoord | /pɹəˈnaʊns/ | uitspreken, verklaren |
| incorrect bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/ | incorrect |
| banana zelfstandig naamwoord | /bəˈnænə/ | banaan, pisang |
| syllable zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/ | lettergreep, syllabe |
| distress zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | druk, stress |
| strengthen werkwoord | /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/ | versterken |
| phenomenon zelfstandig naamwoord | /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/ | fenomeen, verschijnsel |
| exaggeration zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/ | overdrijving |
| frustrate werkwoord | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | frustreren |
| summarize werkwoord | /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/ | samenvatten, opsommen |
| weaken werkwoord | /ˈwikən/ | verzwakken |
| retrieve werkwoord | /ɹɪˈtɹiːv/ | terugbrengen, terugkrijgen |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Voorwaardelijke zinnen if + zin, will/would + werkwoord — een voorwaarde en het gevolg | If I don't pay attention, I will revert · If you accidentally repeat the mistake, it'll strengthen · if those muscles are strong, you will speak |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | have mispronounced · I've just learned · I've created |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is called · should be exaggerated |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 13 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, don't, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, correction /kəˈɹɛkʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, exaggerate /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, permanently /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt.li/, phenomenon /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: summarize /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/, retrieve /ɹɪˈtɹiːv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: exaggerate /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/, banana /bəˈnænə/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: exaggerate /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als pronunciation, exaggerate, repetition.
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.