Shadowing Practice: Is it time to dismantle the puzzle? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello.
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I'm trying something new and I'm gonna get my son right out of my face.
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My face out of the sun.
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My son out of the face.
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I thought we could have a little chat here in front of my lemon tree because,
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I don't know, I was pondering and thinking about how I want to do videos right now in this season.
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And I feel that my videos have been getting a bit lengthy
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because there's always so much I want to include in them.
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and I thought it could be an interesting idea to post like shorter videos every now
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and then of just talking that way maybe give a little bit more context
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and like be content for the people that enjoy the catch-ups
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and the discussions on the talking and kind of like intersperse those between videos
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that take a lot more time and effort and like include capturing the process of something else.
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So that's what I'm doing.
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And the next video, at least I think the next video
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that I'll be posting is turning my dining room into an art studio.
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And this is big, okay?
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Because if you've been watching, you probably have heard me talk about how my art studio,
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which is a bedroom in our house is just really dark.
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And I've tried so many different things to get around that
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and to work with it and to bring things out onto the patio
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or get my work to fit in like a specific window where the light is okay
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or get a better artificial lighting situation that doesn't depress me and make me not want to paint.
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And some of those things I've tried have worked more or less.
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But I kind of came to this realization recently
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when I was in my dining room painting because I so often just bring all my supplies into there.
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It's the best light in the house and there's a big table.
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And so yeah, I find myself spending a lot of time carting supplies in
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and out of that room and painting in there.
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And I thought, why not just turn this into my art studio
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and bring all my supplies in here to live permanently so
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that I'm not wasting all this potential painting time moving things back and forth.
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And the things that I'll need to displace can go in that bedroom.
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We can use the bedroom for something else.
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We could use it for storage.
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So many possibilities that that opens up.
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And I really do think that I can keep the dining room like a functional dining room and also an art studio.
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As soon as I told Ethan, he was like, yeah, absolutely do that.
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That makes so much sense.
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So I got the green light, we're doing it, and I've been working on it already.
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It's quite the transition though, and it will take some time.
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And then another exciting transition that I'm making this year is I'm shifting my hours at work.
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So this was a similar kind of light bulb moment that I had where, so what I do is I wake up, I go for a run or, you know, take a shower,
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whatever I'm doing that morning in my morning routine.
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And I have my quiet time and my mornings are really sacred for me.
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Like I love the morning.
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I love having an extended period to just be in the silence, to be by myself, to write,
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to read, to pray, to do all the good things.
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Exercise too.
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I'm like not an afternoon or evening exercise person.
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Absolutely not.
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I need the morning energy.
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Okay, so that's my morning.
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And then I always just speed off to work.
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And so it also puts this kind of weird pressure on.
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I sometimes feel I have to rush my sacred morning time because for whatever reason, I've gotten a later start and I feel I have to speed off to work
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when I would like to take more time.
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And then sometimes it's like the inverse and my work suffers
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because I get there later because I was so insistent that I wanted that morning time.
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And then also another observation that I've made is that my energy right after that life-giving morning time is so good.
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Like I have just like a vibrance and an enthusiasm naturally at that time of day.
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And then I go to work and I paint.
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So I paint for work.
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So that's wonderful.
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And I love it, but it's not the type of paintings that I'm doing for myself.
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And it's not like my work, if that makes sense.
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So there's work and then there's my work.
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And when I go to work, I'm using those vital hours where I'm the most energetic
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and I'm the most inspired and like refreshed
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and I'm using them on something that doesn't necessarily need
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that part of me because that type of painting is a lot more routine.
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I paint the same thing a lot over and over or
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when I paint landscapes there it is very much like I'm told what to paint
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so I get to decide how I interpret that landscape
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but I am painting what the customer and so I don't really need inspiration in the same way.
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So I just realized I was like misallocating my resources.
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I was trying to paint in a dark room when I had a perfectly good bright room.
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And I was trying to, well, I guess I didn't finish that story.
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So when I'd get home from work, that energy would be gone, right now it's late afternoon getting into evening
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and I have no longer have that inspiration that vitality
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that creativity where I'm like wanting to work on my own paintings
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so that's been a huge struggle for me for a long time
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so anyway yes I was using a dark room
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when I had a light room I was using these hours where I'm more sluggish
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and not inspired for my own art where I kind of need more of that energy and excitement.
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So it's not that I don't have what I need.
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It's just that it's all jumbled up, you know, it's misallocated.
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And I thought of a good parallel or metaphor or analogy.
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I don't know.
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We were playing this game that my mom got for Christmas.
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It's called Uzzle, I think, like puzzle without the P.
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And basically, it's kind of like a survivor puzzle where you see, everyone sees at the same time what the puzzle is meant to look like,
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and we all are working with the same blocks that have symbols on each side.
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And you have to try to make yours look like the picture, and whoever gets it fastest wins.
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So as you're working on it, there are multiple ways where you can get it almost right,
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but I'm pretty sure in every case there's only one way where you can fully get it right.
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So you would have part of the puzzle built and you kind of grow attached to that part,
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that those pieces, that those symbols were all correct.
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And you feel this resistance to having to dismantle it even after you realize in order to win
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and actually solve the puzzle fully, I'm going to need to dismantle what I've already built.
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Because even though it's right for part of the puzzle,
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actually having those pieces where they are is preventing me from solving the puzzle for every single piece.
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So really what I have is just a half-built puzzle.
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And as I was thinking about that aspect of the game.
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I kind of thought that that's what life is like, especially in these instances where we're trying to like, put our lives together like a puzzle,
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put the hours of our day together like a puzzle.
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And sometimes I feel like I can't move it around because part of it works so well.
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Like there are aspects of me going to work first thing in the morning or,
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you know, after my morning routine that work well and that just makes sense.
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And so I think that's why I've never really thought to change it
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because even though it completely screwed the rest of my day, essentially,
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it felt like an immovable piece like well I gotta somehow
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figure out the rest of the puzzle without moving this
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because it's necessary when all along
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if I just flipped it maybe I could build it a different way
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so I hope that illustration was like shining more light on this idea rather than obscuring it. But yeah.
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So I share this story
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because I think I'm going to make a whole video about turning my dining room into an art studio.
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And I want you guys to have the story behind that and to know why I'm making that decision.
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And to possibly ask yourself, is there something you could shift in your own life?
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Is there something you could shift about your workspace or your schedule
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that you've kind of been blind to that you haven't considered
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that might make it easier or more exciting
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or even just add like a freshness like a fresh start feeling
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that I think really benefits our artwork because it makes us feel excited again
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and inspired and yeah so I just thought I'd share
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that um let me know if you like this format I'm just like a short chat
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and maybe I'll do more of them
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because I know I threw around the idea of doing a podcast
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and this is kind of like that
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so I don't know another thing I'm embracing is just trying things out instead of coming up with an idea
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and being married to that idea I'd like to feel comfortable just trying things
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and seeing what works and what doesn't and same goes for this dining room art studio video idea.
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Like there's a chance it won't work and that in my mind it's way better than it will be in real life, but I'll never know unless I try it.
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So that's my encouragement to you.
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Try something new this week and let me know what it is in the comments or maybe drop some ideas.
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I cannot wait to hear what you guys are up to and the changes that you're going to make.
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See you next time.
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Bye.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Is it time to dismantle the puzzle?”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: puzzle, paint, painting. Deze video bevat 139 zinnen en 1759 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:52. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 162 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| puzzle zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpʌzəl/ | mysterie, raadsel |
| dine werkwoord | /daɪn/ | dineren |
| inspire werkwoord | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | inspireren |
| dismantle werkwoord | /dɪsˈmæntəl/ | ontmantelen |
| excite werkwoord | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | prikkelen, opwinden |
| depress werkwoord | /dɪˈpɹɛs/ | deprimeren |
| displace werkwoord | /dɪsˈpleɪs/ | onthemen |
| freshness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɹɛʃnəs/ | frisheid, versheid |
| inverse bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪnˈvɝs/ | tegengesteld, tegenovergesteld |
| jumble zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈd͡ʒʌmbəl/ | mengelmoes |
| ponder werkwoord | /ˈpɑn.dəɹ/ | overwegen, overpeinzen |
| sluggish bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈslʌɡɪʃ/ | langzaam |
| refresh werkwoord | /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/ | verfrissen |
| bulb zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbʌlb/ | bloembol |
| analogy zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/ | analogie |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| come up with werkwoord | bedenken, verzinnen | |
| figure out werkwoord | uitvogelen, er achter komen | |
| wake up werkwoord | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | wakker worden, ontwaken |
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 continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is | have been getting · you've been watching · I've been working |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | have heard · I've tried · I've gotten |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 56 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I've, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: freshness /ˈfɹɛʃnəs/, sluggish /ˈslʌɡɪʃ/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, illustration /ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: immovable /ɪˈmuːvəb(ə)l/, vitality /vaɪˈtælɪti/, energetic /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: dismantle /dɪsˈmæntəl/, vitality /vaɪˈtælɪti/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: workspace /ˈwɝkˌspeɪs/, artwork /ˈɑɹtˌwɝk/
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 puzzle, dine, inspire.
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.