Shadowing Practice: Kali Uchis - Tyrant ft. Jorja Smith - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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I can read your silence When everything is a riot,
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you're my peace and quiet.
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All around we go, your lovin' is like a kaleidoscope.
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I don't wanna come down, keep spinnin' me round and round and round and round and round.
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But what would you do without that control?
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I don't wanna come down, keep spending me round and round and round and round and round.
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Word on the street you got hoes, I disappear like El Chapo.
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Till you said you would cut off the whole world, your little on me would be yours.
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It's French like Brigitte Bardo All around we go,
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and your love is like a kaleidoscope I don't wanna come down Keep spinning me round
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and round and round and round and round and round
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It mellow, it mellow, it mellow, it mellow Boy, you're driving me crazy,
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although I say nothing can face me Place the spark in my life back,
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now I want to show you how I think that Don't think you can lie,
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I can see through your mind Don't lose this,
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we have it all, though All around we go,
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you're in a room like a kaleidoscope I don't wanna come down, keep spinning me round and round and round and round
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I'm going around and around and around and around now I'm going around and around and around going downtown

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Kali Uchis - Tyrant ft. Jorja Smith”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: round, mellow, kaleidoscope. Deze video bevat 75 zinnen en 818 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:48. 95% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 12 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
spin werkwoord/spɪn/draaien
silence zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsaɪ̯ləns/stilte
downtown zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/binnenstad, stadscentrum
disappear werkwoord/dɪsəˈpɪɹ/verdwijnen, verzwinden
riot zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹaɪ.ət/rel
spark zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈspɑɹk/vonk, sprank
kaleidoscope zelfstandig naamwoord/kəˈlaɪ.dəˌskoʊp/caleidoscoop
hoe zelfstandig naamwoord/hoʊ/schoffel, hak
quiet bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/stil, rustig
spend werkwoord/spɪnd/uitgeven, spenderen
till/tɪl/tot
yours/jɔɹz/het jouwe, de jouwe

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
see through werkwoorddoorheen zien

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgdkeep spending · Keep spinning
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtyou're driving · I'm going

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 15 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, wanna, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: spend /spɪnd/, yours /jɔɹz/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als spin, silence, downtown.

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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