Shadowing Practice: LISTEN, LEARN, REPEAT & SHADOW English Speaking Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Here we go.
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English speaking practice.
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We're going to listen to a story.
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We're going to learn from it.
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We're going to do some repeating and shadowing.
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I'm just going to read.
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You're going to listen.
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And you can repeat when I pause.
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When I pause, you can repeat sections, small chunks.
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Or you can just try to say it with me if you want.
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Here we go.
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Sometimes we think we have all the time in the world.
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Sometimes we think we have all the time in the world.
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We work hard, save money,
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and plan for a future that feels so far away.
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But what if the future never comes?
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What if all we really have is today?
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I never asked myself these questions until the night everything changed.
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For years, my life was the same.
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Wake up early, go to work,
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come home tired, sleep, and repeat.
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I worked hard, always telling myself that one day I would finally enjoy life.
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But not yet.
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Not until I had enough money.
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I wore the same old clothes because buying new ones felt like a waste.
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I drove an old car that rattled every time I hit a bump.
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Vacations, I skipped them.
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Eating out, too expensive.
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I watched my friends go on trips,
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buy nice things, and enjoy their lives.
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I told myself they were being foolish,
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that they weren't thinking about the future.
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Security was more important than fun.
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I had a plan.
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Work hard now, live later.
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It made sense, until one rainy night when my whole life nearly ended.
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The road was wet, and the streetlights reflected off the pavement.
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I was driving home late from work, exhausted as usual.
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My mind was on my savings account My plans My future Then,
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in an instant Bright headlights A blaring horn A crash Everything went black When I woke up,
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the world was quiet My body ached.
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A dull beeping sound filled the room.
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I was in a hospital.
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A doctor stood beside me.
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His face was calm, but his words hit me like a storm.
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You're lucky to be alive.
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Lucky, my heart pounded.
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What if I had died?
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What would have happened to all the money I'd saved?
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What would have happened to all the money I'd saved?
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What was I waiting for?
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Tears filled my eyes.
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My whole life, I had been saving for a future that almost never came.
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I had been waiting to live, but for what?
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Lying in that hospital bed, everything felt different.
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The plain hospital soup tasted better than any meal I'd ever had.
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The sunset outside my window looked more beautiful than I had ever noticed before.
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For the first time in years,
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I was awake, truly awake.
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I made myself a promise.
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No more waiting.
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No more someday.
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Life was happening now.
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I had almost lost it and I wasn't going to waste another moment.
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When I finally left the hospital, the air felt fresher.
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The world looked brighter.
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I walked into my house,
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looked around, and felt nothing.
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the same old routine, the same old walls, the same old life.
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I didn't want it anymore.
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I opened my laptop and did something I never thought I would.
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I booked a trip, a place I had always dreamed of.
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but never allowed myself to visit a beach town where the ocean stretched for miles.
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Where the sun kissed the waves.
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Where people laughed and really lived.
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For the first time in my life,
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I packed a bag for something other than work.
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At the airport, my hands shook and my heart raced.
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I had never been on a plane before,
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but as it took off,
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lifting me into the sky,
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I felt lighter than ever.
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The first step onto the warm sand The first deep breath of salty air
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The first sunset over the ocean It was like I had been blind my whole life And was finally seeing
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I tasted fresh seafood Let the waves wash over my feet And laughed with strangers
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I felt something I had never felt before Freedom Sitting by the ocean Watching the waves crash against the shore
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I whispered to myself I waited too long but I won't wait anymore because the perfect time isn't later
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it's now
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all right boom good workout
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good English speaking workout you can go ahead and redo the lesson again
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if you want to try and shadow again all right keep moving forward one step at a time,
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and I'll see you in the next practice video.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “LISTEN, LEARN, REPEAT & SHADOW English Speaking Practice”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: felt, hospital, waves, repeat, ocean. Deze video bevat 92 zinnen en 764 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:55. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 86 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| pause zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɔːz/ | pauze |
| workout zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/ | training, oefening |
| sunset zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ | zonsondergang |
| awake werkwoord | /əˈweɪk/ | ontwaken |
| rattle zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹæ.təl/ | rammelaar, gerammel |
| streetlight zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈstɹit.laɪt/ | straatverlichting, straatlicht |
| pavement zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/ | wegdek, wegverharding |
| chunk zelfstandig naamwoord | /t͡ʃʌŋk/ | stuk, brok |
| seafood zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsiːfuːd/ | zeevruchten, zeebanket |
| salty bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈsɔlti/ | zout |
| rainy bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɹeɪni/ | regenachtig |
| exhaust werkwoord | /ɪɡˈzɔst/ | uitputten, verminderen |
| foolish bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/ | onverstandig, dom |
| dull bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /dʌl/ | bot, stomp |
| bump zelfstandig naamwoord | /bʌmp/ | botsing |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| wake up werkwoord | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | wakker worden, ontwaken |
| take off werkwoord | uittrekken, afzetten |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- We're going to listen to a story.
- What if all we really have is today?
- What would have happened to all the money I'd saved?
- What was I waiting for?
- I had been waiting to live, but for what?
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | were being · weren't thinking · was driving |
| Vergrotende trap -er than / more … than — twee dingen vergelijken | more important than · better than · more beautiful than |
| Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomen | We're going to listen · We're going to learn · We're going to do |
| Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspelling | won't wait · I'll see |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 15 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'd, we're, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: cloth /klɒθ/, breathe /bɹiːð/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: pause /pɔːz/, seafood /ˈsiːfuːd/, beside /bɪˈsaɪd/, pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: rattle /ˈɹæ.təl/, laptop /ˈlæp.tɑp/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: workout /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/, awake /əˈweɪk/, whisper /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/
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 pause, workout, sunset.
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.