Shadowing Practice: Look Level 4 Unit 3 Video 4 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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I'm Iwara.
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I'm AJ.
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I'm Marlin.
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What was the last celebration or festival you went to?
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I went to the fireworks festival in Nagaoka. When is this festival?
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It's in August every year.
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A lot of people go to see the fireworks.
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I went with my family. Did you like it?
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Yes, the fireworks were amazing.
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The sky was full of different colours.
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It was very bright and noisy.
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And we ate delicious food too.
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What's your favourite festival in your country?
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The Sandsations Festival.
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It's in July in Washington.
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What kind of festival is it?
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It's a sand sculpting festival.
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There are lots of festivals like this in the US.
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Artists make beautiful sculptures on the beach.
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They use sand and water.
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You can watch them while they make their sculptures.
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When they're finished, you can walk around them and take photos.
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Some of the sculptures are huge!
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When did you go there?
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I went there last summer with my parents.
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It was great.
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Is there a popular festival in Mexico?
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Yes, there are many.
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In Oaxaca, there's a festival called Que La Queza.
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It's in July and it lasts a week.
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From Monday to Monday, I went there two years ago.
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What did you see?
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I saw people wearing colorful costumes.
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People played music too and danced on the stage.
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And in the streets, it was a lot of fun.
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And there was lots of food too.
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Mole, chocolate, quesadillas, yum.
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What does this festival celebrate?
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It celebrates the different cultures in Oaxaca.
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People want to show that they're different, but how they live together in peace.

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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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