Shadowing Practice: Master SPEAKING Three English Sentences - Practice with me SHADOWING - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Okay, this lesson only has three sentences,  but we're going to do them over and over and master them. Okay, so let's  take a look at this first sentence.
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My cousin from California, who's been traveling  around Europe for the for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit me  next month if she can find affordable flights.
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Okay, so we got one sentence there. I'm  gonna say it again and again and again.
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And I want you to just try to feel the  flow and say it along with me and mimic me.
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And if you're really good, look away  from the screen. Don't look at the text and try to say it without looking after you do  it a few times. All right. Oops. Here we go.
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My cousin from California, who's been traveling  around Europe for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit me next month  if she can find affordable flights. All right, try again. My cousin from California, who's been  traveling around Europe for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit me  next month if she can find affordable flights.
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All right, go again. My cousin from California,  who's been traveling around Europe for the past six months, just texted me saying she's planning  to visit me next month if she can find affordable flights. All right. Shall we do you want  to slow it down a bit? Let's slow it down.
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My cousin from California, who's been  traveling around Europe for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit  me next month if she can find affordable flights again. My cousin from California, who's been  traveling around Europe for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit me  next month if she can find affordable flights.
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My cousin from California, who's been  traveling around Europe for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit me  next month if she can find affordable flights.
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My cousin from California, who's been  traveling around Europe for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit me  next month if she can find affordable flights.
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All right, how was it? Let's try  another sentence. Here it is.
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I was thinking that maybe we could grab  dinner at that new Italian restaurant downtown before catching the 8:00 p.m. movie. Unless you'd  prefer to just stay in and order takeout instead.
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All right, let's go again.
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I was thinking that maybe we could grab  dinner at that new Italian restaurant downtown before catching the 8:00 p.m. movie. Unless you'd  prefer to just stay in and order takeout instead.
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I was thinking that maybe we could grab  dinner at that new Italian restaurant downtown before catching the 8:00 p.m. movie. Unless you'd  prefer to just stay in and order takeout instead.
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I was thinking that maybe we could grab  dinner at that new Italian restaurant downtown before catching the 8:00 p.m. movie. Unless you'd  prefer to just stay in and order takeout instead.
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All right, let's catch our breath.  That's a lot to say in one sentence.
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All right, let's try again. Here we go.
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I was thinking that maybe we could grab  dinner at that new Italian restaurant downtown before catching the 8:00 p.m. movie. Unless you'd  prefer to just stay in and order takeout instead.
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One more. I was thinking that maybe we could grab  dinner at that new Italian restaurant downtown before catching the 8:00 p.m. movie. Unless you'd  prefer to just stay in and order takeout instead.
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All right, good job. Let's do our third and  final sentence. Here it is. The project deadline got moved up to this Friday because the client  changed their requirements at the last minute.
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So now we'll probably have to work late a  couple of nights to get everything done on time.
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Here we go. The project  deadline got moved up to Friday because the client changed their  requirements at the last minute.
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So now we'll probably have to work late a  couple of nights to get everything done on time.
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The project deadline got moved up to this  Friday because the client changed their requirements at the last minute. So now we'll  probably have to work late a couple of nights to get everything done on time. The project  deadline got moved up to this Friday because the client changed their  requirements at the last minute.
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So now we'll probably have to work late a  couple of nights to get everything done on time.
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The project deadline got moved up to this  Friday because the client changed the requirements at the last minute. So now we'll  probably have to work late a couple of nights to get everything done on time. Oh, I I switched  words. I said the instead of their requirements.
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All right, let's say it one last time. Here we go.  The project deadline got moved up to this Friday because the client changed their  requirements at the last minute.
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So now we'll probably have to work late a  couple of nights to get everything done on time.
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All right, how was that? Was that good practice  for you? I know it's difficult. I know it's long and you run out of air, but hey, I thought  maybe this would be a good little practice.
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Thank you for practicing with me again.  Keep moving forward one step at a time.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 31 zinnen en 915 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:46. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 135 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 88% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

14 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
cousin zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkʌz(ə)n/neef, nicht
affordable bijvoeglijk naamwoord/əˈfɔɹ.də.bəl/betaalbaar
requirement zelfstandig naamwoord/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/vereiste, plicht
downtown zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/binnenstad, stadscentrum
deadline zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/termijn, deadline
lesson zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɛs.ən/les
breathe werkwoord/bɹiːð/ademen, ademhalen
restaurant zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/restaurant
sentence zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsɛn.təns/veroordeling
prefer werkwoord[pɹɪˈfɝ](de) voorkeur geven, verkiezen (boven)
client zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈklaɪ.ənt/klant, cliënt
grab werkwoord/ˈɡɹæb/grijpen
flow werkwoord/ˈfloʊ̯/vloeien, stromen
switch zelfstandig naamwoord/swɪt͡ʃ/schakelaar

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig waswas thinking
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwe'll probably have
Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig ishave to work
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenwe're going to do · gonna say

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 17 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we'll, you'd, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

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 cousin, affordable, requirement.

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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