Shadowing Practice: Muscle Memory: Repeat-After-Me + SHADOWING for English Speaking Fluency - Learn English Speaking with Video

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muscle memory.
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Alright, how you doing?
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Are you ready to practice speaking English?
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Build some muscle memory in those mouth muscles.
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We're going to do some shadowing practice work on your pronunciation, your overall speaking skills.
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Let's look at this.
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Here we go.
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When you repeat after a native speaker, now repeat after me.
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When you repeat after a native speaker,
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your brain naturally begins to memorize the exact sounds,
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stress, and intonation patterns of the language.
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Yeah, that's right.
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When you repeat after a native speaker, your brain naturally begins to memorize the exact sounds,
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stress, and intonation patterns of the language.
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You think you can say that with me?
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See if you can say this with me.
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Ready?
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Here we go.
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When you repeat after a native speaker, your brain naturally begins to memorize the exact sounds,
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stress, and intonation patterns of the language.
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And intonation patterns of the language.
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When you repeat after a native speaker, repeat after me.
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When you repeat after a native speaker, your brain naturally begins to memorize the exact sounds.
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Stress and intonation patterns of the language.
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All right, good.
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It's like building a kind of muscle memory for speaking.
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It's like building a kind of muscle memory for speaking.
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Say that.
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It's like, it's like, it's as if you are building a kind of muscle memory for speaking.
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Your tongue, your tongue, tongue,
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lips, and breathing, breathing gradually, gradually.
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Learn to move in the right way.
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Learn to move in the right way.
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Often without you even noticing it.
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Often, often, often, often without you even noticing it.
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your tongue, lips, and breathing gradually learn to move in the right way
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often without you even noticing it often without you even noticing it your tongue,
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lips, and breathing gradually learn to move in the right way often without you even noticing it.
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Your tongue, lips, and breathing gradually learn to move in the right way often without you even noticing it.
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Alright, were you practicing with me?
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Way to go.
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As you keep practicing, as you keep practicing, you'll likely hear your pronunciation improve.
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You'll likely hear your pronunciation improve.
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Say that.
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Feel your pace become smoother.
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Feel your pace become smoother.
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Feel your pace become smoother.
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And notice that speaking starts to feel much more natural and confident.
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And notice that speaking starts to feel much more natural and confident.
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Say that part.
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Good, good, good.
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Say it with me.
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As you keep practicing, you'll likely hear your pronunciation improve, feel your pace become smoother,
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and notice that speaking starts to feel much more natural and confident.
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As you keep practicing, you'll likely hear your pronunciation improve, feel your pace become smoother,
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and notice that speaking starts to feel much more natural and confident.
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What do you think?
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Does this ring true to you?
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Do you find that this is a true statement?
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I hope so.
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And the best part is, and the best part is, you don't have to be perfect.
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You don't have to be perfect.
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Just keep going step by step.
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And little by little, little by little, you'll see real progress.
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You'll see real progress.
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Yes, you will.
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You'll see real progress little by little.
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And the best part is, you don't have to be perfect.
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Just keep going step by step, and little by little, you'll see real progress.
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One more time.
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And the best part is, you don't have to be perfect.
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Just keep going step by step.
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And little by little, you'll see real progress.
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and little by little, you'll see real progress.
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Good, way to go.
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Now, we're going to say all of that again.
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I want you to say it with me.
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Shadow me.
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Do your best to follow along.
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Here we go.
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When you repeat after a native speaker, your brain naturally begins to memorize the exact sounds,
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stress, and intonation patterns of the language.
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It's like building a kind of muscle memory for speaking.
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Your tongue, lips, and breathing gradually learn to move in the right way,
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often without you even noticing it.
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As you keep practicing, you'll likely hear your pronunciation improve, feel your pace become smoother.
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And notice that speaking starts to feel much more natural and confident.
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And the best part is, you don't have to be perfect.
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Just keep going step by step, and little by little, you'll see real progress.
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Boom!
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Good workout!
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Keep moving forward one step at a time, just as we said today, and little by little, you'll see real progress, right?
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All right, I'll see you in the next English-speaking practice video.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Muscle Memory: Repeat-After-Me + SHADOWING for English Speaking Fluency”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: speaking, repeat, step, progress, noticing. Deze video bevat 93 zinnen en 773 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 7:39. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 101 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 86% 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 14 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
muscle zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmʌs.əl/spier
smooth bijvoeglijk naamwoord/smuːð/vlot
breathe werkwoord/bɹiːð/ademen, ademhalen
gradually bijwoord/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/geleidelijk, allengs
pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/uitspraak
naturally bijwoord/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/natuurlijk
lip zelfstandig naamwoord/lɪp/lip
distress zelfstandig naamwoord/dɪˈstɹɛs/druk, stress
shadow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈʃædəʊ̯/schaduw
skill zelfstandig naamwoord/skɪl/bekwaamheid, vaardigheid
boom werkwoord/bum/dreunen, donderen
workout zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/training, oefening
intonation zelfstandig naamwoord/ɪntəˈneɪʃən/intonatie, zinsmelodie
memorize werkwoord/ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/memoriseren, uit het hoofd leren

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • Alright, how you doing?
  • You think you can say that with me?
  • Alright, were you practicing with me?
  • Does this ring true to you?
  • Do you find that this is a true statement?

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 gevolgdpractice speaking · keep practicing · Keep moving
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groepthe best
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingyou'll likely · you'll see · I'll see
Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig ishave to be

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 21 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you'll, don't, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De “th”-klanken: smooth /smuːð/, breathe /bɹiːð/
  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: gradually /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/

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 muscle, smooth, breathe.

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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