Shadowing Practice: Part 2: Using Photography to Inspire Young Learners - Learn English Speaking with Video
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You know, I think photos can help inspire all kinds of emotions.
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You know, they can be beautiful.
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They can also help inspire wonder in people.
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So this is a photo of a tiny chameleon from the island of Madagascar.
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Do we have anybody from Madagascar here today?
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That would be really neat.
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This is a chameleon that is a fully grown adult.
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So it's really, really small and I put it on a human finger so you can see just how tiny it is.
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Amazingly, it's not even the smallest species in Madagascar.
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The smallest one can actually fit on the head of a match.
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Photos can also make us care about species and places that are really far away from our homes.
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Like this photo of a Sulawesi crested black macaque from Indonesia.
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And I saw earlier that we had somebody from Indonesia on this webinar, So that's wonderful to see.
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Photos can also make us aware of environmental issues, like the overfishing of sharks and other big fish that are found in our oceans.
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And this is an issue that's happening worldwide.
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So it was really this understanding of the power of photographs that inspired me to apply to National Geographic
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for a Young Explorers Grant to go to the country of Peru to photograph conservation efforts in the Amazon rainforest.
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I actually, I just got a great question.
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Do I get scared?
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Yeah, sometimes I get a little nervous when I'm out in the forest, but it's absolutely worth it every time.
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But I really love being out there in the forest.
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And in this case, I spent 10 months in the Amazon rainforest.
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And I was photographing these conservation efforts from the high Andes Mountains,
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seen here, all the way to the lowland Amazon rainforest.
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To make photos like this one, I would have to get up at 4 o'clock a.m in the morning
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and drag myself out of bed
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and go into the dark forest in the middle of the night
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and to climb a radio tower that was about 60 meters high
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or 180 feet high so I could be above the canopy at dawn.
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But I wanted to do those things to really show how beautiful these landscapes are and to make people care about them.
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And Peru is full of adventures.
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In this case, we had to trek for a couple of hours through the forest.
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We crossed rivers 11 times, and then we camped in the forest for 10 days in Peru.
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I was working with these park rangers who were monitoring wildlife, but we went out there so that we could really show some of the animals that were living in this forest.
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I got to photograph some pretty cool critters like mustache monkeys in the Peruvian Amazon on,
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scarlet macaws soaring above the canopy, and even some smaller creatures,
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because I really love to not just show the big charismatic animals, but the more rare creatures, the ones that are overlooked.
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So like monkey frogs, these really cute little frogs that are found in the understory and are a little bit camouflaged.
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And I'm telling you about Peru because it was a really great learning experience for me.
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Of course, it was an adventure, but more than that, it was a learning experience because I got to work with students.
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As part of my project in Peru, I was able to give presentations and photo workshops to students in schools.
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And these are some of those students out bird watching in one of the forests.
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And as I shared my photos of wildlife with these students, like the mustache monkey or the scarlet macaw,
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what I realized is that these students had almost never heard of these animals.
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They actually knew more about elephants and giraffes
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in faraway Africa than they did about the incredible animals that are found essentially in their backyards.
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And that was a very important moment for me as a photographer,
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because I really realized that we have to connect kids with nature in the places where they live.
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Kids are not going to care about protecting wildlife if they don't even know that these species exist.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Part 2: Using Photography to Inspire Young Learners”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: photo, forest, Peru, students, Amazon. Deze video bevat 49 zinnen en 698 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:32. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 154 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| photograph zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ | foto |
| rainforest zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹeɪn.fɔɹ.ɪst/ | regenwoud |
| inspire werkwoord | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | inspireren |
| monkey zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmʌŋki/ | aap, apin |
| wildlife zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/ | wilde dieren, natuur |
| chameleon zelfstandig naamwoord | /kəˈmi.li.ən/ | kameleon |
| macaw zelfstandig naamwoord | /məˈkɑ/ | ara |
| moustache zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmʌstæʃ/ | snor |
| canopy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkæ.nə.pi/ | baldakijn |
| scarlet zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈskɑɹlɪt/ | scharlaken, scharlakenrood |
| charismatic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌkɛɹəzˈmætək/ | charismatisch |
| faraway bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈfɑɹəweɪ/ | afgelegen, ver weg |
| giraffe zelfstandig naamwoord | /d͡ʒəˈɹæf/ | giraf |
| lowland zelfstandig naamwoord | laagland | |
| macaque zelfstandig naamwoord | /məˈkæk/ | makaak |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| go out werkwoord | naar buiten gaan |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | are found · are overlooked |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | was photographing · was working |
| Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groep | the smallest |
| Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig is | have to get · had to trek · have to connect |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 3 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: moustache /ˈmʌstæʃ/, camouflage /ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/, workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: chameleon /kəˈmi.li.ən/, charismatic /ˌkɛɹəzˈmætək/, understory /ˈʌndɚˌstoɹi/, amazingly /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/, photographer /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: camouflage /ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/, backyard /bækˈjɑːd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: photograph /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/, moustache /ˈmʌstæʃ/, canopy /ˈkæ.nə.pi/, camouflage /ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/, charismatic /ˌkɛɹəzˈmætək/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: photograph /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/, photographer /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als photograph, rainforest, inspire.
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.