Shadowing Practice: Repeat-After-Me + SHADOWING English Speaking Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Mind Power.
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Repeat after me.
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We're going to do a bunch of repeating, repeating, repeating, try to match my pace, my rhythm, my pronunciation.
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And then at the end we'll do a non-stop shadowing section.
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Alright, here we go.
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Your mind is extremely powerful.
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Your mind is extremely powerful.
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What you think is what you start to become.
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What you think is what you start to become.
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Everything we are begins with our thoughts.
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Everything we are begins with our thoughts.
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Your mind shapes who you are.
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What you think affects how you live.
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Your mind shapes who you are what you think affects how you live.
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What does this really mean?
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What does this really mean?
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It means your whole life starts inside your mind.
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It means your whole life starts inside your mind.
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Your feelings, relationships, habits, fears, confidence, and choices.
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Your feelings, relationships, habits, fears, confidence, and choices.
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If your mind is full of fear, you will live carefully and with hesitation.
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If your mind is full of fear, you will live carefully and with hesitation.
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If your mind is full of anger, you will lose your inner peace.
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If your mind is full of anger, you will lose your inner peace.
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If your mind is full of weakness, you won't recognize your real strength.
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If your mind is full of weakness, you won't realize your real strength.
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But if your mind is clear, trained to stay calm and focused on peace,
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your life becomes more peaceful, even when the world around you is not.
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Repeat after me in chunks, okay?
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I'll pause each part.
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Say the first line.
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But if your mind is clear, trained to stay calm and focused on peace,
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your life becomes more peaceful even when the world around you is not.
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Even when the world around you is not peaceful.
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All right.
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Imagine two students.
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Both are smart.
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Both sit in the same classroom.
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Both are studying for the same test.
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Say it again.
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Both sit in the same classroom.
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Both are studying for the same test.
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But one student thinks, I studied but I'm not smart enough.
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I'm going to fail.
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I can't do this.
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But one student thinks, I studied but I'm not smart enough.
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I'm going to fail.
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I can't do this.
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The other student thinks, I studied, so now all that's left is to do my best.
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I can do this.
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The other student thinks, I studied, so now all that's left is to do my best.
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I can do this.
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Now, ask yourself, who will stay calm during the test?
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Pretty simple, huh?
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You know who is going to stay calm during that test.
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Who will remember more? Who will focus better?
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Who is more likely to pass?
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same school, same teacher, same exam, but different results because of different thoughts.
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That's right.
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They're from the same school.
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They had the same teacher.
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They took the same exam,
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but they got different results because they had different thoughts say it.
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Your mind shapes your life.
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If you don't guide and manage your thoughts, your life will always feel messy and out of control, even when things are actually okay.
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All right, let's say that.
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Let's go ahead and do that in chunks, all right?
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I'll pause and you can repeat.
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If you don't guide and manage your thoughts,
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your life will always feel messy and out of control.
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Out of control, out of control, out of control.
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Messy and out of control.
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Even when things are actually okay.
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Even when things are actually okay.
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But you feel like it's all messy and out of control.
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All right, moving on.
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So train your mind.
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Train your mind.
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Talk kindly and positively to yourself.
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Talk kindly and positively to yourself.
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Don't let negative thoughts stay in your head like poison.
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Don't let negative thoughts stay in your head like poison.
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Replace fear with belief and trust.
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Replace doubt with effort and action.
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Replace anger with patience and understanding.
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You don't become peaceful by luck or accident.
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You become peaceful by practicing better thoughts every day.
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You become peaceful by practicing better thoughts every day.
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Your mind is not your enemy.
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It is your most powerful tool.
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Your mind is not your enemy.
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It's your most powerful tool.
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What you think you become.
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What you think you become.
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Okay, that's it.
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That's the text for today.
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Now we're going to do the shadowing portion.
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Feel free to follow along.
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Read it with me me see
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if you can say it with me shadow me non-stop from the start here we go
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your mind is extremely powerful what you think is what you start to become.
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Everything we are begins with our thoughts.
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Your mind shapes who you are.
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What you think affects how you live.
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What does this really mean?
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It means your whole life starts inside your mind.
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your feelings, relationships, habits, fears, confidence, and choices.
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If your mind is full of fear, you will live carefully and with hesitation.
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If your mind is full of anger, you will lose your inner peace.
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If your mind is full of weakness, you won't recognize your real strength.
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But if your mind is clear, trained to stay calm and focused on peace, your life becomes more peaceful,
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even when the world around you is not.
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Imagine two students.
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Both are smart.
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Both sit in the same classroom.
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Both are studying for the same test.
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One student thinks, I studied, but I'm not smart enough.
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I'm going to fail.
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I can't do this.
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The other student thinks, I studied, so now all that's left is to do my best.
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I can do this.
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Now ask yourself, who will stay calm during the test?
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Who will remember more? Who will focus better?
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who is more likely to pass?
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Same school, same teacher, same exam, but different results because of different thoughts.
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Your mind shapes your life.
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If you don't guide and manage your thoughts, your life will always feel messy and out of control,
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even when things are actually okay. So train your mind.
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Talk kindly and positively to yourself.
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Don't let negative thoughts stay in your head like poison.
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Replace fear with belief and trust.
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Replace doubt with effort and action.
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Replace anger with patience and understanding.
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You don't become peaceful by luck or accident.
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You become peaceful by practicing better thoughts every day.
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Your mind is not your enemy.
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It is your most powerful tool.
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What you think, you become.
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Boom.
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Good workout.
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Way to go.
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Keep moving forward one step at a time.
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And I will 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 “Repeat-After-Me + SHADOWING English Speaking Practice”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: thoughts, peaceful, fear, student, studied. Deze video bevat 143 zinnen en 1117 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 11:39. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 96 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 90% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
messy bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈmɛsi/wanordelijk, chaotisch
hesitation zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/aarzeling
positively bijwoord/ˈpɑ.zɪ.tɪv.li/positief
kindly bijwoord/ˈkaɪn(d)li/vriendelijk, beminnelijk
poison zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɔɪ.zən/gif, vergif
classroom zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈklɑːsɹʊm/klaslokaal
weakness zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwik.nɪs/zwakte
habit zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhæb.ɪt/gewoonte
examination zelfstandig naamwoord/ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/onderzoek
chunk zelfstandig naamwoord/t͡ʃʌŋk/stuk, brok
pause zelfstandig naamwoord/pɔːz/pauze
patience zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/geduld
pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/uitspraak
workout zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/training, oefening
rhythm zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹɪð.əm/ritme

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • All right, let's say that.
  • Let's go ahead and do that in chunks, all right?
  • I'll pause and you can repeat.
  • You don't become peaceful by luck or accident.
  • It's your most powerful tool.

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 gevolgdstop shadowing · Keep moving
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwe'll do · will live · will lose
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenWe're going to do · I'm going to fail · is going to stay
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtare studying

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 26 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, can't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/, positively /ˈpɑ.zɪ.tɪv.li/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: weakness /ˈwik.nɪs/, workout /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/

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 messy, hesitation, positively.

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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