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

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Starting a new job, how about it?
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We're going to do some repeat after me, echo me, work on your pronunciation, your flow.
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We're going to do some shadowing practice.
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We're going to do all of that, English speaking practice.
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Let's jump into it.
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Three weeks ago, when I paused, you repeat after me.
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I started a new job at a small company.
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Three weeks ago, I started a new job at a small company.
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On my first day, I showed up early because I really didn't want to mess up or leave a bad first impression.
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Or leave a bad first impression.
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I didn't want to leave a bad first impression.
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I'm going to say it again.
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I'm going to go through it all.
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Follow me.
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On my first day, I showed up early because I really didn't want to mess up or leave a bad first impression.
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I messed up.
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Did I just leave a bad impression?
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I'm sorry.
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Let's try one more time.
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One more time.
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Here we go.
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On my first day, I showed up early because I really didn't want to mess up or leave a bad first impression.
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There we go.
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Got it.
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My manager greeted me at the door.
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My manager greeted me at the door.
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Showed me around the office.
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Explained how things worked.
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and introduced me to my co-workers.
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Alright, from the top, here I go.
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My manager greeted me at the door, showed me around the office, explained how things worked, and introduced me to my co-workers.
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Which helped me relax a little and feel more welcome.
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yeah it helped me relax a little and it and feel more welcome
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at first I was pretty nervous I was pretty nervous
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and felt a lot of pressure a lot of pressure a lot of a lot of a lot of pressure to
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to a lot of pressure to fit in. To fit in. As quickly as possible.
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Yeah, become part of the group to fit in.
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Alright, I'm going to say it all.
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At first, I was pretty nervous and felt a lot of pressure to fit in as quickly as possible.
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As quickly as possible.
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Let me try again.
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Here we go.
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At first, I was pretty nervous and felt a lot of pressure to fit in as quickly as possible.
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I didn't want to miss anything important.
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So, I wrote down detailed notes.
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So, I wrote down detailed notes.
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I didn't want to miss anything important, so I wrote down detailed notes.
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Followed up on every task.
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Made sure I did it.
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I followed up on every task.
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And double-checked my work before turning it in.
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and double-checked, checked it twice, double-checked my work, checked my work twice before turning it in.
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Okay.
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That extra effort made me feel a bit more in control.
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That extra effort made me feel a bit more in control.
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while I was still figuring things out.
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While I was still figuring things out.
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If you're figuring things out, you're trying to understand, make sense, you're figuring it out.
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Figure it out.
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Figure things out.
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Alright.
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During lunch, My co-workers invited me to sit with them.
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My co-workers invited me to sit with them.
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And that really helped break the ice.
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Break the ice.
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If you break the ice with people, you get to know them.
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You relax around them.
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You break the ice.
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So he sat with his co-workers and that really helped break the ice.
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During lunch, my coworkers invited me to sit with them and that really helped break the ice.
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We talked about work.
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Shared a few personal stories.
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Joked around.
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And little by little, I started to feel more comfortable being myself.
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I started to feel more comfortable being myself.
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Try.
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All right, let's do all of that.
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Ready?
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Here we go.
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We talked about work, shared a few personal stories, joked around, and little by little, I started to feel more comfortable being myself.
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Say it with me, together.
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All right, here we go.
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We talked about work, shared a few personal stories, joked around, and little by little, I started to feel more comfortable being myself.
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Okay.
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By the end of the week, I had gotten the hang of the daily routine.
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All right, I had gotten the hang of it.
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If you get the hang of something, you start to understand how to do it.
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Okay, I got the hang of doing this.
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And I got the hang of the daily routine.
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I had gotten.
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By the end of the week, I had gotten the hang of the daily routine.
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Felt more confident in what I was doing.
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Yeah, I felt by the end of the week, I felt more confident in what I was doing.
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So if you feel more confident in what you're doing, you're getting the hang of it.
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Getting the hang of it, feeling more confident in what you do.
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And I realized I was ready to take on bigger projects.
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and realized I was ready to take on bigger projects and contribute more to the team.
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And contribute, contribute more to the team.
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To the, to the, to the, that's pretty fast there, huh?
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And contribute more to the team, to the team, to the team.
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T-T-T, to the team all right here's all of
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that say it together with me here we go by the
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end of the week I had gotten the hang of the
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daily routine felt more confident in what I was doing
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and realized I was ready to take on bigger projects and contribute more to the team How was that?
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Should we do it one more time?
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Let's do it one more time.
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Here we go.
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By the end of the week, I had gotten the hang of the daily routine, felt more confident in what I was doing,
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and realized I was ready to take on bigger projects and contribute more to the team.
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All right.
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Are you ready to shout on me nonstop?
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Let's take a breath, make sure we're ready to go.
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We're going to say it from the beginning to the end non-stop.
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Feel free to read along or shadow me.
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Here we go.
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Three weeks ago, I started a new job at a small company.
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On my first day, I showed up early because I really didn't want to mess up or leave a bad first impression.
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My manager greeted me at the door, showed me around the office, explained how things worked, and introduced me to my co-workers,
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which helped me relax a little and feel more welcome.
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At first, I was pretty nervous and felt a lot of pressure to fit in as quickly as possible.
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I didn't want to miss anything important, so I wrote down detailed notes,
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followed up on every task, and double-checked my work before turning it in.
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That extra effort made me feel a bit more in control while I was still figuring things out.
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During lunch, my co-workers invited me to sit with them, and that really helped me break the ice.
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We talked about work, shared a few personal stories, joked around, and little by little, I started to feel more comfortable being myself.
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By the end of the week, I had gotten the hang of the daily routine, felt more confident in what I was doing,
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and realized I was ready to take on bigger projects and contribute more to the team.
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Boom!
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Good workout!
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Keep moving forward, one step at a time, keep practicing English, and 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 “Repeat-After-Me + SHADOWING English Speaking Practice”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: hang, felt, contribute, impression, confident. Deze video bevat 131 zinnen en 1291 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 11:04. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 117 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 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 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
worker zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɝ.kɚ/arbeider, arbeidster
impression zelfstandig naamwoord/ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/indruk, deuk
contribute werkwoord/kənˈtɹɪb.jut/bijdragen
invite werkwoord/ɪnˈvaɪt/uitnodigen, nodigen
relax werkwoord/ɹɪˈlæks/losmaken
greet werkwoord/ɡɹiːt/begroeten, ontvangen
introduce werkwoord/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/introduceren, voorstellen
shadow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈʃædəʊ̯/schaduw
boom werkwoord/bum/dreunen, donderen
breathe werkwoord/bɹiːð/ademen, ademhalen
shout werkwoord/ʃaʊt/schreeuwen
echo zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɛk.oʊ/echo, naklank
workout zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/training, oefening
pause zelfstandig naamwoord/pɔːz/pauze
pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/uitspraak

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
mess up werkwoordverrommelen, in de war brengen
show up werkwoordtentoonstellen
write down werkwoordopschrijven, neerschrijven

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • We're going to do some shadowing practice.
  • I didn't want to leave a bad first impression.
  • Did I just leave a bad impression?
  • Should we do it one more time?
  • Are you ready to shout on me nonstop?

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 still figuring · was doing
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenWe're going to do · I'm going to say · I'm going to go
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtyou're figuring · you're doing

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 23 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals didn't, we're, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: impression /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, shout /ʃaʊt/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: worker /ˈwɝ.kɚ/, 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 worker, impression, contribute.

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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