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I'd like to begin with a few seconds of silence.
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There. How did that feel?
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I noticed a few of you reaching for your phones!
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Was it peaceful, or a little uncomfortable?
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For many of us, silence feels like something's gone wrong.
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Researchers in the Netherlands studied exactly this feeling.
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Volunteers imagined a conversation that suddenly went quiet.
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Just four seconds of silence was enough!
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People felt anxious, and they felt rejected.
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Four seconds, and we start to doubt we belong.
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But does everyone feel silence the same way?
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In the 1980s, John Graham recorded real business negotiations.
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He counted every silence of ten seconds or more.
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Japanese negotiators had about five every half hour.
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Americans had three or four.
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And the Brazilians? Almost none at all!
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Instead, they interrupted each other all the time!
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So what does a silence actually mean?
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That depends on where you learned to talk.
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The same pause can say very different things.
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In Finland, friends can sit together without saying a word.
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Nobody feels awkward. It's simply comfortable.
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In Japan, a pause often shows respect and careful thought.
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But in many English-speaking places, silence signals a problem.
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Years ago, I flew to Tokyo for my first big deal.
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I made my offer, and the room went completely quiet.
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Five seconds. Ten seconds. I started to panic.
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So I kept talking, and I lowered my own price.
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Later, my host told me, 'We were just thinking!'
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Silence isn't empty. It's full of thinking.
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So here's my challenge for you this week.
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When a conversation goes quiet, count slowly to five.
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Ask someone a real question, and then actually wait.
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You might hear the most honest answer of all.
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Thank you.

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  12. SEtalk: The Surprising Strength of Weak TiesAflevering 12

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  13. SEtalk: The Science of Saying Thank YouAflevering 13

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  14. SEtalk: Why We Hate Being WrongAflevering 14

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  15. SEtalk: What Silence SaysAflevering 15Nu bezig

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “SEtalk: What Silence Says”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: silence, seconds, quiet. Deze video bevat 35 zinnen en 286 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:31. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 114 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 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 12 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
silence zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsaɪ̯ləns/stilte
pause zelfstandig naamwoord/pɔːz/pauze
belong werkwoord/bɪˈlɒŋ/thuishoren, horen
awkward bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈɔk.wɚd/onhandig
volunteer zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/vrijwilliger, vrijwilligster
panic zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpænɪk/paniek
depend werkwoord/dɪˈpɛnd/afhangen
uncomfortable bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ongemakkelijk
anxious bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈæŋkʃəs/bezorgd
researcher zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/onderzoeker
negotiation zelfstandig naamwoord/nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/onderhandeling
interrupt werkwoord/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/afbreken, onderbreken

Uitspraak om op te letten

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, negotiator /nɪˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tə/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, negotiator /nɪˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tə/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: pause /pɔːz/, awkward /ˈɔk.wɚd/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: panic /ˈpænɪk/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, negotiator /nɪˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tə/

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 silence, pause, belong.

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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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