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Let me start with a little test.
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True or false: a goldfish has a three-second memory.
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Most of you are nodding.
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Don't worry. I believed it for thirty years.
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It's completely false! Goldfish can remember things for months.
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So why did I believe it?
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Not because I checked.
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Because I heard it again and again.
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On TV, from friends, in adverts.
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Psychologists call this the illusory truth effect.
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The more often we hear something, the truer it feels.
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Even when we know, deep down, that it's wrong.
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Our brains confuse "familiar" with "true".
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Now imagine that effect on social media.
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Researchers at MIT studied millions of shares.
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False news spread much faster than true news!
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And it wasn't robots spreading it. It was people like us.
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Lies are simply more surprising, and more exciting to share.
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Well... I'll be honest with you.
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Last year, I shared an article about a miracle diet.
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My aunt tried it, and she felt ill for a week.
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I'm ashamed to say I never read past the headline.
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So what can we actually do?
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I use one simple habit: the ten-second pause.
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Before you share, ask yourself one question.
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"Do I believe this because it's true,
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or because I've heard it a lot?"
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Ten seconds won't fix the internet.
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But if millions of us take that pause,
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lies will travel a little more slowly.
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And the truth might finally catch up!
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Thank you.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “SEtalk: Why We Believe Things That Aren't True”. Deze video bevat 32 zinnen en 240 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 1:43. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 139 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 83% 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 12 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
goldfish zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/goudvis
pause zelfstandig naamwoord/pɔːz/pauze
advert werkwoord/ædvˈɝt/verwijzen, aandacht vestigen op
excite werkwoord/ɪkˈsaɪt/prikkelen, opwinden
confuse werkwoord/kənˈfjuːz/verwarren, in de war brengen
nod werkwoord/nɑd/knikken
psychologist zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/psycholoog, psychologe
researcher zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/onderzoeker
headline zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhɛd.laɪn/kop
ashamed bijvoeglijk naamwoord/əˈʃeɪmd/beschaamd
miracle zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmɪɹ.ə.kəl/wonder, mirakel
aunt zelfstandig naamwoord/ɑːnt/tante

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 6 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'll, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: goldfish /ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: illusory /ɪˈluː.sə.ɹiː/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: pause /pɔːz/, confuse /kənˈfjuːz/, nod /nɑd/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/

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 goldfish, pause, advert.

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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