Shadowing Practice: Simplifying Fractions - Learn English Speaking with Video

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In this lesson, I'm going to talk about how to simplify fractions.
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So let's start with a basic example, 6 over 8.
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How can we simplify this fraction?
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Well, notice that 6 and 8 are both even numbers.
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So therefore, we can divide each number by 2.
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6 divided by 2 is 3.
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8 divided by 2 is 4.
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And so the answer is going to be 3 over 4.
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Now what about 8 over 12?
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How can we simplify that fraction?
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So 8 and 12 are even numbers, so we can divide each number by 2.
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8 divided by 2 is 4, 12 divided by 2 is 6.
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Now we still have even numbers, so we can divide it by 2 again.
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4 divided by 2 is 2, 6 divided by 2 is 3.
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so the answer is 2 over 3.
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Another way in which you can do that problem is you could realize
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that 8 is basically 4 times 2 and 12 is 4 times 3
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and so you can cancel 4 and then this will give you the final result of 2 over 3.
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For the sake of practice go ahead and try these two examples 15 over 24 and 35 over 49
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go ahead and simplify those two fractions 15 is 5 times 3 24 is 8 times 3
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so we could cancel a 3 and
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so the final answer for the first example it's going to be 5 over 8
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Now let's move on to the next example.
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What do you know about 35 and 49?
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35 and 49 have a common number that goes into both of them, and that is 7.
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35 is 7 times 5.
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49 is 7 times 7.
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And so we could cancel a 7, giving us the answer 5 over 7.
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Try these two.
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48 over 72 and also 38 over 57.
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Now 48, what two numbers do you think is equal to 48?
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The first two numbers that come in my mind are 8 and 6.
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And 72 is 9 times 8 or 8 times 9.
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So we could cancel on 8.
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Now we could still simplify this further.
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6 is 3 times 2.
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9 is 3 times 3.
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And so these can be cancelled.
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Thus the final answer for that problem is 2 over 3.
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Now what about 38 and 57?
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Both numbers are divisible by 19.
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19 times 2 is 38.
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19 times 3 is 57.
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And once again, the final answer is 2 over 3.
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So now you know how to simplify fractions.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Simplifying Fractions”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: simplify, divided, answer, fraction, cancel. Deze video bevat 45 zinnen en 326 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:11. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 102 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 13 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
divide werkwoord/dɪˈvaɪd/verdelen
cancel werkwoord/ˈkæn.sl̩/doorhalen, schrappen
fraction zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɹæk.ʃən/fractie
lesson zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɛs.ən/les
sake zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈseɪ̯k/-halve, wille
simplify werkwoord/ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/vereenvoudigen, versimpelen
divisible bijvoeglijk naamwoord[dɪˈvɪzɪbəɫ]deelbaar
equal bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈiːkwəl/gelijk, gelijke
thus bijwoord/ˈðʌs/zo, alzo
notice werkwoord/ˈnoʊ.tɪs/merken, bemerken
basic bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈbeɪsɪk/basis-, elementair
therefore bijwoord/ˈðɛɹ.fɔɹ/daarom, bijgevolg
realize werkwoord/ˈɹi(.ə)ˌlaɪz/beseffen, inzien

Uitspraak om op te letten

  • De “th”-klanken: thus /ˈðʌs/, therefore /ˈðɛɹ.fɔɹ/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: divisible [dɪˈvɪzɪbəɫ], basically /ˈbeɪ.sɪk.(ə.)li/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: divide /dɪˈvaɪd/, realize /ˈɹi(.ə)ˌlaɪz/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: cancel /ˈkæn.sl̩/, fraction /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/

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 divide, cancel, fraction.

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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