Shadowing Practice: SLOW MOTION MULTI TASKING. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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You know, for the longest time, I've been told that following too many projects at the same time is not great.
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And there's much theory about the fact that nobody can really multitask.
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It's not really something that is real in our heads.
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And so when we are dispersed in our focus, in our energy, we often don't get anything done and we do everything in lukewarm processes.
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But everything changed when I listened to a TED Talk recently.
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And what he explained in the TED Talk was that, of course, multitasking on many occasions is not successful.
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Also, it can be rude at times.
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For example, checking your phone at the dinner table
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or being on your phone while you're driving
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or any of these sort of things that make multitasking dangerous
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and also not really making you focus on a specific task at hand.
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And for the longest time, some friends of mine have told me that if I have too many projects on the go,
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I am not able to apply myself correctly to each one of them.
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And my type of personality is I always have many projects on the go.
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And I've always scolded myself, always thought to myself, John, you need to refocus.
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You need to come into one project at a time.
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But this TED Talk explained and introduced me to a new topic or a new approach.
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And he calls it the slow motion multitasking approach.
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And I thought to myself, that's really interesting.
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Because if we think about multitasking, we always think about it as doing many things at the same time.
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But what slow motion multitasking says is that you're able to fully focus in on one topic.
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and then when you've exhausted yourself at that topic, you can then move to the next topic.
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An example he gave was amazing.
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He said that Einstein launched four of his world-changing theories in 1905.
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One of them actually won a Nobel Prize,
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showing us that he was working on four different projects for multiple years before he came to certain conclusions
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and was able to launch those studies and those results out at pretty much the same time,
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meaning that he was slow-motion multitasking.
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And often what we need is to apply a principle from one scenario into another scenario to apply
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that fresh thinking into the new scenario that gives that scenario a boost.
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Now, the world we come from, the world of linear innovation, the industrial revolution, where we had to study one subject and do one job for most of our lives,
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single focus was a superpower.
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But in a world of uncertainty, of change all the time, of so much newness coming,
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our ability to move from subject to subject, keeping focus per subject at a time,
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giving us the opportunity to switch tasks in slow motion becomes a superpower.
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And this new skill set is what we actually need to do to be combining unexpected invisible dots,
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unexpected subjects that collide, that give us surprising outcomes.
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And this is what the world needs today, is more disruptive thinking, out-the-box thinking, and more surprising results that enthuse and excite our customers,
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our employees, our colleagues, and everybody that we actually work with.
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So if you're a multitasker and have many projects on the go, the idea is not to multitask at the same time,
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but to slow motion multitask.
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And in that process, applying principles of one sector into another with incredibly surprising outcomes.
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Good luck for being a slow motion multitasker.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “SLOW MOTION MULTI TASKING”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: multitasking, motion, slow, project, subject. Deze video bevat 43 zinnen en 598 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:54. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 153 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 85% 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:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| scenario zelfstandig naamwoord | /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/ | scenario |
| superpower zelfstandig naamwoord | grootmacht, supermacht | |
| collide werkwoord | /kəˈlaɪd/ | botsen |
| disperse werkwoord | /dɪˈspɝs/ | verstrooien |
| disruptive bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/ | storend, onrustwekkend |
| enthuse werkwoord | /ɛnˈθjuːz/ | enthousiasmeren |
| excite werkwoord | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | prikkelen, opwinden |
| lukewarm bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌl(j)uk.ˈwɔɹm/ | lauw |
| newness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈn(j)uːnəs/ | nieuwheid |
| exhaust werkwoord | /ɪɡˈzɔst/ | uitputten, verminderen |
| colleague zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | collega, medewerker |
| uncertainty zelfstandig naamwoord | /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/ | onzekerheid |
| invisible bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/ | onzichtbaar |
| linear bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈlɪn.i.əɹ/ | lineair |
| combine werkwoord | /kəmˈbaɪn/ | combineren |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've been told · have told · I've always scolded |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | I've been told · are dispersed |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 7 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, I've, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: collide /kəˈlaɪd/, disruptive /dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/, enthuse /ɛnˈθjuːz/, colleague /ˈkɒliːɡ/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔst/, colleague /ˈkɒliːɡ/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als scenario, superpower, collide.
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.