Shadowing Practice: Speaking Test - KET TEST - Anh Thu / Thanh Truc - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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Okay, what's your name?
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My name is Pikachu.
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You can call me Thu.
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What's your name?
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My name is Chu.
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How old are you?
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I'm 13 years old.
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Where do you come from?
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I come from Vietnam.
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Where do you live?
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I live in Song Thu Thuong, Hong Kong District.
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And how old are you?
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I'm 14 years old.
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Where do you come from?
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I come from Vietnam.
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And where do you live?
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I live in Hong Kong District, Ho Chi Minh City.
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What subject do you like best?
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I like English best because I study to go to America and study in it.
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What clothes do you wear to school?
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I usually wear uniform like shirt and jeans to school.
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What time do you finish school?
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It's about 5 o'clock.
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What do you eat after school?
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I always eat toast or rice.
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Please tell me something about the homework you have to do.
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I usually have a few homework, but I do math more because it's very important.
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I know I do math very bad.
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Who do you live with?
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I live with my family.
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They are my father, mother and my little sister.
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How many bedrooms are there in your house?
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There are two bedrooms in my house.
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Where do you watch TV at home?
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I usually watch TV in my living room or in my bedroom.
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What's your favorite room in your house?
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My favorite room is bedroom because I usually play games or with book in it.
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Please tell me what you like doing at home.
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I like drawing or playing video games with my sister or playing with my pet, a dog.
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Okay, let's go to part 2.
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Here are pictures that show different hobbies.
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Do you like these different hobbies?
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Say why or why not.
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Pikachu, do you want to say first?
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Yes, I like playing room because it makes me feel very relaxed.
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I play it with my friends in the library in my school.
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How about you?
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I don't like it but I prefer drawing because I have a talent of it and I can draw many beautiful pictures.
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Do you like it?
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I like it too but I think reading books is suitable for me.
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It helps me to improve my vocabulary.
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I usually read it to do my homework.
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Do you agree with me?
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I agree with you, but I don't like doing outdoor activities.
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I prefer indoor activities like playing video games.
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I always spend most of my time playing games with my sister.
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What do you think?
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I very like playing video games with my sister too.
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But I think footballing is very interesting more.
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I play it to protect my health or growing to thorn.
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It helps me to have a strong leg.
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Okay, that's fine.
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Do you think playing an instrument is difficult?
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I think it's very difficult because you need to study many cues to play it.
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and you need to spend a lot of time.
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Do you think painting is easy?
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Yes, but you have a lot of...
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you need...
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I think painting is very easy because it needs to draw and paint.
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Sometimes it can make me relax more and I think it's very easy.
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Which of these hobbies do you like best?
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I like playing video games best because I can play many types of games like action or romance.
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And you, which of these hobbies do you like best?
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I like reading books best because I usually use it for my homework or in my free time.
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I can read it a lot every day.
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Do you prefer to spend your free time alone or with other people?
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I prefer to spend my time with my sister
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because my sister is very fun and we can save a lot of memories together.
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Which is more fun, playing sports or watching sports?
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I think playing sports is more fun
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because it helps me to protect my health and it improves my health
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or it makes me have a strong arm or leg very much.
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Okay, finished.
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Goodbye.
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See you.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau A2 is gebaseerd op de video “Speaking Test - KET TEST - Anh Thu / Thanh Truc”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: sister, usually, hobbies, homework, bedroom. Deze video bevat 85 zinnen en 683 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:17. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 109 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 28 van de 85 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
bedroom zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbɛdˌɹum/slaapkamer
homework zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/huiswerk, huistaak
hobby zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhɑ.bi/hobby, vrijetijdsbesteding
relax werkwoord/ɹɪˈlæks/losmaken
mathematics zelfstandig naamwoord/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/wiskunde, mathematiek
suitable bijvoeglijk naamwoord[ˈsjuː.tə.bɫ̩]geschikt, passend
uniform zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/uniform
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/tot ziens, tot weerziens
instrument zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/instrument, meetinstrument
outdoor bijvoeglijk naamwoord/aʊtˈdɔː/buiten-
cloth zelfstandig naamwoord/klɒθ/doek, kleed
toast zelfstandig naamwoord/toʊst/toost, geroosterd brood
vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/woordenschat, vocabulaire
cue zelfstandig naamwoord/kju/teken
thorn zelfstandig naamwoord/θoɹn/doorn

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Where do you come from?
  • What subject do you like best?
  • What clothes do you wear to school?
  • What time do you finish school?
  • What's your favorite room in your house?

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 4 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De “th”-klanken: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, cloth /klɒθ/, thorn /θoɹn/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, romance /roʊˈmæn(t)s/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

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 bedroom, homework, hobby.

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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