Shadowing Practice: Speech shadowing - Doing this 20 minutes a day will improve your confidence! - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hi, welcome to lesson 210.
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This week we are looking at an IELTS speaking part 2
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cue card on the topic of Describe a place you went to that was full of colour.
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I'll read the cue card to you now.
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Describe a place you went to that was full of colour.
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You should say, where it was.
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When you went there, what you saw, and explain how you felt about being in that colourful place.
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Alright, first thing, let's listen to the sample so you can hear the model spoken naturally.
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Here it is.
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We will now start part two of the exam.
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Here is your cue card.
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Start speaking now, please.
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One place that truly amazed me with its colour was Iwa Mural Village, located in my home city, Seoul.
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I visited it last autumn with a friend who was visiting from overseas.
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Iwa Mural Village is a small neighbourhood on a hillside that was transformed into a vibrant public art space.
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Artists were invited to paint murals and create installations to revitalise the area.
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and now it's full of life and color.
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As my friend and I walked through the narrow alleyways, we saw walls covered in paintings of flowers, animals, and abstract patterns.
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Even the staircases had artwork.
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One staircase had a beautiful painting of koi fish that looked like they were swimming up the steps.
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What made the place even more special was how the art blended with the everyday lives of the residents.
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Flower pots, painted mailboxes, and colorful signs made it feel like the entire village was part of an open-air gallery.
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Being there made me feel cheerful and inspired.
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It was the kind of place that sparks your imagination and lifts your mood.
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It reminded me that color and creativity can really change the way we experience a place.
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Thank you.
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Okay, we will now start this week's speech shadowing exercise.
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In this week's free sample exercise, you will repeat the response to the first few sentences from the model.
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I'll read this section of the response again to you now just to refresh your memory.
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One place that truly amazed me with its color was Iwa Mural Village, located in my home city, Seoul.
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I visited it last autumn with a friend who was visiting from overseas.
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Iwa Mural Village is a small neighborhood on a hillside that was transformed into a vibrant public art space.
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Okay, let's go ahead and start this week's speech shadowing exercise.
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Okay, here's this week's speech shadowing exercise.
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Enjoy.
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We will now start part two of the exam.
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Here is your cue card.
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Start speaking now, please.
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One place that truly amazed me with its colour was Iwa Mural Village, located in my home city, Seoul.
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Located in my home city, Seoul.
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in my home city, in my home city, located in my home city, Seoul.
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One place that truly amazed me with its color,
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truly amazed me with its color, truly amazed me with its color,
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with its color, with its color, truly amazed me with its color,
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one place that truly amazed me with its color One place that truly amazed me with its color was Iwa Mural Village,
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located in my home city, Seoul.
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One place that truly amazed me with its color was Iwa Mural Village, located in my home city, Seoul.
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I visited it last autumn with a friend who was visiting from overseas.
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With a friend who was visiting from overseas.
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Who was visiting from overseas. From overseas.
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from overseas who was visiting from overseas with a friend who was visiting from overseas
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with a friend with a friend with a friend who was visiting from overseas.
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I visited it last autumn.
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Last autumn.
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Last autumn.
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I visited it last autumn.
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I visited it last autumn with a friend who was visiting from overseas.
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I visited it last autumn with a friend who was visiting from overseas.
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Ewa Muro Village is a small neighborhood on a hillside that was transformed into a vibrant public art space.
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that was transformed into a vibrant public art vibrant public artspace
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public artspace public artspace vibrant public artspace
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that was transformed into a vibrant public art space,
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that was transformed into a vibrant public art space,
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Ewaw Muro Village is a small neighborhood on a hillside.
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Is a small neighborhood on a hillside. On a hillside. On a hillside.
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Is a small neighborhood on a hillside.
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Iwa Muro Village is a small neighborhood on a hillside.
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Iwa Muro Village is a small neighborhood on a hillside that was transformed into a vibrant public art space.
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Ewa Mural Village is a small neighborhood on a hillside that was transformed into a vibrant public art space.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Speech shadowing - Doing this 20 minutes a day will improve your confidence!”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: village, overseas, color, hillside, vibrant. Deze video bevat 78 zinnen en 934 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:45. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 96 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. Slechts 76% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 13 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
vibrant bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈvaɪbɹənt/energiek
staircase zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/trap, trappenhuis
cheerful bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈt͡ʃɪɹfl̩/blijmoedig, tevreden
refresh werkwoord/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/verfrissen
colorful bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈkʌl.əɹ.fl̩/kleurrijk
unlock werkwoord/ʌnˈlɑk/openen, ontgrendelen
spark zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈspɑɹk/vonk, sprank
inspire werkwoord/ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/inspireren
creativity zelfstandig naamwoord/kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/creativiteit
scan werkwoord/skæn/afspeuren
artwork zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɑɹtˌwɝk/kunstwerk
abstract zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈæbˌstɹækt/samenvatting, korte inhoud
installation zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/installatie

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetwas transformed · were invited
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of dingfriend who was

Uitspraak om op te letten

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, installation /ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, installation /ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: hillside /ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/, amaze /əˈmeɪz/, neighbourhood /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/, blend /blɛnd/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: transform /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/, alleyway /ˈæ.li.weɪ/, scan /skæn/, abstract /ˈæbˌstɹækt/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: alleyway /ˈæ.li.weɪ/, artwork /ˈɑɹtˌwɝk/

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 vibrant, staircase, cheerful.

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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