Shadowing Practice: STOP caring what other people think - Learn English Speaking with Video

You're not truly free if you keep trying to live for other people's approval.

Have you ever met someone that is just constantly always trying to impress people?

Or maybe they're acting like someone completely different than who they actually are just to get some approval or likes from other people.

Have you ever met someone who's just always constantly looking outward to impress people or changing themselves and who they really are to get other people to like them?

Well, I think this is a very common misunderstanding among a lot of people that need approval to just exist.

I think it's very dangerous to allow other people to sort of motivate you to do certain things, just impress them.

I think it's very dangerous to compromise who you are, your self-identity, to be someone who you're really not.

Not caring what others think is a very difficult thing to do.

It takes a lot of courage and it takes a lot of confidence in yourself to do things that maybe not everyone else does But I think it's important to find your own path and do your own thing sometimes because At the end of the day You're one of one.

You're the only person who has your specific experiences in life And I think you need to offer that individual perspective.

So how do you stop?

caring what other people think how do you find the confidence to do what you truly want to do and not do what someone else wants to do?

Well, first you have to truly find yourself.

Who are you?

What's your self-identity?

Where do you come from?

What do you value in life?

What do you care about?

What things make you happy?

What things make you sad?

I think once you figure out those things, you get a better sense of who you are and your presence in this world.

And I know some of you are thinking like, man, I don't want to do that.

You know, I don't want to be judged by other people.

I don't want to be looked at differently just because I do something different or that's not normal in whoever's standards.

I think that's completely normal.

But you have to understand that for maximum growth, you need to do things that feel uncomfortable.

You need to take those risks that you've always wanted to take despite other people's opinion.

And you know one thing that can help you feel more comfortable in making those hard decisions is to literally just do it You know to literally practice being uncomfortable.

I mean even right now like I'm sitting by myself like surrounded by other people who are staring at me for Basically talking to an object right now.

I'm talking to a camera and you know Despite you know the weird looks or the judgment I get because I'm talking to myself

I know that in the long run, this will be more beneficial for me just because I'm able to go out of my comfort zone and Experience new things.

Something else to sort of recognize is you're not going to be able to impress everyone.

I mean, there's always someone out there that's going to have a different point of view than you.

So it's important to embrace your own point of view.

It's important to double down on what you believe in despite what others say.

You know, once you do that, I think it shows a lot of character.

It shows a lot of perseverance.

I also think it's important to surround yourself with the right Are you around people that judge you or put you down?

Or do you feel like you can't be yourself around them?

Well, I think it's important to surround yourself with people with good energy.

People that allow you to grow.

People that allow you to get out of your comfort zone without them judging you.

You know, once you find those people, it's so much easier to just be yourself and to not care what other people think.

every time you hesitate on trying something new because you're afraid people would judge you, just take a second to think about, you know, if this thing will matter in five years.

Because truthfully, whatever you do, no one really cares.

I mean, imagine you're walking down the street and you trip over a rock or something.

And the moment you get up, you feel extremely embarrassed.

You feel like the whole world is watching you.

Well, truthfully, maybe one person, will laugh at you.

Maybe one person will give you a look, but in five, 10 years, they're going to forget about it.

Everyone's so stuck in their own world and their own problems in life that it'd be doing a disservice to yourself to actually care about, you know, what these other people think.

Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't live life without consequences and sort of have this reckless mentality where you don't care about anyone else's opinion.

You're doing your own thing.

I think you need to find the right people to surround yourself in order to take their advice and take their criticism.

Because if you're given a criticism from wrong people, you know, it can be very detrimental to your growth and trying to figure out who you are.

Not caring what other people think.

It takes practice.

It takes consistency.

And it's not until you keep doing it over and over again until you start to feel more comfortable about doing different things.

So what's important is just practicing.

Practicing, you know, telling yourself in the mirror, I'm going to do something and sticking to it despite what other people say.

Practice public speaking.

Practice talking in front of people.

Practice meeting new people.

Practice doing things you're uncomfortable with.

Practice going up to that person you've always wanted to talk to, despite whether they might like you or not.

maybe do that group presentation and lead that group presentation and speak in front of your entire class.

Once you develop that sort of consistency being in uncomfortable situations, it's when it'll start to be more easy.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 68 zinnen en 1040 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:38. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 185 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 91% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

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

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
uncomfortable bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/	ongemakkelijk
impress werkwoord	/ɪmˈpɹɛs/	imponeren, indruk maken
surround werkwoord	/səˈɹaʊnd/	omgeven, omringen
comfort zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkʌm.fət/	comfort, gemak
mirror zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈmiɹɚ/	spiegel
courage zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/	moed, dapperheid
judgment zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/	oordeel
differently bijwoord	/ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/	verschillend, anders
embrace werkwoord	/ɛmˈbɹes/	omarmen, omhelzen
compromise zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/	compromis
beneficial bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/	gunstig
consequence zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/	gevolg, consequentie
embarrassed bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/	in verlegenheid gebracht
stare werkwoord	/stɛɚ/	staren
reckless bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈɹɛkləs/	roekeloos

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
figure out werkwoord	uitvogelen, er achter komen
get up werkwoord	opstaan

Grammatica in deze video

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

Structuur	In de video
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding	someone who you · person who has · people who are
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	you've always wanted
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	be judged · be looked

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 28 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, I'm, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, mentality /mɛnˈtæləti/

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 uncomfortable, impress, surround.

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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