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We want to do well at school for an obvious reason.
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Because, as we're often told, it's the primary route to doing well at life.
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Few of us are in love with the A grades themselves.
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We want them because we're understandably interested in one day having a fulfilling career, a pleasant house and the respect of others.
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But sometimes, more often than seems entirely reassuring, something pretty confusing occurs.
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We come across people who triumphed at school but flunked at life and vice versa.
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The former stars who once knew exactly how to satisfy their teachers may now be flatlining in a law office
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or relocating to a provincial town in the hope of finding something better.
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The path that seemed guaranteed to lead to success has run into the sand.
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We shouldn't actually be surprised.
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School curricula are not designed by people who necessarily have much experience of or talent at the world beyond.
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School curricula are not reverse -engineered from fulfilled adult lives in the here and now.
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They were intellectually influenced by all kinds of slightly random forces over hundreds of years of evolution, shaped by, among other things,
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the curricula of medieval monasteries, the ideas of some 19th century German educationalists, and the concerns of aristocratic court societies.
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This helps to explain the many bad habits that schools can inculcate.
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They suggest that the most important things are already known, that what is is all that could be.
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They can't help but warn us about the dangers of originality.
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They want us to put up our hands and wait to be asked.
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They want us to keep asking other people for permission.
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They teach us to deliver on rather than change expectations.
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They teach us to redeploy ideas rather than originate them.
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They teach us to respect people in authority rather than imagine that in rather inspiring ways,
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no one actually knows quite what's going on.
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They teach us everything other than the two skills
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that really determine the quality of adult life Knowing how to choose the right job for us
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and knowing how to form satisfactory relationships
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They'll instruct us in Latin
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and how to measure the circumference of a circle long before they teach us these core subjects Work
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and love That said it isn't
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that all we need to do to succeed at life is
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flunk school a good life requires us to do two very tricky things.
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Be a very good boy or girl for twenty years
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and simultaneously never really believe blindly in the long -term validity or seriousness of what we're being asked to study.
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We need to be outwardly, entirely obedient, while inwardly, intelligently and unashamedly rebellious.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “Success at School vs Success in Life”. Deze video bevat 34 zinnen en 450 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:00. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 150 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| flunk werkwoord | /flʌŋk/ | (voor) buizen, zakken |
| fulfill werkwoord | /fʊlˈfɪl/ | vervullen |
| blindly bijwoord | /ˈblaɪndli/ | blind, blindweg |
| circumference zelfstandig naamwoord | /sɚˈkʌmfɹəns/ | omtrek |
| inculcate werkwoord | /ˈɪn.kʌl.keɪt/ | inprenten |
| instruct werkwoord | /ɪnˈstɹʌkt/ | instrueren |
| obedient bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /əˈbidiənt/ | gehoorzaam |
| originate werkwoord | /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪt/ | voortkomen |
| reassure werkwoord | /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/ | geruststellen |
| rebellious bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɹəˈbɛliəs/ | opstandig, weerbarstig |
| seriousness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɪɹiəsnəs/ | ernst |
| satisfactory bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/ | bevredigend |
| monastery zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmɑnəˌstɛɹi/ | klooster |
| confuse werkwoord | /kənˈfjuːz/ | verwarren, in de war brengen |
| validity zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈlɪd.ɪ.ti/ | geldigheid |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| come across werkwoord | overkomen |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | are not designed · are already known · be asked |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | people who triumphed · people who necessarily |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 7 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we're, can't, isn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: reassure /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/, unashamedly /ˌʌnəˈʃeɪmɪdli/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, provincial /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: aristocratic /ˌæɹɪstəˈkɹætɪk/, originality /əˌɹɪd͡ʒɪˈnælɪti/, originate /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪt/, unashamedly /ˌʌnəˈʃeɪmɪdli/, satisfactory /sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: aristocratic /ˌæɹɪstəˈkɹætɪk/, flatline /ˈflætˌlaɪn/, originality /əˌɹɪd͡ʒɪˈnælɪti/, satisfactory /sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/, satisfy /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: inwardly /ˈɪnwɚdli/, outwardly /ˈaʊtwɚdli/, warn /woɹn/
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 flunk, fulfill, blindly.
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.