Shadowing Practice: Talking about meetings - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello and welcome to Real Easy English.
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In this podcast, we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn.
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I'm Georgie.
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And I'm Beth.
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You can find a video of this podcast and a worksheet to help you learn on our website, bbclearningenglish .com.
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Hi Beth, how are you today?
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I'm good, thank you.
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I am very busy.
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I have a lot of meetings.
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How are you?
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I'm okay, thank you, Beth.
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I don't have many meetings today, but today we are talking about meetings,
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in particular work meetings, where you talk to colleagues and discuss ideas or make decisions.
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That's right.
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Okay, shall we get started?
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Yes.
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So Beth, you have a lot of meetings today.
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Do you generally have a lot of meetings at work?
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Thank you.
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it really depends on what i'm working on So if I have a project where
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I need to meet a lot of people, then I might have quite a few meetings.
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and that's why i'm busy now but generally We have a lot of.. a few meetings together.
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as a team but I don't think we have loads of meetings.
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Compared to other jobs I don't think we have many meetings.
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Most of our work is producing things and editing and writing
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but you're right when there are lots of big projects
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that we need to talk to other people on the project we have more meetings but yeah like you it really depends.
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So when do you think meetings are useful?
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I think when You need to brainstorm.
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So brainstorm is when you have lots of new ideas and you need to talk about them together.
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I think then meetings are really useful because you hear lots of new ideas.
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And when you're in a room with other people, if, for example, I have an idea and you say, that's good.
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And we can also do this.
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And we can all work together.
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kind of meetings are really useful.
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Yeah, I think that way of doing it is also more efficient.
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So sometimes it's better to just have one hour, come up with ideas and decide on the ideas.
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Yeah, definitely.
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Do you tend to speak up in meetings?
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So that means do you ask questions and feel confident to speak?
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I think if the meeting has lots of people I find it a bit more stressful to speak up
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because I get a bit nervous to speak in front of lots of example,
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you guys I like and trust.
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I don't mind speaking up that much.
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And sometimes we have meetings in person, sometimes you have meetings on a call, so a video call.
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Do you prefer meeting in person or having calls?
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I think I prefer meetings in person because you can you can kind of see
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the facial expressions and body language more easily, I think.
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And it's easier to know when a person wants to speak, these kinds of things.
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Yeah, no, I agree with what you're saying.
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A lot of the meetings that I have had recently have been with people in different time zones in different countries.
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So, definitely then a call is better because it's the best way to speak without having to go to different countries.
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But I agree.
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I think it's Nice to be able to see body language.
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better in a face -to -face meeting but meetings on calls now are so normal that there's not loads of difference.
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It is also really nice to be able to take calls in your own house.
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So working from home can be really nice because you can have your snacks and drinks nearby.
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So yeah, they both have their pros and cons.
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That's true.
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Okay, let's recap the language we heard during the conversation,
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starting with brainstorm, which is when you get together with a group of people to come up with ideas.
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If you speak up in a meeting, you express your opinion using your voice.
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In an in -person meeting, everyone is in the same physical place.
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We can also call this a face -to -face meeting.
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And we also talked about having a call.
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This could be a phone call or a video call.
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And we can also describe this as a remote meeting.
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That's it for this episode of Real Easy English.
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Why not test what you've learned using the worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish .com.
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And we'll be back next week with another conversation in Easy English.
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See you then.
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Goodbye.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Talking about meetings”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: meeting, speak, Beth, English, brainstorm. Deze video bevat 73 zinnen en 759 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:50. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 130 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 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 11 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| depend werkwoord | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | afhangen |
| podcast zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast |
| compare werkwoord | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | vergelijken |
| efficient bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪˈfɪʃənt/ | efficiënt |
| remote bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɹəˈməʊt̞/ | verwijderd, afgelegen |
| edit werkwoord | /ˈɛdɪt/ | bewerken, wijzigen |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | tot ziens, tot weerziens |
| con werkwoord | /kɑn/ | bedriegen |
| colleague zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | collega, medewerker |
| snack zelfstandig naamwoord | /snæk/ | tussendoortje |
| stressful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ | stressvol |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| come up with werkwoord | bedenken, verzinnen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Do you generally have a lot of meetings at work?
- Do you tend to speak up in meetings?
- I don't mind speaking up that much.
- Do you prefer meeting in person or having calls?
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 | have been · you've learned |
| Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig is | need to meet · need to talk · need to brainstorm |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | are talking · i'm working · is producing |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 15 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, facial /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, colleague /ˈkɒliːɡ/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, snack /snæk/, recap /ɹiːˈkæp/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/, 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.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als depend, podcast, compare.
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.