Shadowing Practice: Talking about Your Home in English - Learn English Speaking with Video

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My home
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Hi guys!
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Welcome to my house!
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I'm so happy you're here!
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Hi Kate!
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Hi!
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This neighborhood is so quiet and peaceful.
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I love it!
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Yeah!
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I'm so happy to live here!
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Please come in!
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I can't wait to show you my new house!
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The hallway is really bright and spacious.
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I like it very much.
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Let me show you the downstairs rooms.
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Please follow me.
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This is the living room with the TV and the speakers,
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a coffee table in the middle,
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the sofa and two armchairs.
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Wow, I love the color.
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It looks gorgeous.
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I can see you have some nice family photos there.
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Yes, that's right.
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Okay, let's move to the next room.
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This is the dining room.
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We use it mostly on special occasions.
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We usually eat in the kitchen.
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The table is really large and the chairs are so elegant.
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I can see there is a tablecloth on the table.
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Are you expecting guests tonight?
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That's right.
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My grandparents are coming tonight,
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so we're gonna have dinner here.
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Come on, let me show you the kitchen now.
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So this is my beautiful kitchen,
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my mom's favorite area of the house.
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Wow, I think it's lovely.
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It's not too big, but we have everything we need.
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A sink, a stove, a dishwasher,
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a microwave and a fridge.
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We also have many cupboards and drawers.
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Okay, let's go to the next room, the study.
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This is the study.
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I usually come here when I want to read a book.
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There are so many interesting books in the bookcase.
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I can lend you a book if you like, Jimmy.
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Really?
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That's so nice of you, Kate.
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Thanks.
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Do you usually do your homework here?
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No, I always do it in my bedroom.
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My parents come here pretty often when they need to work on the laptop.
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This is the downstairs bathroom.
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It looks very nice.
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I can see there is only a shower here.
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There isn't a bathtub.
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The bathtubs are in the upstairs bathrooms.
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Let me show you now another room, the basement.
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This is our special place, the rec room.
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Have a seat please.
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What is the rec room?
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It means recreation room and it's used for our free time.
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My dad loves playing billiards with his friends here.
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And we also watch TV or play different games with our friends.
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This is the laundry room.
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It's pretty small.
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Here we keep the washing machine,
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the laundry basket, the ironing board and the iron,
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the cleaning tools and the boiler.
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This is the garage.
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We also keep here our bikes and some other stuff besides the car.
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Upstairs we have three bedrooms with their own bathrooms.
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Let me show you my bedroom.
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Wow, a bedroom in the attic.
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This is fantastic.
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Yes, it's under the roof.
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So the ceiling is very low near the walls and high in the center.
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You have many great posters on the wall.
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Hey, whose is this guitar?
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Is it yours?
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May I play some songs?
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It's mine.
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You may, sure.
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This is my bathroom.
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That is the bathtub.
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It's so cool to have your own bathroom inside your bedroom.
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Let's go out on the balcony now.
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I love the view from the balcony.
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and the flowers are beautiful.
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This is the backyard.
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We have a small vegetable garden here.
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I love eating fresh vegetables from my garden.
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And I can see you have a very cute dog here.
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What's his name?
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His name is Ziggy.
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What a cute shadow of here.
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What do you keep inside?
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We keep all the garden tools here and a lawn mower.
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This is the patio with a swing,
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a barbecue and a gazebo.
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I wish I had a garden with a gazebo too.
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I live in a townhouse,
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which means there are houses on both sides.
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There are three floors in total,
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the ground floor, the first floor and the second floor.
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My bedroom is right at the top.
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It's a pity we don't have a garden,
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but there is a park in front of our house.
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That's nice.
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What about you, Jimmy?
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Where do you live?
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I live in an apartment on the 6th floor of a high rise.
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What's your apartment like?
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It's quite big.
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There are 3 bedrooms, a big living room and a kitchen.
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But we don't have a dining room.
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Thank you.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau A2 is gebaseerd op de video “Talking about Your Home in English”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: bedroom, bathroom, garden, floor, kitchen. Deze video bevat 117 zinnen en 733 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 7:11. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 102 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 81% 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:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
bedroom zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbɛdˌɹum/slaapkamer
laundry zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/was
vegetable zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/groente, gewas
upstairs bijwoord/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/boven
balcony zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbælkəni/balkon
downstairs bijwoord/daʊnˈstɛɹz/beneden
guitar zelfstandig naamwoord/ɡɪˈtɑɹ/gitaar
wash werkwoord/wɑʃ/wassen, spoelen
shadow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈʃædəʊ̯/schaduw
flower zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfloʊɚ/bloem
occasion zelfstandig naamwoord/əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/gelegenheid
gorgeous bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/bloedmooi, prachtig
swing werkwoord/ˈswɪŋ/zwaaien, zwenken
garage zelfstandig naamwoord/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/garage, autogarage
laptop zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlæp.tɑp/laptop, notebook

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Are you expecting guests tonight?
  • Do you usually do your homework here?
  • May I play some songs?
  • What do you keep inside?
  • What's your apartment like?

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgdloves playing · love eating
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtAre you expecting · are coming

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 9 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, can't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: wash /wɑʃ/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, recreation /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/, downstairs /daʊnˈstɛɹz/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, lend /ˈlɛnd/, backyard /bækˈjɑːd/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: balcony /ˈbælkəni/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, laptop /ˈlæp.tɑp/, basket /ˈbæskɪt/, backyard /bækˈjɑːd/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: guitar /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/, gorgeous /ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, elegant /ˈɛləɡənt/, grandparent /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/

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, laundry, vegetable.

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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