Shadowing Practice: The 4 Ways Americans Pronounce "AT" - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello!
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Welcome to English for Everyone.
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Today we're talking about the word at.
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Did you know the word at is never pronounced at?
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We pronounce it four different ways depending where it is in the sentence.
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We're going to talk about that today.
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The first pronunciation of at is eh, eh.
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The a sound is more closed and lazy.
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The T is not but a stop T where you put your tongue up and you stop.
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You stop the air.
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You don't release T.
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Look at that.
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Look at that.
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We pronounce the word at when it is before a consonant.
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M is a consonant, so we pronounce it at me.
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Look at me.
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Look at me.
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It.
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Look at me.
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Example.
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At the store is not pronounced.
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At is pronounced at the store.
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At the store.
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Because at is not stressed.
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And because it's before a consonant.
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Where is she?
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She's at the store.
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She's at the store.
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Let's practice.
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Where is Sophia?
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She's at the store.
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Where is Sophia?
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Very good.
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Example. At work.
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Pronunciation. At work.
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W is a consonant. At work.
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Where is Dennis?
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He's at work.
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He's at work.
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Where's Dennis?
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He's at work.
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Where's Dennis?
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Very good.
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Example, at school.
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Pronunciation, at school.
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Where are the kids?
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They're at school.
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Link the words.
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They're at school.
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Where are the kids?
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They're at school.
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Where are the kids?
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They're at school.
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Where are the kids?
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Very good.
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The second important pronunciation is here.
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We see the word at before a vowel.
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Before a vowel, the T changes to a flap D sound.
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The a is not open, it's closed at about seven.
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I wake up at about seven o'clock.
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What time do you wake up?
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Very good.
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What time do you wake up?
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I wake up at about seven.
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What time do you wake up.
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Very good.
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Example.
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At a restaurant.
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Pronounced at a restaurant.
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At a restaurant.
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She works at a restaurant.
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Where does she work?
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She works at a restaurant.
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Where does she work?
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Very good.
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Here we have two possible pronunciations.
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His.
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Sometimes we stress the word his if it's important information.
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Because we have the consonant sound, we pronounce at, at, with a stop t, at, at his house.
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Where is she?
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She's at his house.
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Where's the party?
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It's at his house.
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Another pronunciation, sometimes his is not stressed because it's not important information.
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For example, what are they doing?
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They're doing homework at his house.
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At his house.
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Here the T changes to a D because the H is silent because it's not stressed.
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It's not important information.
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Pronunciation, at his, at his.
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What are they doing?
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They're doing homework at his house. At his.
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They're doing homework at his house.
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Where's Sophia?
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She's at his house.
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And what are they doing?
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They're doing homework at his house.
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Where's Sophia?
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And what are they doing?
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Very good.
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Again, we have the same situation. For him and her.
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If it's important information, we say at her.
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Pronounce the her because it's stressed.
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At her house.
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We're having a party at her house.
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But if it's not important information, you will hear at her, at her, at her.
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They're watching a movie at her house.
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They're watching a movie at her house.
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At her, at her house.
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This pronunciation is used at her house when this is the important information, where is he?
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He's at her house.
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But if the important information is what they're doing, they're watching a movie, they're watching TV, at her house is not the important information.
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So they're watching TV at her house.
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Where are the boys?
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They're at her house.
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What are they doing?
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They're watching TV at her house. Where are the boys?
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And what are they doing?
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Very good.
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We have two pronunciations.
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Here, we stress the person, him.
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We pronounce the H.
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So the T is a stop T.
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At, at, at, at.
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Look at him.
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Look at him.
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Look at him.
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Another pronunciation.
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If you don't stress him, the H is silent.
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So the T changes to a D because you have two vowels.
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A fast D.
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Look at him.
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Look at him go.
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We have the same pronunciation for her.
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If you stress her, you have a stop T at her.
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Look at her.
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If we don't stress her, then the T changes to a D.
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edder edder the H is silent edder edder edder look at
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her look at her look at her go look at her
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go we have another pronunciation of at here we have at at the end of a question
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if you have at at the end of a question
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or sentence then you pronounce it at it's more open ah you have a stop T, at.
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We don't say at, stop T, at.
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So, what store is she at? At.
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What store is she at?
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Make a question with at.
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What store is she at?
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She's at Old Navy.
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Make a question with at.
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She's at Old Navy.
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He's looking at something in the tree.
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Make a question with at.
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What is he looking at?
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He's looking at the birds.
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Make a question with at.
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He's looking at the birds.
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Another pronunciation of at.
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If you have at before the letter y,
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the pronunciation at yi at yi changes with the ch sound like chicken at ch, at ch, at ch.
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Look at your room.
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Look at your room.
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It's such a mess.
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So we have two pronunciations.
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When you have the letter Y, because Y is a consonant, you can do a stop T.
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Look at, look at, look at your room.
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Look at your room.
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Or sometimes with the Y, it changes to ch.
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look at ch look at your room look at your room
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so remember the pronunciation of at is never at the most common two are at at before consonant at at at
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look at the picture at look at the picture and the other common one is at with a vowel.
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I work at a school.
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I work at a school.
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But also remember before a Y sometimes you hear a ch sound.
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Look at your room.
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It's such a mess.
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And we have at.
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It's more open.
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But you have to stop T. At.
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What are you looking at?
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At the end pronounce at.
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What are you looking at?
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 182 zinnen en 1076 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:46. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 123 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
10 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | uitspraak |
| pronounce werkwoord | /pɹəˈnaʊns/ | uitspreken, verklaren |
| distress zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | druk, stress |
| homework zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | huiswerk, huistaak |
| silent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈsaɪ̯lənt/ | stil |
| litter zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | strooisel |
| lazy bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/ | lui, werkschuw |
| depend werkwoord | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | afhangen |
| consonant zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/ | medeklinker, consonant |
| vowel zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈvaʊ.əl/ | klinker, klinkerklank |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| wake up werkwoord | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | wakker worden, ontwaken |
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 | is never pronounced · is not pronounced · is pronounced |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | we're talking · are they doing · They're doing |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 23 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals they're, don't, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
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 pronunciation, pronounce, distress.
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.