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If you were going to give someone like one exercise
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or habit that they should build over the next 30 days to improve their communication, what would it be?
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Give me a thing about it, too.
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That's a tough one.
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Yeah, let me think about it.
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Oh, I know what it is.
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Hit me.
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I know exactly what it is.
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Oh, gosh.
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Well, you've done it many times.
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Oh, no. Record yourself and watch it.
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Ooh.
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cringe like the rest of us do
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at all of your weird little habits and facial expressions and how your hair looks and what you wore.
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Go ahead and cringe and be nice to yourself and be objective and look at it and adjust.
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It's the fastest way to learn what's going on
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and how you might want to adjust it to show up the way you want to show up.
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It's really the fastest way.
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So break it down.
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So we record ourselves for what, 60 seconds, three minutes?
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It doesn't need to be long.
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Just record, but try to record under real conditions.
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Like try to create the conditions that you're gonna be speaking in.
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So put your phone or your device or whatever it is up and then stand up if you're gonna be standing up.
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Oh, interesting.
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You know, do, or on Zoom, if you're gonna be presenting on Zoom, record it.
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Jump on Zoom and record it.
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That way you can see how you're coming across, how it feels.
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If you like it, a lot of times people watch it and they're like, oh, that's not nearly as bad as I thought.
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I don't seem nervous.
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So often it's really good feedback, but even the cringy feedback.
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Everyone feels that way the first time.
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It's weird.
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I sound so weird.
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Does my voice actually sound like that?
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Yes, it does.
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Oh my gosh.
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When I was younger, I remember getting in a debate with someone because they heard themselves like, I don't sound like that.
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And I was like, yes, you do.
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No, I don't there's something wrong with recording
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it's like what do you mean exactly this is exactly how you sound i read somewhere
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that the reason for that is
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because you hear your voice internally all day long yeah and
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that there's some kind of discrepancy like cognitive dissonance or something
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when you then hear it recorded it's like just weird yeah well you're in i hope it is
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because if not then i do sound really weird
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but to your point like i do think
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there's almost an element of like exposure therapy where like you just
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you watch yourself a couple times
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it's not as bad as you think although you probably need
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to watch to see where do I need to improve right like there's certainly some questions
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you need to ask yourself about am I pausing long enough am I talking too quickly yeah
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and my advice would be when you watch it try to find one thing huh I could be more concise.
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And then that's it.
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Just let's focus on that.
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I can improve how I'm organizing my thoughts.
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I can try to say what I'm trying to say in fewer words.
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Maybe that's the focus.
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Or maybe I find I have a go -to filler word.
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One time I watched a video of myself and my takeaway was sometimes when I really want to emphasize a point, doing it with my chin.
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My chin is making the point.
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Right, right.
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And ever since then, when I feel myself doing that, relax with the chin, Cloud.
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It's okay.
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Relax with the chin, Cloud.
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Right?
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You've got to talk to yourself, you know?
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That's funny.
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There's a little bit of humor about it.
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But if you can just understand that it's going to be cringeworthy and it's going to be fine.
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And no one else cares.
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No one else cares.
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No one is sitting around thinking about how you did.
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Yeah.
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No one cares.
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That's actually maybe one of the most powerful things
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that I think helps me get over some nervousness of like
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people don't think about you as much as you think about you.
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Or at all.
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Right.
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It doesn't matter.
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Oh, there's this.
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I want to.
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I'll send you this after.
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There's this hilarious social media influencer.
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I think he's Australian.
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And what he does is apparently he used to be the super quiet, shy guy who had social anxiety
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and the way he got over it was basically realizing
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that you can do the most ridiculous things in public
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and no one actually cares so he'll like be on the subway
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and he just starts like dancing yeah and he records himself
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and then actually what happens is like people smile
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and he's like me knowing that like i'm just a character
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and it doesn't matter what's happening it's
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so funny right i'm just a person in target to this right exactly right then they'll forget about me tomorrow
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but it's funny because actually what really happens is he starts acting
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so carefree and joyful and then everyone around him likes it
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and they start right yeah exactly yeah um i love
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that there was a woman dancing in target the other day my dog are you serious yes
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i saw her from across the aisle it was some
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i don't remember what song it was like some awesome 80s song
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and i wanted to be dancing too
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and she kind of danced right she had the courage to do it yes
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and i was like
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and i looked at her like absolutely i love it absolutely you're dancing in this target that's
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so funny but Yeah, it's contagious.
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We're all walking around so like, I couldn't possibly.
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Right.
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That won't be okay.
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You know, I won't be okay.
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I'll be mocked.
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I'll be.
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Yeah, you just got to free yourself from that.
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Free yourself a little bit, at least just knowing.
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Yeah.
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No one cares about how I'm doing.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “The Fastest Way to Improve Your Communication”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: record, cares, weird, sound, exactly. Deze video bevat 116 zinnen en 1011 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:07. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 198 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 87% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| chin zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈt͡ʃɪn/ | kin |
| feedback zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfiːdˌbæk/ | terugkoppeling |
| relax werkwoord | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | losmaken |
| habit zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | gewoonte |
| adjust werkwoord | /əˈd͡ʒʌst/ | aanpassen, verstellen |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | gossie |
| element zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛləmənt/ | element |
| ridiculous bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ | belachelijk, lachwekkend |
| anxiety zelfstandig naamwoord | /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ | bezorgdheid, ongerustheid |
| exposure zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/ | blootstelling, contact |
| objective zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/ | object |
| courage zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ | moed, dapperheid |
| fewer | /ˈfjuː.ɚ/ | minder |
| hilarious bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/ | hilarisch |
| cognitive bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ | cognitief |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| show up werkwoord | tentoonstellen |
| stand up werkwoord | opstaan |
| come across werkwoord | overkomen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Does my voice actually sound like that?
- Just let's focus on that.
- I can improve how I'm organizing my thoughts.
- You've got to talk to yourself, you know?
- I'll send you this after.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 34 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, don't, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, exposure /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/, facial /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/, internally /ɪnˈtɜːnəli/, discrepancy /dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: objective /ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/, courage /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/, cognitive /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/, pause /pɔːz/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: feedback /ˈfiːdˌbæk/, relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, cognitive /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/
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 chin, feedback, relax.
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.