Shadowing Practice: THIS... is the new perfect - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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So I went ahead and made us some tea this time.
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I hope that you don't mind, but I wanted to share something with you.
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Pickup Limes just turned one.
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One years old.
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One years old.
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One year old?
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One year old sounds weird though.
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Anyway, it doesn't matter.
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In celebration of a new year, we're going to try something new here on Pickup Limes called Tea Time Tuesdays.
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Now Tea Time Tuesday is about you
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and i spending some casual quality time together over a cup of tea
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or coffee smoothie whatever you know we can change it up each time
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and we're going to keep it really short and sweet
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and each time we're going to focus on a little bit of a different topic so it could be nutrition
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minimalism travel how to create youtube videos pretty much anything you guys want to chat about
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so today i was hoping we could chat about consistency
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a lot of the times you guys ask me questions like
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what is your what do you eat in a day what is your exercise routine like
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and i think
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that you might think it's something that's really strict like i follow some kind of regimen
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but realistically i don't but i will say before i delve into that
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that i didn't always used to be this way i did
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i will admit i was someone who kind of yo -yoed between different kinds of exercise plans
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or dieting plans or i just kind of tended to have quite a bit of black and white thinking.
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I mean, if I could go back and say this to my former self, I would have said this.
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Drop the expectation that you or your actions need to be perfect.
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They don't.
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They just need to be consistent.
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Like your eating plan doesn't need to be perfect.
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It just needs to be consistent.
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Your exercise routine doesn't need to be perfect.
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It just needs to be consistent.
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I think a lot of things changed for me when I realized that, especially when it came to food.
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It was about eating well most of the time.
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That's where the consistency piece came into play
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and then I allow myself kind of treats and indulgences on occasion too
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because that's something that allows me to be able to keep up
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that kind of healthy eating routine in the long term I
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want to give you the example of exercise now this is just my personal story huh
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but I found that for me being super strict about it just puts pressure on me
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and then I tend to exercise a lot one week
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and then nothing again for like two months I don't know
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if you can relate to this but I found that
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when I take that pressure off when I stop putting those time limits on myself, when I don't weigh in or anything like that, then exercise becomes about being pleasurable, then I actually want to do it.
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And remember too that consistency breeds habits, so you don't have to exercise five days a week for an hour each time, but five minutes a day is still better than nothing
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if it means you can keep it up consistently over the long term.
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Now here's something that you can ask yourself.
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Say that you're even like a blogger who wants to start uploading regularly
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and you're trying to figure out how often should I upload, I mean you can use this, apply this question to any aspect of your life really ask yourself this particular thing
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that I want to do can I see myself doing it consistently
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and I'm not talking about for the next week or two weeks
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or two months even can you see yourself realistically keeping up
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with this for the next two years how about ten years
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if the answer is no I mean I think it's a good indication
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that you're stuck or we're stuck between that black
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or white thinking those extremes but
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if the answer is yes then that's wonderful that's what we want to keep with that's how we know
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that that certain practice is going to reap us more benefits over time because consistency is our aim.
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That is the new perfection. So that's it.
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That's the new segment on Pick Up Lines called Tea Time Tuesdays.
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Like I said, keeping it super short and sweet.
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Hope you guys enjoyed it.
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If you did, let me know by sharing in the comments below or if you have any requests for me as well.
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I mean, I already have a million ideas of things I'm looking forward to sharing.
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I just, I can't wait to share some more of these videos with you guys
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if you enjoyed it be sure to also give it a thumbs up it always means a lot
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when you do
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and thank you for joining me on this cup of tea
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looking forward to next time maybe next time we can do a coffee alright ciao
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Wat je met deze video kunt bereiken voor je Engels spreekvaardigheid
Deze video is perfect om je engels spreekvaardigheid oefenen op een casual manier. Het richt zich op het leren praten met een natuurlijk ritme, zoals in het dagelijks leven. Je leert hoe je conversaties vloeiend houdt, zelfs als je niet alle woorden perfect kent. Dit is ideaal voor wie wil oefenen voor gesprekken in het Engels, of zelfs voor IELTS spreekvaardigheid oefenen, omdat het focus op realistische communicatie in plaats van formele structuren.
Handige uitdrukkingen om te onthouden
- "Anyway it doesn't matter" – Gebruik dit om een onderwerp te veranderen of een fout te negeren, leuk voor casual gesprekken.
- "keep it short and sweet" – Betekent dat iets kort maar effectief is, handig om plannen te beschrijven.
- "delve into that" – Om dieper in een onderwerp te gaan, bijvoorbeeld: "Ik wil niet te diep into dat delven nu."
- "yo-yo between" – Om te beschrijven dat je tussen twee extreme situaties wisselt, zoals: "Hij yoyot tussen dieet en overeten."
- "reap more benefits" – Om te zeggen dat je meer voordelen krijgt, handig voor over het langetermijn effect van dingen.
Verbeter je zwakke punten met shadowing
De video is een geweldige bron voor de shadowing techniek. Shadowing betekent dat je direct na de spreker herhaalt wat hij/zij zegt, om je uitspraak en ritme te verbeteren. Let op de natuurlijke pauzes en intonatie in de dialoog – deze zijn vaak moeilijk te leren vanuit boeken. Met deze video kun je oefenen om:
- De "uh" en "um" geluiden te gebruiken, zoals in "I mean, I think..." – dit maakt je Engels natuurlijker.
- Zinnen te voltooien zonder te stoppen, zelfs als je een fout maakt (zoals "One years old? One year old?").
- Een casual toon te behouden, ook als je serieus praat over een onderwerp.
Wil je extra oefenen? Gebruik een shadowing app of shadowing site om de video te herhalen en je prestaties te controleren. Onthoud: consistentie is belangrijker dan perfectie – zelfs 5 minuten per dag helpt je engels spreekvaardigheid oefenen te verbeteren!
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.