Shadowing Practice: Twenty One Pilots Interview - Tyler (part 1) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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So first, hi.
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-Hi.
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-How are you?
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I'm good, how are you?
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-I'm okay, thank you.
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-Okay.
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Do you recall the first record that you bought?
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- First record I ever bought.
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Whew.
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I remember the first tape I ever bought.
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Actually like a cassette tape.
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Do you know what that is?
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I was-- I'm old enough to remember.
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OK, good.
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It was by a band called DC Talk.
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and I don't know if you know who they are, but it was my first piece of music I ever bought.
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And I hate that stuff.
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And what made you buy this specific thing?
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- Thank you.
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My dad was coaching basketball for a bunch of high schoolers, and I was just a little
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elementary school kid and they were all listening to this band and I wanted to listen with them because
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Because when you're in elementary school, nothing's cooler than a high schooler.
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I bought the cassette.
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And that's instilling you the Well, the desire to make music?
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No, not at all actually.
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I didn't even think about writing music.
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So if you think about it, I bought the cassette when I was in first grade.
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I didn't start playing music until I was in 11th grade, so 10 years later.
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You're a self -taught musician.
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What then made you pick up the piano and other instruments?
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What made me pick up an instrument?
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I guess...
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identity issues because I didn't know who I was and I thought I was I thought it was one thing.
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You know, it's like all about When you go to school and you interact with different kids, you try to figure out who you are.
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What am I?
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Am I the jock?
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Am I the guy who's in theater?
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Am I in a choir?
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Do I play songs?
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Do I whatever?
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And I was really I was really drawn to something different than what I was in high school.
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Because in high school I was a guy who did sports.
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And I didn't really like that, I didn't think.
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So when I first started learning how to play the piano, I was, I think I just accidentally found that.
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And I liked, I liked who I was when I was doing that.
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So did it help you find your identity more?
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None of my family does any music or anything.
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So I was just the weird music guy, you know, it was an anchor encouraged or?
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No, in my family.
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Yeah, they didn't really understand what was going on because like I said, none of them really are musical at all.
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But they thought it was cool.
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You know, it's like I set up a microphone and you know my own, you know, little studio in the basement and my mom's and
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washing the dishes
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and she hears her son screaming his head off down in the basement trying to record vocals
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and she's got to be thinking what the heck is going on with him.
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So I'm sure that they were really confused.
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But now, you know, now I'm in a different country getting interviewed by you
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because of the stupid songs that I wrote in my basement.
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Fair enough.
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Do you still have those recordings, those very first recordings?
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Did you ever listen to them?
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I have some of the first recordings I've ever done still on my computer
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and I guard those with my life because I don't want anyone to ever hear them.
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tons and tons of songs labeled Tyler Joseph because
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that was my name and I figured that was what I should call the person who was writing the songs.
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And now it looks ridiculous to see my name just copied over
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and over and over again because of all the weird songs I wrote in the past.
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Yeah, you're not going to hear those.
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But something must have compelled you to keep them.
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Yeah, you're right.
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I don't know.
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I mean, I've thrown away a lot of stuff.
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And I mostly throw away ideas now more than ever because when I try to write, I get a lot out of it.
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It helps me work through things.
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Like in a cathartic sense?
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Absolutely.
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It's my word actually.
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It's my favorite word.
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Catharsis is...
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I had that word as a vocabulary word in high school and I'll never forget it because it explained exactly um, what songwriting is for me.
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And, uh, you don't need to keep the song in order to feel the effect of something like that.
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So sometimes I'll throw things away, but But back then, I didn't throw stuff away as much because it was so precious.
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Because they were my first songs ever.
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You can always hold on to your first songs.
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And they're terrible.
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Well, looking back, how did you describe them as being terrible?
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What then helped you develop as a musician?
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Listening to other songs.
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I became a student of the radio and a student of the internet.
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So some specific bands maybe or?
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Specifically No, I think that I took different things from from different bands.
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You know, there's an aspect of my live performance that I've taken from dozens of different performers.
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There's an aspect of the way that I deliver a vocal on a track
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that I take from six other people who record in a studio.
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There's an aspect of my songwriting that I couldn't even begin to talk about only two or three bands that
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And it's not even fair for me to even talk about just two of them, you know.
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So I like to not even mention it.
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It's just so many.
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So it's more, not certain elements, certain bands, but certain elements that exist in a lot of bands
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and a lot of music and then compile them and make it your own?
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Yeah, there's a...
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For example, something that has influenced me, there's a song, and I don't want to throw everything on to this one band,
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but there's a song by The Killers, they do a music video, too.
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And he's standing in the middle of the city in Japan, I believe, and he looks dead in the camera, and his eyes are really calm,
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but there's a moment where his hand kind of suggesting I'm trying to come across as if I'm fine,
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but really there's something wrong.
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I think of a moment like that.
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That has influenced me musically more than any song has.
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I come from a generation that had YouTube.
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I could look up anything I wanted.
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I was influenced My Chemical Romance, where They're playing in just this dusty abyss.
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They just pour it all out.
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That's how much I want to believe in my music.
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So those things I think of just different moments.
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But those bands are amazing.
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But I want to be better than them.
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It actually sounds like on your website there's this bio section where you talk about joy
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and happiness and the distinction between them.
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And this sounds very much like what you just described, the pretense of happiness, but actually it's just joy which fades away.
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Is that correct?
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Yeah.
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No, I think that what I get out of traveling around the world now, being able to play music,
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things that just translate perfectly.
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You have sexuality, you know, people are attracted to one another.
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You know, you have food, people love food.
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Everybody in the entire world likes food. And you have music.
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And really those are like the only things that there are.
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I mean, I'm sure we can come up with some other theories, but you know, you think about music and how and how it just applies to to everyone.
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Universal...
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It's very...
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Universal is a perfect word for it.
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So, so then I start, as a songwriter, I start thinking of other universal Concepts.
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And I think that one of those whether or not people really understand it is the concept of
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trying to figure out how to go about this life in a way that you
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enjoy yourself or in a way that you like who you are.
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And whether or not you like who you are is really hinged upon whether or not you have joy.
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Because I'm happy that I'm here right now talking to you.
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but then something else can happen where I'm about to go play a show
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and nothing goes right and then I'm not happy anymore.
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It's very, It's fleeting.
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it gets influenced by the things that are going on around me and if I'm controlled by just that, then I'm gonna go nuts.
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I need to find something bigger.
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I need to find something that I have joy, which I feel like kind of, it spans out over my entire life.
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If hopefully, you know, more than just a moment, hopefully a day, a month, years, where joy just is is there and I think that when you find joy, then you find peace.
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And when you find peace, then you have obviously found something to believe in.
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But it is still, I assume, then a continuous struggle to find it.
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Absolutely.
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And that's.. that goes back to...
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another universal language. And that's...
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struggling to find peace.
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And that's something I think that every single person on Earth has to figure out.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Twenty One Pilots Interview - Tyler”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: song, band, joy, bought. Deze video bevat 151 zinnen en 1565 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:40. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 147 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 24 van de 151 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| cassette zelfstandig naamwoord | /kəˈsɛt/ | cassette |
| basement zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbeɪsmənt/ | kelder |
| musician zelfstandig naamwoord | /mjuˈzɪʃən/ | muzikant, muzikante |
| vocal bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈvoʊ̯.kəl/ | vocal |
| cathartic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /kəˈθɑɹtɪk/ | louterend, bevrijdend |
| compel werkwoord | /kəmˈpɛl/ | bedwingen |
| compile werkwoord | /kəmˈpaɪl/ | samenstellen |
| instill werkwoord | /ɪnˈstɪl/ | bijbrengen |
| dusty bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈdʌsti/ | stoffig |
| songwriter zelfstandig naamwoord | liedjesschrijver, songwriter | |
| microphone zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/ | microfoon |
| performer zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/ | uitvoerder, uitvoerster |
| vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | woordenschat, vocabulaire |
| fade werkwoord | /feɪd/ | verzwakken, verslappen |
| choir zelfstandig naamwoord | /kwaɪɚ/ | koor |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| figure out werkwoord | uitvogelen, er achter komen | |
| pick up werkwoord | oppakken, optillen | |
| throw away werkwoord | weggooien | |
| come across werkwoord | overkomen | |
| come up with werkwoord | bedenken, verzinnen | |
| look back werkwoord | achterom kijken, terugkijken | |
| look up werkwoord | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | opkijken |
| set up werkwoord | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | bereiden, voorbereiden |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- I'm good, how are you?
- Do you recall the first record that you bought?
- Do you know what that is?
- What made me pick up an instrument?
- Am I the guy who's in theater?
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 | I've ever done · I've thrown · I've taken |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | was really drawn · was influenced · are attracted |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | guy who did · person who was · people who record |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 39 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, didn't, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: catharsis /kəˈθɑɹˌsɪs/, cathartic /kəˈθɑɹtɪk/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: musician /mjuˈzɪʃən/, distinction /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: musically /ˈmjuːzɪkəli/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/, fade /feɪd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, anchor /ˈæŋ.kəː/, interact /ɪn.təˈɹækt/, span /spæn/
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 cassette, basement, musician.
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.