Shadowing Practice: Why Every Question Is A Gift - Learn English Speaking with Video

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You need to consider every question as a little gift.
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The use of questions isn't just for people who do interviewing.
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You can be very effective in a meeting, in giving feedback, through asking focus -specific questions.
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And in some ways, I think people receive that in a more open way than if I give you some declarative statement.
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Yes.
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My PhD students, the last thing
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that they get good at before they're ready to launch
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and graduate is answering questions after a seminar because they come to it thinking that questions are an attack.
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And so they get defensive.
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Their answers are almost off -putting.
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And so there's a mentorship that you do to say, you need to consider every question as a little gift.
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It's a gift.
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It shows I listened to what you just said.
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I've processed it.
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And now I actually want to have a conversation with you.
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It doesn't get any better than that.
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Questions can be powerful.
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They can say thank you.
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They can say I heard you and they can say, and I have a little bit of an opinion here without
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even saying it as I have a little bit of an opinion here.
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Seeing questions and actually lots of spontaneous situations like giving feedback
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and even introducing somebody as opportunities rather than threats and challenges is a fundamental mindset shift.
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It's instinctual.
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When somebody comes up with a question, we get defensive.
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But if we can see it as an opportunity to connect, to learn, to collaborate, I think is wonderful.

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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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