Shadowing Practice: Why We Should Draw More (and Photograph Less) - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
1
Whenever something looks interesting or beautiful, there's a natural impulse to want to capture and preserve it.
2
Which means, in this day and age, that we're likely to reach for our phones and take a picture.
3
Though this might seem like an ideal solution, there's a big problem associated with it.
4
We're likely to be so busy taking the pictures, we forget to look at the world, whose beauty and interests prompted us to take a photograph in the first place.
5
These problems seem to be very much of today, a consequence of the tiny phones in our pockets.
6
But they were noticed right at the beginning of the history of photography, when the average camera was the size of a grandfather clock.
7
The first person to notice them was the English art critic John Ruskin.
8
He was very impressed by cameras, at first, but gradually he grew very suspicious of them, believing that they blinded us to our surroundings.
9
To try to correct this blindness, Ruskin recommended that all of us take up drawing.
10
Not with a view to becoming great artists, but simply because through the act of trying to recreate on paper what we see in the world,
11
we study it in a way we never do when we simply take a photograph.
12
Summing up what he had attempted to do in four years of teaching and writing manuals on drawing, Ruskin wrote, Let two persons go out for a walk,
13
the one a good sketcher, the other having no taste of the kind.
14
Let them go down a green lane.
15
There will be a great difference in the scene as perceived by the two individuals.
16
The one will see a lane and trees.
17
He will perceive the trees to be green, though he will think nothing about it.
18
He will see that the sun shines and that it has a cheerful effect.
19
And that's all.
20
But what will the sketcher see?
21
His eye is accustomed to search into the cause of beauty and penetrate the minutest parts of loveliness.
22
He looks up and observes how the showery
23
and subdivided sunshine comes sprinkled down among the gleaming leaves overhead till the air is filled with an emerald light.
24
He will see here and there a bough emerging from the veil of leaves.
25
He will see the jewel brightness of the emerald moss and the variegated and fantastic lichens, white and blue, purple and red,
26
all mellowed and mingled into a single garment of beauty.
27
Then come the cavernous trunks and the twisted roots that grasp with their snake-like coils at the steep bank,
28
whose turfy slope is inlaid with flowers of a thousand dyes.
29
Is this not worth seeing?
30
Yet if you are not a sketcher, you will pass along the green lane, and when you come home again have nothing to say
31
or to think about it but that you went down such and such a lane.
32
Thank you.
📺 Zelfde Kanaal
C16
The Secret to a Calm Life
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B22
The Childish Behavior That Ruins Adult Relationships
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
C12
How To Simplify Your Life
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C150
Don't Despair
British AccentUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B248
What is The School of Life?
British AccentBusiness EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
C112
What Years of Heartbreak Actually Teach Us
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C2486
The Purpose and Benefit of Emotional Education
British AccentBusiness EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C2387
What's Education For?
British AccentBusiness EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B26
Why Heartbroken People Make the Best Lovers
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B22
Why Some Breakups Hurt So Much More Than Others
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C13
How to Spot the Loveliest People in the World
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B26
Who Dreams of the Greatest Love? (it's not who you expect)
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B2How to Find Out What's Really on Your Mind
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C13
How to Be Strong and Resilient
British AccentBusiness EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C111
When Love Isn't Easy
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C11
How to Get Over Someone
British AccentUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B24
What to think of the Rice Theory of the Japanese Character
British AccentBusiness EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C13
PHILOSOPHY - Plato
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C12
What True Love Really Is
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C121
Why Hurt People Hurt People
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
✨ Aanbevolen Video
B214
97 zinnen
Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Calm Your Modern Mind
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B21
121 zinnen
5 Natural Frames That Will Change Your Street Photography
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B21
46 zinnen
You Have to Write Every Day. ChatGPT Won’t Save You.
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B21
138 zinnen
Starting art "late" is actually a HUGE advantage | YTartschool
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B2155 zinnen
Why You Should Talk To Strangers | Kio Stark | English Subtitles
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B21
53 zinnen
Louise Despont Draws Deep | Art21 "New York Close Up"
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
![[B2] Smartphone Addiction Conversation | English Listening & Speaking Practice](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DRhbklTkLM0/mqdefault.jpg)
B2464
60 zinnen
[B2] Smartphone Addiction Conversation | English Listening & Speaking Practice
Business EnglishDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B21
63 zinnen
Why a Walk in the Park Can Save Your Life
British AccentBusiness EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B25
53 zinnen
The grindification of hobbies
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B21
48 zinnen
The Invisible Half of a Tree #wisdom #motivation #growth #lifelessons
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B21
148 zinnen
The simple habit to become a better photographer.
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B142
28 zinnen
Danang through the eyes of urban sketchers | Vietnam Today
Travel EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Why We Should Draw More”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: lane, Ruskin, sketcher, beauty, green. Deze video bevat 32 zinnen en 494 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:47. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 177 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 81% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| emerald zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛm.(ə.)ɹəld/ | smaragd |
| perceive werkwoord | /pɚˈsiv/ | waarnemen |
| blindness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈblaɪndnəs/ | blindheid |
| lichen zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlaɪ.kən/ | korstmos |
| mingle werkwoord | /ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/ | vermengen |
| sprinkle werkwoord | /ˈspɹɪŋkəl/ | sprenkelen |
| subdivide werkwoord | /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/ | onderverdelen |
| variegated bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈvɛ(ə)ɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/ | bont |
| recreate werkwoord | /ˈɹɛk.ɹi.eɪt/ | recreëren |
| penetrate werkwoord | /ˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/ | indringen, penetreren |
| brightness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbɹaɪtnəs/ | glans, helderheid |
| garment zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡɑɹmənt/ | kledingstuk |
| cheerful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfl̩/ | blijmoedig, tevreden |
| jewel zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈd͡ʒuːəl/ | juweel |
| coil zelfstandig naamwoord | /kɔɪl/ | spiraal, veer |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| go down werkwoord | afdalen | |
| look up werkwoord | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | opkijken |
Uitspraak om op te letten
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: showery /ˈʃaʊəɹi/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, sunshine /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/, shine /ʃaɪn/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: emerald /ˈɛm.(ə.)ɹəld/, perceive /pɚˈsiv/, subdivide /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/, variegated /ˈvɛ(ə)ɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/, accustomed /əˈkʌs.təmd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: cavernous /ˈkæv.ɚ.nəs/, grasp /ɡɹæsp/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: mingle /ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/, variegated /ˈvɛ(ə)ɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/, garment /ˈɡɑɹmənt/, grasp /ɡɹæsp/
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 emerald, perceive, blindness.
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.