シャドーイング練習: American English Connected Reading ｜IELTS Speaking: Describe a picture you have taken - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

レッスンを作成中...
1
Hey, what's up?
2
It's Alex.
3
Today we're going to look at the connected words in a sample answer for the IELTS question, Describe a picture you have taken.
4
Let's have a look.
5
One of my favorite pictures that I've taken is of a little village in France near the German border.
6
One of my becomes one of my.
7
One of my favorite, favorite, not favorite, favorite pictures.
8
That T at the end disappears.
9
Favorite pictures that I've, that I've taken, that I've taken.
10
That T at the end of that turns into a flap.
11
That I've taken is of a little village in France near the German border.
12
I traveled there when I was about 20, and I love that photo because of the houses.
13
I traveled there.
14
The D at the end of traveled connects with the TH in there.
15
Traveled there.
16
Traveled there when I was about 20.
17
When I, when I, we connect those words together, when I, when I was about 20.
18
We have a long T here, about 20, about 20.
19
And I love that photo.
20
And I, and I, not and I, but and I, and I love that photo.
21
Another glottal stop before the f sound. That photo.
22
Because of the houses.
23
Because of the, because of the houses.
24
The village was filled with colorful houses, and each one had a garden with all kinds of different flowers.
25
And each, and each one, and each one, we take out that D in and, and each one had a garden.
26
Had a, had a, there's a tap for that D in had, had a garden, had a garden with all kinds of different flowers.
27
Of different becomes a different, all kinds of different flowers.
28
different.
29
That T at the end of different turns into a glottal stop before different flowers.
30
It was absolutely gorgeous.
31
Two glottal stops here.
32
It was.
33
It was absolutely, absolutely, absolutely gorgeous.
34
In my photo. In my.
35
Now, in my.
36
You can link that together as in my.
37
If you If you don't, you can still say it quickly as in my, in my, but some people do link it together.
38
In my, in my.
39
In my photo, you can see, you can, you can see, not can, but can, you can see.
40
You can see three houses colored red, yellow, and blue all next to each other.
41
Red, yellow, and blue, and blue, and blue.
42
That D, that D at the end of AND turns into kind of a swallowed D.
43
It's not a glottal stop.
44
It's like en blue, en blue.
45
That D is very weak before buh.
46
En blue, all next to each other.
47
Now here, next to, that T is long next to, next to each other.
48
Now there's a W, a W sound, between two and each.
49
To each other.
50
To each other.
51
All next to each other.
52
I don't know if they chose the paint colors on purpose.
53
I don't know.
54
I don't know.
55
Even though I'm writing don't know, I'll say don't know.
56
I don't know.
57
I don't know if they chose, I don't know if they It shows the paint colors on purpose.
58
Paint colors.
59
We make that T into a glottal stop before the K sound.
60
Paint colors on purpose.
61
Pink colors.
62
We make that T into a glottal stop before the K sound.
63
Pink colors on purpose. On purpose.
64
That N-P, on purpose, can be on purpose,
65
with no change in the sound, just linked together. On purpose.
66
Or it can turn into an M. On purpose. On purpose.
67
If you do turn it into an M, be sure to say it very quickly, because if you say on purpose slowly, it sounds a little weird. On purpose. On purpose.
68
I don't know if they chose the paint colors on purpose, but when I saw that scene, but glottal stop there at the end of but,
69
but when I, when I connect the when and I together, when I saw that scene,
70
that scene, that scene, glottal stop before s.
71
When I saw that scene, I knew right away it would make a very nice picture.
72
Right away.
73
There's a tap there.
74
Right away.
75
It would.
76
Now a glottal stop.
77
It would.
78
It would make a, make a, a very weak k connected with the uh, make a very nice picture.

このレッスンについて

このレッスンでは、IELTSのスピーキングテストにおける「撮影した写真を描写する」という質問に対して、どのように応答するかを学びます。具体的には、アメリカ英語における連結音の使用を通して、自然な英語の発音を身につけることが目的です。アレックスが示す例文を使い、英語の流暢さを向上させるための効果的なテクニックを練習します。

主要な語彙とフレーズ

  • favorite pictures - お気に入りの写真
  • little village - 小さな村
  • colorful houses - カラフルな家
  • garden with flowers - 花のある庭
  • absolutely gorgeous - 本当に素晴らしい
  • next to each other - 隣り合って
  • travel there - そこに旅する

練習のヒント

アレックスのビデオでは、言葉がどのように連結して発音されるかを示しています。彼の話す速さに慣れるため、まずは彼の言葉を繰り返すことから始めましょう。この方法を「シャドースピーク（shadow speak）」と呼びます。以下のポイントを参考にしてください。

  • 声に出してシャドーイングを行う際には、アレックスのスピードを模倣してみてください。特に、彼が単語をつなげる部分を注意深く聞いて、それに合わせて言ってみることが大切です。
  • 発音が難しいと感じる部分では、何度も繰り返しましょう。「英語の発音を良くする」ためには、練習が必要です。
  • ゆっくりと始めて、自信がついたら徐々にスピードを上げてみてください。これにより、自然な「英語シャドーイング（shadowspeak）」ができるようになります。
  • 特に、連結音と流れを意識して練習することで、よりスムーズな発音が実現できます。

この練習を通じて、あなたの英語のスピーキングスキルは確実に向上します。楽しみながら、いろいろな表現を使いこなしていきましょう！

シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由

シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。