シャドーイング練習: American English Connected Reading | IELTS: Why do some people prefer phone calls over texting (one） - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Hey, what's up?
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It's Alex.
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Today, we're going to look at the connected readings in an IELTS sample answer for the question, why do some people prefer phone calls over texting?
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Let's have a look.
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The first thing that comes to mind is speed.
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The first thing, the first thing, that T at the end of first disappears.
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The first thing that that comes to mind,
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the T in that becomes a glottal stop, comes to mind.
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To is reduced.
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Comes to mind is speed.
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Is and speed connect.
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The first thing that comes to mind is speed.
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I can express myself.
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I can.
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Can gets reduced.
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The vowel becomes a lot shorter.
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I can.
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I can express myself much faster when I'm speaking.
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I bet a lot of other people.
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I bet a lot of other people.
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Here, a lot of kind of connects into one word.
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And depending on the speed that you're speaking and how formally you're speaking, you might choose to say a lot of other, a lot of other.
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Or you might say a lot of other.
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Both are correct.
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But to me, a lot of other is a little bit less formal.
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A lot of other people are like that too.
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Like that.
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We connect like and that.
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Like that too.
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Like that too.
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A lot of other people are like that too, especially older people.
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It's also easier to do other things.
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Also easier, we add a wa in between o and e.
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also easier.
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It's also easier to do other things.
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Here, to gets reduced to to.
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To do other things. Do other.
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We have a wuh here too.
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Do other things.
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It's also easier to do other things. Do other.
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We have a w here too.
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Do other things.
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It's also easier to do other things when you're talking on the phone. On the.
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We connect the n and the th. On the.
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On the phone.
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When you're texting, both hands are occupied.
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Here, R gets reduced and kind of connects to hands.
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Hands are occupied.
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Hands are occupied.
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Both hands are occupied.
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Also, sometimes it's just nice to hear the sound of someone's voice.
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Just nice.
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That T after the S disappears.
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Just nice.
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Just nice to hear.
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Again, to gets reduced to to to to hear, to hear the sound of someone's voice,
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like a friend or a family member,
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like a friend or a or a gets reduced and combined into one sound.
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A friend or a family member.
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You can't get that with a text message.
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Here, can't and that both turn their final T's into glottal stops.
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Can't get that.
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Can't get that with a text message.
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Here, that T doesn't turn into a glottal stop.
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Text message.
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If I speak carefully, I say text message.
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But if I speak quickly, the T disappears.
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Text message.
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Text message.
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You can't get that with a text message.
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The first thing that comes to mind is speed.
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I can express myself much faster when I'm speaking, and I bet a lot of other people are like that too, especially older people.
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It's also easier to do other things when you're talking on the phone.
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When you're texting, both hands are occupied.
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Also, sometimes it's just nice to hear the sound of someone's voice, like a friend or a family member.
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You can't get that with a text message.
文脈と背景
このビデオは、アメリカ英語の会話スタイルを解説しながら、IELTSの質問「なぜ一部の人々はテキストよりも電話を好むのか？」に対するサンプルアンサーを紹介しています。話者のアレックスは、テキストメッセージと電話のやり取りの違いを強調し、特にスピードや利用のしやすさに焦点を当てています。この内容は、英語学習者が日常会話の中で使える表現を理解するのに役立ちます。
日常コミュニケーションのためのトップ5フレーズ
- すぐに思い浮かぶことはスピードです。 (The first thing that comes to mind is speed.)
- より早く自分を表現できます。 (I can express myself much faster.)
- 多くの他の人もそう思います。 (A lot of other people are like that too.)
- 電話での会話は他のことをするのが簡単です。 (It’s also easier to do other things when you’re talking on the phone.)
- 両手が使われている。 (Both hands are occupied.)
ステップバイステップシャドウイングガイド
このビデオの内容をしっかり理解し、スピーキングを向上させるために、以下の手順でシャドウスピーチを実践しましょう。YouTubeで英語学習をしながら、一言一句を真似することは効果的です。手順は以下の通りです：
- リスニング：最初に動画を通して聞き、内容を把握します。
- フレーズの選定：リストの中から自分が使いたいフレーズを選びます。特に注意を引いたものは反復練習をしましょう。
- シャドウイング：動画を再生しながら、話者の後について発声します。この時、発音やイントネーションに注意を払いましょう。
- 反復練習：自分の声を録音して、話し方を確認し、修正が必要なポイントを特定します。
- 会話の実践：オンラインのshadowing siteを利用して、他の学習者やネイティブスピーカーと会話を行い、リアルタイムでのスピーキング練習を行います。
このようにして、英語スピーキング練習を効率的に進められます。自分のペースで学びながら、コミュニケーション能力を向上させていきましょう。
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。