シャドーイング練習: American English Connected Reading | IELTS: Why do some people prefer phone calls over texting (two） - 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 sentence intonation for the IELTS sample answer to the question, describe why some people prefer phone calls over texting.
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Let's take a look.
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The first thing that comes to mind is speed.
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That comes to mind, that comes to mind is speed.
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The first thing, the first thing that comes to mind is speed.
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We could say that comes to mind is speed.
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We could rise more on comes to mind.
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But here I'm just showing you with a low tone.
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The first thing that comes to mind is speed.
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The first thing that comes to mind is speed.
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This low tone is appropriate when you're speaking a little bit faster, because comes to mind is going to be reduced if it's spoken quickly.
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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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Here we have two different points where we're rising in the middle of the sentence.
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When I'm speaking, a lot of other people are like that too, especially older people.
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Here we have two different points where we're rising in the middle of the sentence.
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When I'm speaking, a lot of other people are like that too.
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Speaking, too.
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We rise there to show that we're not done with the sentence.
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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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This rising in the middle of the sentence sounds really natural when you link the vowels together too.
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To, especially older people.
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Speaking and I, speaking and I bet.
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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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Or like that too, especially older people.
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We have two stress points near the end there.
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especially older people.
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It's also easier.
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It's also easier to do other things.
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It's also easier to do other things.
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We kind of rise and fall over the whole beginning of this sentence.
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It's also easier to do other things.
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To is reduced here.
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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 talking on the phone, we could stress that here.
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We could say, talking on the phone, but it's more gentle to say, when you're talking on the phone, when you're talking on the phone,
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talking on the phone, an even tone and then a falling tone.
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When you're texting, both hands are occupied.
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When you're texting, both hands are occupied.
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We go up at the beginning of this sentence because we have an introductory part.
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When you're texting, when you're texting, both hands are occupied.
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Both hands are occupied.
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We could go high or low with R here.
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Both hands are occupied.
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Both hands are occupied.
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Both of these options sound fine.
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Also, sometimes it's just nice to hear the sound of someone's voice.
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Also, sometimes it's just nice to hear the sound of someone's voice.
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It's tuh, the.
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These words are de-stressed and so they have a little bit of a lower tone.
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Also, sometimes it's just nice to hear the sound of someone's voice.
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Sound of, sound of someone's voice.
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Like a friend or a family member.
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We're falling toward the end of this sentence.
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Like a friend or a family member.
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Or a family member.
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So family member is treated as just one single element.
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Family member.
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Family member.
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It's not family member.
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Like a friend or a family member.
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That doesn't sound right.
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We need to fall on both family and member.
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Like a friend or a family member.
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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.
このビデオで話す練習をする理由
このビデオでは、電話をかけることを好む理由についてのIELTSサンプル回答におけるイントネーションを学ぶことができます。話すスピードや文の流れを理解することは、英語の発音を良くするために非常に重要です。電話での会話は、他の人とのコミュニケーションを迅速に行える方法であり、特に高齢者にとってはこのスピードの恩恵を感じやすいです。このビデオを通じて、リアルな会話の感覚を身につけ、IELTSスピーキング対策としても役立つスキルを磨きましょう。
文法と文脈における表現
- comes to mind - これは「思い浮かぶ」という意味のフレーズで、何かを考えたときの自然な表現です。
- I can express myself much faster - 「自分をより速く表現できる」という文は、自分の意見や感情を伝える能力の重要性を強調しています。
- when you're talking on the phone - 電話をかけている時の状況設定を説明することで、コンテキストに深みを与えます。
- it's also easier to do other things - 他のことをするのが簡単であるという表現は、電話の利点を示す良い例です。
これらのフレーズを使って、日常会話でも自然な流れを作り出すことができるでしょう。特にshadowspeaksなどの学習メソッドを活用することで、より流暢な表現が可能になります。
一般的な発音の落とし穴
このビデオでは、話す時のイントネーションが非常に重要になります。特に注意が必要なのは、both hands are occupiedというフレーズです。この部分では、発音の流れが少し難しく、速く話すときには言葉が噛み合ってしまうことがあります。また、when you're textingという表現では、リズムを分かりやすくするために声のトーンを調整することが必要です。
発音の練習では、shadow speechのテクニックを試してみましょう。この技法を用いることで、英語のイントネーションやリズム感を鍛えることができます。shadowing siteを利用して、実践的な練習を重ねることも効果的です。
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。