シャドーイング練習: B2 English Listening Practice - Living Abroad - YouTubeで英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Hey everybody, welcome to this B2 English listening practice video.
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Hey everybody, welcome to this B2 English listening practice video.
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You can use this video to train your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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You ready?
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So today, I'm going to talk to you about living abroad.
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I was an expat for a few years,
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so I can offer a pretty good amount of insight into this topic.
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Let's start first with the good things.
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Living abroad opens up a whole world of new experiences,
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ideas, and cultures that you never would have dreamed of if you hadn't moved abroad.
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The second you step off the plane and realize that you're not just on vacation,
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you're in your new home,
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it can hit you like a truck.
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Regardless of how much planning you've done,
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and regardless of how much desire you have to live in that new country,
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the reality of it all will strike fear in you.
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But this fear is actually a good fear.
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It's like an exciting fear.
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You've probably heard the expression,
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to have butterflies in your stomach.
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Well, the experience of arriving in your new country and knowing
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that you're going to set up your life there will definitely give you a serious case of the butterflies.
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It's more like giant moths.
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But, like I said, I consider that a positive.
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Another good thing is that hopefully you'll get to learn a new language.
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Ideally, you'd already have a decent level in the country's language,
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and so being in that country and surrounded by native speakers would be a great way to improve.
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But as you can probably imagine,
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not everyone gets the same pleasure out of speaking a foreign language as I do or other language learners do.
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So this might be a negative for some people,
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and I personally know people that have been living in a foreign country for 4,
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5, 6 years and they can barely put a sentence together.
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So my advice to those moving abroad would be to study the language as much as possible before you go.
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Because if you arrive in your new country without knowing any of the language,
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you're not just gonna pick it up.
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It doesn't work like that.
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All the talking you hear around you is just gonna be like static noise in the background.
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It won't make any sense to you and it won't help you learn.
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You need to study
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and get to the level where you can actually understand the message of what people are saying
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and then you can go out into the real world and pick it up.
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And then you can have fun speaking that language in your new country.
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Alright, so the biggest negative about living abroad is obviously being far away from your loved ones.
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This one's a no-brainer.
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It's not easy to live far from your family and friends.
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It's one thing to move across the country,
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but moving to a completely different country is a whole other level of difficulty,
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mainly because it's harder to visit each other.
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I know it's not the same as being with them in person,
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but it does help to video chat or even just call your family.
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When you think about it,
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it's not that different than talking to them face to face,
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except for the fact that you can't touch them.
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So yeah, that's That's the hardest part for sure.
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And the other negative thing is
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that there are always going to be certain things about the new country or culture that you don't like.
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In my experience, I was able to adapt to my new country pretty well,
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but there were some things that I just couldn't get used to.
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Things like the low quality infrastructure,
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the lack of punctuality, and some other minor things.
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You should definitely try to adapt as much as possible in your new country,
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but there will be some things that are just too different or that are contrary to your personality.
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That's the reality of living abroad.
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Okay so that's all for today.
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Leave a comment and let me know if you've ever lived abroad before or if you'd like to live abroad.
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I'll see you next video.
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このレッスンについて
このレッスンでは、海外生活について考察し、そのリスニングスキルを向上させることが目的です。動画では、海外での生活の良い面と悪い面について話します。異文化の経験や新しい言語を学ぶ楽しさに焦点を当てつつ、遠く離れた家族との関係の難しさについても触れます。これにより、新しい環境での適応力や言語習得のヒントを得ることができます。
重要な語彙とフレーズ
- expat - 海外に住む外国人
- butterflies in your stomach - 不安感やワクワク感を表す表現
- static noise - 背景音のこと
- punctuality - 時間厳守
- adapt - 適応する
- video chat - ビデオ通話
- language barrier - 言語の壁
- infrastructure - インフラストラクチャー
練習のヒント
このレッスンでの英語スピーキング練習には、英語シャドーイングが非常に有効です。特に、動画のスピードやトーンに注意を払いつつ、自分の声で繰り返すことで発音やリズムを改善できます。shadowspeaksを取り入れ、話者の発音をそのまま模倣することで、英語の発音を良くすることが期待できます。特に、話者の感情や抑揚を意識することが重要です。
最初はゆっくり話す部分を選び、しっかりと音の間隔を意識しながら練習しましょう。徐々に自分のペースを上げていき、流暢に操れるようになることを目指します。英語スピーキング練習の一環として、意識的に新しい語彙やフレーズを使い、会話に取り入れることが大切です。
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。