シャドーイング練習: English Job Interviews - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Hi, I'm AJ Hoag of EffortlessEnglishClub .com.
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Let's talk about job interviews, specifically job interviews in English.
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Job interviews are another situation that can cause a lot of stress,
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a lot of nervousness, even in your own language.
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But when you have to do a job interview in English, of course, then it's much scarier and you can feel a lot more nervous.
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I think of job interviews as just a special kind of English presentation.
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Instead of making a speech to a group,
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you're basically giving a presentation about yourself to one or maybe a couple of interviewers.
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It's that same pressure, the same stress, the same need to perform under pressure.
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And therefore, that technique of practicing when you are in an excited state, when you have a lot of adrenaline,
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it's also useful for job interviews.
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So when you practice for a job interview, don't do it when you're just feeling relaxed and calm.
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You know, a lot of people, they have a list of job interview interview questions from some book or something, and they practice giving their answers.
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But they do it and they're just sitting down and kind of, you know, relaxed.
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So they're practicing when they're really just relaxed.
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But then when the job interview comes, of course, the heart beats, they get more and more nervous, more and more nervous.
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And when your name is called, oh my God, then you feel really nervous, right?
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You sit down and you're looking at the person, they start asking you these questions.
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What are your strengths?
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What are your weaknesses?
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Why do you want to work here?
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Why should we hire you?
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All these kind of a little bit direct questions or difficult questions.
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If you don't practice under pressure, then you will not perform well under pressure.
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So your practice needs to be close to the real event.
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So once again, I would like to put on music, get really excited, and get even a little bit of tired physically.
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So I'll, you know, jump up and down until I'm breathing heavy and my heart's beating.
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Then suddenly, I will grab a card and look at an interview question and practice my answer.
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While I'm feeling tired, while I'm breathing heavy, while my heart's beating, while I'm feeling all this excitement and energy in my body, then I give my answer.
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Then I'll do it again, I'll get really excited, and then I grab another question and I practice giving my answer.
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And I repeat this again and again and again and again.
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Again, I practice with my body being very excited and energized, right?
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It's close to feeling nervous.
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And then I start to train my body, instead of feeling nervous, I'm going to feel excited and powerful during a job interview.
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So again, I use rock and roll music, powerful music, and I get myself really excited.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, whoo.
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Then I grab a question.
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What is your greatest strength?
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And then I look, I practice it.
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Maybe I look in a mirror and I say, my greatest strength is that I am persistent.
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I never stop.
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I never quit.
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When I have a problem, I will keep working on it again and again and again.
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If I can't find the answer, then I go and I ask other people.
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If they can't help me, then I get on the internet.
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I read books.
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I do whatever I need to do to find the solution to the problem.
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Hmmm.
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That's a powerful interview answer.
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See, and I practice it in that powerful state.
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Now, when I'm actually sitting in front of someone, I might not be quite so loud about it.
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It depends on the interviewer.
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If they're really relaxed, then I don't want to overwhelm them and be too strong.
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But I practice in that state because I know during the interview, I may be nervous.
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So I want to practice dealing with all that energy.
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And I also want to give powerful, confident answers.
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You must practice that.
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You must train it.
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Because if you just practice at home, Oh, well, I'm really persistent.
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And you're reading your little answer or you're just saying it.
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I'm really persistent and I don't give up.
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And you're practicing with this kind of emotion.
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Well, then in the job interview, guess what?
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That's the same emotion you'll have.
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Except it'll be worse because in the job interview, you'll be nervous.
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Your heart will be beating faster.
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And so then your voice will start to shake and you'll say,
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I'm really, well, I'm really persistent and I don't give up and I never quit and I never stop, you know, if there's a problem,
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I just find the answer.
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You'll forget a lot of the great stuff you're going to say and most important, your voice tone, your face,
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your body will not look strong, they won't be confident.
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You must practice this.
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So just like with speeches When you're practicing for a job interview, put on some loud music, get yourself excited, then give your answer.
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Say it to the mirror, feeling strong and powerful.
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Just let the English come out.
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Don't worry about grammar and don't worry about mistakes.
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What is much more important than grammar or vocabulary or mistakes is your attitude, your emotion, your feeling, your confidence, your passion.
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That's what the employer wants to see and feel.
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You must practice it, you must train it day after day after day before the interview
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so when the interview comes you are ready and you will do a great job.
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I use this technique many times and it worked great for me getting jobs.
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It will work for you too, but you must practice it every day.
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Practice with that powerful emotion, it works.
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I'm A .J.
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Hogue of EffortlessEnglishClub .com.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

このスピーキングレッスンは、動画「English Job Interviews」を教材にしています。 繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです:interview, practice, answer, nervous, excited。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が85文、単語が982語あります。 音声の長さは5:51です。 話す速さは1分あたり約168語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 単語の84%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
relax 動詞/ɹɪˈlæks/くつろがせる
emotion 名詞/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/感情, 心緒
persistent 形容詞/pəˈsɪstənt/頑固な, 固執した
mirror 名詞/ˈmiɹɚ/鏡, 姿見
technique 名詞/tɛkˈniːk/技術
presentation 名詞/ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/贈呈
breathe 動詞/bɹiːð/呼吸する, 息をする
grammar 名詞/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/文法
interviewer 名詞/ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/インタビュアー, 会見者
tone 名詞/ˈtəʊn/トーン
passion 名詞/ˈpæʃən/激情
hire 動詞/ˈhaɪɹ/借りる
scary 形容詞/ˈskɛə.ɹi/怖い
shake 動詞/ˈʃeɪk/揺する, 揺らす
employer 名詞/ɪmˈplɔɪə/雇用者

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語発音意味
give up 動詞降服する
sit down 動詞座る, 腰掛ける
come out 動詞/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/出る

繰り返し練習したい文

動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。

  • What are your strengths?
  • What are your weaknesses?
  • Why do you want to work here?
  • Why should we hire you?
  • What is your greatest strength?

注意したい発音

話し手はI'm, you're, don'tなど、短縮形や弱形を42回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, passion /ˈpæʃən/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, adrenaline /əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • /r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, adrenaline /əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/
  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: interviewer /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/
  • 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, persistent /pəˈsɪstənt/, presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, breathe /bɹiːð/, grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/

この動画での練習方法

  1. まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
  2. まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。relax, emotion, persistentなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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