シャドーイング練習: Fluency - Day 09 - Why is may accent so bad - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Why is my accent so bad?
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Learners can be seriously hampered by a negative outlook, so I'll address this very important point early.
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First, your accent is not bad.
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It is non-standard to the American ear.
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There's a joke that goes, what do you call a person who can speak three languages?
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Trilingual.
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What do you call a person who can speak only two languages?
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Bilingual.
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What do you call a person who can only speak one language?
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American.
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Every language is equally valid or good, so every accent is good.
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The average American, however, truly does have a hard time understanding a non-standard accent.
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George Bernard Shaw said that the English and Americans are two people divided by the same language.
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Some students learn to over-pronounce English because they naturally want to say the word as it is written written.
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Too often, an English teacher may allow this, perhaps thinking that colloquial English is unsophisticated, unrefined, or even incorrect.
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Not so at all.
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Just as you don't say the T in listen, the double T in better is pronounced D, better.
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Any other pronunciation will sound foreign, strange, wrong, or different to a native speaker.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Fluency - Day 09 - Why is may accent so bad”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: language, accent, English, speak. This video has 18 sentences and 199 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:19. The speaker talks at a natural 151 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 4 of its 18 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
accent noun/ækˈsɛnt/A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to…
pronounce verb/pɹəˈnaʊns/To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
colloquial adjective/kəˈloʊ.kwi.əl/Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
hamper verb/ˈhæm.pɚ/To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.
learner noun/ˈlɜɹnəɹ/One who is learning; one receiving instruction.
trilingual adjective/tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/Able to read or speak three languages.
unrefined adjectivecrude, raw or unprocessed
unsophisticated adjectiveNot sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
pronunciation noun/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
bilingual adjective/baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/Having the ability to speak two languages fluently.
incorrect adjective/ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
outlook noun/ˈaʊtˌlʊk/A place from which something can be viewed.
divide verb/dɪˈvaɪd/To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Why is my accent so bad?
  • What do you call a person who can speak only two languages?
  • What do you call a person who can only speak one language?

この動画の文法

話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型動画での表現
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てるis written · is unsophisticated · is pronounced
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加えるperson who can

Pronunciation to watch

  • Long words — get the stress right: colloquial /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əl/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like accent, pronounce, colloquial.

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。

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