シャドーイング練習: How to Explain Complex Accounting Problems to Anyone! - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Do you remember the last time you had to explain a complex accounting problem to someone?
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And then after about five seconds of trying to explain, you get lost.
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The person you're speaking to gets lost.
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You know I don't speak Spanish.
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In English, please.
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And then it just turns into a mess.
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In today's class, I'm going to give you a five step process to be
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able to explain complex accounting problems in a simple way so that everyone will understand.
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If you've been following the channel for a while, you know that I love structures and frameworks to help students communicate more efficiently.
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And in today's class, I'm going to give you one more.
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Generally when we have a problem, our first instinct is to try and share it with someone.
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We get really excited.
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Sometimes we get a little bit panicky.
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and in our rush to explain what the problem is We actually give them all the details, but we don't tell them what the actual problem is.
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I was watching this great interview the other day with Simon Sinek, and he was saying that when you're explaining something complex, You need to make it so simple
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that it's repeatable because if it's repeatable it's understandable
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and that's what your goal should be
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when you're trying to explain a complex accounting problem make it so simple and concise
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that the person listening can repeat it back to you.
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And that's exactly what our five step process aims to achieve.
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Okay, so let's look at the first step.
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What's the issue?
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We want to give one sentence that describes what the problem is.
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We want to prepare the listeners brain for the information that they're about to receive.
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So let's imagine it's a revenue recognition problem.
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If I was speaking to a finance person, they'll know what revenue recognition means.
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But if I'm talking to a non -finance person, they would have no idea what I'm talking about in most cases.
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So I want to be very careful with the words I choose.
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So I would say something like, we discovered
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that the revenue on one of our contracts was recorded in
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the wrong month you notice here the word i used was recorded
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because that's a word everyone's going to know step number two is what is the specific issue
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and what is the impact on the business.
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So I could say the revenue was recorded before the service was delivered
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and this caused our Q2 revenue to be overstated by $50 ,000.
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Here, over -stated means that the number was too high.
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If you want the opposite of that, you can say, understated.
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If I was speaking to someone outside of finance, I'd probably give them an extra sentence, just something that explains how this problem is going to affect their area.
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So for example, if I was speaking to someone in sales, I would say that means that the commissions we calculated in Q2 were incorrect
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or if I was speaking to someone in commercial, I might say that Our rebates have been calculated incorrectly or our revenue share was wrong in Q2.
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So we'll need to fix it.
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Just before I forget, there is a free PDF download of this class with all the vocabulary and structures.
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as well as some other complex accounting problems.
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The link to that PDF is in the description of this video.
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Step three is what is the cause?
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So I could say, We used the contract date instead of the delivery date.
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Step 4 is: How do we prevent it happening again?
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So you can say, we have set up a 30 minute training session with a data entry team to do a review of the input procedure.
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- And the last step is how do we fix it?
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What's the solution?
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so i would say we have corrected the overstatement in q2 and moved the revenue into Q3.
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If I put everything together, it should now look like this.
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We discovered that the revenue on one of our contracts was recorded in the wrong month.
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The revenue was recorded before the service was delivered and this caused our Q2 revenue to be overstated by $50 ,000.
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The issue occurred because we used the contract date instead of the delivery date.
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We've set up a 30 minute training session with the data entry team to do a review of the data input procedure.
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We've corrected the overstatement and moved the amount to Q3.
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You notice here with the example, I keep the language very simple and easy to understand.
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Thank you.
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I worked with a CFO once and he said, "You don't win any awards for using more words." And that's a problem I see with English learners.
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Their focus is on trying to show off, to use the most sophisticated words,
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But your focus should be trying to get your message across in the most efficient way using the least amount of words.
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The last piece of advice I would give you is always prepare
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and practice a few times before you go and speak to someone.
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Remember, keep it simple if the person wants more details they'll ask you
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if you like today's class let me know in the comment section below remember
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that there is a free pdf of everything we learned and you can find that in the description of this video
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この動画で鍛えるスピーキングの目標
複雑な会計問題を誰にでも分かりやすく説明する——これはビジネス英語で重要なスキルです。この動画では、「5ステッププロセス」を使って情報を整理し、相手の理解を促す方法を学びます。特に、専門用語を使わずに簡潔に伝える「コミュニケーションの効率性」を鍛えることが目標です。shadowspeaksやshadowing siteを使って実践すれば、自然な発音とリズムも身につき、誰とでもスムーズに会話できるようになります。
フレーズバンク：使い回せる表現
- 「We discovered that...」：「～という問題を発見しました」——問題提起に使える基本フレーズ。
- 「This caused... to be overstated/understated」：「～が過大/過小評価される原因となりました」——会計でよく使われる表現。
- 「We have set up...」：「～を設置/実施しました」——対策を説明する際に便利。
- 「What's the issue?」「What's the solution?」：「問題は何ですか？」「解決策は何ですか？」——会話を構造化する質問。
弱点を直そう：発音とリズムのポイント
この動画のダイアログは、「簡潔さ」がキーです。特に「recorded」「overstated」などの長い単語は、発音を崩さずにスムーズに言う練習が重要です。shadow speakやshadow speechの練習で、ネイティブのリズムを真似ると、自然なアクセントが身につきます。また、「I would say something like...」のような柔らかい表現を使うことで、相手に圧迫感を与えずに説明できます。英語シャドーイングを繰り返し行い、「情報を整理して伝える」習慣をつけましょう。
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。