シャドーイング練習: Improve Your English Each Week With These 5 Tips! - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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So, as many of you know, I am a native English speaker, but I also have taken the time to learn the French language.
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What I've noticed, though, is when you learn a language, if you don't regularly practice that language, if you don't do some reading and writing and speaking throughout the week, you start to forget things.
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This doesn't happen for me in English because as a native speaker, I get to speak English all the time.
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I'm always practicing. But if I don't take the time to practice my French, I start to forget things.
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So in this English lesson, I'm going to tell you the top five things I do each week to help me remember the French that I've learned in the past, the things I do to practice it each week.
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And you can use the same five techniques to help you with your English.
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So we're going to do these in reverse order.
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I'm going to start with number five, and I'll work my way up to the best piece of advice that I can give you.
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So let's start with number five.
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Number five is reading.
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In particular, I like reading books.
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And more specifically, I like reading books in my target language that I've already read in my native language.
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If you don't know those two terms, your target language is the language you're learning, and your native language is the language that you've been speaking since you were a little kid.
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I like doing this for two reasons.
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When I read a book in my target language that I've already read in my native language, number one, I know I'm already going to enjoy the book.
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I've already read it maybe five or ten years ago.
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And number two, I already know most of the story and the names of the characters.
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So as I'm reading in my target language, my brain can kind of fill in the blanks when I'm reading passages where I maybe don't recognize all the words.
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So number five, working our way backwards.
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Number five, the fifth most important thing for me to practice my target language is definitely to read books.
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So the fourth thing that I would recommend and something that I do is to watch a lot of television shows in your target language.
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I do this a lot.
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I'm a little bit of a TV addict.
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I'm not sure why.
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Maybe it's because I watched a lot of TV with my dad when I was a kid.
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I just naturally like watching TV.
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So it's really easy for me to watch TV in my target language.
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The Internet makes this really easy, by the way, it's much easier to find TV shows in the language you're trying to learn.
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And one of the reasons I like TV shows is I like the characters.
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I like following the story of a character through one episode and an entire season and sometimes multiple seasons.
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It's really fun to get to know the people in the show, and you also then train your ear to understand that person.
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So the fourth thing that I do quite regularly is I watch a lot of television in my target language.
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Okay, here we go.
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Number three, watch a lot of YouTube videos.
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Now, I know I'm a youtuber, and you might feel like I'm just trying to get you to watch more of my YouTube videos, but that's not the point here.
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The point is I find YouTube to be an amazing tool.
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It's amazing for learning a language.
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You can find YouTube videos that actually teach you the language.
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You can find YouTube videos on subjects that you are interested in.
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You can do a lot of watching and a lot of learning, not just of your target language, but of things you wanted to know anyways.
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So for me, number three, watch a lot of YouTube videos.
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Watch YouTube videos that specifically teach you the language you are learning, but also watch YouTube videos that you're just interested in.
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Maybe you want to learn how to make a pie.
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Maybe you want to learn how to take care of puppies because your dog just had puppies.
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Find YouTube videos in your target language and watch them.
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Number two, listen to a lot of music.
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I love listening to French music, and you should love listening to English music.
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One of the coolest things about music is A) it usually makes you feel really good.
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Sometimes it has a good beat, or when you finally understand the lyrics, it has a good message, but it also is something that you don't mind doing over and over again.
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I have a great playlist in my target language that I listen to quite regularly.
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In fact, I will listen to it before I do what's number one on the list?
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Because it puts my brain into that language.
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It's really, really helpful.
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So number two, something you should be doing a lot of.
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Listen to a ton of music.
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And here we go.
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Number one, find a speaking partner.
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I cannot emphasize this enough.
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Nothing will improve your language faster or better than having a regular meeting with a speaking partner.
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I don't know if this is a scientific fact.
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Sorry, I said it like it was some sort of fact.
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For me, the number one thing, the best thing I can do to get better in my target language, to speak French better, is to meet with my French speaking partner, which I'm starting again this Wednesday.
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I'm pretty excited to talk to them again.
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If you don't have an English speaking partner, do whatever you can to find one.
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I cannot once again emphasize enough how important it is to have a speaking partner.
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It just works wonders.
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It makes you work harder during the week, as you know that meeting is approaching.
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In fact, Vanessa mentioned this in her video a week and a half ago, the video that I was in.
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I'll put a link up here. At the very end, she talks about how if you know you're going to have a conversation, you do more reading, you listen to more music, you watch more TV because you want to have things to talk about when you meet with that person.
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Anyways, thanks for watching this short English lesson.
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I hope it gave you a little bit of advice for things you can do to improve your English studying and the things you can do to maintain the English you've already learned.
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コンテキストと背景
このビデオでは、話者がフランス語を学ぶ経験を共有しながら、言語を習得するための重要性について説明しています。英語が母国語である彼は、定期的にフランス語を練習することでその知識を維持していると述べています。このことから、言語学習では実践が欠かせないことがわかります。特に英語を学ぶ際、効果的な学習法を取り入れることで、スピーキング能力を向上させることが可能です。
日常コミュニケーションのためのトップ5フレーズ
このビデオで提案されているアプローチは、英語のスピーキング練習に非常に役立ちます。以下の方法を通じて、英語の発音を良くすることができます。
- 読書をする: 自分の母国語で読んだことのある本を英語で読んでみましょう。物語を知っていると、英語の語彙が分からなくても内容がつかみやすくなります。
- テレビ番組を見る: 英語で放送されたテレビ番組を観ることで、自然な会話の流れや発音を学ぶことができます。ストーリーを追うことで、リスニング能力も向上します。
- YouTube動画を見る: 英語を教える動画や興味のあるテーマの動画を観ることで、リスニングスキルを強化できます。特に、英語の使用例を直に学ぶことができる点が魅力です。
- 音楽を聴く: 英語の音楽を聴くことで、リズム感を養いながら歌詞の理解に挑戦できます。繰り返し聴くことで、自然と英語に親しむことができます。
- スピーキング練習をする: 録音した自分の声を聞くことで、発音やイントネーションを確認し、改善点を見つけることができます。
ステップバイステップ シャドーイングガイド
このビデオの内容をしっかり理解し、英語力を向上させるための具体的な手順を紹介します。以下の方法を試してみてください：
- 段階的な聞き取り: 初めに短いクリップを選び、何度も繰り返し聞いてみましょう。焦らず、全体の意味を掴むことを優先します。
- シャドーイングを実践する: 聞いた内容を即座に真似して声に出してみましょう。これにより、発音やイントネーションをマスターすることができます。自分の声を録音し、後で確認することもおすすめです。
- 定期的な練習: 毎週同じ時間に練習する習慣をつけましょう。英語シャドーイングを持続的に行うことで、自然に英語を身につけることができます。特に、YouTubeで英語学習に関連するコンテンツを利用すると効果的です。
これらのステップを取り入れて、英語のスピーキング練習をより効果的にしましょう。多様なリソースを活用することで、英語の発音が向上し、自信を持って会話ができるようになります。
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。