シャドーイング練習: Improve Your English Pronunciation Fast with This Practice - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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In this video, we're going to talk about how you can improve your pronunciation quickly and permanently.
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And at the end of this video, I'll give you a link to a webpage that links to a lot of free pronunciation exercises.
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Let's start by talking about a very frustrating problem.
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Suppose I currently mispronounce this word.
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Suppose I say pogam instead of program.
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I want to fix this mistake.
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So I learn the right pronunciation and I repeat it over and over.
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program program program.
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Now here's the problem.
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Because I have mispronounced this word for so long, the incorrect pronunciation has become a habit.
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And because of that, I can only say the word correctly if I pay attention to my pronunciation.
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If I don't pay attention, I will revert back to the old habit.
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So how can I solve this problem?
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Well, the answer is...I have to increase the number of repetitions.
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Imagine that right now inside my brain there are two memories associated with the word program.
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One of them is old.
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The other is new.
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The old memory represents the wrong pronunciation - the bad habit.
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The new one represents the right pronunciation that I've just learned.
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So these are memories of how to coordinate the muscles in my tongue, lips, and other parts to say the word "program".
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The reason that I mispronounce this word if I don't pay attention is that the old memory is much stronger.
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If I want to break this old habit, I have to repeat the right pronunciation many, many times.
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Every time I do that, the new memory gets stronger, and the old memory gets weaker.
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I repeat - the old memory doesn't stay the same.
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It actually gets weaker.
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This phenomenon is called Retrieval-Induced Forgetting.
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It happens when there are two or more memories competing with each others.
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It's a phenomenon where retrieving one memory makes us forget other memories.
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This is why you have to be careful when fixing a mistake.
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If you accidentally repeat the mistake, it'll strengthen the old habit and weaken the correction that you're trying to make, making the problem worse.
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So that's the first thing to keep in mind.
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You have to repeat, repeat, and repeat.
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This sounds good in theory.
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But in practice, there's huge problem with repetition.
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So what's the problem with repetition?
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Well, it takes a tremendous amount of time.
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Fixing just one mistake requires a lot of repetition.
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Who has time for that?
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After all, you probably have lot of mistakes to eliminate.
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So what can you do?
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Fortunately, there's a technique that you can use to speed up the process.
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And that is exaggeration.
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Going back to our previous example, suppose I pronounce this word as pogam.
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That's incorrect because the R sound is missing.
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If I want to fix this mistake quickly, I will exaggerate the R sound.
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pRogRam pRogRam pRogRam.
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Here's another example: Let's say I pronounce this word as "banana".
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This is incorrect because I don't stress the second syllable.
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So to fix this, I will stress the second syllable real hard.
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baNAna baNAna.
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This sounds silly but you will not believe how much faster your pronunciation will improve when you exaggerate.
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But how does this technique help you improve your pronunciation faster?
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Well, one of the reasons that we mispronounce words is that we replace certain sounds with other sounds that are easier to say.
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So a non-native speaker might pronounce this word as "taught" instead of "thought".
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We also tend ignore certain sounds.
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So we might pronounce this word as hoss instead of horse.
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This is because the brain is lazy.
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It has the tendency to pronounce words in the easiest way possible.
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But when you exaggerate, you're telling your lazy brain that the sounds being exaggerating are important.
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You're basically telling your brain, "Hey, these sounds are important.
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Do not ignore them." So you when speak normally, you will sound much clearer.
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But that's not all.
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When you exaggerate, you're strengthening the muscles involved in speaking, especially your tongue muscles.
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This is a huge benefit because if those muscles are strong, you will speak much clearer.
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So to summarize: There are two things that you can do to quickly and permanently improve your pronunciation.
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Number one: You can use repetition to break bad speaking habits and replace them with good ones.
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Number two: You can speed up the process by exaggerating everything that should be exaggerated.
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Alright, that's all for today.
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To help you get started, I've created a resource page that links to a lot of free pronunciation exercises.
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So click here to go to that page.
このレッスンについて
このレッスンでは、英語の発音を良くするための具体的な練習方法を紹介します。特に、間違った発音癖を修正する際の効果的なテクニックについて学びます。リピートや誇張を通じて、正しい発音を定着させる手助けをします。最後にはYouTubeで英語学習に役立つ無料の発音練習サイトへのリンクも紹介しますので、ぜひ活用してください。
重要な語彙とフレーズ
- プログラム (program) - 注意して発音を練習する必要がある単語。
- 誇張 (exaggeration) - 発音を改善するために必要な技術。
- 記憶 (memory) - 正しい発音と間違った発音の違いを理解するための鍵。
- 反復 (repetition) - 新しい記憶を強化するための重要なプロセス。
- 習慣 (habit) - 発音の癖を変えるためには、古い習慣を打破することが必要。
- ストレス (stress) - 正しい発音の際に強調する必要のある要素。
- 取り出しによる忘却 (Retrieval-Induced Forgetting) - 古い記憶を打破するための現象。
- シャドーイング (shadowing) - 他の話者の発音を模倣する練習法。
練習のコツ
効果的に練習するためには、シャドーイングテクニックを活用しましょう。このレッスンでは、YouTubeの動画を活用して、他の話者の発音をそのまま模倣します。特に動画のスピードやトーンに注意を払い、リズムに合わせて声を出すことが重要です。最初はゆっくりとしたペースで繰り返し練習し、発音が安定してきたら徐々にスピードを上げていきます。
また、発音の癖を直す際には、まず間違った発音を意識的に修正し、新しい発音を何度も繰り返す必要があります。一度に多くの単語を学ぶのは大変ですが、shadowing siteやフリーの動画を用いることで、学習を効率化できます。リピートしながら発音を誇張することで、発音の改善が図れます。
最後に、継続的な練習がカギです。毎日少しずつでも練習を続けて、YouTubeで英語学習を活用してみてください。新しい発音の習得に向けて、コツコツと努力していきましょう！
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。