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Is it difficult to learn English with comprehensible input?

Well, yes and no. The method itself is easy.

The act of sitting down and watching a video is easy.

It's easy to sit down in front of a computer or on your phone and watch something that you understand

and watch something that you're interested in.

This part is easy in theory.

The actual act of getting input is easy when the input is interesting

and the input is understandable

and a lot of people talk about comprehensible input as being the lazy method

and it's because of what I've just said

and the act of watching videos in of itself is easy

but I wanted to talk about the challenges of learning English with comprehensible input

because it is also difficult it does come with a lot of challenges

that not a lot of people talk about so

when you say is learning English with comprehensible input difficult it is there are a lot of challenges

that come with learning English with comprehensible input and the reason

that I know this is because I'm learning Spanish with comprehensible input

and I've come across a lot of challenges when improving my Spanish

and the first one is finding enough time

because it takes a long time to learn english

or to learn spanish with comprehensible input

and for me learning spanish i watch spanish for two hours every day

and the quicker

that you want to become fluent in any language the more input you need to get

so it is a challenge to find enough time in the day to progress at a quick rate

so that's a massive challenge right is because if you're a busy person

and you're an adult and you have responsibilities and you have other things

that you enjoy finding enough time to listen to enough english to really improve is a challenge

and that is something that I found learning Spanish and not only that but

when you learn with comprehensible input you need to pay attention you need to focus on what it is

that you're watching and it's hard enough to find two hours in a day

and I'm not saying that you need to do two hours a day

but it's difficult enough to find any sort of time in your day

and it's even more difficult to block out any distractions

because you need to pay attention

you need to not be thinking about what am I going

to cook for dinner tonight not thinking about what we're going to do at the weekend.

Me today, I don't want to be thinking about England in the World Cup.

We lost to Argentina yesterday.

When I'm watching Spanish, I just need to be focused on the Spanish and that is such a challenge.

It's one thing to find time to watch a video it's another thing to be able to completely focus

and have your full attention on the video now

that is what is required

if you want to learn quickly I'm not saying you have to be perfect

but you should be paying as much attention as you can and that is a real difficulty that is a challenge

Another challenge is that it can be difficult to find the right content

because I always talk about how content needs to be interesting

and it also needs to be understandable

and it can be very hard to find the right balance

and find content that is easy to understand

but also interesting enough to keep you engaged to keep you having your attention on what you're watching

and this is particularly this is especially a challenge

when you're at lower levels once you reach a more advanced level

and you can watch more native English content there is far more content for you to be able to watch

so it does get easier but in those

intermediate beginner stages it can be difficult to find something

that is interesting that you can understand and

that is part of why I started my channel is

so it's because I want to create this type of content for intermediate level learners now for me learning Spanish

this has been less of a problem I use a platform called dreaming Spanish

and if you're learning Spanish I highly recommend it

because they have lots and lots of videos at different difficulties about different topics

but even I

because I'm listening like I said to two hours a day even I sometimes struggle to find content

that is at the right level for me so that is another a really big challenge about learning only with comprehensible input.

Another challenge is staying motivated because learning English or learning any language is such a big project.

It takes such a long time and motivation, it comes and goes.

You're not going to wake up every day with a really high level of motivation to learn English

so you have to overcome not having this motivation

now a lot of people talk about the importance of discipline saying

that motivation comes and goes but discipline is what will keep you going

when you don't have motivation and I agree with this generally

but I actually think the reality is you're not going to be super disciplined every day.

Motivation comes and goes, sure, but so does discipline because we're not perfect.

You're not going to be massively disciplined every day.

So what I think is really important in overcoming this challenge

and overcoming a lack of motivation and a lack of discipline is building habits

because when something is a habit it's automatic right you don't need motivation

and you don't need discipline so

if you have the habit of watching English every day like for example

when I go for a walk that is just something I do

and I put in headphones

and I listen to Spanish it's automatic it happens naturally it's actually harder sometimes for me to not listen to Spanish

so building habits I think is really important

and I'm actually planning to film a video I don't know

if the video will be released after this one or before

but I want to make a video on how you can make English a habit

because I think that is really important in helping you to overcome

the challenge of not always being or feeling the most motivated or the most disciplined.

A challenge that I sometimes find quite difficult about learning Spanish

and something that you might have or you might feel

if you learn English is it can sometimes be quite intimidating how far

you still have to go on your journey

because it like I said before it takes

so long to learn a language and sometimes especially

if you don't have the habits

and you're having to motivate yourself it can feel like what's the point right

because it's such a big challenge it's

so far away this idea of being able to speak

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and have conversations with people in English

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and it's how I feel about Spanish it's such a big challenge to try to forget about all of

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that and i think for me this i normally feel this way

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if i've had a break right so if i've been on holiday

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and i haven't been listening to spanish it can be hard to start up again it can be hard

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to get back into the rhythm that i had before i was away

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and for that reason it's really important for Spanish

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or English in your case to be a habit

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so you don't have too much of a focus on the end goal

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and you're just focused on what you need to do.

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today and if you keep doing that every day you will eventually reach a very high level and

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the actual act of listening to english is easy like i said you just need to

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not let yourself get too discouraged

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or too disheartened by how far you feel like you have to go

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and there's a really good quote

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that i read recently by an nfl player an american football player called max crosby

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and he says during his day 95 is spent under the microscope

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and the micro a microscope is something

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that you use to see very small things to zoom in on very small things

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and the other five percent is with the telescope

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which is what you use to look at stars

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and look at the moon and I love this quote

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because he's basically saying you shouldn't spend

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that much time thinking about your big goal right you shouldn't be thinking about

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when you're going to be able to speak English

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when you're going to be fluent you should only think about

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that every now and then

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but most of your day should be under the microscope thinking

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what can I do today what small thing can I do today

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that is going to move me closer towards my end goal

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which might be being conversational in English

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and it's something I always try to remember not just in Spanish in all of my goals

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because it can feel intimidating when you think about how far you have to go

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and it really helps to just focus on what am I

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going to do today to move me a little bit closer to my goal

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and if you keep doing that keep repeating that you will eventually arrive at your goal.

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I think I've been speaking for a while now so I'm going to close.

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I think that is about everything that I can think of that is difficult about learning English but remember getting input,

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being sat in front of the TV or YouTube, watching something, that's the easy part and

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if you can figure out a way to get yourself doing

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that more often you will reach a high level in English

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so thank you for watching and I will see you in the next one

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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「Is it Difficult to Learn English?」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：english, spanish, challenge, input, learning。この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が141文、単語が1684語あります。音声の長さは12:55です。話す速さは1分あたり約130語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。単語の88%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれるため、語彙は分かりやすいです。

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
discipline 名詞	/ˈdɪsəplɪn/	規律
motivation 名詞	/ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/	動機, モチベーション
habit 名詞	/ˈhæb.ɪt/	習慣
overcome 動詞	/ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/	克服する, 征服する
motivate 動詞	/ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/	動機を与える
microscope 名詞	/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌskoʊp/	顕微鏡, マイクロスコープ
automatic 形容詞	/ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/	自動の, 自動的な
difficulty 名詞	/ˈdɪfɪkəlti/	難しさ
understandable 形容詞		理解できる
fluent 形容詞	/ˈfluənt/	ぺらぺら, 流暢な
topic 名詞	/ˈtɑpɪk/	話題, テーマ
naturally 副詞	/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/	勿論
arrive 動詞	/əˈɹaɪv/	着く, 到着する
lazy 形容詞	/ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/	ナマケモノ, 怠惰な
rhythm 名詞	/ˈɹɪð.əm/	リズム

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語	発音	意味
sit down 動詞		座る, 腰掛ける
wake up 動詞	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	目覚める, 目を覚ます

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
条件文 if + 節, will/would + 動詞 — 条件とその結果	if the video will be
現在完了進行形 have/has been + -ing — 以前に始まり今も続いている動作	haven't been listening · I've been speaking
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している	I've just said · I've come · has been
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 required · will be released · is spent

注意したい発音

話し手はyou're, don't, I'mなど、短縮形や弱形を38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: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/
長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, automatic /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/, difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, intermediate /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/

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: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/, learner /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/
/v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, overcome /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/, motivate /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/, arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, microwave /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/
/f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, fluent /ˈfluənt/, headphones /ˈhɛdfoʊnz/

この動画での練習方法

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。
通常の速度で一文ずつシャドーイングし、話し手のリズムに合うまで繰り返します。
自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。discipline, motivation, habitなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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。

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