シャドーイング練習: Repeat-After-Me + SHADOWING English Speaking Practice - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Mind Power.
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Repeat after me.
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We're going to do a bunch of repeating, repeating, repeating, try to match my pace, my rhythm, my pronunciation.
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And then at the end we'll do a non-stop shadowing section.
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Alright, here we go.
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Your mind is extremely powerful.
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Your mind is extremely powerful.
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What you think is what you start to become.
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What you think is what you start to become.
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Everything we are begins with our thoughts.
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Everything we are begins with our thoughts.
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Your mind shapes who you are.
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What you think affects how you live.
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Your mind shapes who you are what you think affects how you live.
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What does this really mean?
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What does this really mean?
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It means your whole life starts inside your mind.
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It means your whole life starts inside your mind.
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Your feelings, relationships, habits, fears, confidence, and choices.
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Your feelings, relationships, habits, fears, confidence, and choices.
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If your mind is full of fear, you will live carefully and with hesitation.
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If your mind is full of fear, you will live carefully and with hesitation.
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If your mind is full of anger, you will lose your inner peace.
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If your mind is full of anger, you will lose your inner peace.
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If your mind is full of weakness, you won't recognize your real strength.
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If your mind is full of weakness, you won't realize your real strength.
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But if your mind is clear, trained to stay calm and focused on peace,
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your life becomes more peaceful, even when the world around you is not.
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Repeat after me in chunks, okay?
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I'll pause each part.
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Say the first line.
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But if your mind is clear, trained to stay calm and focused on peace,
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your life becomes more peaceful even when the world around you is not.
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Even when the world around you is not peaceful.
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All right.
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Imagine two students.
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Both are smart.
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Both sit in the same classroom.
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Both are studying for the same test.
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Say it again.
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Both sit in the same classroom.
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Both are studying for the same test.
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But one student thinks, I studied but I'm not smart enough.
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I'm going to fail.
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I can't do this.
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But one student thinks, I studied but I'm not smart enough.
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I'm going to fail.
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I can't do this.
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The other student thinks, I studied, so now all that's left is to do my best.
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I can do this.
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The other student thinks, I studied, so now all that's left is to do my best.
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I can do this.
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Now, ask yourself, who will stay calm during the test?
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Pretty simple, huh?
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You know who is going to stay calm during that test.
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Who will remember more? Who will focus better?
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Who is more likely to pass?
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same school, same teacher, same exam, but different results because of different thoughts.
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That's right.
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They're from the same school.
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They had the same teacher.
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They took the same exam,
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but they got different results because they had different thoughts say it.
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Your mind shapes your life.
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If you don't guide and manage your thoughts, your life will always feel messy and out of control, even when things are actually okay.
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All right, let's say that.
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Let's go ahead and do that in chunks, all right?
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I'll pause and you can repeat.
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If you don't guide and manage your thoughts,
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your life will always feel messy and out of control.
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Out of control, out of control, out of control.
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Messy and out of control.
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Even when things are actually okay.
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Even when things are actually okay.
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But you feel like it's all messy and out of control.
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All right, moving on.
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So train your mind.
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Train your mind.
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Talk kindly and positively to yourself.
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Talk kindly and positively to yourself.
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Don't let negative thoughts stay in your head like poison.
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Don't let negative thoughts stay in your head like poison.
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Replace fear with belief and trust.
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Replace doubt with effort and action.
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Replace anger with patience and understanding.
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You don't become peaceful by luck or accident.
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You become peaceful by practicing better thoughts every day.
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You become peaceful by practicing better thoughts every day.
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Your mind is not your enemy.
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It is your most powerful tool.
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Your mind is not your enemy.
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It's your most powerful tool.
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What you think you become.
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What you think you become.
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Okay, that's it.
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That's the text for today.
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Now we're going to do the shadowing portion.
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Feel free to follow along.
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Read it with me me see
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if you can say it with me shadow me non-stop from the start here we go
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your mind is extremely powerful what you think is what you start to become.
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Everything we are begins with our thoughts.
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Your mind shapes who you are.
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What you think affects how you live.
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What does this really mean?
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It means your whole life starts inside your mind.
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your feelings, relationships, habits, fears, confidence, and choices.
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If your mind is full of fear, you will live carefully and with hesitation.
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If your mind is full of anger, you will lose your inner peace.
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If your mind is full of weakness, you won't recognize your real strength.
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But if your mind is clear, trained to stay calm and focused on peace, your life becomes more peaceful,
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even when the world around you is not.
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Imagine two students.
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Both are smart.
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Both sit in the same classroom.
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Both are studying for the same test.
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One student thinks, I studied, but I'm not smart enough.
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I'm going to fail.
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I can't do this.
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The other student thinks, I studied, so now all that's left is to do my best.
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I can do this.
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Now ask yourself, who will stay calm during the test?
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Who will remember more? Who will focus better?
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who is more likely to pass?
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Same school, same teacher, same exam, but different results because of different thoughts.
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Your mind shapes your life.
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If you don't guide and manage your thoughts, your life will always feel messy and out of control,
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even when things are actually okay. So train your mind.
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Talk kindly and positively to yourself.
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Don't let negative thoughts stay in your head like poison.
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Replace fear with belief and trust.
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Replace doubt with effort and action.
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Replace anger with patience and understanding.
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You don't become peaceful by luck or accident.
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You become peaceful by practicing better thoughts every day.
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Your mind is not your enemy.
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It is your most powerful tool.
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What you think, you become.
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Boom.
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Good workout.
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Way to go.
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Keep moving forward one step at a time.
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And I will see you in the next English speaking practice video.

この動画で話す練習をする理由

YouTubeで英語学習をするなら、この「Repeat-After-Me + SHADOWING」動画は最適です!シャドーイング(shadow speak)は、ネイティブのリズムや発音を真似ることで、自然な話し方を身につける強力な方法です。特にIELTS スピーキング対策にも効果的で、「瞬時に発話する力」や「リズム感」が鍛えられます。短いフレーズから始まり、徐々に長い文に挑戦するので、初心者でも安心して取り組めます。繰り返し練習することで、「考えながら話す」のではなく、「自然に話す」習慣がつき、スピーキングの自信もアップします!

文脈の中で学ぶ文法&表現

動画のダイアログには、日常的かつ実用的な表現がたくさんあります。

  • 「What you think is what you start to become.」:「あなたが考えることが、あなたがなるものです」という意味。「What ~」が名詞節として使われており、主語と表語をつなぐ構造で、深い意味を簡潔に伝えるのに使えます。
  • 「If your mind is full of fear, you will live carefully...」:条件文の基本形。「If + 現在形, will + 動詞」で、「もし~なら、~するだろう」という因果関係を表します。感情や行動の関係を説明する時に頻繁に使われるので、覚えておきましょう。
  • 「All that's left is to do my best.」:「残っているのは最善を尽くすことだけです」。「All that's left is ~」は、「~以外に何もない」というニュアンスで、目標達成に向けた決意を表す時に使えます。

発音の注意点:トリッキーな箇所

英語の発音を良くするためには、ネイティブの発音の細かな部分に注目することが大切です。この動画では特に以下の点に注意しましょう。

  • 「extremely」:「エクストリームリー」ではなく、「エクストリームリ」と最後の「ly」を軽く発音します。速いスピードで話す時には、「エクストリームリ」となるので、リズムに合わせて練習しましょう。
  • 「hesitation」:「ヘジテーション」ではなく、「ヘジテイション」と発音します。「tation」の部分を「テイション」と明確に発音すると、自然な響きになります。
  • 「recognize」 vs 「realize」:動画の中で「recognize your real strength」と「realize your real strength」の両方が使われていますが、発音の違いに注意しましょう。「recognize」は「レコグナイズ」、「realize」は「リアライズ」で、どちらも「認識する」という意味ですが、ニュアンスが少し異なります。

これらのポイントを押さえながら、動画を何度も繰り返し聴き、真似て話すことで、英語スピーキング練習の成果が実感できるでしょう!

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
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞stop shadowing · Keep moving
「will」の未来表現 will + 動詞 — その場の決定、約束、予測we'll do · will live · will lose
「going to」の未来表現 be going to + 動詞 — 予定や、起こりそうだと分かることWe're going to do · I'm going to fail · is going to stay
現在進行形 am/is/are + -ing — 今まさに、または最近起きていることare studying

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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