シャドーイング練習: Simple Stories in English: What am I like? - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

Hello and welcome to Simple Stories in English.

This second episode of Season 2 presents multiple descriptive adjectives

that both do and don't describe my physical characteristics and personal qualities to answer the question,

What am I like?

So you can better talk about what you are like.

What am I like?

Well, physically, I am pretty normal.

I am of average height.

I am not tall or short.

I am skinny.

I am not super thin and I am not fat.

I have green eyes.

I always wear glasses because my eyes are not perfect.

My hair is brown and wavy or curly.

My face is round like a circle.

I think I am pretty.

But I am much more than my physical appearance.

I have a big personality.

A lot of people say I am energetic.

I always have a lot of energy.

My energy is obvious when I talk or teach.

I can't be in one position for a long time.

I need to move.

That's why when I talk, I move my hands a lot.

Since I have a lot of energy, it is no surprise that I am also very active.

I like being outside in nature and I can walk in the mountains for hours and hours.

Sometimes I ride my bike with my son.

I am energetic and active, but I am not athletic.

I don't like participating in sports like soccer or volleyball.

I don't have much coordination.

I am clumsy and I have a lot of accidents in sports.

In addition to being energetic and active, I also have moments when I am lazy.

In these moments, I can spend hours with a book or watching television.

When I watch TV, I am lazy.

I am social and outgoing.

I am not shy.

I like to talk.

I talk with everyone.

Sometimes my sons get mad because I talk and talk and talk and they want to go home,

but I keep talking.

I have wonderful friends and I talk with them a lot.

I also talk to people I don't know.

I am friendly and I smile a lot.

I like to talk with new people.

I am patient with other people, but I am impatient with myself.

When my sons or students need help, I am patient.

I repeat myself a lot without problems.

When I am with other people, I am patient.

I can listen to their stories or help without frustration.

But when I am alone, I am impatient.

When I am in the supermarket and I want to go home, I am impatient.

When I am in traffic, I am really impatient.

When I need to prepare materials for class or use the copier, I am impatient.

I think I am patient when it is important,

but I need to work on patience in the rest of my life.

I am fun.

I like going out with friends and doing fun activities like singing karaoke or floating the river.

I am a fun teacher.

In class, we do fun activities like finger painting and acting out stories.

I am a fun mom.

At home, I play with Lego with my sons and I read books in a funny way.

I am also fun because I am funny.

I tell jokes at home and in class.

My jokes are typically terrible, but they are also funny.

I am smart.

I study a lot and I have a lot of information in my head.

I also like reading.

When I read, I learn more.

So with every book, I am more intelligent.

In addition to the information that I have,

I am smart because I recognize that it isn't possible to be an expert on everything.

I don't have all the answers to the problems of the world,

and I need to study and listen to experts and learn from them.

I am hard working.

I have a lot of personal and professional projects.

I work practically all the time.

Personally, I work on my house.

I work in the yard.

I work on projects and activities for my sons.

I work on myself through exercising.

It is a lot of work to maintain the house.

It is also a lot of work being a single mom.

Professionally, I work on my books.

I work on my podcast.

I work to help other teachers in school,

and I work to teach Spanish to my students at the high school and at the college.

I am creative.

I think that I plan creative and different activities and classes.

I can create stories in the moment with only a few ideas from my students.

I can look at an activity and think of multiple ways to present the activity to have maximum participation from my students.

In my house, I am creative with Lego.

I can look at a picture and create a house or car without instructions.

I make art with my sons.

I am not artistic, but I am creative with my combination of colors and forms.

I am strong.

I don't have big muscles, but I am physically and mentally strong.

I can do construction projects in the house and yard.

I can hike for days in the mountains with all my needs in a pack on my back.

I can plan multiple classes for all abilities.

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I can ignore my problems when it is more important to focus on others' problems.

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I can find solutions to my problems and offer solutions to other people's problems.

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I can do complicated or difficult things with little frustration or anxiety.

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I have a lot of qualities that I think are good.

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But I also have some characteristics that I don't like.

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I work a lot to change my bad characteristics.

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For example, I am very direct.

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Sometimes it is good to be direct, but sometimes when I am direct,

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people think I am mean or rude.

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They think my comment is an insult.

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So I need to work on being kinder with my direct words,

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and I also need to work on thinking first and speaking later.

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Another characteristic that I don't like is that I am controlling.

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I like being the leader in everything.

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I like having control on decisions.

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It is very difficult for me to give control to another person.

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I need to work on listening more to others' ideas,

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and I need to pass control to other leaders in the group sometimes.

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We all have physical and personal attributes that we like and that we don't like.

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What are you like?

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What are your physical characteristics?

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What is your personality like?

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The end.

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Thank you for listening to my story.

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You can find today's transcript by clicking on the link to my blog in the show notes.

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And remember, you can find me on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and my blog at Small Town Spanish Teacher.

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See you soon!

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You can find a transcript of today's story as well as other stories and learning and teaching aids on my website, smalltownspanishteacher.com.

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This story was an original work by Camilla Given.

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Any resemblance to stories by other authors is purely coincidental unless otherwise noted.

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If you have an idea for a story or a story you would like read, feel free to email me at smalltownspanishteacher at gmail.com.

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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。

シャドーイング練習: Simple Stories in English: What am I like? - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

このビデオで話す練習をする理由は？

文法と文脈における表現

発音の落とし穴

シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由