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Most people think storytelling is about persuasion and how to communicate with impact.

While storytelling is certainly a skill that helps you be a better communicator, did you know it's also central to good user research?

Stories are what we collect in research and what we reference and communicate post-research sessions.

Let me give you three examples of how stories feature in user research and why they're important.

the first is that stories help us uncover insights

when we interview users in discovery we don't just collect answers

or facts we actually collect stories we ask users to tell

us about their experiences we do this by asking open-ended questions like tell me about a time where dot dot

or walk me through a typical day for you that's

because people can confidently and expertly tell about things that happened to them and what their experience felt like.

These stories reveal needs, pain points, expectations, often things people can't articulate in a direct answer.

So, stories in interviews are the vessel where insight lives.

They give us context.

They help us understand not just what happened, but why it mattered.

When running observational research, we also collect stories.

We watch people as they work at a task, and we note what they did and why.

These are stories.

And we often use them when describing what isn't working and why, or why we think something is needed or valuable.

Second, stories are what make insights intelligible.

When we hear people express things they care about in an abstract way, we can't make sense of it.

So we ask users to give us an example, i.e. a story.

This is because we need those stories to understand what users communicate to us.

It provides the necessary context for us to picture it, to tie it to something tangible.

In design research, context is everything.

Finally, stories are what drive action.

Many of us have been in a research session where a user does something completely unexpected.

The facilitator follows up and suddenly we're learning something we didn't anticipate.

Those moments stick.

And what happens next?

Well, we talk about it.

We debrief.

It sparks conversation.

That leads to action people start thinking differently designing with that moment in mind changing priorities

because when teams watch research it's the stories that stay with them not the metrics

these stories get remembered

and more importantly they get retold in stand-ups in roadmap planning

in design critiques they become a shorthand for a user need

or a broken flow or a product opportunity they shape how decisions get made that's

because storytelling is core to how humans process information we've used

stories to make sense of the world for generations long before we had written language.

Stories are how knowledge was passed down, how values were taught and how lessons we'll learn.

They're easy to remember, they're easy to share and in product teams that's what makes them powerful.

So in user research the story is everything.

It's what we collect in research that helps us uncover insights.

It's also the thing that helps us make sense of our data.

And finally, it's the thing that lives on in stakeholders and our team's minds.

So, embrace the story.

Collecting and sharing meaningful stories is what makes you an effective design researcher. and UX articles.

And if you're ready to dive deeper, we offer both live, hands-on UX training and self-paced courses you can take any time at your own pace.

Explore our full course library at nngroup.com.

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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B2レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Storytelling in User Research」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：stories, user, collect, insight, storytelling。この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が50文、単語が600語あります。音声の長さは4:12です。話す速さは1分あたり約143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85%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。

この動画の重要語彙

動画の中で特に難しい単語11語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語	発音	意味
persuasion 名詞	/pɚˈsweɪʒən/	説得
retell 動詞	/ɹiˈtɛl/	再び語る
stakeholder 名詞	/ˈsteɪkˌhəʊl.də/	競合権利者
anticipate 動詞	/ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/	予想する
researcher 名詞	/ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/	研究員, 研究者
spark 名詞	/ˈspɑɹk/	火花, 火の粉
expectation 名詞	/ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/	期待, 予想
dive 動詞	/daɪv/	潜る
meaningful 形容詞	/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fl̩/	有意義な
abstract 名詞	/ˈæbˌstɹækt/	概要, 要約
embrace 動詞	/ɛmˈbɹes/	抱擁する, 抱く

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
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	have been · we've used
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 needed · was passed

注意したい発音

話し手はthey're, can't, didn'tなど、短縮形や弱形を12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: observational /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃənəl/, persuasion /pɚˈsweɪʒən/, shorthand /ˈʃɔɹthænd/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: communicator /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtə/, confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/, intelligible /ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl/, observational /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃənəl/, articulate /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/

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: retell /ɹiˈtɛl/, articulate /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
/v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: uncover /ʌnˈkʌvɚ/, observational /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃənəl/, dive /daɪv/
/f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/, debrief /diːˈbɹiːf/, meaningful /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fl̩/

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。persuasion, retell, stakeholder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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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

この動画の重要語彙

この動画の文法

注意したい発音

この動画での練習方法

シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由