シャドーイング練習: Talking About Your Family in English - Spoken English Lesson - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Hi, I'm Oli.
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Welcome to Oxford Online English.
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In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about your family in English.
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Do you have a big family?
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What do you like doing when you spend time with your family?
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Thank you.
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Talking about family can be a good way to start a conversation in English, so it's useful if you know what to say And if you have some questions to ask,
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Let's start with something simple.
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Part 1: Introducing your family.
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Okay.
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Okay, so let's start with a simple sentence.
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There are people in my family.
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So, you can say: There are five, there are ten, there are thirty people in my family.
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That's not very hard, but it's not very interesting either.
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you should say who these people are.
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Okay.
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There are ten people in my family.
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I have two sisters: my brother, my uncle and aunt, To grandparents and my parents, of course.
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There are four people in my family: my wife, my two sons, and myself.
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Okay.
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Part 2: Talking about your brothers and sisters Thank you.
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How many brothers and sisters do you have?
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You could say: I have two brothers and one sister.
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I just have one sister.
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Thank you.
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I'm an only child.
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Let's make it more interesting by adding more information.
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Thank you.
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Are your brothers and sisters older or younger?
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Where are you in the family?
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"I have two older brothers and one older sister.
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I'm the youngest in the family." "I just have one sister who's five years older than me.
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I'm the middle child.
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My brother is two years older, and I have a younger sister who's finishing university this year.
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Part 3: Talking about your immediate and your extended family In English,
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we sometimes draw a line between your immediate family That means you, your husband or wife, your children,
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parents, and brothers and sisters.
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Then you have your extended family.
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That means aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, grandparents, grandchildren.
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and so on.
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Now, you can give more details about the people in your family like this: My immediate family is quite small,
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because I'm an only child.
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My mum is one of five children, so I have a lot of cousins who are kind of like my brothers and sisters.
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There are six people in my immediate family: my parents, my brother and his wife, my sister and me.
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I have a lot of other relatives, but they live in Canada, so we don't see them often.
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Part 4: Talking about your children. Do you have children?
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Let's see what you can say.
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I have three kids: two girls and a boy.
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"We have a newborn son." We have one daughter, and my wife's expecting our second child.
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As always, you should add details to make your answers longer and more interesting.
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you I have three kids: two girls and a boy.
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Our eldest daughter has just started secondary school, and the two younger ones are still in primary school.
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We have a newborn son.
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He's just three weeks old now, so we're still getting used to things.
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We have one daughter and my wife's expecting our second child.
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We don't know if it's a boy or a girl, but we'll find out in three months.
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Part 5: Talking about your relationship with your family.
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Finally, let's add some information about how often you see your family and what you like to do together.
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For example: I'm very close to my family.
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We have lunch together every weekend.
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I see my elder brother once a week.
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We play tennis or basketball together.
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I try to spend as much time as possible with my kids.
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What now?
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Well, you should know the answer.
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Add more details.
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Let's look.
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I'm very close to my family.
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We have lunch together every weekend at my grandmother's house.
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She always cooks something delicious.
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"I see my older brother once a week.
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We play tennis or basketball together.
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I don't see my other brother so often because he lives overseas,
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although we talk on Skype every so often." I try to spend as much time as possible with my kids.
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We play cards, we watch films, or we go to the park if the weather's nice.
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Okay, part six: making a longer answer.
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Now, you should be able to make a longer answer talking about your family.
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You should be able to talk about your relatives, your brothers and sisters, your children, if you have any, and your relationship with your family.
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Let's look at a sample answer.
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Thank you.
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There are five people in my immediate family, although my extended family is quite large.
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I have two sisters, both younger, so I'm the oldest child.
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"I don't have kids yet, but I'd like to have a big family one day."
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I see my parents and my sisters quite often because we all live near each other, although I don't see my other relatives that much.
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OK, could you make an answer like this?
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Let's look at one more sample answer first.
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I come from a big family.
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I'm the fifth child and I have three brothers and one sister.
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They're all close to each other in age, but there's a big gap between them and me.
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I don't have children, but I have lots of nieces and nephews.
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I don't see my family often, because I live in a different country, but I speak to them regularly,
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and we all get together once or twice a year which is always very noisy but lots of fun.
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What about you?
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Try to make a longer answer talking about your family.
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Use the vocabulary and the ideas from the lesson to help you.
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Next time you talk about your family in English, hopefully you'll have lots to talk about.
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OK, that's the end of the lesson.
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I hope it was useful.
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You can see more of our free English lessons on our website: Oxford Online English dot com.
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Thanks again for watching.
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See you next time.

コンテクストと背景

このセクションでは、家族について英語で話す方法を学ぶことができます。家族に関する会話は、英語の学習者にとって基本的なスキルです。この動画では、家族を紹介し、兄弟姉妹や子供について話す際のフレーズを紹介しています。また、家族との関係や、頻繁に会うかどうかなどについても触れています。これらの情報を元に、効果的な英会話を構築する手助けをします。

日常会話のためのトップ5フレーズ

  • “There are ________ people in my family.”（私の家族は______人です。）
  • “I have two brothers and one sister.”（兄が二人と姉が一人います。）
  • “My immediate family is quite small.”（私の直系の家族はかなり小さいです。）
  • “I’m very close to my family.”（私は家族ととても仲が良いです。）
  • “We play cards, watch films, or go to the park.”（カードゲームをしたり、映画を見たり、公園に行ったりします。）

これらのフレーズは、家族について話す際に役立つ基本的な表現です。使うことで、会話がより豊かになり、英語の発音を良くする練習にもなります。

ステップバイステップシャドーイングガイド

この動画の内容をシャドーイングすることで、英語のスピーキングスキルを向上させることができます。具体的なステップは以下の通りです：

  1. 動画を見ながら、リスニングを行います。大まかな内容を理解しましょう。
  2. シャドーイングを開始します。短いフレーズを一つずつ聞き、その後すぐに真似してみます。これを繰り返すことで、英語シャドーイングのスキルを磨くことができます。
  3. 各フレーズの発音やイントネーションに注意を払いましょう。特に感情を込めて話す部分に注目します。
  4. フレーズを使って自分自身の家族について話す練習をします。この過程を通じて、IELTS スピーキング対策としても効果的な練習ができます。
  5. 最後に、録音をして自分の声を聞き、発音や流暢さを確認します。必要に応じて修正を加えましょう。

シャドーイングを行うことで、より自然に英語を話す能力を身につけることができるでしょう。日常会話の表現を練習することで、自信を持って会話をすることができるようになります。

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。