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Most English learners never become fluent in English not because they're lazy
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and not because they're bad at English and even not because English is difficult.
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In fact, The reason is much more surprising than that.
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A few years ago, I discovered something that completely changed.
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the way I think about language learning.
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At first I thought it couldn't possibly be true.
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Because if it was true,
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it would mean that millions of people are learning English in one of the least effective ways imaginable.
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So I started digging deeper and what I found shocked me.
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But before I show you what I discovered, let me ask you a question.
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Why is it that some people spend years studying English, yet freeze the moment a real conversation begins.
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while others seem to become fluent much faster even though they study less.
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The answer has almost nothing to do with talent and everything to do with one mistake.
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A mistake? that nearly every English learner makes including me.
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And once you see it, you won't be able to unsee it.
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So What's the mistake?
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To answer that, let me show you something interesting.
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Imagine two English learners.
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The first learner spends one hour every day memorizing vocabulary.
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studying grammar doing exercises and taking notes.
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The second learner spends that same hour watching English videos,
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listening to stories, and consuming content that they mostly understand six months later Who do you think speaks better English?
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Most people would say the first learner.
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After all, they're studying harder.
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They're working harder and they're taking English seriously.
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But in many cases, the exact opposite happens.
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And that's where things get interesting.
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because The human brain.
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doesn't learn language the way most people think it does.
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Let me give you an example.
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If I show you this and I say Apple you will understand instantly.
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No translation needed.
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Now imagine: I take a bite, say I'm eating an apple.
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Again, You understand and then I take the apple from the bench so There is nothing here.
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And I say, there isn't an apple.
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Still.
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You understand.
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What's fascinating is that nobody explained grammar to you.
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Nobody gave you a vocabulary list, nobody translated anything and yet your brain understood the message.
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And that's the key word.
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message.
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because your brain is not designed to learn language.
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It's designed to understand messages.
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And that might be a small difference.
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But it's actually the difference between people who become Fluent?
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And people who stay stuck for years In fact, there is one statistic that completely changed my perspective on language learning.
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When I first heard it, I thought it couldn't be true.
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Ready?
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To speak and understand 95 % of every day spoken English.
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you need to know roughly 2000 of the most common words and structures in English.
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Think about that for a second not 50 ,000 not 20 ,000 Only 2000 of the most common words and structures.
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and that means idioms, phrasal verbs and also collocations in English.
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So if fluency is not about learning.
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endless vocabulary lists.
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THEN.
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What is it about?
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And this is where most learners make their biggest mistake.
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They focus on collecting words instead of understanding messages.
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And honestly, when I realized it, everything started making sense.
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The learners who improved the fastest weren't the ones who were the smartest or the ones who were talented.
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And definitely not the ones who spent all day studying.
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They were doing something else.
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something that most learners don't do nearly enough.
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They were getting massive amounts of understandable English every single day.
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And that brings us to the method that completely changed the game for me.
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And that is called comprehensible input.
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When you understand messages repeatedly, your brain starts noticing patterns.
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You start recognizing grammar naturally,
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You start recognizing vocabulary naturally and you start recognizing pronunciation naturally.
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Without trying to memorize every rule, without trying to translate, and without constantly stopping to study.
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In other words, You start Acquiring English instead of learning English.
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And that changes everything.
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And at this point, some people might be thinking: "Okay, that sounds nice, but Where's the proof? fair question.
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Because if comprehensible input is so effective, then why aren't language schools teaching English in this way?
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Well, here is something interesting.
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One of the most influential researchers in language acquisition Professor Stefan Krushen spent decades on studying how people learn a language.
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And his conclusion was surprisingly simple.
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We acquire a language.
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when we understand messages.
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not when we try to study grammar rules, not when we fill out grammar worksheets,
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and not when we try to memorize words in English, just when we understand messages.
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Think about that.
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Every fluent speaker you've ever met spent thousands of hours reading and listening to English content before they start speaking.
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not spending thousands of hours on learning grammar.
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Thousands of hours? understanding messages.
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So what should you do if you forget everything from this video.
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try to remember these three steps.
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Step one: spend around 20 to 30 minutes on consuming English that is understandable.
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Not English that is too easy and not English that makes you look up every word.
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Just English that you mostly understand.
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You could use stories, podcasts, videos, movies, or simply you can watch my videos on YouTube.
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In other words, anything that keeps you engaged because consistency is more important than intensity.
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Step two, Focus on understanding messages, not on every single word.
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A lot of members when watching videos, listening to podcasts and so on,
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they pause after each word to translate and try to memorize that word.
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Don't do that.
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Allow your brain to follow the story.
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The words that matter will repeat again and again.
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and you will understand them.
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And gradually, they'll become a part of your vocabulary.
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And step three: use English.
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Not perfectly, but regularly.
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try to shadow sentences, talk to yourself, watch English comprehensible videos on YouTube,
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or you can simply watch English TV shows.
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Remember, You don't become fluent in English by waiting until you're ready.
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you become fluent in English, by starting to use whatever you've acquired.
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And if you do these three steps, consistently.
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Month after month your English will improve not tomorrow night, Not next week, but It will improve.
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Now, if you are serious about learning English and becoming fluent, I have a very special offer for you.
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you can use this discount code on every course on my website.
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you can get 20 % off.
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and I will give you a free trial lesson too.
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This discount code is valid until June 20th.
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And honestly, I don't know when we will have an offer like this again, because I don't think There is going to be one.
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So, If you are serious, click on the link above.
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Use the discount code two by a course you will find all the details about the free trial lesson and the courses.
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in the description too.
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end.
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If this video changed the way you think about learning English and becoming fluent, make sure you subscribe to my channel
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because I have plenty of comprehensible input vlogs which help you learn English and acquire English.
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like how native speakers learn.
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Thank you so much for watching.
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Keep learning.
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Keep listening.
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Keep understanding.
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See you.

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このB1レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「This is THE BEST way 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, word, learner, learning, message。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が126文、単語が1214語あります。 音声の長さは10:31です。 話す速さは1分あたり約115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86%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15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
learner 名詞/ˈlɜɹnəɹ/学習者
fluent 形容詞/ˈfluənt/ぺらぺら, 流暢な
grammar 名詞/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/文法
vocabulary 名詞/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/語彙, 語彙力
comprehensible 形容詞/kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/理解できる
memorize 動詞/ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/記憶する, 覚える
translate 動詞/tɹænzˈleɪt/訳す, 翻訳する
acquire 動詞/əˈkwaɪɚ/獲得する
understandable 形容詞理解できる
consume 動詞/kənˈsum/消費する, 消耗する
podcast 名詞/ˈpɑdˌkæst/ポッドキャスト
collocation 名詞/ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/連語
fascinate 動詞/ˈfæsɪneɪt/魅惑する
fluency 名詞/ˈfluːənsi/流暢
imaginable 形容詞/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/考えられる, 想像できる

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語発音意味
fill out 動詞/fɪl ˈaʊt/書き込む, 記入する
get off 動詞降りる
look up 動詞/ˌlʊk ˈʌp/見上げる

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
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加えるpeople who become · people who stay · ones who were
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you've ever met · you've acquired
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 not designed · is called
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞started digging · started making · starts noticing

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, they're, couldn'tなど、短縮形や弱形を22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: collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, influential /ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/, acquisition /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/, collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, imaginable /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

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: learner /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, phrasal /ˈfɹeɪzəl/
  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, verb /vɝb/
  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: fluent /ˈfluənt/, fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/, fluency /ˈfluːənsi/, phrasal /ˈfɹeɪzəl/, influential /ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/

この動画での練習方法

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。learner, fluent, grammarなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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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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