シャドーイング練習: Vol 3 - test 4 - section 4 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

レッスンを作成中...
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Now turn to Section 4 on page 7.
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Section 4.
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You will hear part of a talk about research into learner persistence given by a university lecturer to her colleagues.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40 on pages 7 and 8.
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Thank you.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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My talk is about a research study I did over a period of five years on learner persistence,
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why some people stick at academic study better than others.
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As teachers, you will know that there is a tremendous variation in the learner's response to certain things.
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For example, a short period of illness might completely destabilize some students and cause them to give up their degree studies.
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Other learners might overcome tremendous difficulties to stay the course.
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I am particularly interested in this second group, who are the ones with learner persistence.
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What I decided to do was design a research study using a sample of my university's third-year undergraduate students,
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295 in all who obviously had already stayed the course pretty well.
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The sample was drawn from a range of ages, but there was deliberately a significant number of mature students,
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and all respondents were living at home in the local region.
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I wanted to have this element of consistency, not having some coming from outside the area and living in university accommodation.
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It should be noted, though, that there was significant variation in home background to reflect the variation in our student population.
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I designed questionnaires which were devised to elicit what their concerns had been as they started the course
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and what had sustained them throughout the three years.
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Findings from the first section indicated that their worries when they started varied from financial concerns,
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though this had not been as strong as I expected, to career prospects.
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but mature students with children tended to emphasize uncertainties about their relationship with them
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the second section of my questionnaire looked at learner persistence under three main headings social
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and environmental factors other factors and intrinsic
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or personal characteristics I identified three levels of importance for each
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of these at the first level those points identified by participants
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as most important in learner persistence for social factors many respondents
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said how crucial it had been to have good support though
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there was no one specific source it could be family
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or friends as regards other factors students are heartened not
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so much by high grades but by what they regard as success in study
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and for personal characteristics many respondents reported that they took pleasure in challenge and
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that this was regarded as very significant at the second level
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of importance in the first category a sizable percentage talked about the fact
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that they had enjoyed themselves in school as an important social
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factor in the second column other factors a number of people said
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that what was of most importance was decent health this had
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a fairly strong influence on their persistence in their studies
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and then under the heading of personal characteristics there were quite
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a large percentage of respondents who who mentioned they felt it was important to have lots of interests in their everyday lives.
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This gave them a depth and sense of perspective, which less persistent learners might lack.
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And then, on to the third level.
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Under social factors, several respondents talked about good relationships with their tutors.
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For other factors, they mentioned lack or absence of any problems in their families
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and Finally under column three they identified an ability to juggle several roles what we might call their capacity for multitasking
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Now these findings obviously helped inform the design of activities as I mentioned
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But in addition a number of further recommendations emerged
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firstly I propose
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that the department distributes questionnaires to first-year students to help get an idea of their maturity
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when starting the course this is really our overriding concern secondly
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I recommend we look into ways of offering induction courses for
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some selected students to allow them to take on the role
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of advisors we think they are the best people to act in
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that role this policy will make support much more accessible to
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our students thirdly this help is often most needed in the evening
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and night when offices are closed and
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so we should set up online services instead of the more traditional telephone services research has shown
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that these services are actually more accessible to the majority of students.
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And finally, it is often important to be proactive.
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If students are not meeting deadlines, then someone should contact them rather than wait for them to come to us.
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Now, are there any questions about the points that you have to ask?
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That is the end of Section 4.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Thank you.

シナリオ:大学講師による学習継続性の研究発表

このビデオでは、大学の講師が同僚に向けて、5年にわたる学習継続性の研究結果を発表しています。学生たちが学業を続ける上で重要な要因として、社会的・環境的要因、その他の要因、個人の特性の3点から分析し、各レベルの重要なポイントを明らかにしています。日常生活の中でのサポート、学習での成功感、課題に喜びを感じることなど、実際の学生の声をもとにした内容で、英語での議論や研究発表の場面を理解するのに役立ちます。

覚えておきたいフレーズとコロケーション

  • stick at academic study:学業を続ける。「stick at」は「~を続ける」という意味で、学習や仕事などに使われる実用的なフレーズです。
  • sustained them throughout the three years:3年間彼らを支え続けた。「sustain」は「支える」「持続させる」という意味で、長期的な期間に使われる表現です。
  • take pleasure in challenge:課題に喜びを感じる。「take pleasure in」は「~を楽しむ」という意味で、困難なことにも使えるポジティブな表現です。
  • juggle several roles:複数の役割を捌く。「juggle」は「ジャグリングする」という意味で、ここでは「同時にいくつものことをこなす」という比喩的な使い方です。
  • inform the design of activities:活動の設計に影響を与える。「inform」は「~に情報を与える」という意味で、ここでは「~に影響を与える」という使い方です。

シャドーイングチャレンジ:研究結果の説明を真似しよう

shadow speech(シャドースピーチ)は、英語シャドーイングの一種で、発音やリズムを鍛えるのに効果的です。今回の課題は、ビデオの中で講師が研究結果を説明している部分(「Findings from the first section...」から「...capacity for multitasking」まで)を聞きながら、1秒遅れで真似て話すことです。特に、「crucial」「heartened」「juggle」などの単語の発音と、文のリズムに注意してみてください。この練習をすることで、英語の発音を良くするだけでなく、自然なスピーチの流れを身につけることができます。ぜひ挑戦してみてください!

英語スピーキング練習の一環として、このシャドーイングを毎日5分間続けると、大きな進歩が見られるでしょう。自分の声と原音を比較しながら、どこが違うのかを確認してみてください。好奇心を持って細かい部分まで注意して聞くことが、上達の秘訣です。

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。

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