teach you eight ways in which you can improve your listening skills, your

今日は、リスニング力を向上させる

English listening skills. Now number one is take advantage of YouTube's subtitle

８つの方法をお教えしたいと思います

system but make sure you understand and use it properly so in order to improve

英語のね。

your daily English, the English that you'll use every day. I want you to find

まず一つ目は、

vloggers and kind of daily youtubers that document their everyday life who

Youtubeの字幕を利用することです

actually add their own subtitles or vloggers that don't rely on the

ただし、適切に使うことを忘れないでください

auto-generated subtitles. Nowadays YouTube has some very very good subtitle

日常会話、つまり

software but it's never perfect when I post a video YouTube analyzes what I say

毎日使うような英語を向上させることができます

and it posts what it thinks I've said as auto-generated subtitles. However, for

ビデオブロガーなどの、日常生活を

every single video I do pay for someone else to actually write the subtitles and

字幕付きで動画投稿しているような

there are a couple of reasons why I do this. Number one, I want correct spelling

投稿者を探してみてください

and grammar YouTube software doesn't add in the correct punctuation and kind of

自動生成の字幕に頼らない投稿者です

commas and quotation marks and things like that and that's important for you

最近はYouTubeの字幕機能も向上してきました

to learn. It's important for you to see where a sentence starts and ends and

しかし完璧ではありません

where there might be pauses. Also sometimes the software just completely

私が動画を投稿すると、YouTubeは

misses out words, it misspells things, it misunderstands what I've said. Sometimes

私の音声を解析して

it puts very rude things in place of what I've actually said so I choose to

自動で生成された字幕を載せてくれます

buy my own subtitles and a lot of creators do this and a lot of vloggers

でも、私はどの動画でも字幕の作成を

do this and it's very very useful. Kn fact on my own vlogging channel where

他者に依頼していて

I've been documenting my life, my personal life on the farm in rural

それにはいくつか理由があるんです

England, I do write the subtitles for you so you know that what I'm saying on

一つ目は、スペルと文法を訂正するためです

screen is what is also written on screen. How can you tell if the subtitles are

YouTubeのソフトウェアは正しい句読点やコンマ、

trustworthy or not? Well one indicator is the term

クエスチョンマークといったものを追加してくれません

'auto-generated' which will come up if YouTube's AI system has developed the

どれも勉強のためには必要なものです

software if you follow some vloggers that speak a native level of English

どこから文が始まってどこで終わり

watch their videos with subtitles every week or every day you will pick up on so

どこが切れ目であるのか知るためです

much vocabulary vocabulary that we use as natives in our daily lives

それと時々ソフトウェアが

number two is listen to a variety of accents and dialects now I don't just

さっぱり言葉を聞き逃したり

say accents I say dialects because different parts of my country England

スペルミスや私の言ったことを誤解することもあります

have different dialects so northern slang is very different to southern

それがとてもその場に相応しくない

slang in fact British English is so unbelievably diverse so for example

無礼な発言となっていることもあるんです

something as simple for me as a can of coke well up north they might say a tin

そんなことが無いように私たち

of coke when that would sound ridiculous for me so to ensure that you understand

多くの投稿者は字幕にお金を払い

everything that you listen to or almost everything that you listen to because

それはとても助けになっているんです

let's face it everything would be quite the challenge because even I don't

実際私のチャンネルでは

understand everything that I hear you do need to listen to a variety of accents

私の暮らすイギリスの田舎での

and dialects the different sounds that they produce the different common

農場での生活を動画投稿して

phrases that they use and the different slang words as well are really really

それには字幕をつけています

important and I have something in the pipeline that will massively help you

なので私の言葉をスクリーンで

with this I'm going to talk about it more towards the end of this video

文字として読むことができます

number three is of course speak with natives listen

字幕の重要さが分かったでしょうか？

to natives and speak to them but more than that it's ask for repetition and

まあ字幕を自動で生成してくれる

ask for explanation so you want to speak with natives ask them to repeat things

YouTubeのAIシステムが

and ask them to explain and justify things a lot of students ask me how they

開発されたりするんでしょうか

can find well priced native teachers or native level teachers just because

ネイティヴの英語話者の

someone isn't native doesn't mean that they're not an excellent teacher and

ビデオブロガーを見つけたら

this segment is sponsored by a come and that I do genuinely highly recommend

その投稿を毎日、毎週見ましょう

and it's a talkie I talkie is a huge online database of both native and

ネイティヴが日常で使うたくさんの

non-native teachers who will give one-to-one video lessons with you 24

語彙を身につけることができます

hours a day seven days a week from anywhere in the world as long as you

二つ目はいろいろなアクセント、そして訛りを聞くことです

have a stable internet connection an emphasis on well priced teachers it's

アクセントだけではなく訛りもです

incredibly affordable it's much cheaper than an offline Academy or an in-person

なぜならイングランドでは

tutor the teachers set their own rates and you can browse all of them and find

地方によって様々な訛りがあるからです

the rate that's best for you and it's also really good if you just want to

ですので北のスラングと南のスラングは大きく違います

practice conversation and listening to someone talk and asking for them to

実際、イギリスの英語は信じられないほど多様なんです

correct your responses because not only do they have qualified teachers they

例えば、a can of coke のような簡単な言葉でも

also have community teachers who are there to practice conversation with you

北の方では、a tin of coke と言い

now they've given me an offer to pass on to you you can get $10 worth of I

私にはとても変に聞こえます

talking credits in your student wallet 48 hours after making your first

ですから聞くことすべて、

purchase of any amount all you've got to do is click on the link in the

もしくはほとんどすべてを

description box and sign up those credits could actually be an entire

しっかり理解してください

lesson for free or more than that actually I've seen lessons for much less

さもなくば訛りに直面した時

money than that also if you are at home and you'll find yourself with a bit of

何もかもが非常に難しくなります

extra spare time for an extra motivational push you can also sign up

私ですらすべてを理解することは出来ないんですから

to their language challenge this is where you take itoki classes and win

様々なアクセント、訛りを聞く必要があります

prizes along the way this challenge starts on the 9th of April and lasts

彼らの違った発音、

until the 24th of May what do you have to do is set yourself a language goal

共通フレーズ、

and then you can earn vouchers coupons and entries into a huge prize drawer or

そしてスラングも

you can earn prizes of up to 500 a talkie credits so once you've signed up

どれも本当に大事で、私もそれを皆さんが理解するために

to a talkie using the link down below check out the language challenge page

とても助けになるであろう計画を進行しています

set yourself a goal and start earning those prizes right let's move on to way

それについては

number 4 now this is a really simple way of making native speech easier to

この動画の最後にお話ししましょう

understand it's so simple I can't believe that

三つ目はもちろん、ネイティヴの話者と会話することです

people still aren't taking advantage of it do you know about YouTube's slowdown

ネイティヴの言葉を聞き、会話をするのはもちろん

function now when I look at videos that are explaining something technical like

それを繰り返してもらったり、説明をしてもらうことです

how to use my new washing machine or why Mike Hoover isn't sucking sometimes I

なのでネイティヴと話したいなら

find the person takes ages to get to the point or to explain something so I speed

繰り返してもらうことや、説明をお願いしましょう

them up I click on the little cog and then I click on playback speed and I put

間違いを訂正するんです

them at one point two five times speed or one point five if I'm feeling really

たくさんの生徒にどうやって

energetic however the slowdown function would be

ネイティヴの先生を見つければいいか尋ねられます

really really useful for language learners you can slow down speech to

ネイティヴでないからといって

three-quarters of the natural pace 0.75 speed if you're watching a video and

素晴らしい先生ではないと言うわけではないんです

you're interested in what that person is saying but they are just speaking too

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quickly try that 0.75 speed now 0.5 tends to be too slow the person sounds

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drunk or deranged 0.75 for a very fast talker can actually be really really

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helpful even for me as a native speaker there are some people that just go a

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little more and I find it hard to follow so if there's a vlogger or a narrator or

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a presenter that you have shunned in the past because they speak too quickly try

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watching them on YouTube try slowing them down and let me know what you think

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what would be even better is if they had their subtitles added as well so you can

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watch them in slow speed without subtitles and then watch them again with

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subtitles but more about that later on now number five this is a really common

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listening tip but I'm going to talk about it because I've got something

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extra to add it is watch English movies and TV shows now we all know this this

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is one of the first tips that teachers will give you but it can be really

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really hard and really daunting to try and work out which TV show and which

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film is going to be at your level it's so annoying to finally find something

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that you want to watch after reading loads of

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and then you just can't understand it it's also really annoying when your

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computer or your network won't allow you to access certain films and TV shows

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because of where you live because your country is not allowed to view that

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specific website I have got a video coming next week on my recommendations

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for British TV shows and I start with beginner level and move to pre

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intermediate intermediate and advanced I cover all the bases and they're all

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shows that will help you develop a British English accent and help you

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understand it as well I'll also talk about the variety of

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British English accents as well now when this video is live I will link it in the

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description box so check that out because I want to help you find

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something that you can actually watch and understand and then you can move up

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through the levels number six is learn responses that will buy you more time

提供 italki

because when we are listening to what someone is saying in a language that is

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not our first language we do need that little bit of extra time to process what

提供 italki

they're trying to say I have a couple of tricks and phrases that will buy you

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more time things that you can say without seeming like a strange person

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going because that is what a lot of English learners do it's a natural thing

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to want to fill the gap by just making one noise like

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and you also don't want to just fill it with silence because that can be awkward

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that person might think that you've not heard them when really you've just not

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understood them what you want to do is fill the conversation with fillers or

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interjections and I've made various videos on this topic I did a great one

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with Harry from real English with real teachers on interjections things like

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ooh

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I will link that down below and also last week I did post a video on

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different ways to say I know and I understand because those are very

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commonly used in conversation whilst you're processing what someone has said

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or you're just showing that you've understood and acknowledged what they've

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said again I will link that I think both of those videos would be really really

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useful they will give you phrases that you can use to buy more time whilst

それでは、４つ目に行きましょうか

you're processing speech number seven is listen whilst you read listen whilst you

ネイティヴのスピーチをシンプルに

read now I talked about this a lot in my videos because it really really works

より簡単に理解できます

I'm always talking about listening to audiobooks as you read the actual book

本当にシンプルです いまだにこれを

and I'm not just saying this for fun this is genuinely such a good method it

使わない人がいるのが信じられません

trains your brain to connect written words with spoken words it helps improve

Youtubeのスロー再生機能について知っていますか？

your pronunciation it helps improve your listening it helps improve your spelling

例えば新しい洗濯機の使い方や

as well the way a word is spelt in English doesn't necessarily give you any

なんで電気掃除機が作動しないのかといった

indication as to how it's pronounced in English and the way a word is pronounced

技術的な説明動画を見るときに

in English doesn't really help you work out how that word is spelt this is why

ときどき、要点までにかなりの時間を

English seems like such a hard language to understand when you're listening to

要することに気づいたら

it and such a hard language to pronounce because you look at word and you just

動画の速度を上げるために歯車ボタンをクリックして

have no idea how it should be pronounced if you take a book that you have already

それから動画の再生速度を選択して

read in English or a book that you would like to read in English and read that

1.25倍や1.5倍速にするでしょう

book as you are listening to that same audiobook version your problems will be

元気があればの話だけど。

solved now it's important to find a narrator you like and this is why I

でもスロー再生機能は、語学を勉強する人にとって

always recommend audible audible is an amazing platform of audiobooks they have

間違いなく助けになります

the most incredible selection and you can also listen to quite lengthy samples

話の早さを3/4つまり

so you can work out if you like the narrator's accent if you like the speed

0.75倍速にできます

at which they speak you can also slow them down and you can speed them up if

動画を見ていてその人の言うことに

you feel like you need to and the best part is you can get one free audio book

興味を持ったのに

that's a 30-day free trial or an audible and you just have to click on the link

彼らがあまりにも早く話すときは、0.75倍速を試してみてください

in the description box to sign up and there I've put some recommendations for

0.5倍速では遅すぎることが多いですね

great books as well audiobooks to listen to and they're written book counterparts

酔っ払ったりハイになったような人が

it's a great method that's why I talk about it all the time now the last tip

0.75倍にしてもなお早すぎるときは

number 8 is to create your own transcription exercises you know those

助けになってくれるでしょう

annoying horrible listening tests where you have to fill in a gap right what you

私のようなネイティブにとっても

hear unfortunately they work however we want

とても早口でついていけないように感じることもあります

to do something that's relevant for us don't we so if you find something that

もしこれまでにビデオブロガー、話し手が

is particularly interesting to you have you are interested in photography and

あまりに早口であると言う理由で

it's about cameras maybe you're interested in wildlife or skateboarding

避けていたとしたら

I have no idea but everybody has their thing don't they I personally love

YouTubeのスローダウン機能を試してみて

cooking and gardening well if you find something that's very very interesting

どうだったか是非私に教えてくださいね

to you create your own listing exercise because it won't be so boring and

もっといいのは

painful this exercise is all about listening blindly meaning that you are

その動画が字幕もついていて

not looking at any visuals so you don't see their mouth moving you don't see

スローで字幕無しで見た後に

their emotion nothing and you definitely definitely don't look at any subtitles

字幕付きで見てみることです

take one sentence or if you're feeling more advanced you can take a couple of

でも、それについてはまた後で

sentences and listen to it once then you can listen to it for a second time and

五つ目は、リスニングにおける有名なコツだけど

then you have to write down exactly what you've heard or what you think you've

これについても話したいと思います

heard after that you can listen to it one more time and you can look at the

ちょっとそれに追加したいことがあるので

transcription or the subtitles make sure they are accurate and there you have it

それというのは、英語の映画やTV番組を見ることです

you've created your own transcription exercise using something that is

これは誰でも知っているような

relevant and interesting to you the reason why these sorts of exercises are

先生が初めて教えてくれるようなことだというのに

included in so many different examinations

本当に難しくて気の遠くなるようなものになり得ます

by so many different prestigious examination boards across the globe it's

どんなTV番組や映画が自分のレベルに合っているのか

because they really really work so if you can get into the habit of every time

たくさんのレビューを読んだ上で

you're listening to something interesting and you know there are

興味のあるものを見つけたとしても

reliable transcriptions or subtitles available to you if you do this and make

それを理解できないというのは非常に煩わしいです

it a habit you really really will learn so much and you'll get so used to