LISTENING & UNDERSTANDING in 3 Easy Steps

リスニングと理解力を向上させる簡単な 3 つのステップ

Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's video, I am going to teach you how to be a better listener.

こんにちは、エマです。今日のビデオでは よい聞き手になる方法をお教えします。

I'm going to teach you three steps, which will really, really help you with your listening.

今日お教えるする 3 つのステップは リスニングに大いに役立ちます。

So before I teach you how to be a better listener, I want you to think about: What kind of listener

具体的な方法について話す前に、 「自分はどんな風に会話を聞いているか」

are you? Okay? So, I have, here, a question. I want you to imagine this. You're talking

考えてみてください - こちらに質問があります。 想像してみてください。

to somebody, an English speaker, and you don't understand what they're saying. Okay? You

あなたは英語話者と会話していますが 言っていることがわかりません。

have no idea. I don't understand what they're saying. What do you do?

想像すらつかず、相手の言っていることが 理解できません。あなたはどうしますか？

Okay? Here are your choices.

あなたの行動はこちらです。

Do you: A) look scared? A lot of students do this.

あなたは…A) おびえた表情をする 多くの生徒の皆さんがこれをします。

Do you: B) Nod and pretend you understand? Nod and say: "I understand",

あなたは…B) うなづいて、わかったフリをする。 うなずいて "I understand"と言います。

but you really don't understand; you have no idea?

でも本当はわかっていなくて 見当もつきません。

C) Are you honest? Do you say: "I'm sorry. I don't understand"?

C) 正直な人なら"I'm sorry,I don't understand" と言うかもしれません。

Or, D) Do you say: "I don't understand", and you ask the person to write down what they're saying?

もしくは、D) "I don't understand"と言って、相手に 言った事を書いてくれるように頼みます。

Okay? So, which one do you do? Do you look scared, do you nod and pretend you understand when

あなたの行動はどれでしょう。おびえた表情ですか うなずいて、わかったフリをしますか。

you don't? Do you say: "I don't understand" or do you say: "I don't understand" and ask

"I don't understand"と言うか "I don't understand"と言って、相手に

them to write it down? Maybe you do multiple things. Okay? Which one do you think is the

書いてと頼みますか？複数の行動を取るかも しれませんね。どれが一番正しい行動だと

best thing to do? If you said: D or C,

思いますか？ あなたの答えが D か C なら

you are correct. Okay? Now, there is a little

正解です。 C と D には少し

bit of a difference between C and D. It's mainly that D, we use some sort of listening

違いがあります。特に D ですが ある種の「聞き取りのテクニック」が

strategy. I'm going to teach you some very, very good strategies you can use, which will

使われています。今回は、うまく聞き取ることが できる非常に役立つテクニックを

help you be a better listener.

教えます。

Okay, so if you don't understand something, very first thing you should do is

では、言っていることがわからない時に まずあなたがすべきことは

show you don't understand. Okay? You should really let the person know you don't understand.

「わからない」ということを伝えます。 相手に気づいてもらうことが重要です。

There's nothing to be embarrassed about. We all have times where we don't understand what

何も恥ずかしがることはありません。 誰にでも、相手の言っていることが

somebody is saying, but we really do want to know, so it's very important you let the

わからない時はあります。本当に理解したいのなら 相手に気づいてもらうことが

person know that you don't understand.

大切です。

So, here are a couple of different ways we can say that. The first one:

わからないことを伝える言い方は いくつかあります。1 つ目は、

"I didn't catch that.", "I'm sorry, I didn't catch that."

「I didn't catch that」です。 "I'm sorry, I didn't catch that.(すみません、わかりませんでした)"

This means the exact same thing as: "I don't understand."

これは "I don't understand" とまったく同じ意味です。

So you can say: "I don't understand." or "I didn't catch that." You can also say:

"I don't understand." でも"I didn't catch that." でも構いません。ですから

"I'm sorry I don't understand." One thing a lot of students say,

"I'm sorry I don't understand"とも言えます。 生徒の皆さんからよく聞く

but it's not a good thing to say: "I no understand."

間違ったフレーズを紹介します。 "I no understand."

Okay? This: "I no understand", I hear many students say it. This, wrong.

この "I no understand" は よく耳にしますが間違いです。

Okay? So you can either say: "I didn't catch that.", "I'm sorry I don't understand.",

"I didn't catch that" や "I'm sorry I don't understand." はともかく

but you cannot say: "I no understand." That one is bad English.

"I no understand" とは言いません。 これはよくない英語です。

Okay, so that's the first step.

以上が最初のステップです。

The second step is using a strategy. Okay? So what do I mean by this? When you use a

2 つ目のステップからテクニックを使います。 どういうことかと言うと、別の方法で

strategy, you're pretty much asking somebody to help you out in a different way. You're

手助けしてくれるよう 相手にお願いすることに他なりません。

asking somebody to do something to help you understand. So, this is an excellent expression,

理解できるよう手伝ってもらうことです。 素晴らしい表現を用意しました。

very polite. All of these start with: "Could you please". You can ask the person:

非常に丁寧です。これら表現はすべて "Could you please."から始まります。相手に

"Could you please write it down?" Okay? So: "I'm sorry I didn't catch that. Could you please

"Could you please write it down?"と聞きます。 "I'm sorry I didn't catch that.Could you please

write it down?" Some... For some people, when they read it, it's easier than listening to it.

write it down?" 文章を読めば理解できるという人もいます。

You can also ask somebody to repeat what they're saying. "Could you please repeat that?" Okay?

もう一度繰り返してほしいと尋ねても 構いません。"Could you please repeat that?"

That means: "Could you please say it again?" A lot of English speakers and also me, myself

"Could you please say it again?"と同じです。 私を含め、多くのネイティブスピーカーが

included, sometimes we speak too fast. So, it's perfectly okay if you say politely:

早口で喋ってしまうことがあります。 丁寧に頼む限り、まったく問題ありません。

"Could you please speak more slowly?" Maybe the problem is the person who's speaking is talking way

"Could you please speak more slowly?" 聞き取れないのは、相手が速く話しすぎている

too fast. So just a nice, friendly reminder: "Could you please speak more slowly?"

こともあるので失礼にならないよう伝えてみましょう。 "Could you please speak more slowly?"

And finally, the fourth strategy: "Could you please say it in a different way?"

最後に 4 つめの表現です。"Could you please say it in a different way?"

This one is very useful because sometimes when you say to an English speaker: "I don't understand",

これが非常に役に立つのは、 "I don't understand" と言っても相手は同じフレーズを

they keep saying the same thing the exact same way, and that's not helpful. Sometimes

同じように繰り返すことがあるからです。 それではいつまでも聞き取れません。

you really need to hear it in different words, so it's also a great idea to ask the person:

別の言葉で言ってもらえれば 聞き取れることもあるため、相手に

"Could you please say it in a different way?" Okay? So these are the first two steps. First,

"Could you please say it in a different way?" と尋ねてみます。ここまでが最初の 2 ステップです。まず

show you don't understand; second, use a strategy. Now let's look at the third step.

わからないことを伝え、次に テクニックを使います。ステップ 3 は

Okay, so our third step is: Double check what the person is telling you. Check meaning.

相手の言ったことを再確認します。 意味を確かめてみます。

So, this pretty much means that after you've told them you don't understand and you've

つまりこれは、わからないと伝え テクニックを使い相手にもう一度

asked them to use some sort of strategy, the third thing is you're going to make sure you

伝えてもらい、最後に 本当に自分が理解したのかを

really understood. So, how are you going to do this? Well, one thing you can do is you

確かめます。具体的にはどうすれば いいのでしょうか？相手が言ったことを

can repeat back what the person said to you. Okay? So, for example, if somebody says something

繰り返してみるのもいいでしょう。 たとえば、誰かが言ったことを

and you think you understand what they said, instead of just saying: "Yes, I understand",

理解できたと思ったら、 "Yes, I understand" と言う代わりに

you can check by saying: "So what you're saying is..." and repeat what they said.

"So what you're saying ｉｓ..." と繰り返して 確認してみます。

"So what you're saying is", you know, "dogs are better than cats.",

"So what you're saying is..." たとえば "dogs are better than cats.(猫よりも犬のほうがいい)",

"Okay, what you're saying is the colour blue is fantastic." Okay? Just some examples.

"what you're saying is the colour blue is fantastic.(青色は素晴らしいということですね)"

Another way to do this: "So what you mean is..." Okay? So, these two things mean the

もう一つの表現として"So what you mean is..."がありますがこの 2 つは

same thing. "So what you're saying is...", "So what you mean is..." And finally:

同じ意味です。"So what you're saying is..." と "So what you mean is..." それから

"I think I get what you're saying...". "Get" in English can also mean understand.

"I think I get what you're saying...."があります。 英語の "Get" は「理解する」という意味にもなります。

So this sentence means: "I think I understand what you're saying...",

この文章は"I think I understand what you're saying..." と同じです。

"I think I get what you're saying...", "What you're saying is..." Okay?

"I think I get what you're saying...."や "So what you're saying is..." が使えます。

So, again, there are three steps to being a very good listener. The first one is saying

これら 3 つのステップを使うことで うまく相手の話が理解できます。最初は、正直に

and being honest that you don't understand; the second step is using a strategy, for example:

わからないことを伝え、次に テクニックを使います。たとえば

"Could you write it down please?", "Could you please repeat it?" Okay? And the final

"Could you write it down please?"や "Could you please repeat it?"などです。

step is checking to make sure you really understood. "So what you're saying is..."

最後のステップで理解できたか確認します。 "So what you're saying is..."

If you use these three strategies, they will really help improve your conversation,

こうしたテクニックを使えば、会話力の 向上に大きく役立つはずです。

because instead of not

少なくとも、話の内容が

having any clue what is happening and being very confused all the time, at least you're

まったくわからず途方に暮れているよりも 自信を持てるようになり、前よりもよく

going to be more confident, and you will understand more. You're not going to understand everything,

わかるようになるはずです。 すべてを理解できなくても大丈夫です。

that's okay. But these strategies will help you understand a lot more than if you just

こうした方法を使えば、困った顔をして、わからないのに "I understand" と言いながらうなずくより

look scared, and nod and say: "I understand" when you don't. Okay?

はるかに多くのことが 理解できるはずです。

So, I invite you to check out our website at www.engvid.com. There, you can find a quiz

よかったら www.engvid.com をご覧ください。 今回の内容に関する小テストや

on this material, and you can practice some of these phrases that I've taught today.

今日学んだフレーズを 練習できます。

Until next time, take care.

また次回、お会いしましょう。