リスニングを基本として、スピーキング、ディクテーションの反復練習用の教材と、記憶を確実にし、さらに自分で学習するための、単語カード、辞書を、ひとつにまとめて、MALL(Mobile-assisted language learning)にしました。お好きな時間にお気に入りの場所で、あなたのポケットから取り出して、ネイテイブの英語にふれてみましょう。 ビデオを見る
語学学習の基本はリスニング。ネーティブのスピードに慣れるようになんども聞いてみよう。苦手なフレーズをなんどでも練習し、ロールプレーにチャレンジ。
あなたの英語スピーキングの腕試し。iOSの音声認識(Siri)にチャレンジしましょう。あなたの発音を録音再生し、すぐに採点します。
ネイティブの発音をしっかりきいて、ディクテーション(書き取り)をしてみましょう。あなたのディクテーションをすぐに採点します。
必要なときだけテキストを表示することも、エピソードを通してすべてのテキストを表示することもできるので、自分の理解度に合わせたリーディングができます。全訳も確認できます。
あなたの発音、パズル(単語の並べ替え)、タイピングを自動で採点するので、間違ったところをすぐに確認できます。繰り返して学習しましょう。
聞き取った会話の通りに単語を並べ替えて文章を作成してみましょう。パズルで遊ぶように楽しんでください。NGワードに引っかからないようにね。
電車やバスで単語カード帳を使って反復練習しましょう。お好みに合わせて追加、削除、編集できます。英和辞書からのワンクリック登録も便利です。
ポップアップ辞書をつかってすぐに意味を確認したり、英和辞典を使って、分からない単語をじっくりと調べることができます。
ネイテイブを真似て、勇気を出して話しかけてみたけど、うまく伝わらなかったあなた。Talk Mallは、あなたの「そっくり度」を評価し、「うまく真似ができた」ところと「うまく伝わらなかった」ところをフィードバックします。
うまく覚えられない時には、単語をパズルのように並べ替えて単語や語順を覚えてみましょう。NGワードに気をつけて!
Talk Mallのスピーチ・ディクテーションをつかってみましょう。あなたのスピーチを音声認識し、どのように聞こえているかをすぐにフィードバックします。
まず、ネイテイブの発音をよく聞きましょう。つぎに、マイクボタンを押して、そのとおりに話してみましょう。あなたの声は録音されすぐに再生されます。自分のスピーチを聞くこのプレイバック法は、米国をはじめ多くの国々で第2外国語習得のために用いられている方法のひとつです。どの単語がうまく認識され、どの単語でづまづいたかあなたのスピーチをレビューして、「そっくり度」を判定します。たとえば、「name」と「names」、「right」と「light」などをしっかりと聞き分けます。苦手なところを重点的に練習して、100点をめざしてなんども挑戦しましょう。
単語を知っていることやゆっくりとした速度の会話を聞き取れることと、普通の速度の会話の聞き取れることは別の能力とも言われています。どのようなタイミングで、どのようなスピードでネイティブが普段のどのように話すのかしっかり聞いて真似をしてみましょう。Talk Mallなら、繰り返しフレーズ再生したり、好きなところまで巻き戻したりできます。
シャドーイング(ネイティブの会話にあわせて話してみる音読方法)は、語学習得の有効な方法だとされています。シャドーイングの方法にも幾つかあるので自分にあったシャドーイングを探してみてください。例えば、「3回お手本を聞いて、次に一緒に喋ってみる」のはどうでしょう。十分になれてきたらロールプレーにチャレンジしてみましょう。
母国語でない言語の場合、1度聴いただけで覚えられる言葉や数字の長さ(スパン)は2~5秒との報告があります。Talk Mallは、そのスパンを中心に収録していますが、少し長めのフレーズも準備しています。短いものから始めて長いものにも挑戦してみましょう。
ネイティブが普段どのような表現を使っているかよく聴いてみましょう。簡単な単語でも色々と表現できるんですね。でも、教科書では見慣れない表現や単語もありますね。「日本語と英語のように語源の全く異なる言語間では直訳は禁物である。」と言っている研究者のかたもいらっしゃいます。試験対策では直訳が好まれることがありますが、文化や歴史が違うことを考えると直訳できないことは当然かもしれませんね。Talk Mallの全文訳はあくまでも話の流れをつかむ程度のものです。どのような状況で出てくる言葉かじっくり観察してみましょう。
Talk Mallのパズル・ディクテーションは試してみましたか? 単語をドラッグ&ドロップしながら文章を並びかえてみましょう。単語のスペルを知らなくても心配ありません。ドラッグ&ドロップする単語をクリックすると単語を発音を確認できるので、ネイティブの発音を頼りに並びかえてみましょう。うまく並びかえられるようになったら、テキスト・ディクテーションにチャレンジしましょう、ルーペボタンを押してどのくらいあっているかを確かめましょう。苦手な単語がわかるはず。わからない単語は、ポップアップ辞書は英語モードでは英語を日本語もモードでは日本語を表示します。まとめて単語を覚えるためには、単語カード帳も利用できます。
Talk Mallでは、ダイアログの全文表示もできますし、今聴いているフレーズだけを表示することもできます。Talk Mallの単語カード帳には、あらかじめリスニングに必要な単語が登録されていますが、あなたは単語カード帳を編集したり追加や削除することもできます。英和辞書で単語を調べたら、一度タップするだけで単語カード帳に登録できます。重要な痰度には、5段階でレートをつけましょう。なんども練習するためには、ランダムに混ぜたのちレート順に並び変えることもできるシャフル機能が便利でしょう。
コーヒーを飲んでリラックスしながら、Talk Mallで楽しみながら学習してみましょう。
Last Revised: 2017-JAN-01
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