過去形動詞の使用を意識してみて

次回のフォーカス

過去の話題では動詞の前に一呼吸置いて -ed を乗せる。特に 'yesterday / last ...' が出たら時制を二重チェック

いつyesterday / last ... が出たら

何を-ed を乗せる

使う表現“Yesterday I went ...”

理由時制が過去と現在で混在している箇所が多く、例えば 'I went to Korea, last month' で過去形が正しく使われていたが、他の箇所では現在形が使われていました

達成次セッションで過去形動詞を5回以上自発的に使い、うち誤りが1回以下

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今日のいちばん良かった一文

I went to Korea last month. That was amazing.

良かったポイント

◆過去形が正しく使われている
◆具体的なエピソードを共有している
◆感情を表現している

定着させたい型: 過去の出来事を述べる際の時制の一致 + 感情表現 ('I went to ... last month. That was ...')

改善ポイント

(2件)

文法· 時制要注意

あなたが言った

“I want to go to there after retirement.”

言いたかったこと

退職後にそこに行きたいです。

課題

時制が未来形であるべきところで現在形が使われている。

✨ こう言えば自然

I want to go there after I retire.

他の言い方

中立
“I plan to go there after retiring.”
計画的であることを示す

なぜ間違えやすいか

日本語では時制が文脈で補完されることが多く、英語では明確にする必要がある。

覚えておきたい原則

英語では時制を明確にすることで、文の意味を正確に伝える。

次回のアクション

過去形や未来形を使う際には、動詞の形を意識して選ぶ。

関連する例文

· That's interesting.
· Let me think for a moment.

もっとこう言えた場面

間違いではなく、より自然に言えたはずの瞬間

自分の会社について話していたとき

あなたが言った

“I'm running own company.”

こう言うとより自然

· I run my own company.
· I have my own business.

より自然で、ビジネスオーナーとしての立場を明確にする表現です。

友人の就職活動について話していたとき

あなたが言った

“He tried over 50 companies.”

こう言うとより自然

· He applied to over 50 companies.
· He sent applications to more than 50 companies.

具体的な行動（応募する）を示すことで、状況がより明確になります。

今日のまとめ

今回のセッションでは、時制の混乱がいくつか見られました。特に過去形と現在形が混在している箇所がありました。発話比率が高く、流暢さは向上しているものの、フィラーが多く、時制の一貫性に課題が見られました。

良かった点

◆質問に対して積極的に応答しており、会話をリードする姿勢が見られました。
◆具体的なエピソードを交えて話すことで、会話に深みを与えていました。

覚えておきたい表現

今日の会話で使えた・使いたかった実用フレーズ

recruiting platform

— 採用プラットフォーム

例“I check the recruiting platform every day.”

就職活動の話題で頻繁に使われる表現です。

submit resume

— 履歴書を提出する

例“He submitted his resume to several companies.”

応募プロセスで必須の行動を表す表現です。

aging population

— 高齢化人口

例“Japan is facing challenges due to its aging population.”

社会問題について話す際に重要なキーワードです。

聞き返し

あなたが「もう一度」と聞き返した箇所 (2件)

あなたの聞き返し

“Yeah. Ah, last week. Whole week. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. What do you mean whole week?”

先生の応答

“Yes.”

あなたの聞き返し

“Ah, so, ah, you mean, ah, so, ah, do you mean, yeah, ah, could you explain more, please? Yeah.”

先生の応答

“Like.”

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220 発話

先生Hello, good afternoon. How are you?

自分Oh, hello. Yeah, good afternoon. Oh, hello. Actually, I don't feel so good. Yeah, because

自分Wow. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, today is a nice weather. Actually, 25 degree, 25 degree today. Yeah,

自分yeah. It's a little hot. Yeah. So, in this season, April average is around 15 degrees.

自分Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Spring season. Yeah. Yeah. So,

自分in the morning or evening, sometimes it's so cold. Yeah, degree sometimes

自分under 10 degree, under 10 degrees. Yeah, yeah. So cold, so cold. Yeah.

自分Yeah, you know? Oh, yeah. Exactly. So, actually, I don't have plan, but I'm planning to go to

自分my parents' house. So, I'm living in Tokyo, but my parents are living in Kanagawa Prefecture.

自分So, yeah. I will go to there. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. How about you? How about you? So,

自分in your country, do you have same holiday, same vacation?

自分Yeah. Ah, last week. Whole week. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. What do you mean whole week?

自分Yeah. Oh. Yeah. Yeah.

自分Ah, I see. So, it means it is for Christian, Christian person. Yeah. So,

自分person who not Christian don't have this holiday, don't have this holiday. Yeah.

自分Ah, yeah. Wow, I see. National holiday. Yeah, national holiday. I understand. Oh, yeah. Yeah,

自分yeah. Okay.

自分Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay.

自分Ah, so, in my case,

自分I'm check online page. There is recruiting page, recruiting homepage, recruiting

自分platform. I check, I will, I definitely check recruit platform and then I would meet, I would

自分meet recruiter person, recruiter person. So, sometimes I will meet person who are

先生Yes.

自分ah, likes friend, likes friend. Ah, yeah. So, sometimes I meet entrepreneur, entrepreneur.

先生Yes.

自分So, they are also, ah, also finding, finding employee. So, oh, yeah. Ah, sometimes I talk

先生Yeah.

先生Yeah. Yeah.

自分to them. I talk to them. But in my, in my case, ah, yeah, it is in my case. Yeah.

先生Yeah.

先生All right. Thank you so much. I would like to know show. Have you also tried to show that? Of course, when we do job hunting, right, we need to prepare our resume. Right. Have you also experienced show that you add some experience, even though you didn't have that experience? Have you tried that?

自分Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

自分Yeah. Yeah. Oh, so, you know, you mean, I have tried, ah, tried to, ah, ah, faking, faking.

先生Yeah.

先生Faking your experience.

先生Yeah, faking.

自分Ah, yeah, I don't, ah, I have never, I have never tried to, to do faking, to do faking. Yeah. So,

先生Yeah. Yeah.

自分but some people do that. Some people do that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah. Ah, thank you.

先生Yeah, me. I do that sometimes.

先生Yeah, because. Yeah, go on.

自分So, ah, actually, ah, many, ah, many company, ah, are strict, are strict to, ah, to find employee,

先生Yes.

自分to find employee. And, ah, they are also checking resume, resume. Ah, yeah. Yeah.

先生Yes. Yes. Yes. Exactly. Oh, that's really nice. And how is it show in Japan show? How is the job recruitment there? Is it really difficult to get a job in Japan as a Japanese?

自分Oh, ah, I think it is not hard. It is not hard. Ah, if people, ah, if people want to,

先生Yes.

自分I want to, I want to have job, ah, so people don't think about whatever, whatever. So, yeah,

先生Yeah.

先生Yes.

自分it is, ah, easy to find. But, ah, if people want to have high-grade job, high-grade salary,

先生Yes.

自分high-grade salary, it is so hard. Yeah. So hard. Ah, you know, ah, we definitely must do, ah,

先生Yes.

自分meeting, meeting is, ah, three to five meeting, three to five meeting, ah, until, until hiring,

先生Yes.

自分until hiring. Yeah. So, so hard. Yeah. Some, some company, ah, are doing meeting, ah, around

先生All right.

先生Meet.

自分eight, eight meeting, eight meeting. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. A lot of meeting.

先生A meeting.

先生A lot of meetings.

自分So, first, first, I will meet, ah, manager and manager, and then, ah, team, ah, team both,

先生Yeah.

自分and then, ah, executive. Yeah. There are a lot of, yeah, person, ah, we, we must meet. Yeah.

先生Yeah.

先生Right. Oh, I can't. I can't imagine like a lot of meetings in a day.

自分Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. But, but now, so, you know, ah, in my country, ah, we don't

先生Yeah.

自分have enough, ah, employee, we don't have enough employee, ah, in this workspace, in this workspace,

自分you know, in my, so, yeah, aging, yeah, it is a problem, problem in Japan. So, population is

先生Yes.

先生Yes, that's right.

自分decreasing now. So, yeah, there are a lot of elder person, elder person, older person

先生Exactly.

先生Yes.

自分in my country. So, many company are struggling to find employees. Yeah. Yeah.

先生Yes, that's right. That's why they get them. They get employees from another country sometimes, right?

自分Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, there are a lot of, ah, Japan and we must depend on, ah,

先生And there are a lot of Filipinos in Japan.

先生Yes, that's right. Actually, yeah, that's actually the problem show nowadays, which is the aging population in Japan. Actually, that was my topic. I got a presentation at our university and my topic was about in Japan, aging population.

自分non-Japanese people. Yeah. Yeah. Oh. Yeah. Oh.

先生And I think the government in Japan is encouraging the people there to, you know, to birth a child, to have a child.

自分Oh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Government trying to, ah, to find, ah, to people, ah, government, ah, want

先生Yes.

自分to have that people must have children, yeah, more than now. Yeah. Yeah.

先生Yes.

先生Yes, that's right.

先生And show. I would like to know as well show. Can you tell me what was your most memorable job hunting experience where you almost gave up?

自分Ah. Yeah. Ah. You mean it is, ah, hardest job recruiting? Yeah. Oh. So,

先生Yeah, that's right.

自分actually, ah, in my case, ah, I haven't tried, ah, I haven't tried many recruiting,

先生Yes.

自分many job hunting, job hunting. Yeah. So, yeah, but my friends, ah, did job recruiting,

先生Good for you. Yeah.

自分many job recruiting. Ah, they, ah, he said, ah, he tried, ah, over 50 companies, over 50 companies.

先生Yeah.

自分Yeah. They, ah, they did, ah, 50, yeah, 50, 50, yeah, 50, yeah, over 50. Yeah. But in my country,

先生Whoa.

先生Yeah.

自分it is normal to offer, ah, sorry, wait. So, I'm checking the sentence.

先生All right. Okay. Sure.

先生Yeah.

自分I mean, ah, submission, ah, submit, submit. Ah, they usually, ah, submit resume, submit,

先生Yeah.

自分submit resume. Yeah. Resume. So, he, ah, he did, ah, submitting, ah, submitting, ah, 50, 50 resume.

先生Yeah.

自分Yeah. So hard. So hard. But I have, ah, never tried many job, job hunting. I mean,

先生Yes.

自分ah, I'm running company. I'm running own company. I'm running own company. Yeah. So,

先生Oh.

自分so, actually, ah, nevertheless, ah, I didn't, I didn't job hunting. Yeah.

先生Yeah.

先生All right. Okay. Oh, since you're running your own company show like

自分Oh, yeah. Ah, 20, ah, August 2024. So, it is for two years, about two years, only two years. Yeah.

自分Yeah. Yeah. Oh, actually, ah, only two employees, only two employees. Yeah. It's so, ah, little

先生two years, only two years. But during that time, how many employees do you have?

先生Yeah.

自分company. So, yeah. But I think, ah, it is enough, enough, ah, to have employees this, ah, AI era,

先生Yeah. Yeah.

先生Yeah, that's right.

自分era, era. So, you know, we can do, ah, yeah, exactly. We can do a lot of things, ah, every

先生Yes, exactly. Advancement.

自分stuff, every stuff. So, yeah, I think, ah, if people have, ah, many employees, ah, we would,

先生Yes, that's right.

自分ah, we would have, ah, struggling, struggling, yeah, to, to manage, yeah.

先生Yeah. Yeah.

自分Yeah. Yeah.

先生That's right. And actually show, I would like to know as well show, like, was there a time like, you know, like you accepted some job offer, but you were not excited about it?

自分Ah, so, ah, you mean, ah, so, ah, do you mean, yeah, ah, could you explain more, please? Yeah.

先生Like.

先生Yeah, yeah, sure. And so for example, I am your boss, and then you're my, you're like applicants, you're looking for a job. Okay, show, you're hired, you're working in a factory, but you're not excited about it. You're hired, but you're not excited. Have you experienced that one?

自分Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

自分Ah, so, you mean, ah, I, I check, I check resume, ah, who, ah, who are, ah, employees.

先生Yeah.

自分Ah, yeah. Yeah.

先生As you like an applicant, like, let's say, for example, you're applying for a job, and then you don't like the job. So you're not excited, even though you're hired.

自分Yeah. Ah, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Ah, yeah, I have a, ah, I have a hard, I have a hell of

先生Yeah. Have you experienced that? Like, you're not excited about the job?

先生Yeah.

先生All right. Okay, thank you so much for that show. And also show, I would like to know show, um, what do you call this one? Right now, like, if you don't mind asking, what are you working on? In what field are you working now?

自分experience, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

先生Yes.

自分Oh, so, ah, we are doing, we are doing marketing, marketing on the, ah, digital,

先生Social media, yeah.

自分digital advertise agency, agency. So, ah, it's like advertisement on social media, social media.

先生Yes.

先生Um, all right. That's amazing. Okay.

自分Yeah. Yeah. We use you, yeah, we use, ah, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and so on, ah, to

自分do, to do marketing instead of client. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. How about you? So, ah,

先生Yes.

自分have you ever, ah, have you ever tried, ah, to do job hunting? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, that's the job.

自分Oh. Yeah. Oh.

自分Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

先生So there's a host there, like, talking to them, welcoming them. Unfortunately, I didn't get a response from my email, so they didn't, you know, email me. And then luckily, I found NativeGAMP, and then I applied.

先生And also, I really liked this one, and luckily, I passed the demo lesson. So NativeGAMP really welcomed me, so this is the best experience that I have.

自分Yeah. Ah, yeah. So, nice, so nice. Congratulations. Yeah. So, you think, how, what do you think

自分about job hunting? It is so hard in your country. Yeah. Oh, so, so hard. Yeah.

先生Yes.

先生It is so, so hard show. Yes. You know what? I can compare this to Japan, because in Japan, even though you're a high school student or a senior high school student, you can work, right? You can work. In the Philippines, no.

自分Yeah. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah. Oh, ah, so, you mean if people are 16, ah, to 18 person,

先生Can't work. Yes. And also, even though you are on a legal age, you cannot work because of the limited opportunity. Like, there is very rare job here that they accept new applicants. They need experience, they need bachelor's degree.

自分yeah, people can't, wow. Yeah. Wow.

自分Oh, yeah. Wow, so hard, so hard. Why, ah, why people can't work in your country, ah,

先生It's so hard.

自分of age of, ah, student? Yeah. Yeah.

自分Yeah.

自分Ah, yeah.

自分Yeah. Oh, wow.

自分Oh, yeah, you can find, yeah. I see, I see. So, ah, how old people can work,

自分ah, after, after, ah, 18 years old?

自分Ah, wow. I, I can't imagine that. So, I, I work, ah, I worked from 16 years old.

自分Yeah. Yeah. It is so cool. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Oh, I'm 30 now. Ah, yeah, 30 now. Yeah.

自分Yeah. Okay.

自分Okay. So, ah, I definitely, ah, go to, ah, all around the world, all around the world to,

自分to travel, yeah, to travel. So, I love, ah, going to traveling. So, I have never go to

自分Europe country and African, and African country, and South America, South America.

自分So, yeah. So, I want to go to there. I want to, I want to go to there after retirement.

自分Yeah. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah. So, around, oh, ah, so difficult question.

自分I think, ah, the best country is, ah, Thailand or, yeah, South Africa, yeah. Thailand or Malaysia,

自分ah, and, ah, Korea, ah, Korea, yeah. Korea, yeah, yeah, Korea was, ah, nice country.

自分I think it is so safe and, ah, similar to Japan. So, yeah, ah, I went to Korea, ah, last month,

自分last month. So, that, yeah, that was amazing. Food is nice and culture is good. Yeah. There

自分are a lot of, ah, good experience in Korea. Oh, thank you very much. Yeah. Yeah.

自分Yeah. Whoa. Why, why you can speak Thai? Oh, yeah, you, you are, ah, you are learning Thai,

自分Thai, Thai language. No. Wow, so smart. Yeah.

自分Yeah. Yeah. How about you? So, ah, what are you planning to do after retirement?

自分Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, wow. Oh. Wow.

自分Yeah. Yeah. Where? Japan. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, you want to live in France? So, you are,

自分you love animals. Which, ah, which animals do you like the best?

自分Wow. Yeah. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Ah, I see. I see. So, it is common to have farm.

自分Yeah. Yeah. Oh. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh.

自分Yeah, I want to have animal, but, ah, I have, ah, I have never, ah, had, ah, animals. Ah,

自分especially in my country, many people have cats or dogs, cats or dogs. Yeah,

自分but I have never, ah, had. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

自分Yeah. Oh, so, I think, um, ah, maybe Europe country, Europe country. Yeah. Europe country,

自分for example, Italy, UK, UK. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, I, actually, I don't know, I don't know

自分the countries. I don't know, ah, they have, what they have, ah, place area and, ah, transport.

自分Yeah. But, ah, but it is, ah, I think, ah, it is so beautiful, ah, beautiful scene. Yeah.

自分Yeah.

自分Oh. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, ah, in my country, ah, many, ah, many person, ah, would quit, ah,

自分would quit job, ah, until 65 years old, 65 years old. Yeah. So, it is, ah, public age to quit job.

自分So, many company have rules that, ah, people can work until 65. So, yeah, it is, ah, base,

自分base, yeah, based on working place. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. But, ah, but, ah, I say

自分my country, ah, there are a lot of older person, and we don't have enough employees. We don't have,

自分ah, enough, ah, people, enough people. So, many company are hiring and hiring, ah, over 70 years old. Yeah.

自分Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. I agree with this. Yeah. Yeah.

自分Yeah.

自分Oh. Oh. So, it is so simple, ah, spending with family, spending with wife, and having, ah,

自分friends, ah, have friends, have friends. They sometimes go to trip, spending, ah, free time.

自分Yeah. And run, and also running, ah, running, running, and exercising. Yeah. Yeah.

自分Oh. 70 years old. Yeah. Oh. Wow. We don't have time. Yeah. Arigato. Bye.