意見を言う前に 'I think' を挟んでみて
次回のフォーカス
意見を言う前に 'I think / I'd say / for me' のどれかを必ず挟む（3 回以上）
いつ意見を言う前
何を'I think' を挟む
使う表現“I think / I'd say”
理由意見を述べる場面で 'I think' などのフレーズを使うと、文の始まりがスムーズになり、自然な流れで話せるようになるよ。例えば、'I think many people can't find ideal job.' のように使えていた部分もあったので、これを意識的に増やしてみよう。
達成次セッションで 'I think / I'd say / for me' を意見前に3回以上挟む
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今日のいちばん良かった一文
I think many people can't find ideal job.
良かったポイント
- ◆意見を述べる際に 'I think' を使ってスムーズに始められた
- ◆具体的な内容を伝えることができた
- ◆文法的に正しい構造を使っていた
定着させたい型: 意見を述べる際に 'I think' を使うことで、話の流れをスムーズにする + 'I think many people can't find ideal job.'
改善ポイント
(2件)文法· 時制要注意
あなたが言った
“Yeah. Oh, I changed two times. I changed two times. Yeah.”
言いたかったこと
私は二回仕事を変えました。
課題
時制の不一致がある
✨ こう言えば自然
I've changed jobs twice.
他の言い方
- カジュアル
“I've changed jobs twice.”
カジュアルな会話で使われる
なぜ間違えやすいか
日本語では過去形で言い切ることが多いが、英語では完了形を使うことで経験を示すことが多い。
覚えておきたい原則
完了形を使うことで、過去の経験を示すことができる。
次回のアクション
過去の経験を話すときは、完了形を意識して使ってみる。
関連する例文
- · I've been to France.
- · I've seen that movie before.
流暢さ· フィラー気になる
あなたが言った
“Yeah. Yeah. Oh, okay. I'm checking sentence now. Oh, okay. It is so difficult question. Yeah.”
言いたかったこと
今、文を確認しています。難しい質問ですね。
課題
フィラーが多く、流れが途切れる
✨ こう言えば自然
Let me think for a second.
他の言い方
- カジュアル
“Let me think for a second.”
カジュアルな会話で使われる
なぜ間違えやすいか
フィラーを使いすぎると、聞き手に迷いを感じさせることがある。
覚えておきたい原則
フィラーを減らすことで、話の流れがスムーズになる。
次回のアクション
考える時間が必要なときは、フィラーの代わりに 'Let me think' を使ってみる。
関連する例文
- · Let me see.
- · Give me 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
日本の高齢化について話しているとき
あなたが言った
“a lot of older person, elder person.”
こう言うとより自然
- · a lot of elderly people.
- · many older individuals.
複数形を使うことで、より正確に多くの人を指すことができる。
企業文化について話しているとき
あなたが言った
“I'm preferring culture.”
こう言うとより自然
- · I prefer company culture.
- · I prioritize company culture.
現在の習慣や好みを示すときは、現在形を使う方が自然。
今日のまとめ
今回のセッションでは、意見を述べる際に 'I think' などのフレーズを使うことで、より自然な流れで話すことができると感じました。時制の一致や冠詞の使い方に関しては、まだ改善の余地がありますが、意見を述べる際のイントロダクションを意識することで、全体の流れがスムーズになります。
良かった点
- ◆意見を述べる際に 'I think' を使っていた部分があり、自然な流れが感じられた
- ◆質問に対して積極的に答えようとする姿勢が良かった
- ◆会話の中で相手の話に対して興味を持って聞いている姿勢が見えた
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
entrepreneur
— 起業家
例“I have a mentor who is an entrepreneur.”
ビジネスやキャリアの話題で頻出する単語だから。
align with
— 一致する
例“How can you identify industries that align with your interests?”
自分の興味や価値観と合うものを探すときに使える。
assessment
— 評価
例“I have used a career assessment.”
キャリアやスキルの評価を話すときに便利。
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先生Hello. Hi, can you hear me? Great. Yeah, I can also hear you. My name is Anmol. May
先生I know your name? Anmol, yeah, Anmol. Shou, nice to meet you. How are you? Oh, oh, I see,
先生I see. I'm also good, thank you. I'm doing good. It's a good weather here, so I'm enjoying the
先生weather. So, Shou, as I can see, you have chosen five-minute discussion, job hunting,
先生retirement. Is that correct? All right, so are you ready, Shou? We start the class.
先生Okay, let's move on to the next page then. So, here are the directions. Have a discussion with
先生the teacher in response to the questions. Afterward, review pronunciation, words, and phrases.
先生So, let's move on to the next page. Okay, so our first topic is job hunting.
先生Let's select our questions, yeah. So, I will now ask you some questions about the topic.
先生Let's start. What initial steps should someone take when they are just starting to explore job
自分So, in my country, people send applications to companies. So, it's like two people must
先生opportunities?
先生Hmm, I see. Okay, I see. You are from Japan? Oh, I see. So,
先生um, I guess, yes. It's more like you send your resume, then you have your application that you
先生fill out, and then you are asked sometimes for tests or sometimes directly after the resume.
先生Yeah, directly after the resume, sometimes you will be asked for the interview, but sometimes
先生you will get to have a test as well. So, after the interview, maybe you have a follow-up interview
自分Yeah, interview. Yeah. Wow. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
先生as well. Yeah, because in Pakistan, it's really difficult to find jobs. The population is huge. It
先生is one of the most populous countries in the world. So, it's really difficult. Even people
先生who are doing, people who have done PhDs can really find jobs. It's like not that common.
自分Oh, it is first time to hear that. So, you mean, if people, even if people graduate university
先生Yeah.
自分or college, people are struggling to find job? Wow. Oh, amazing. Yeah. Yeah, must have
先生Exactly, exactly. Like bachelor's degree, like 16 years of education is now nothing in Pakistan.
先生You should at least have a master's degree.
先生Yeah, and then you don't know if you find a good job or not.
先生Yeah, exactly. Like you will have low-income jobs, but if you want a good job, like you should have,
先生yeah, a good educational background. I've heard like in Japan, it was so common that you study
先生a different subject in college and then you get a completely different job, right?
先生Yeah, I see, I see. That's interesting, that's interesting.
先生Yeah, I get it, I get it. I see. So, that's very interesting because due to population,
先生you know, like you have different opportunities. In Pakistan, you cannot find jobs, but in Japan,
先生you can find jobs. Like that's unique.
自分you know, in my country, average age is over 50 years old. So, if you come to Japan, you can see
自分a lot of older person, elder person. So, people don't need to find, don't need to have older
先生Yeah, I see, I see. And it's like, is the government doing anything for this? Like,
先生are they implementing new policies so that you can have higher population?
自分Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Governments are trying to do that population is increasing. Governments
先生Yeah, I see, I see. All right.
自分Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. That's right. Also, could you explain more, please? Yeah.
先生All right. So, how can you identify industries or roles that assign with your interests?
先生Yeah, sure. So, how can you identify industries or roles that align with your interests?
自分Yeah. Yeah. Oh, okay. I'm checking sentence now. Oh, okay. It is so difficult question. Yeah.
自分I think many people can't find ideal job. So, I think people must try a lot of experience,
自分a lot of experience and a lot of challenging. So, it can be, if people do a lot of experience,
先生Mm-hmm.
自分people can gain knowledge and skill. It is suitable or not suitable, people can gain.
先生Mm-hmm. I see, I see. So, you think like you can get the job?
自分Yeah. I think so. So, people must do the first. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. So, and
先生Mm-hmm.
自分people must meet a person who have a lot of knowledge and skills or who are entrepreneur.
先生Mm-hmm.
先生Yeah, that's a very good point to have a mentor, right? Like, do you have a mentor? Like,
自分Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I have mentor who are also entrepreneur. So, sometimes I meet them. So,
先生have you ever been to somebody who has guided you on what to do?
先生Um,
自分and talk to about how should I do after now. So, for the future. So, sometimes I talk with them.
先生um,
自分Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, exactly. I have a mentor, somebody. Yeah.
先生uh, I see. And have you mentored somebody?
先生Okay, and do you think being a mentor is easy?
自分Oh, not easy. Not easy. Yeah. So, it is so hard to find good mentor. So, some people
先生Mm-hmm.
自分don't contact. Some people couldn't contact. For example, entrepreneur are so hard and
自分so people don't have enough time to spend talking like doing mentor. So, I think it is
先生Mm-hmm.
自分so hard and people have different opinion and different part of sense. So, actually,
先生Mm-hmm.
自分I have heard they don't suitable. They don't fit. Yes, sometimes happen. Yeah.
先生Mm-hmm. Exactly, yeah, you're right. But have you used any career assessment tools to help with it?
自分Yeah. Oh, is there any career assessment to? Yes, I think. Yeah, I have used. I have used
自分a career assessment. So, some company must do a career assessment before sent to applications
先生Mm-hmm.
自分or resume. Yeah. So, if people don't do any career assessment, people can't find individual.
先生Mm-hmm.
先生Mm-hmm. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, that's right. Um, what criteria do you consider when evaluating job listings for a good fit?
自分Yeah. Yeah. Oh, so, can I send a message? Okay.
先生Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We need that.
自分Sorry, can I send you a message? Yeah. Oh, thank you. What can I do consider when? Okay,
先生Mm-hmm. Can you see the message?
自分I'm checking. Oh, so difficult question. Yeah. I think they have, sorry, I think they have to
先生Mm-hmm.
先生Mm-hmm.
自分check salary and after enter the company, how I do job, how I do task, what I do after hiring. So,
先生Mm-hmm.
先生Mm-hmm.
自分I'm considering job, sorry, salary and what I do after hiring and they have
先生Mm-hmm.
自分opportunity and challenging. I'm checking resume.
先生Mm-hmm.
自分Yeah. Yeah. So, it is so important things, company's culture. So, more salary. So, if people
先生I see. Um, like, do you prioritize, like, company, culture, or salary more?
自分can get high-grade salary, high-grade salary, but people would be struggling when people
先生Mm-hmm.
先生Mm-hmm. That's true, right? Um, so what do you prefer? What do you prioritize?
先生You prefer culture?
先生Mm-hmm.
自分I'm preferring culture. I must check what they have culture. So, what they have value.
自分So, I'm checking culture or value. Yeah. Also, I have own culture and own value. Yeah.
先生Mm-hmm. I see.
先生Mm-hmm. That's true. So, um, how many jobs have you changed?
自分Yeah. Oh, I changed two times. I changed two times. Yeah. So, I'm running company. I'm running
先生Mm-hmm.
自分own company now. So, yeah. I used to two companies. I used to work on two companies
自分after before, yeah, running company.
先生I see.
先生So now you are, uh, you are an entrepreneur?
自分Yeah, exactly. But it is so little company now. Yeah.
先生Mm-hmm.
自分Yeah.
先生But it will grow, definitely. So, um, that's very interesting that you have now your own company.
先生So what made you have your own company and not work for somebody else?
自分Oh, I think I want to have own time. I want to have money. It is so simple thing.
先生Mm-hmm.
自分If people worked on others company, people don't have enough time to spend own time and
先生Mm-hmm.
自分don't have free time, don't have free time. And they can't manage own time, own time. And
先生Mm-hmm.
自分they definitely controlled by both manager, both manager. So, entrepreneur can spend own time.
先生Mm-hmm.
自分People can choose what to do, what to do, what I do, what I do, what should I do. So,
自分it is suitable, I think, this environment. Yeah.
先生Mm-hmm. I see. And, uh, can you tell me more about your company? Like, what do you do?
自分Yeah. Okay. Yes. So, I'm running marketing and digital advertising agency. So, I mean,
先生
自分I use Instagram or YouTube, TikTok, something like that to do marketing instead of client.
先生Mm-hmm.
自分So, we have gaming client and application client. So, they have own application on
先生Mm-hmm.
自分Google or Apple. So, they don't have knowledge. They don't have marketing knowledge,
自分skill. So, we can helping them. We can helping them.
先生Mm-hmm.
先生Ah, I see. I see. That's a great idea.
自分Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah. Thank you very much. How about you? So, you are doing teacher on
自分native account. Have you ever had another job? Oh, I see. Yeah.
先生Mm-hmm.
先生Mm-hmm.
先生I'm actually, I'm currently a student at university. Yeah, um, but yeah, I'm actually
先生doing other jobs as well. Uh, in my university, I'm working as a research assistant. Uh, yeah,
自分Yeah. Oh, yeah. Wow. So, nice. So, nice. You are student now. Yeah. What major did you choose?
先生it's my part-time job here. Um, and then I teach on native campus as well sometimes. Yeah, so,
先生you know, summers, I do jobs, yeah. Yeah.
自分Oh, global economics. Wow. So, nice. So, nice. So, you can learn global economics. So,
先生Uh, I'm majoring in global economics.
先生Yeah, yeah.
先生Yeah, exactly. Like, yeah, um, I've studied about different, um, I take different courses,
自分it is all around the world, I think. Oh, teaching marketing course. So, nice. So,
先生um, to see, like, what I actually like. Um, and I've actually taken a marketing course
先生at my university.
自分nice. Yeah. So, you have part-time job and teaching on native account. So, what will you
先生Mm, that's a very good question. Uh, you know, like, when I think about my future after graduation,
先生it seems like really a tough time. It's going to be a really tough time. I don't know. Um,
先生I would apply for both master's and jobs as well. So, if I get a good job, I might not go,
先生not go for a master's degree. But if I don't find a good job, then I would go for a master's degree.
自分Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, so nice. So, nice. So, NGO, it's like helping poverty person. Yeah.
先生And I would probably, yeah, would like to study further in development sector. So,
先生in developing countries and working in organizations or NGOs.
先生Yeah, that's kind of...
自分So, nice. So, nice. Yeah. If you can find good job, you don't must go to
先生Yeah, that's what I'm also thinking. But I don't know what future holds for me. You know,
先生like, you never know where you go, what you do. And it's, it's, like, a really weird time. Because
自分Yeah. Yeah. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, pressure. Yeah. So, but actually, you can think after
先生I'm a junior year student. I'm, like, going to be senior student, senior year student. And it's,
先生like, one semester is left. And then I will graduate. So, the pressure is real. Like,
先生what to do, what to do in the future.
自分entering workforce, after you go to workforce, you can find a lot of experience and nice thing,
先生Hmm.
自分nice thing and gain skill or knowledge. So, that was amazing and beautiful to learn more things on
自分workforce. So, I love working. So, it is so nice. Yeah.
先生I see. I see. So, what did you study at university?
自分Oh. So, actually, I'm studying education for having license to teach junior high school student.
先生Hmm.
自分Yeah. So, I have license, teacher's license. So, for teaching to junior high school student,
先生Hmm.
自分but I didn't choose to enter the teacher's industry.
先生Oh, so you never entered teaching industry?
先生Hmm.
自分Yeah, exactly. Yeah. So, yeah, I decided to private company. I decided to enter private
自分company, yeah, to run marketing or advertisement. Yeah. Yeah.
先生Okay, that's, see, that's really interesting that,
先生you know, you studied teaching. So, you were never interested in teaching?
自分Yeah. So, actually, I'm interested in teaching. Yeah. I love teaching and
先生Hmm.
自分actually, children is so cute and I always hang out with children. So, and we can see
先生Hmm.
自分children are growing. Yeah. So, I'm interested, but I think it is not suitable for me.
先生Oh, I see. I see. So, now, like, you shifted from education to marketing.
自分Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
先生And did you take any courses to learn marketing? Or, like, you've done any courses?
自分Yeah. I don't take, I didn't take marketing, only education. Only education, yeah.
先生Hmm.
先生Oh, I see. That's impressive that you haven't studied something, but you are doing your thing.
自分Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yeah. So, it is.
自分Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. So, I'm doing marketing for 10 years. Yeah. Oh,
先生Wow.
先生Wow. Oh, we're nearly done. Thank you for coming. Have a good day.
自分we don't have time. I enjoy talking with you. Yeah. Have a good day. Bye.