TOEIC930点の僕が, サウスピーク留学で英語力アップできた5つの理由

【こんな方に読んでほしい】
▶︎留学に興味がある。
▶︎短期間で英語力を上げたい。
▶︎中・上級レベルから更に進化したい。

❶難しい表現をシンプルに言い換える→「表現力」
❷日常会話では頻出しない単語やフレーズを使って話す→「語彙力」
❸未知の話題について話す→「瞬発力（＝アドリブ力）」

【留学1週目の僕のプレゼン】

［Title］3 Reasons Why I Love “13 Reasons Why”.

Today, I’m going to introduce to you my favorite American drama, 13 Reasons Why.
If you have Netflix or look for ways to study English, I highly recommend you to try this drama.
13 Reasons Why was selected as the most popular drama series in 2017.

First of all, the story is quite distinct. (unconventional, the plot is quite unpredictable)
Surprisingly, even at the start of the first episode, the heroine is already dead.
Before the whole story begins, she took her own life because of 13 reasons.
She recorded those reasons into cassette tapes and passed them on to classmates that actually were the reasons why she committed suicide.

See, this is not a horror story. But this scenario causes a lot of pondering about friendship, relationship, and death.
That’s why it gets so much popularity and lots of people are addicted.

Second reason is the music is also fantastic. In the whole story, cassette tapes are the tools used to pass on her information. Do you know when the cassette tape was common? In the 90s.
This drama contains dozens of old time music, mainly from the 80s.
Sometimes they’re pop and county songs.
Among all of those, I like the acoustic ones best.
It’s not just because I’m fond of old music.
The music in the drama matches the atmosphere of the story very well.

The last reason is, the drama contains tons of everyday expressions.
Because the story is set in an American high school in 2017.
Those are kind of expressions that we don’t get to meet in textbooks.
If you want to learn American slangs, expressions especially for young people, and casual conversations. 13 Reasons Why is one of the best choices you can possibly take.
Just so you know, you can watch it in 22 languages. It doesn’t matter where you live or what your setting language is. This privilege is just for Netflix originals.

To sum up, I encourage everyone should watch 13 reasons why.
1. the story is quite exceptional.
2. The music reminds me of the old times which suits the drama perfectly.
3. The whole drama is filled with casual expressions.
I promise that once you start watching this drama, without knowing, you’re going to be so into it. (going to be a fan of it, you’ll definitely be absorbed in it, can’t get enough of it, keep you on your toes, it won’ disappoint you, binge watch)

【予習のメリット】
▶︎インプット量が増える。
▶︎「授業が難しくて付いていけない」リスクがなくなる。

【予習しないメリット】
▶︎瞬発力（＝アドリブ力）がつく。
▶︎英会話の実践力がつく。

”At certain your level, speaking spontaneously is much more important than speaking from your memory.”

「英会話は一定のレベルまでいけば、予習して英文を覚えてくるよりも即興で喋る練習の方がずっと大切になる」

①自信を持つ
↓
②人より喋れる

↓

③アウトプット量が増える

↓

④英語力上がる

↓

⑤また自信が持てる（以降無限ループ）

▶︎他の生徒と交流ができる。
▶︎周囲の意見が聞ける。
▶︎ライバルと比較できる。

①そもそも日本人の友達を作らない。
②日本人と話すときも英語で話す。

【余談ですが…】

ブラジル人の友達に聞いた話ですが、彼らはブラジル人同士で英語を話すことに全く恥ずかしさを感じないみたいです。

彼らぐらいのメンタリティがある人は、②も全く問題ないかも。

❶オリジナル校：初心者＋若い人向け。
❷プレミアム校：初心者＋年齢層高め。(＋費用高い）
❸日本語禁止校：上級者向け。(＋費用が1番安い）

▶︎英語を使う仕事に就いている社会人
▶︎外資系企業に転職したい社会人
▶︎将来英語を使う仕事に就きたい学生