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You can learn English by yourself anytime, anywhere.
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Hello everyone!
I'm Nishizawa Roy, an English doctor.
This channel is all about learning English in a simple way.
Tony,
English needs output.
Do you do it on a daily basis?
Well, I don't have a chance to use English,
so I can't output it.
I see.
I'm sure some of you are feeling the same way.
If you can't output at all,
I want you to be careful of an English disease.
What kind of English disease?
The English disease I want you to be careful of is
knowledge deprivation.
Knowledge deprivation?
I feel like I'm going to die.
Well, there are many people like that.
And the importance of output is often mentioned,
so I think many people think they have to output,
but like Tony,
if you can't output because you don't have a chance to use English,
there is often a misunderstanding about output.
So, the theme of this video is
English output.
I'd like to talk about this in detail.
In English learning,
output is certainly important.
I've never heard of the need for output,
so I think everyone agrees that output is important.
But there are quite a few people who don't output.
That's because they don't quite understand the importance of output.
I know it's important, but please tell me the importance.
There are quite a few people who can read English but can't speak it.
My mother is now 73 years old.
The other day, when I went to my parents' house,
there was a small English text in the newspaper's post box.
Then I suddenly started reading it.
Reading means reading out loud.
I don't know why I did that all of a sudden,
but I guess I got interested in it.
So I was listening to it,
and I thought I could read it better than I thought.
I thought I could get the meaning.
Can your mother speak English?
No, I don't think she can communicate at all.
Oh, really?
I think it's a typical case of being able to read but not able to speak.
Unfortunately, people who can read but can't speak English
don't have a high level of understanding of English.
People who can read but don't have a high level of understanding?
That's right.
If you don't have a point of view of outputting and using English,
it's hard to deepen your understanding of English.
But I think there are quite a few people who don't realize that.
I see.
But I don't know how to have a point of view of outputting in English.
Then let's compare it to something else.
There's a kanji in Japanese, right?
Can you write it as ばら?
No, I can't.
Then what about ゆうつ?
I'm not sure.
But you can read kanji, right?
But if you can't write it, you don't have a high level of understanding.
You don't know what's in the details.
That's why you can't write it.
Oh, I see.
For example, I used to practice writing ゆうつ.
Oh, you practiced ゆうつ?
That's right.
I don't practice ばら, so I can't write it.
But I can write ゆうつ.
First, I draw a tree.
Then I draw a kanji kan.
Then I draw a tree again.
Then I cover it with something like a katakana word.
Then I put a dot on a katakana word like め.
Then I draw it.
Then I draw a katakana word like ひ.
Then I draw three diagonal lines on the right.
By the way, I'm doing it the other way around now, but was the movement correct?
Yes, it's correct.
In other words, in order to output writing, you have to understand the details.
But if you just read it, you can read it roughly at a glance.
Even if you don't know the details, you can cheat.
That's why you don't have a high level of understanding.
Oh, I see.
So that was an example of kanji.
If you think about it in terms of English words, you just need to understand Japanese.
But think about actually using those words.
You have to know how to use those words.
Of course, it's better to have a deep understanding of the meaning.
Also, you may be concerned about the use of other words.
You have to keep that in mind.
If you try to output, it will be natural for you to worry about it.
On the contrary, if you don't output, you'll lose that perspective.
That's why you'll have a low level of understanding.
And it's going to make it harder for you to learn.
That's why there are a lot of people who can read but can't speak.
Oh, I see.
By outputting, you'll be able to understand the details naturally.
I'm glad to hear that you can get to the point where you can use it.
So I think you understand the importance of output.
There's another English disease.
This is a kind of superstition.
Because of this English disease, output seems to be a very difficult task.
That's why you can't output.
The amount of output doesn't increase.
How about you, Tony?
I don't have many opportunities to use English.
So output seems to be a little more difficult.
Yes, that's the English disease.
What's the English disease?
I'll tell you the name of the English disease.
It's a limited output disease.
Limited output disease?
What kind of English disease is that?
It's a limited disease.
It means you're over-limited.
Originally, output was a bigger concept.
But if it's a very narrow concept, you'll misunderstand it.
That's the English disease.
What does output mean in the first place, Tony?
Output?
The opposite word is input, right?
Oh, I see.
When you say input, you have the image of putting knowledge in your head.
In English, in and put are input.
Put means to put it first.
Input means to put it inside.
In other words, input is to put information in the brain.
So what about output?
Output is outside.
In other words, output is to get information out of the brain.
It's different from the image of using English, isn't it?
Yes, it's more fundamental.
So there are four functions.
Read, listen, speak, write.
Reading is input from the eyes.
Listening is input from the ears.
In the same way, speaking and writing are often considered output, so please be careful.
Is that wrong?
Is that okay?
If you get information out of your brain, it's already output.
So first of all, you can do it alone even if you don't have an opponent.
You can't do it without an opponent in a conversation.
You can speak and write English by yourself.
It's already a great output.
I see.
I think there was a belief that you couldn't output without an opponent.
Of course, speaking with an opponent is also output.
There are also ways to write a diary in English or post it on social media.
But there are many more easy-to-do outputs.
You can always output English by yourself every day.
And furthermore, it's okay to just try to output.
You don't have to be able to output properly?
I want you to think about it on the stairs.
Speaking English while having an opponent is pretty much on the stairs.
For example, you can write a diary in English by yourself.
It's a little further ahead.
And it comes even closer.
In other words, there are many things that can be done by yourself more easily.
Try speaking in English.
Try writing without saying.
Remember the expression of English in your head even if you don't write it.
Think about it.
If you think about it that way, the hurdle on the stairs will go down more and more.
And the lowest hurdle that comes even closer is to try to output.
In other words, it's okay to just try to remember.
There are a lot of things that you can't remember even if you try to remember English words.
Yes, there are.
That's a great output.
But there are quite a few people who don't think it's an output because they can't remember it.
That's a conclusion.
I think there are times when you can remember the results you tried to remember, and there are times when you can't remember them.
But that's a conclusion, and the result itself isn't that important.
I talked about whether you can write roses or melancholy in kanji.
Your consciousness changes when you try to write it before you can actually write it correctly.
You think, oh, I don't know the details, so I'll check it out.
That kind of change of consciousness is important.
Even if you can't remember English, it's important to try to remember to output.
Because when you can't remember, don't you do anything after that?
Oh, I'm sure I'll look it up.
That's why it's important to take the first step to try to output, to try to get information out of your brain, to try to get something out of your brain.
But you can't do it if you don't have an opponent.
It's a limited output show that makes you think so narrowly.
I want you to think about what you say in English more comfortably and think about it.
I want you to make that a habit.
And I want you to try to put it in your mouth or write it down.
Just by doing that, your awareness of English changes, your understanding of English deepens, and your improvement accelerates.
Even if you don't actually output, if you just think about outputting and your understanding deepens, you'll be able to do it more comfortably.
And one more thing.
When you're alone without an opponent and you're outputting in English,
I'm sure a lot of people are wondering if the English is right.
Yes, I'm sure I'm worried about that.
Actually, that's an era where you don't have to worry anymore.
What do you mean?
There's a chat GPT, right?
If you ask an AI, it'll correct it for you.
You're gonna do that for me?
That's right.
Say, is this English sentence correct?
Say, do you understand?
Try pasting the English sentence.
Then it'll correct it for you.
It'll give you advice.
Oh, I see.
So don't worry too much about whether the English is right.
Don't hesitate to output.
You don't need an opponent to output.
You can do it alone.
Just trying to output is also effective.
So I hope you'll be able to output a lot more comfortably.
Yes.
Thank you for today.
In order to master the English that can be used,
I realized today that output is very important.
Output is lower than I've ever thought.
I realized that today, so I'm going to keep outputting without being trapped in the shape.
Thank you for today.
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