みんなどうやってる？外国人と交換日記サンプル

Hello! 英会話のNEW・代表の岩崎です。

「楽しみながら英語を上達させたい！学びも人生も頑張りたい！」

そんな英語好きな30-50代女性を中心に、累計2,000名以上が受講されている当スクールNo.1の英語学習プログラム「外国人と交換日記」。英語日記を使って、ネイティブとマンツーマンで交流を深めながら英語力も伸びる、画期的な学習方法として注目を集めています。

「気になるけど、実際みんなどんな感じで英語日記を書いてるの？」

そんな質問をよく頂きますので、受講生様に許可を頂き一部公開させて頂きます！気になっていた方は、参考にされてみてください。

＊交換日記サンプル（3名分）です。実際の受講生と講師の、1往復のやりとりを3つ、あげています。
＊赤字によるテキストは、弊社からの注釈です。

生徒01・Aさん（初級レベル）

受講生Aさんは英語初級者。英語日記自体も初めて書いたそうです。こちらは日記を始めてから徐々に上達し、数ヶ月後に書かれた日記です。(40代女性）　

（↓受講生の日記）

>Student

Good morning Lisa!When I was a high school student, I had always listened to the ABBA’s songs during a warm up of rhythmic gimnastics. I like the musics of ABBA. When the ‘Mamma mia!’ was on about ten years ago,so I went to see its musical twice. I liked the Madonna’s songs too. Now I feel very happy too, though I remember that. What kind of music do you like? I work near Osaka on Tuesday too!! 🙂 Have a great day! （83単語）

（↓講師がナチュラルな英語に添削。間違えた箇所は太字で明示）

>Corrections

Good morning Lisa! When I was a high school student, I always listened to ABBA’s songs during warm ups for rhythmic gymnastics. I like ABBA’s music. When ‘Mamma mia!’ was on about ten years ago, I went to see its musical twice. I like Madonna’s songs too. Now I feel very happy too, as I remember those songs. What kind of music do you like? I work near Osaka on Tuesday too!! 😃 Have a great day!

（↓講師からのコメントと指導。（受講生の名前はNとしています））

Comments:

Great work N. Good rhythm and natural tone. Please remember that ‘the’ is not needed in front of proper nouns. For example:

‘the Madonna’s’ = Incorrect

‘Madonna’s’ = Correct

（↓講師から日記への返事と質問。）

>Teacher

Good evening N, Great to hear that! ABBA hey? They really were popular all over the world! I listen to all sorts of music! At the moment I love ‘alternative electronica and soul’. I’m going back to England for Christmas so I’ll go to some clubs with my friends then! I’m going to see the red leaves in Kyoto tomorrow! I love autumn! Have you ever seen the red leaves in Kyoto? My favorite temple is Genko-an. In Europe we do not have red leaves like in Japan. Instead we have very dark and cold nights. More dark and cold than Japan. 😔

Have a great Sunday!

以上で1往復です。（理解できない点があれば、日本語で日本人講師に質問できます）

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この様に、ネイティブ講師による音声録音をつけることもできます（有料オプション）

生徒02・Bさん（中級レベル）

受講生Bさんの英語日記は、初級レベルから交換日記を始めて1年半ほど経過し、レベルが上がってきた時のものです。(30代女性）

（↓受講生の日記）

>Student

Hi, Richard!

Our school is almost finished in this semester. I found that I loved teaching very much. Some students are good at English and study hard. Other students are not good at English, but they also try to study. I’m very happy when I see the attitude. I want to study and learn how to teach English more effectively, and I want them to feel achievement.

Unfortunately, they are a little lazy and they are not good at continuing a simple task like writing vocabularies ten times each. Haha.

How do you teach English in your school. I have 4 lessons for one class a week. But I don’t think I can manage them.

（↓講師がナチュラルな英語に添削）

>Corrections

Hi, Richard!

This school semester is almost finished. I found that I love teaching very much. Some students are good at English and study hard. Other students are not good at English, but they also try to study. I’m very happy when I see their attitude. I want to study and learn how to teach English more effectively, and I want them to feel a sense of achievement.

Unfortunately, they are a little lazy and they are not good at continuing a simple task like writing vocabulary words ten times each. Haha.

How do you teach English in your school? I have 4 lessons a week for each class. But I don’t think I can manage them.

（↓講師から日記への返事と質問。（受講生の名前はAとしています））

>Teacher

Thanks for the diaries, A! I’m sure you are doing an excellent job with your students, A, and I’m sure they love you as much as you love them. 😉 As for being lazy about vocabulary, it can’t be helped. Children will sometimes be lazy about doing work… adults, too! haha. My young students work very hard at vocabulary, actually, but some of my adult students have a hard time and complain a lot. When I study Korean or Japanese I make vocabulary my first priority, but lately maybe I’m like your students — a little lazy! 😉 Haha. But we need vocabulary first before we can do anything else. All of my classes are quite different, so I teach most of them differently, based on level, but in all of them I encourage the students to improve their vocabulary all the time. How do you memorize new words?

（↓講師から、今回の中から使えるボキャブラリーを3つほどアップしています）

Vocabulary:

・it can’t be helped

・have a hard time (doing)

・complain

以上で1往復です。

生徒03・Cさん（中級レベル）

「田舎に住んでいて英語に触れる機会がない！」という理由から交換日記を開始されたCさん。以下の日記は開始から4ヶ月ほどですが、開始時に比べてかなり成長を感じているとのことです。（50代男性）

（↓受講生の日記）

>Student

In the 3-day holiday, I also went to Sapporo because I wanted to visit a some place. The place is Shiroi Koibito Park where is the confectionery factory. The reason why I went to there is an inside of the factory. I heard that it is like a medieval castle so I should make sure that with my own eyes.

It took about 20 minutes from Sapporo station to there by bus. The factory is conducted by Ishiya confectionary company which is very famous for its langue de chat with white chocolate and its name of the cookie is Shiroi Koibito. This means “white lover” and I don’t know exact reason why the cookie has this name but I guess that a color of white reminds us snow on the land of Hokkaido.

（↓講師がナチュラルな英語に添削 + 緑字で解説）

>Corrections

During the 3-day holiday, I also went to Sapporo because I wanted to visit a certain place. (“Some” place can be any place, but “a certain place” is specific.)

The place is Shiroi Koibito Park, where there is a confectionery factory. The reason why I went there is to see the inside of the factory.

I heard that it is like a medieval castle, so I wanted to see it with my own eyes. (“Make sure” is similar to “confirm,” which isn’t usually used in this type of scenario.)

It took about 20 minutes from Sapporo station to there by bus. The factory is operated by Ishiya confectionery company which is very famous for its langue de chat with white chocolate and the name of its cookie is Shiroi Koibito. This means “white lover.” I don’t know the exact reason why the cookie has this name but I guess that the color of white reminds us of snow on the land of Hokkaido. (To be continued….)

(Good job, B! Be careful not to use “and” too much, or else your sentences can become too long and unnatural. It’s best to use it just once per sentence.)

（↓講師から日記への返事と質問。（受講生の名前はBとしています））

>Teacher

Thank you so much for your reply, B! I’m glad to be able to continue reading about your stories.

If I ever go to Sapporo, I would love to visit that confectionery factory! I know Shiroi Koibito because it’s so popular! In Osaka, we have “Omosiroi Koibito,” which I heard caused quite a stir when it first appeared. Do you get any samples when you go there? Would you recommend visiting the factory?

I love Japanese sweets, especially the Western-style sweets and cookies. When I was young, my mother used to own a small Asian supermarket where she sold various Japanese snacks. That was when I was introduced to the Bourbon brand cookies and wafers. I’ve been hooked ever since. Japanese confectioneries are one of the reasons I never want to move back to the U.S.!

以上で1往復。1週間に最大3往復までできます。

いかがでしょうか。

こちらはあくまでサンプルであり、3名の違う受講生と、3名の違う講師による添削と返信となっています。このページの量で「3往復」となっています。1週間で最大でこの量の英語学習ができる、というイメージになります。

もっとも伸びるのは中級者

初心者の方は「こんなに書けない！」と思われると思いますが、最初はもっと少なくても、短い文でもいいのです。添削をされた箇所から学びながら、少しずつ書ける量を増やしていき、通じる感覚を掴んでいくことができます。また、英語だけではわからない箇所は日本語で日本語講師に質問が可能です。ただし、「簡単な自己紹介も全く書けない」「Be動詞って何だっけ」というレベルの方にはおすすめできません。

このプログラムで最も英語力が伸びるのは、英検で言うと3級〜準1級、TOEICなら450〜800、いわゆる中級レベルと言われる方々です。会話では「間違っているけど何となく通じる」「大体聞き取れることも多いけど難しい話や早口だと聞き取れない」そんなレベルの方が交換日記で一字一句ちゃんと考えながら書いてコミュニケーションすることで、今は知識として頭にあるけど使えてない英語が動き出します。

実は上級者の方も受講生には多いです。上級者でも「うまく表現できないな」と感じたり「もっとシンプルに伝えたい」と感じることがあると思います。そういったスキルが身に付きますし、こうしたネイティブとの直接コミュニケーションをする場が英語力キープにどれだけ重要かは、上級者であれば説明がなくともご存じだと思います。英検1級、TOEIC満点、英語講師といった方も、多くはないですが受講されて、価値を感じて下さっています。