This document discusses training methods for improving English communication skills. It recommends summarizing ideas into simple sentences before expressing them in English to avoid direct translation. This "summarize and express" approach helps restructure thoughts into a logical English form and build a dictionary of common expressions. The goal is to listen, understand, think and speak in English simultaneously without relying on translation.

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“Summarize and Express”
Training in English

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$ who am i
 中井悦司 / Etsuji Nakai
– Twitter @enakai00
– Senior Solution Architect and
Cloud Evangelist at Red Hat.
– The author of some OpenStack books.

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What is it like talking in English?
 You need to do the following 4 things in parallel.
– Listen to English.
– Understand in English.
– Think in English.
– Speak in English.
Missing part of the traditional
English education (in Japan).

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Two layer model of the brain
Business Logic
Presentation
Layer for Japanese
Presentation
Layer for English

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What lacks in the traditional education
 Traditional education focuses on the translation between two languages.
– This is necessary and useful for learning a second language efficiently.
– But not enough for an effective/practical use of the language.
Business Logic
Presentation
Layer for Japanese
Presentation
Layer for English

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How to train the “direct connection”
 Step 1
– Try to express really simple things (like, what you're doing now) directly
in English.
Business Logic
Presentation
Layer for Japanese
Presentation
Layer for English

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Bridge the gap between components
 Step 2
– If you want to express complex things, summarize them in simple
(Japanese) sentences and express them in English.
– Avoid the direct translation of complex Japanese sentences.
Business Logic
Presentation
Layer for Japanese
Presentation
Layer for English
Summarize them
in simple sentences
(with bullet points).
Think complex things
in Japanese. Try to express them
in English.

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The benefit of the “summarize and express” training
 Refactor your idea.
– The logical structure of sentence is different between languages.
Summarizing your thoughts helps you to refactor your idea, and to
express in plain words.
– As a result, you can avoid the “grammatically correct but hard to
understand” English.
 Consturct a dictionary of your thoughts.
– In most cases, you would express what you usually think of.
– Through this training, you would understand how you can express your
common thoughts and ideas. Then you can skip the “Think in English”
phase of the conversation.
 Anything else?

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Q&A
 I welcome your feedback!

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Twitter @enakai00
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