2018-10-01から1ヶ月間の記事一覧
I took part in an academic conference held at Kanda Campus, Senshu University yesterday. There were five presentations and three special talks in total. Let me tell you about two things that interested me particularly throughout the day.On…
Yesterday, I took part in a lecture program in Kanda. I learned a lot from three presentation and lectures. There were some English teachers and people connected about English education. Here is something I felt from the lectures. First of…
知っていたつもりの単語から新たな意味を知ることができました。 今回取り上げるのは spanker /ˈspaŋkə/ です。先日キャンパス内を歩いていた際、イケイケなカナダ人美女集団が前方からやってきて、すれちがいさま彼らの会話から耳に入ってきたのが “ he (*n…
I attended the academic conference of Practical English Phonetic Society of Japan (EPSJ) on October 27. It was my first academic meeting for a while.I listened to three research presentations and three lectures. One of the presentations wa…
I participated in a PEPSJ conference held at Kanda campus of Senshu University. Let me tell you what I learned and felt. I attended some presentations, and was impressed with a talk about English communication by Prof. Honna. In his lectur…
I would like to share my feelings that I had from a yesterday’s meeting. There are two points I would like to touch upon.First, ways of presentations. As Dr. Tanabe told, active learning was so important. This was one of the ways to let at…
アメリカの民主党要人や民主党の支持者に対してパイプ爆弾を送りつけたとして、フロリダ州に住む56歳の男が逮捕されました。Man held over bombs to Trump criticsThe man suspected of mailing at least 14 pipe bombs to some of U.S. President Donald Tr…
以前の投稿でご紹介しましたように、Intercultural Communicationではオマーンの大学と毎週月曜日にテレビ電話で交流をしております。そしてさらに、現在introduction to the U.S. というタイトルでオマーンの学生に向けたプレゼンテーション制作のグループ…
I would like to talk about a PEPSJ conference held on Kanda campus of Senshu University.Firstly, I took part in some academic meetings. One of them was Comparing Differences between a Native English Speaker and Native Vietnamese Speaker’s …
Visitors look at an exquisite octagonal box, decorated with shellfish inlay, amber and other materials that depict flowers and birds on the opening day of the Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasures, which is showcasing the refined culture of the…
Some members of Dr. Tanabe’s Seminar took part in a conference of PEPSJ on the Kanda campus of Senshu University. The conference had five presentations and three lectures, including the one by Dr. Tanabe. Through them, I learned a lot of t…
昨日は都内の学会での講演、そして今日は同じく都内で編集会議...。T書店の編集部渾身のコンソレイションはお昼の弁当でした。おいしかった！ ともあれ地獄の連チャンを乗り切りました！でも、またまたたくさんの課題を抱えての帰宅。It is tough to edit a …
Japanese college soccer team visits N.KoreaA Japanese college soccer team has visited North Korea to play a round of friendly matches, even as Japan and the international community apply sanctions against the country.中略Matsunami told rep…
Visitors look at an exquisite octagonal box, decorated with shellfish inlay, amber and other materials that depict flowers and birds on the opening day of the Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasures, which is showcasing the refined culture of the…
三味線は世界でも人気です。Running the gamut from seductively elegant to wild and frenzied, the sounds of samisen, Japan’s traditional three-stringed musical instrument, tug at the listener’s heartstrings. http://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articl…
熊本県阿蘇市にある黒川温泉についてです。Rolling mists fill the valley as we descend from Mount Aso to Kurokawa Onsen, a riverside town in the depths of Kumamoto Prefecture. The trees that border the road stand tall and straight, and the co…
コンピューターのアルゴリズムによって制作された絵画がオークションで落札されました。Algorithm art fetches $432,500 at auctionA portrait made by algorithm smashed new boundaries Thursday, selling for $432,500 and becoming the first piece of a…
The bomb scares involving Obama, the Clintons and other critics of Trump reflect a pernicious and deep rot in our system (Skip the rest)https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/26/outsourcing-political-viol…
女性が分娩中に使用していたバランスボールから転倒し、子宮から生まれた子供がその後死亡しました。The couple maintained that they had both developed psychiatric disorders and experienced mental anguish resulting from medical malpractice and ca…
The bomb scares involving Obama, the Clintons and other critics of Trump reflect a pernicious and deep rot in our system (Skip the rest)https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/26/outsourcing-political-viol…
横浜郄島屋の社員がダンスユニットを結成しました。All the members are novice dancers and practiced hard in July and August. On Sept. 2, the store posted a video on YouTube of them dancing on the men’s clothing floor and elsewhere. The video …
ガソリンや灯油の価格が値上がりを続けています。レギュラーガソリンは160円台にまで高騰しています。Gasoline prices hit 160 yen a liter for 8th straight week of increaseGasoline prices at the pump hit their highest level in almost four years in…
It is now difficult to register individual events similar to one that already has the status in the same country. The Japanese government aimed to register the 10 festivals collectively by adding nine comparable events to “Koshikijima no T…
Linguisticsの授業でmorphologyについて学んでいる時にある項目の例として取り上げられていた単語を紹介します。nitty-grittyです。最初は響きのいい単語だなという印象以外浮かばず、予測を立てられませんでしたが、気になったので授業後に調べてみました。…
オバマ前大統領やクリントン元国務長官などの政界の要人あてに爆弾が送りつけられ、緊張が高まっています。Pipe bombs target Obama, Clinton, CNN as tensions risePipe bombs packed with shards of glass were intercepted en route to several prominent…
現在私が取っている科目Introductory Seminarの授業にて、また１つ新しい句動詞に出会いました。 それがtool aroundです。本日はH.G. Wellsの “The Island of Doctor Moreau” という作品について、筆者の意図や人文学、及び科学の観点（他の文学作品との比較…
３年間監禁されていたフリージャーナリストの安田純平さんが帰国しました。Jumpei Yasuda, the freelance journalist released after being held by terrorists in Syria for more than three years, told how his tormentors kept him in a tiny cell, with…
今日のSocial Justice の授業ではpop-up discussionが中心でした。３つのグループのうち１グループの発表の中で気になった単語を見つけたので紹介します。 本日取り上げるのは、gentrification /dʒèntrəfɪkéɪʃən/です。この単語を見た時に、”-fication”は馴…
ある授業の中でMedusaについての記事を読みました。その中で見つけた単語を取り上げます。volte-face /vɔ̀(ː)ltfɑ́ːs/です。意味の確認に入ります。Oxford Dictionary of English (2th): “an act of turning round so as to face in the opposite direction”…
This blunt-spoken White House, best known for its smash-mouth president, doesn’t usually shy away from fightin’ words. (Skip the rest)https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/24/donald-trump-terrorism-cnn-obama-clinton?CMP=Share_…
