●本授業の目的およびねらい
Skip it when you encounter an UNKNOWN expression in reading. Direct your
attention to words, sentences and pages/paragraphs which make you feel
curious.
''JISHO-wa?''
This question might have crossed your mind; with a touch of hope that
dictionaries are no use in this course. For the answer, wait until the
day we will first meet.
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●授業内容
Talking about a dictionary, how many times do you use it when you read a
500-words page?
You may well think that it varies depending on the purpose of the
reading, the type of the text, that is, novel, newspaper, academic essay
or else, . . . The question seems too difficult to answer here. Yes.
There should be so many factors around how we read, or more generally
'use' a foreign language like English. I wish students coming to join
this class to imagine how painstakingly Imanaged to construct this
message.
Next, let me quote a sentence from the textbook:
But, scientists often speak a different language from the common man,
and sometimes we all need someone like Prof. Trask to explain things
to us in a warm, straight-forward, and even entertaining manner.
The particular type of 'scientists' whose achievements which Prof. Trask, the
author of the textbook, introduces us to are 'linguists'. Linguists are those
who do science by examining 'language'. That is why you can make use of this
textbook, and the whole class activities to improve your skills in using
English, a language.
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