文学部の勉強って何の役に立つの? What would the subjects in School of Letters do for you?

大阪大学[おおさかだいがく]文学部[ぶんがくぶ](= School of Letters)の学部長[がくぶちょう](= Dean)、金水[きんすい]敏[さとし]先生のなさったスピーチについて読みました。このスピーチ、今年の3月、金水先生が大阪大学の学生になさいました。今、とても話題[わだい]になっているそうです。スピーチの内容[ないよう](= contents)は、文学部で勉強したことが何[なん]の役[やく]に立[た]つ(= useful)のか、です。 I read an article about a speech delivered by Professor Satoshi Kinsui, Dean of School of Letters, Osaka University, Japan. Apparently, his speech, which was given to his students in March this year, has been talked about a lot at all sorts of places because of its contents: […]

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卒論の書き方 How to write a undergraduate dissertation

神戸[こうべ]女学院[じょがくいん]大学[だいがく]の内田[うちだ]樹[たつる]先生[せんせい]が「卒論[そつろん]の書[か]き方[かた]」という文章[ぶんしょう] (= text)をここに書[か]いていらっしゃいます。とてもよいアドバイスなので、日本語[にほんご]が読[よ]める人[ひと]、これから論文[ろんぶん] (= an academic essay; report)を書[か]く人[ひと]は是非[ぜひ] (= by all means)、読[よ]んでみてください。 Professor Uchida at Koge College, Japan wrote an essay titled “how to write a undergraduate dissertation" here. It provides you really good advice. If you can read Japanese and plan to write an academic essay, dissertation, or even a PhD thesis, this is really […]

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