I did not know this until today, but Mr Kaieda, the Minister of economy, trade and industry in Japan cried in the parliament last month. The above YouTube clip shows how the incident happened on the 29th of July 2011. I have read quite a few articles and books on cross-cultural studies before saying that Japanese people tend […]
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国際言語週間 International Languages Week
今週[こんしゅう]は、国際[こくさい]言語[げんご]週間[しゅうかん]です! いろいろな国[くに]のことばで、コミュニケーションをとりましょう! 公式[こうしき] (= official)ウェブサイトはこちらです。 This is International Languages Week 2011! Let’s communicate with people in various different languages. Its official website can be found here.
Continue readingCan we become a biligual speaker?
安藤[あんどう]さんは今[いま]32歳[さい]か33歳[さい]くらいの人[ひと]です。英語[えいご]を勉強[べんきょう]するためにNYに行きました。英語[えいご]学校[がっこう]]に行[い]ったら「今[いま]からバイリンガルにはなれません!」と言[い]われて、ショックを受[う]けたそうです。 Ms Ando is probably about 32 or 33 yr old now. She recently has moved to New York to study English. At the school she attends, one of the instructors said “it is too late for you to become a bilingual speaker” and, as you might imagine, it was a shocking remark for Ms […]
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