Can 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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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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