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A Preliminary Analysis of Chinese Tones Misread by Japanese Students
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Formative Assessment in an EFL Composition Course : Action Research
Get PDF本論文は、EFL大学作文授業における形成的評価(Formative Assessment)の効用について探求するものである。最近の文献の分析によって、形成的評価が理解の深度を助け、指導者・学習者間対話を改善する可能性が証明されている。4ヶ月にわたって実施した実地研究が理論と実践の橋渡しの役目を果たした。パーフォーマンス測定指標、コメントのみによる評価と学習者同士の評価の利用効果の検証がこの論文の議論の焦点である。形成的評価の導入にともなう困難の調査も実施している。指導者・学習者双方にとっての学習効果の向上がEFL大学作文授業における形成的評価法の採用の有効性を立証している。departmental bulletin pape
Zur Ausdifferenzierung der Japanischen Literatur
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A comparative analysis of self-, peer- and teacher-assessment of English oral presentations
Get PDFSelf- and peer-assessment are powerful tools that enable teachers and learners to develop an active and student-centered learning environment. This paper investigates the relationship between self-, peer- and teacher-assessment of English oral presentations by first year college students. The findings show that, in peer-assessment, students tended to give higher scores than teachers, especially in the area of pronunciation; and in self-assessment, students who were given a lower score by teachers tended to overrate themselves, while students who were rated more highly by teachers tended to underestimate their own performances. Some possible reasons for these discrepancies are considered, and a number of possible classroom approaches to addressing the assessment gap are suggested.departmental bulletin pape
"Ourselves, Seen Through a Glass, Darkly" : the relationship between human beings and clones in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go
Get PDFKazuo Ishiguro's latest novel, Never Let Me Go (2005) depicts a science-fiction-like world in which human cloning is widely practiced in order to supply organs for "normal" people. Clones are a relatively new motif in works of fiction, but other forms of artificially-made semi-humans, such as androids, robots, and cyborgs, have been popular protagonists in various forms of fiction. These semi-humans often look quite like human beings, but they lack something necessary to make them completely human. In many cases, what they don't have is a "soul, " although the definition of this is not always clear. For us human beings, these semi-humans are always the Others, whether they are congenial or hostile - or so it seems. What these works really reveal, however, is that the differences between human beings and semi-humans are very subtle, and even those differences often blur. In Never Let Me Go, through the narration of Kathy H., the reader is made to see the world through the viewpoint of the Others, or clones, and uneasy though such an experience may be, Kathy's delicate narrative captivates us so deeply that the assumed difference between Kathy and the reader, or between clones and human beings, diminishes. The reader eventually realizes that this is a story, not of the Others, but of ourselves. Discussing other fiction dealing with semi-humans, as well as Never Let Me Go, this paper examines the relationship between human beings and semi-humans, especially clones.departmental bulletin pape
The localization and ambiguity represented by language
Get PDFMan is a mysterious creature, capable of self-consciousness, language and culture. He created an economic system based on exchange of money and developed a variety of rules and social structures. Although it may be thought to be absurd, nihilistic or pessimistic, it is not too much to say that we, who live in a modem society of nanotechnology, are part of a grand virtual reality brought about by consciousness and communication. It is an irony that this grand virtual reality, called contemporary civilization, threatens to destroy our life as we know it. Eventually it may become difficult to maintain the system of the civilized society that we have created, and we will instead be governed by this new virtual reality. This paper's topic is "the localization and ambiguity represented by language". I try to approach man's essence and nature, considering the human species as the highest forms of spiritual perception. Language, that continues to change according to human brain development, I will interpret as virtual reality, and as a means for mind control, also looking at communication based on ambiguous language.departmental bulletin pape
Language in Context : Text-based Language Learning
Get PDF本指導ユニットは、「話す」、「書く」ことに関わる二つのテキストをベースとしている。本ユニットは言語学習とわれわれが行う言語選択におけるコンテクストの影響への体系的機能文法的アプローチを探求できるように作成されている。両テキストの領域は基本的に言語学習と二カ国語使用をベースとしている。本論文では、第一に、このユニットのコンテクスト、つまり、学習者のタイプと彼らの必要とすること、この独特な一連の授業の脈絡、作業とその継続の目的について論ずる。第二に、筆者のテキスト選択の根拠、文法的側面を含むテキストの主要な特徴について説明する。最後に、ユニット全体の目的・目標を達成するための一連の教室での活動について述べる。departmental bulletin pape
