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The Role of NGOs in the Reconstruction of Society and Culture : Some Cases from Cambodia
Get PDFIn this paper, we will examine the role of NGOs in the reconstruction of society and culture, taken some cases of Cambodia for examples. In Cambodia, they had been suffering from war and conflict for a long time and their society and culture had been seriously damaged. After a peace treaty was concluded in 1991, the reconstruction processes had begun soon. When these processes were executed, many NGOs had engaged in them and had showed very important functions. Japanese NGOs such as Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC) and Leucaena Communication Japonesia (LCJ) have been participating in the promotion of the sustainable agriculture and the rural development in several Cambodian villages. Centre de Developpement Culturel et des Arts Populaires Khmers (CDCAPK) , the local NGO in Cambodia, has been supporting orphans who lost their parents in the war time and has been teaching the traditional shadow puppet play and music to them. Institute for Khmer Traditional Textiles (IKTT), managed by a former Japanese traditional textile artisan, Kikuo Morimoto, has been reproducing traditional Cambodian clothes, and at the same time has been trying to reconstruct Cambodian forests and rural environment that have been disappearing in these years. In sum, all of their activities have been oriented to the revival of Cambodian culture and society that had been spoiled for many years and they have achieved their purposes to a considerable extent, though much difficulty still remains before them. In conclusion, we propose that we can take a precious lesson from their experiences and utilize them for the realization of the better future of a global human society. Thus their contributions should be highly evaluated in this respect.departmental bulletin pape
A quick review on the syntactic irregularity of predicative be
Get PDFThe purpose of this thesis is to analyze syntactic irregularities of the predicative be-verb in the minimalist approach. In this thesis, syntactic irregularities of the predicative be-verb are successfully solved through some speculative but reasonable hypotheses and general interaction of syntactic, lexical features. This thesis also refer to some syntactic properties of auxiliary verbs as well as structural similarities and differences of subject complements that follow be-verb. Some of the hypotheses here are of general property and are expected to contribute to the progress of linguistic theory.departmental bulletin pape
A Study on Decentralization in Post-Mao China
Get PDFThis paper mainly identifies implication of decentralization in contemporary China. As a matter of fact, because China is geographically enormous, and has local organizations that are becoming complicated, a problem has developed such that the authority relationship between the central and local administration has become obscured. In addition, the vertical administrative structure in the central government is reflected in local administrative bodies, and therefore the "dual control system" at local administrative bodies is also pointed to as an institutional problem. Specifically, under this principle, Chinese local administrations are given guidance from higher administrative bodies as well as local Committees of Chinese Communist Party.departmental bulletin pape
Making the Past Serve the Present : On Confucius Educational Ideas and Their Practical Use in Teaching
Get PDF孔子は世界的に有名な思想家であり教育家である。孔子が二千五百年程前に唱えた教育思想、教育理念と教育方法は後世の人々に敬い仰がれている。孔子の儒家思想と理念は世に広く崇拝されている。一人の中国人として、儒家思想と伝統文化に満ちた家庭に生まれた私は、こうした雰囲気に包まれた社会環境の中で成長してきた。孔子の儒家思想は目に見えない形で私の人生観、道徳観および教育観に感化作用を及ぼしているのである。私はいつも道徳意識に基づいて物事を考え、仕事に対して責任感と職業道徳をもって行動する。それがゆえに、外国語教師として、私は授業中、当たり前のように孔子の「教学相長」(教えることと学ぶことが相まって学業の進歩を促すものである)という教育理念と教育方法を運用し、またそれを自分の仕事の理念とするのである。「教学相長」という言葉の出典は『礼記・学記』である。「学然後知不足,教然後知困。知不足,然後能自反;知困,然後能自強也。故曰教学相長也。」(学んでみて、始めて我が知恵の貧しさを知り、教えてみて、始めて我が学問のつたなさに悩む-不足に気が付いて、始めて真に反省することができ、自ら進んで勉強することができる。だから昔から、「教と学とは互いに助長する」と言われている。)「教学相長」は孔子の教育思想と教育理念の中核である。その内容は次のような幾つかの「内核」によって構成されている。すなわち「有教無類」(いかなる人にも等しく教育を与える)、「因材施教」(その人に適した教育をする)と「学而不厭、海人不倦」(学んで厭きない、人を教え導いて倦むことない)の三点である。本稿は主にこの三つの「内核」、即ち「教学相長」に基づいて、自分の仕事経験を生かして、私見を述べたい。departmental bulletin pape
The End of the Commons? A look at the Future of the Internet as a Creative Commons
Get PDF本稿では、先ず、過去と現在におけるインターネットの公共性を考え、法的ならび技術的な側面からインターネットの自由な使用を規制しようとする最近の動きを見ていく。次に、最近の法的な事例をいくつか取り上げ、インターネットの使用に関する法的拘束力ならびその影響を考察する。インターネットの自由な使用に関して、法的な立場から疑問が投げかれられ、自らの利益を守ろうとする企業のみならず自分たちの政治情報を広めたいと思う政府機関までがインターネットの使用制限を考えるようになってきた。このような状況はインターネットの発展を妨げるものと思われるが、ネット上における緒規制がもたらす影響についても言及する。技術の発展によりインターネットにおけるこれまでの1対1のコミュニケーションの形態は複雑になり、本来あったネット上におけるコミュニケーションの自由が制限されるような状況が生まれてきたが、最後に大手教育機関と小規模語学学校を比較しながら、ネット上でコミュニケーションの自由が規制されることにより、どのような影響が英語教育の分野に出てくるかを論じる。departmental bulletin pape
A Look at the English Article System : An Aid for the Japanese EFL Learner
Get PDF本論は英語の冠詞システムについて考察し、日本人英語学習者が冠詞を習得する際の問題点について論じる。日本の英語の授業において、英語の冠詞システムに注意が払われてこなかったことが、これらの問題点の主因であると考えられる。それゆえ、日本の英語の授業における冠詞の教育に理論的根拠を提供し、またその趣旨の枠組みを提供することによって、英語教師の参考に供することが、本論の主たる目的である。departmental bulletin pape
On the Omission of the Nominative Relative Pronoun : A Teaching Strategy in Reading English Based on Grammatical Knowledge
Get PDFDespite the widely held view in school grammar that relative pronouns are omitted only when they are assigned the accusative case, there are instances in which they are omitted even when they are assigned the nominative case. The paper documents such examples collected from various sources and further discusses how (and whether) the omission of the nominative relative pronoun should be taught to English learners. Though we suggest how to get access to omitted elements, we will argue that fundamentally nothing new needs to be taught if English learners have knowledge of English grammar regarding the analysis of sentence structures, gaps relating to relative pronouns, usages of that and so on.departmental bulletin pape
Speech Level Shift in the Communication between Japanese High School Students and Exchange Students
Get PDFThis paper looks at the dynamics involved as speakers decide whether to use the polite form (desu/masu) or the plain form (da-form) in Japanese discourse (commonly known as the speech level shift). The speech behavior was examined in 4 dyadic conversations between Japanese high school students and foreign exchange students, and were compared to 9 dyadic conversations including only Japanese high school students.departmental bulletin pape
