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Twice-Told Narratives in “Alice Doane's Appeal” : The Moment When the Form of Romance was Generated
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Video Revisited : Facebook, Motivation, and Confidence
Get PDFEnhancing motivation among Japanese university students to study English while building their confidence in speaking the language is a constant concern for many practitioners. Motivation can be recognized as a complex web of influences, such as the interplay between intrinsic and extrinsic factors, age and faculty of students, methodology and type of task, affinity for the instructor, academic level, and the content being studied. Confidence can be raised by practice and constructive feedback. This research studies the effects of uploading numerous videos and commenting (in English) on classmates’ videos. It is expected that motivation and confidence will exceed that of a regular classroom. 日本の大学生が英語を学習するためのモチベーションの向上と英語を話す自信をつけさせることが、多くの教育者にとっての関心事です。モチベーションは、内因性および外因性の因子間の相互作用、生徒の年齢と学部、方法論とタスクの種類、教師への親近感、学力及び学習内容等の複雑な相互作用によると考えられています。自信は、前向きなフィードバックによって増幅させることができます。本研究は，それぞれの学生達が数多くの動画をアップロードし、クラス内で他の学生の動画に対し英語でコメントするという勉強の効果を調べたものです。この方法は、通常の学習よりも、モチベーションと自信を持つ上でより高い効果が期待できます。departmental bulletin pape
Whose Development is It? : An Analysis of Aid Effectiveness in Sport
Get PDFDuring the last two decades, there is international enthusiasm for the idea that sport can contribute to ‘social development’ strategies. It assumes that there is clearly potential for sport to be used as a new engine in advancing various dimensions of development, something grasped by a growing number of policy makers. In this social milieu, the sport for development and peace (SDP) movement has recently been institutionalized with a number of policy documents, thematic studies. This paper addresses the donor–recipient relationship in a sports development aid context, and considers the potential and limitations of the use of SDP as a ‘cost-effective’ solution to ameliorating social problems. In conclusion, this paper highlights that there is a need to test the claims empirically and to monitor and evaluate SDP programs in a more rigorous and evidence-based approaches.departmental bulletin pape
The Spouses Property Division in Modern Mongolian Family’s Property System
Get PDFThe family property system of modern Mongolia is derived from the traditional family system of Mongolia. The couple marriage forms family property and all the family members who are living with the couple have equal rights to occupy, use and dispose those properties as well. In this paper I investigated the problems among family members and spouses at property division when the spouses divorce.departmental bulletin pape
The Cultural Identity Shared by Northern Kyushu and Korea’s Southern District in Ancient Times
Get PDFThe thesis of this article is to find and support the cultural identity that was shared by Japan’s northern Kyushu and Korea’s southern district in ancient times. Although the evidence for this purpose is ample, the author, first of all, lays stress on a major premise of the thesis that is a geographic neighborhood in between. Such a neighborhood continued to act as a bridge on the sea through which innumerable immigrants from Korea’s southern district since the Yayoi period (BC. 3 century~AD. 2-3 century) ceaselessly flowed into Kyushu and elsewhere in Japan, The immigrants obviously brought with them a culture, above all, their religious belief, which formed the basis for the cultural identity mentioned above. Sorts of evidence such as nomenclature in northern Kyushu and archeological findings support the thesis of cultural identity. For example, a tribal state in northeastern Kyushu in ancient times, named ‘toyokuni’(豊国), was called ‘karakuni’(韓国) at that time. The latter is referred to as a ‘Korean state.’ The other important remnants of such a cultural identity is found in Tsushima Island and beyond. The Tsushima Island, together with its neighbor island Iki, has been famous for having played the role of a ‘bridge island’ between Japan and Korea from time immemorial. In that Tsushima, archeological findings show that Korean immigrants left the remnants of their religious belief in the way to Kyushu. Amenohiboko(天日槍) who is referred to as a symbol of Korean immigration, according to Japan’s old historical books, brought with him, among others, ‘kumanohimorogi (熊神籬) that means ‘a sacred shrine’ in which old Shinto was originated. The author concludes that this and other pieces of evidence are sufficient to testify the cultural identity shared by Kyushu and the southern district of the Korean peninsula based on religious beliefs.departmental bulletin pape
