物事の説明はこうしよう（３）
Cathy: By the way, Yuji, what's 'Butsudan'?
Yuji: It's something.
Cathy: What kind of thing is it?
Yuji: I saw it (/ one) this morning.
このように、不完全であっても一言簡単に説明するごとに相手の発言を待ち、
そして、それに答えていくことによって説明を完成していくのは、そうすること
によってそれが会話となるからです。
自分一人で続けて説明して行ったら、それはスピーチのように成ってしまいま
す。
又、そうなったら、本物の英語力がなかったら絶対に上手く行かないからです。
日本人で本物の英語力がある人は、帰国子女、あるいは私たちの方法のように、
それに準ずる方法で英語を習得した人たち以外、ほとんどいません。
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Cathy: Where (did you see it)?
Yuji: At home.
Cathy: Where at home?
Yuji: (In the) Livingroom.
Cathy: Is it a piece of furniture?
Yuji: Sorry?
Cathy: (I said,) Is it a piece of furniture?
Yuji: A piece of furniture??
Cathy: I mean, a table, a sofa, a television etc.?
Yuji: No...(About) this big...Ogamu...
Cathy: Ah, I see... You mean a 'family alter'.
Yuji: A family alter?
Cathy: Yes. A family alter. Or you might be able to call it a 'family temple'.
Thank you.
You know, on my way here on the bus, some eldery women
were talking about it eagerly.
They were mentioning it a number of times and I was interested.
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Students Should Explain Things This Way (3)
Cathy: By the way, Yuji, what's 'Butsudan'?
Yuji: It's something.
Cathy: What kind of thing is it?
Yuji: I saw it (/ one) this morning.
Like this, no matter how incomplete it may be, introductory or basic level
students should explain one simple point at a time.
And every time they do so with a simple sentence, they should wait for the
partner's question.
And they should answer the question one by one to make the explanation
complete.
Then the whole process will be a good conversation.
If students go on explaining it to the end, it will be like a speech not a convers-
ation.
Besides, in a speech-like explanation, without what we call 'real English ability',
they will not be successful.
In our opinion, there are almost no Japanese who have real English ability
except for those who learnd English living in an English speaking country when
they were young, or those who have learned English in our method or a similar
method to ours.
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Cathy: Where (did you see it)?
Yuji: At home.
Cathy: Where at home?
Yuji: (In the) Livingroom.
Cathy: Is it a piece of furniture?
Yuji: Sorry?
Cathy: (I said,) Is it a piece of furniture?
Yuji: A piece of furniture??
Cathy: I mean, a table, a sofa, a television etc.?
Yuji: No...(About) this big...Ogamu...
Cathy: Ah, I see... You mean a 'family alter'.
Yuji: A family alter?
Cathy: Yes. A family alter. Or you might be able to call it a 'family temple'.
Thank you.
You know, on my way here on the bus, some eldery women
were talking about it eagerly.
They were mentioning it a number of times and I was interested.
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