国体に参加する生徒の壮行会があり、短縮授業。多くの３年生にとっては全国レベルでの最後の競技会となる。健闘を祈る。
高２は模試解説の続き。名詞構文が１つの山。
なぜ、語彙力が大切か？なぜ品詞の理解が重要なのか？なぜ、ただ訳語を見て安心してはいけないのか？などを英英辞典の定義を参照しながら。
The failure of this project resulted from our ignorance of consumers’ needs.
という１つの例文から、どれだけ学べるか。ignoranceとignoreとの間を行き来できるかを問う。
- We were ignorant of consumers’ needs.
- We ignored consumers’ needs.
の２つは合同か相似形か、という問い。
failureからfailを引き出すのは容易だろうから、英英辞典でfailの語義・語感まで。
- This project failed.
と
- This project was not successful.
との立ち位置の違い。
肯定で用いた場合の、
- Their project succeeded.
- Their project was successful.
- Their project was a (big) success.
品詞による比較検討。
高１は、教室の前に出てのスピーチ第一ラウンド。ウォーム・アップを１ペアでやってから、本日は４人。サイコロの同じ目が繰り返し出たりするのはご愛敬、ということにして下さい。リスナーには内容の要約を日本語で求め、適宜、「それを英語では何という？」と発問。最後は、スピーカーに対して、「こう言えればもっとラクだったね」というフィードバック。
高３は、模試欠席者に配慮して先送りしたのだが、その生徒が授業を欠席したので、先送りした意味がなかった。まあ、こういうものなのだろう。高２よりは、突っ込んだところまで。センターレベルの問題の出来不出来も大事だが、英語力そのものを高める意識を喚起。
- burst into laughter
- burst out laughing
での前置詞の差異とそのもとになるイメージ、tearsとcryingなど喜怒哀楽での語句の対応などなど。
普段の授業で扱う英文素材をどれだけ、消化吸収し、自分の取り組みまで出来ているかが問われる、という認識を新たにしてもらえただろうか？詰め込むことが悪なのではなく、詰め込んでいるつもりで、引き出しに何も入っていないこと、ただ入れているだけで、どこに何が入っているかわからないことが問題。３年生は、もう取り出す時期が逆算でわかっているんだから、入れる時に取り出す時のことも考えて入れて行くべし。高３の担任とは、「今は（センター試験より上の）レベルアップの仕込みの段階なので、センター対策自体は直前の課外で問題演習の時間を多くとれるように」交渉。
みゆ猫さんのコメントで初心に返って、あらためて数量表現のBrush upを。用例はすべてBYUのMark Daviesのコンコーダンサーを利用し検索しました。もっとも、こういう類の知識の持つ意味は内田樹のブログの読者には良くおわかりでしょう。（携帯からは太字は見えないのでご容赦を）
- Many universities in Russia are called " institutes " and many of these institutes are specialized, focusing on a single field. For example, in Moscow there are institutes for medicine, metallurgy, automotives, commerce, and other fields. In reality, these institutes are real universities with 10 to 25 thousand students each, offering a variety of degrees. (Comparison of CIS curricula in Russian and American universities. Schellenberger, R.E./ Mechitov, A.L., 1996, Winter96, Vol. 117 Issue 2, p297, 9p, 5 charts)
- (e) most universities in Nigeria are making remarkable efforts through the training of potential counsellors at the undergraduate and graduate levels with a view to meeting the potential needs of school children in Nigeria; (f) many universities in Nigeria have not only consistently hired counsellor educators but have promoted many of them to the rank of full professors (SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING IN NIGERIA, Aluede, Oyaziwo / Afen-Akpaida, Justina E. / Adomeh, Ilu O.C., 2004, Winter2004, Vol. 125 Issue 2, p296-305, 10p)
- In " hot " fields that are new or growing rapidly, like bioinformatics, human resources are inevitably in short supply. And truly exceptional scientists and engineers will always be few in number and vigorously pursued by employers. # Still, in most areas of science and engineering at present, the available data show sufficient numbers or even surpluses of highly qualified candidates with extensive postgraduate education. This is especially the case in the academy, which has become risk-averse about replacing departing tenured faculty with tenure-track junior positions. Instead, many universities in the United States have been filling such open slots with temporary and part-time appointees they find in ample pools of highly educated applicants. Indeed, advertisements for a single tenure-track assistant professorship often attract hundreds of applications from recent Ph.D.s. (Do we need more scientists? Teitelbaum, Michael S., 2003, Fall2003 Issue 153, p40-53, 14p)
- The Clearing System is designed to help people looking for an alternative place. The idea is to match suitably qualified applicants with institutions which have vacancies. Clearing starts on 26 August this year. It is not until then that official information on course vacancies will be published. But many universities and colleges are already advertising their courses in NME and the national press. Most give telephone numbers you can ring for more information, and many will tell you over the phone if they are likely to offer you a place. Do look at different courses from those you applied for originally. You might well find something that is exactly right for you that you didn't even know about earlier. (New Musical Express. 1991)
本日のBGM: In Germany before the war (Randy Newman)
