By Challenger on June 7, 2009
You’ve been learning English for some time now. You’re still doing great, but lately your enthusiasm isn’t as strong as it used to be. You feel a little tired and find it ever harder to focus. Abandoning the study is not an option, so you’re asking yourself: “Is there anything I can do to regain [...]
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By Challenger on May 31, 2009
「チャレンジャーの生徒サポート」はチャレンジャーで学ぶ生徒が、このウェブサイトの中で、コースや英語のレッスンに関する問題やトピックスについて、講師のサポートを求めることができるよう設置されたものです。
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By Challenger on May 17, 2009
英語は他の言語よりも複雑ではないとはいえ、学習者にとって困難となる点もいくつかあります。不規則動詞の多くがその一つです。
たくさんの動詞、たくさんの異なった形式！
あなたは強くて、決意も固いでしょう。しかし、それらを効率的に処理することができますか？
そこで、チャレンジャーの新しい633 EIV (633英語不規則動詞)のデータベースが役に立つでしょう。
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By Challenger on May 10, 2009
Considerations
1 in 60,000. Consider this ratio for a moment. It’s a low, low ratio, yet it is about you, and me, and every human out there.
Sixty thousand is roughly the number of identified species of vertebrates1 (of which only one tenth are mammals), while one is the exact number of species employing natural language [...]
Posted in Linguistics | Tagged communication, functions, Linguistics |
By Challenger on April 26, 2009
Linguistics at Work
SOV & SVO
Suppose you are a Japanese student learning English: chances are that you have already encountered these 3-letter groups. They are called initialisms (not acronyms, by the way).
Books and teachers told you that unlike Japanese, which is an SOV (Subject Object Verb) structured language, English is an SVO (Subject Verb Object) structured [...]
Posted in Linguistics | Tagged English, Linguistics, science |
By Challenger on April 19, 2009
What Is Linguistics?
All humans achieve competence in whatever language is spoken around them when growing up, with apparently little need for explicit conscious instruction. This seems to indicate that the ability to acquire and use language is an innate, biologically-based potential of modern human beings, similar to the ability to walk.
However, language varies in many [...]
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By Challenger on April 12, 2009
Employing the Scientific Method
キーコンセプト
• 外国語を学習するとき、秩序だったアプローチを使うことでいくつかの利点がある。
• まさに基本的な意味では、一定の順序でいくつかの段階を踏むときはいつでも、あなたは科学的な方法を使っているのである。
First off, the scientific method is not a recipe: apparently it requires intelligence, imagination, and even a good measure of creativity from time to time. Well, at least that’s what Wikipedia says…
Anyway, the above aspect duly noted, we can nevertheless talk about a proven and established practical scheme offered as [...]
Posted in Linguistics | Tagged English, Linguistics, science |
By Challenger on April 5, 2009
Did You Know that You’re a Scientist?
キーコンセプト
• 少しの例外もありますが、外国語は、ネイティブとは異なった方法で習得されます。
• 外国語の習得にはいくつかの方法があります。
• 外国語を体系的なやり方で習得することは、科学分野の特徴です。
Do you learn English for fun? You have an important exam ahead? Whatever the reason, you might be surprised to know that you are in fact being engaged in one of the most exciting and rewarding activities a human being can experience: the scientific study.
“How can [...]
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