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@@@"As you have lived in America for five years, your English must
be very good. Is there any good method to master English? If any, please
teach me it." After returning to Japan, many people have asked me
this question. AlthoughTdon't think it is their concern whether I am good
at English, mastering English seems to be nation-wide concern. And also
those people who have questioned me intend to pursue an easy way to master@English
without any hardship. So I will answer that question.
@@" There is no such a method."
Mastering a foreign language is a colossal
task, and it is obvious from our experience
in learning English at middle school, high
school, college, and yet being far from mastering
it.
@@"But it is because the method was bad."
No, it is not. However excellent the methods
might be, acquisition of a language requires
hard training and if you stop training, you
will begin forgetting the words you have
once acquired.
@@However, suppose you made constant efforts to study, and then, is there
any good method to help you learn?
@@I can answer it, " Yes, there is."
@@"What is the method?"
@@My recommended method is recitation. If you memorize and recite the
whole sentences of an English conversation book that you have at your hand,
you don't need to lose your bearing at airport, hotel, and department store
in America.
@@The current English education in Japan is focused on conversation rather
than on writing or reading. We have to reconsider the efficiency of recitation,
which we ever valued.
@@During my stay in America, I have met few American who are good at
foreign languages. English is the native tongue to them, and they believe
that English might be able to be accepted around the world.
@@My best friend, Scott Stuwart, having experience of teaching English
in Japan for six years and his wife being Japanese woman, one day asked
me, "Is there any good method to master Japanese?"
@@"You surprise me! How did you master English?"
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