7月11日17:00~19:00  新メンバー2名を迎えて9人でいつものように 有意義な刺激的な

discussion でした。

今月の Editorial                                                                  recommended by  Tujita        

●  Anniversary of Tiananmen incident        Jun 9, 2013

天安門事件24周年に中国は、、、、

天安門事件24周年 The 24th Anniversary of Tiananmen incident passed on June 4 and we saw 180-different reaction for it between the Chinese Government and Chinese people of democracy uprising outside the country. The former remained silent to our regret and the latter mourned the loss of the lives in the tragic incident backing to 1989. China, where is she headed? China shoud remember that the world would welcome fresh approach from her new Government toward peace and safety of not only her own nation but also her neighboring nations.    by  P. Satow

 

●  Too many inward-looking students   Jun 16, 2013

日本の若者に、大きく夢を実現してほしい、、、、、

 The article points out that the number of inward-looking students is increasing in Japan and that it is bringing forth further lagging of Japanese society behind overall globalization process. Its background is described as coming from  the regrettable reality of the existing nationwide education system in which students cannot engage themselves in their true studies with international  perspective and  rather exert entire energies into preparation for passing peculiar entrance exams.  In case of the curriculum of English, students are not, therefore, learning communicative English useful in the global environment.

  I am of the opinion that the record of achievements made during  three-year school life  should be emphasized or prioritized  and that the existing one-time Center Test system or multiple-choice answer  type tests applied to all the curriculums should be firstly scrapped. Unless the current  education system, entrance exams or the way career paths to bureaucrats could be fundamentally reformed, students would not be able to turn outward-looking and would not develop to human resources serviceable with global views and knowledge of communicative English.       By  K. Minamii

       例会の終わりには A Song for Kwansei を Mr.Sonobe のハーモニカ伴奏で 歌いました。

8月は休会。9月は加悦会 カラオケで English Song を歌います。     岸井 記