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This study attempts to identify the nature of Kyoyo-shugi (self-cultivationism) m the English teaching for university entrance examinations by Kazuo Ito, an English teacher at Sundai Preparatory School. This paper fi江 stdescribes his methodology for reading English, so-called Kobun-shugi. It emphasized the distinction between reading English and translating it into Japanese. Then, the characteristics of his Kyoyo-shugi are discussed in relation to Kobun-shugi. He attached great importance to Kyoyo-shugi, but didn't express it in teaching English for entrance examinations. This paper concludes that Ito utilized Kobun-shugi to enable students to read English so as to pass university entrance examinations, and that at the same time he aimed to embody cultural values of Kyoyo-shugz through Kobun-shugi. Thus, his Kyoyo-shugi was based on Kobun-shugi. |