Self - Cultivationism in Kazuo Ito's English Teaching for University Entrance Examinations

Autor: FUJIMURA, Tatsuya
Jazyk: japonština
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: 日本英語教育史研究. 34:131-148
ISSN: 0916-006X
Popis: 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.
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