February 2, 2011

英語は英語でしかありえない。一種類しかない

文部科学省にて、英語に関するコミティーの座長をつとめておられる吉田研作氏のインタビューがあり、引用したい。 http://www.eltnews.com/features/interviews/2001/06/interview_with_kensaku_yoshida.html Our committee, however, made a distinction between two types of Englishes -- one at the level of everyday conversation and transactions (what in Cummins' terms might be called BICS), and the other, at the level required to conduct cognitively demanding interactions (in Cummins' terms, CALP). The former level of English is something that […]