Does the Reading Ability in a Native Language Transfer to a Foreign Language?

publisherThis paper presents the results of an experiment which was carried out to investigate how the students' ability in reading comprehension in Japanese as a native language and that in English as a foreign language (EFL) are interrelated. Subjects, who consisted of 173 freshmen in college, were required to answer the comprehension tests in both Japanese and English, and the results obtained shows that there is no interrelation between the reading ability in English and Japanese.departmental bulletin pape

Developing an Effective and Practical Notebook for Learners of English as a Foreign Language

Good study skills are essential for attaining academic success. Within this skill-set, an important subset is the ability to take effectively organized, complete and accurate notes. However, many Japanese students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) are relatively poor at taking and effectively structuring their EFL course notes as an aid to learning and review. There is therefore an urgent need for a commercially available notebook that is specifically designed to assist EFL students with their note-taking. The Foreign Language Learners’ Notebook seeks to meet this need. In this paper, the notebook’s design and contents are explained and justified, working from front to back to include the cover pages, supporting content and note-pages. The paper also outlines an ongoing field-test of the notebook’s design.departmental bulletin pape

AN ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARD THE INCLUSION OF HEALTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

ABSTRACT Despite changing demographics, policy, technology, and economics; medical education curriculum has changed very little from its inception over 100 years ago. The United States medical system has been under scrutiny for delivery of affordable, quality and accessible care for years. In order to address these challenges, we need to train physicians to consider these criteria when treating patients. A way to do this is through a curriculum that includes Health Systems Science (HSS). The challenge of HSS is that it adds additional topics and competencies to an already full medical education curriculum. In order to move forward in medical school, students are tested on their knowledge of basic science. Because HSS topics are not included in the required testing, students who have not been exposed to an HSS curriculum perceive HSS topics as less valuable than traditional medical school topics. This research sought to understand if students changed their perception of the value of HSS after exposure to an HSS curriculum. First-year medical students from a large, urban medical school were surveyed using a pre-test and post-test survey before and after exposure to an HSS curriculum. This study was conducted with two cohorts over two years to see if there was a change in student perceptions of HSS. An Institutional Cycle design was applied to compare the post-test from the students in cycle 1 to the pre-test of students in cycle 2. This approach was deployed for two reasons. The first because of restrictions placed on the data collection; the pre-test for each person could not be directly linked to the post-test. The second, because there was no way to create a control group. These cohorts could not be randomly assigned to another curriculum. Comparing the post-test of Cohort 1 to the pre-test of Cohort 2 allows for the analysis of change between the two cohorts. Student perceptions did not change significantly between the pre-test in cycle 2 and the post-test in cycle 1. More research is needed to provide guidance for the development of an HSS curriculum that aligns with traditional medical education components.Educational Administratio

フランスから見た日本映画：映画館からフランス人の居間まで

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College Composition and Postmodern Subjects

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Le Global Lounge : Un laboratoire d’immersion francophone à l’Université d’Aichi

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室内温湿度変動に基づいたアトピー性皮膚炎患者宅の温熱性能評価方法に関する研究

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Occlusal guidance for unilateral scissors bite in primary dentition: A case report

A scissors bite is one of the more unusual malocclusions in primary dentition. The purpose of this report is to describe the unilateral scissors bite in primary dentition and the treatment outcome following the use of constriction appliances. A 5-year, 5-month-old boy developed a scissors bite in the left molar region due to the extended width of the maxillary dental arch; one was a removable type modified from a conventional expansion plate, and the other was a fixed type modified from a quad-helix appliance. The left maxillary primary molars were able to bite normally after the treatment using both appliances. As a result, the left first molars also could be guided to a normal occlusion and prevented from becoming a scissors bite. We suggest that improvement of the scissors bite in the primary dentition stage can prevent subsequent malocclusions in permanent dentition.journal articl

労働者のメンタルヘルスに関する一考察-ピーター・ウォールの理論を中心に-

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Isolated cerebral sinovenous thrombosis: a rare case of neonatal antiphospholipid syndrome

We describe a case of neonatal cerebral sinovenous thrombosis associated with the presence of anti-phospholipid antibodies (aPL). We recommend that in all cases of neonatal thrombosis, the couple mother-infant should be extensively tested for the presence of both acquired (aPL) and congenital thrombophilia