教員BLOG

  • Welcome Messages from our Faculty

    2021/03/31
    To all of the students joining our department in 2021, we wanted to extend our congratulations and share these welcome messages from our faculty and student helpers! https://m.umu.co/course/?groupId=156332&sKey=205dcd6e6df81b899309322e69cda14e We know this is a difficult time, but we look forward to meeting you and wish you all the best at the start of your university life.<続きを読む>
  • Faculty Spotlight: Department Chair, Professor Noriko Ishii, a specialist in American Studies and American Women’s History.

    2020/06/04
    Professor Noriko Ishii is the chair of the Department of English Studies. She lived in San Francisco for four years during elementary school. Those experiences lingered with her after coming back to Japan and she continued to concentrate on studying English, eventually entering our own Department of English Studies at Sophia University. After graduating from Sophia University, she completed MPhil and PhD programs at George Washington University while raising her children. As a mother, a graduate from Sophia University, and a professor of the English department, Prof. Noriko Ishii told the Angles editors powerful and inspiring stories. Angles Editors: Could you tell us about your background before you entered university? <続きを読む>
  • Mini Lecture Series: Working on Advanced Vocabulary from Home

    2020/06/01
    Here is a short lecture on building vocabulary from Gavin Furukawa, a specialist in Sociolinguistics and Assistant Professor in the Department of English Studies: “Many English Studies students have been worried about losing their English skills while practicing social distancing. One easy thing to do during this time is to work on your vocabulary. Here’s a short video on how to work on expanding your university-level vocabulary using some great tools that are available on the internet. In this video, I explain how to create a vocabulary log, one of the main ways that people learn vocabulary that they want to use in real life, not just for tests. I <続きを読む>
  • Links to Past Guidance

    2020/05/31
    Here are links to past university guidance we’ve posted for students: Guidance and Explanation regarding Curriculum: Curriculum Explanation For Incoming Students Guidance on Scholarships: Guidance on Scholarships Guidance on Study Abroad:  Guidance on Study Abroad Guidance on Teacher’s License: Guidance on Teacher’s Licence Guidance on Student Numbering System: Guidance on Student Numbers Guidance on Numbering System: Guidance on Numbering System  <続きを読む>
  • Faculty Study Recommendations III

    2020/05/20
    To All of Our Students, While we are away from class, our faculty members have put together another list of materials that can help you continue to study. Today’s selections include favorite films, novels, and short stories. Marc Kaufman’s Reading Recommendations: 2 Novels and 3 Short Stories that explore American life from a variety of perspectives, during different periods of time. 1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie– The novel chronicles the life of 14-year old Arnold Spirit, also known as Junior, a Spokane Native American growing up in Washington state. Based on Alexie’s own experience, the action centers around Junior and the challenges he <続きを読む>
  • Mini Lecture Series I: Shakespeare’s Theatre

    2020/05/20
    英語学科の皆さん、こんにちは! 英語学科教員の東郷公德です。 今回は私の専門であるシェイクスピアが仲間たちと一体どんな劇場でお芝居をやっていたのか、についてお話しします。   動画では言いそびれましたが、グローブ座で上演されたシェイクスピアのお芝居は、通常、平日午後2時頃から屋根のない半分屋外の舞台で上演されました。舞台装置も殆どありませんでした。ですから、役者は、今が夜なのか昼なのか、場所が森なのか宮廷なのか、必要な場合は全て説明する必要がありました。それで当時、芝居を観ることを “to hear a play”と言いました。お芝居は「観る」よりも「聴く」ものだったのです。 そんな「聴くための芝居」が上演されていた劇場はどんな構造で、そこで何が起こっていたか、10分で可能な限りかいつまんでご説明します。どうかお楽しみ下さい。 スライドのPDFはこちら shの劇場 質問などありましたら、下記までメールを下さい。 よろしくお願いいたします。 英語学科新入生広報担当教員 東郷公德 email hidden; JavaScript is required<続きを読む>
  • Faculty Spotlight: Interview with Professor John Williams, Filmmaker and specialist in European Cinema, Film Studies

    2020/05/20
    Professor John Williams was born in St. Albans, England and grew up in Wales.He received his BA and MA in Modern Languages ​​from Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied French and German Literature and then taught French and German in a Comprehensive School in London.From the time he was a teenager, hehad an intense interest in films and making films, so after two years of working as a teacher, he moved to Japan with the idea of ​​teaching and saving money to go to film school in America After early fateful encounters with young filmmakers in Nagoya , Professor Williams began to make films in Japan has now lived here <続きを読む>
  • Mini Lecture: Sociolinguistics and Intercultural Interaction

    2020/05/20
    Here is a message and short lecture from Professor Lisa Fairbrother, a specialist in Sociolinguistics and Intercultural Interaction. Hello everyone and welcome (back) to the Department of English Studies! Although these are very difficult times, I hope you are all trying to stay positive and looking forward to the start of classes. As a specialist in Sociolinguistics and Intercultural Interaction, I’m primarily interested in how people communicate with each other, whatever language(s) they choose to use. When we learn a foreign language, we often spend a lot of time learning the grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation of the language and we also put a lot of effort into practicing speaking, reading, <続きを読む>
  • Announcing Compulsory Course Introduction Sessions for 1st-Year Students

    2020/05/15
    Hello Everyone! The start of the semester is fast approaching, and the faculty is looking forward to welcoming you into our online classes very soon. We know it has been difficult for everyone without a traditional Orientation Camp, so we thought we would host Zoom sessions for our 1st-year students. This way, you can meet some of the faculty for your compulsory courses and get information about classes before the start of the semester. The sessions will take place on  Thursday, May 21st, and Friday, May 22nd and will last around 30 minutes. We will invite students to different sessions based on their assigned classes. Here is the schedule: A <続きを読む>
  • Mini Lecture:「英語病」にご用心 by Professor Takanori Togo

    2020/05/11
    Here is a short lecture from Professor Takanori Togo. 「英語病」にご用心 今回は「英語病」についてお話しします。 「英語病」というのは東郷が創った造語で、英語が大好きで、大学でも英語を勉強したくて、卒業後も英語を使った仕事をしたくて、英語以外のことには余り関心がない、というのが症状の、結構厄介な病気です。 残念ながら英語学科にはこの英語病が昔から蔓延しています。 この病気を治すには、他の病気と同じで早期発見、早期治療開始が重要です。 お心辺りのある方も、そうではない方も、どうかご覧下さい。 Link to the PDF 英語病にご用心 質問、ご意見などありましたら、英語学科の東郷公徳までメールでお寄せ下さい。 アドレスは email hidden; JavaScript is required です。 では、また!<続きを読む>