Theory Dictionary
time 2
Experience of
language comprehension
1950
Tableau of dialogue of Nagano district
When I was the second grade of elementary
school, I visited Nagano district being taken by mother in summer vacation.
There I first heard Nagano dialect. I was
interested in the dialog.
After returning home of Tokyo, I summarized
the experience of Nagano to a tableau where I wrote a comparison of dialect
between Nagano and Tokyo.
This tableau was pinned up on the wall of
the classroom in new autumn term.
It was a pleasant remembrance of my
language comprehension.
1951
Question about a notation
When the third grade of elementary school,
I asked a question about the notation of Japanese.
“Why
many is written to ooi when father is written to otousan ?”
1952
First learning of foreign language
When the fourth grade of elementary school,
I began to learn English, the first foreign language, reading texts of elder
sister.
1964
Symbolism of France
When the second school of high school, I
learned French for reading the poems of French symbolism.
1967
Memorization of Saying of Mao Zedong
When learning the composition of Chinese,
we memorized and wrote the phrase of Saying of Mao Zedong once a week.
It is a peculiar time of my life.
1970
Learning of Russian
I learned Russian from the daughter of
Russian noblewoman.
Her pronunciation is clearly remembered at
present in my heart.
She taught me the Russian poem for the
festival of Russian class of the university.
1979
Pronunciation of Korean
When learning of pronunciation of Korean,
the teacher was not satisfied with my pronunciation of imnida.
I recognized the difficulty of foreign
language again there.
The teacher whom I respected died at 47.