スタッフ記事 <新潟県立国際情報高校〜LA教師研修アテンド> IGEアメリカ Yoshika Tuttle
8月に、新潟県立国際情報高校の2名の先生方がLAに研修に来られ、そのアテンドをしました。先生方の訪問先は、UCLA, Cal Tech, California State University Fullerton, Chapman University, Irvine Valley College, Soka University of Americaの大学、それに Besant Hill Highs School, Southwestern Academyの高校です。更に、アメリカンホンダ本社、Fedex、JI2(元留学生で起業)、元NASAの研究所長等です。
私自身、様々な学校を見学し、素晴らしい教育関係者の方々と話す貴重な機会でした。私は、常々、社会的政治的問題の多くは教育の欠如から発し、そうした問題を解決するのも、また教育だと感じていました。生まれたての赤ちゃんは、自分をとりまく世界に対して何の知識もありません。親が、食べること、寝ることを始め、どう行動するかを教えます。大きくなると学校というシステムに入り、教師によって、算数や社会等様々な科目を学びます。子を持つ親として、教師の質は、とても重要です。
先生方は、アメリカの教育システムや企業・社会システムについて学ぼうと、約2週間、色々な学校と企業を見学し、多くの人達とディスカッションされました。そして、今の日本の教育システムを変えたいと言っておられました。日米の教育の大きな違いは、日本では、生徒が学ぶ内容は、教師が決めて教えますが、アメリカでは、教師は、どう学ぶか、学び方を教え、生徒自身が何を学ぶべきかを考えます。新潟の先生方は、教師が一方的に情報を流しこむのではなく、生徒自身が、今自分が何を勉強しているのかをきちんと理解し、その上で、疑問をもってほしいと言っていました。お二人の生徒を思う気持ち、そして良いものはどんどん取り入れようという開かれた心が印象的でした。
私がアテンドした学校や企業は、それぞれ独自の哲学を持っていましたが、教育を通して、学生達の人生に良い価値を創造したいと考えていることは共通していました。又、高校・大学は、将来の世界をになっていくリーダーを育てる重要な場所だとの認識も一致していました。疑問を持ち、批判的に考える力を養い、トピックについて話しあうのは、多くのアメリカの教室の最前線で行われていることです。今回の研修が実り多いものであったことを願うと共に、ぜひこの体験を生かして頂きたいと思います。頑張ってください!
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Yoshikaの英語ワンポイントレッスン Vol. 73
今回は、動詞の「時制」について。単純な過去形、現在形、未来形も、気を付けないと間違えるし、過去完了形、現在完了形、未来完了形にいたっては、いまいち使い方に自信が無いという方も多いのでは?
"VERB TENSES"
A verb can convey the time of an action by changing its form. These different forms are called Verb Tenses. We all know the difference between past, present and future. What gets confusing is when we are describing an event that occurred in the past but it still going on, or that will end in the future. Should we use "has" or "has been" or "will have been"? Here you can see the difference in using the many verb tenses.
Past Tenses
(1) | The simple past - "I went" |
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Indicates an action that took place before the current moment, and that has no real connection with the current time. |
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For example: "He walked to school." - The action took place in the past, and finished in the past. |
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Verb form: verb + ed. |
(2) | The past progressive ("I was going") |
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Indicates an action in the past that is longer in duration than another action in the past. |
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Ex: "He was walking when it started to rain." Before it started to rain, he was walking. Then when it rained he continued to walk, and walked afterwards. |
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You can also say: "He was sleeping at 3:00pm." |
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The verb form is the past tense of be + verb + ing. |
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The past perfect - "I had gone" |
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An action in the past that had been completed before another time or event in the past. |
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Ex: "He had exercised before it started to rain." |
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Not commonly used in English. |
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The present perfect progressive - "I have been going" |
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Indicates action in the past that took place before another time or event in the past and continued during the second time/event in the past. |
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Ex: "He had been exercising when I called." |
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Not commonly used in English. |
Present Tenses
(1) | The simple present ("I go") |
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Refers to actions that are generally true or habitual (it's true all the time). It took place in the past, takes place now, and will take place in the future. |
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Ex: "He walks to work." - This states that he walked to work in the past, still continues to walk to work now and will do so in the future. He always walks to work. |
(2) | The present progressive ("I am going") |
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Indicates action that is taking place at the moment of speaking. |
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The verb form is verb + ing. |
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The present perfect - "I have gone" |
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Indicates an action that has been completed sometime before now, with the result that affects the current situation. |
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Ex: "He has exercised." - He exercised in the past and the result of his exercise is in effect now. You can ask him if he would like to exercise now. His answer will be that he has already exercised. |
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Verb form: have + past participle. |
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The present perfect progressive - "I have been going" |
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An action that started in the past and is continuing at the present time. |
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Ex: "He has been exercising for an hour." |
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An hour ago, he started exercising an is still exercising at the moment of speaking; now. |
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Verb form: have/has been + verb + ing. |
Future Tenses
(1) | The simple future - "I will go" |
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An action that will take place after the current moment, and that has no real connection with the current time. |
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Ex: "He will walk home." Some time in the future, after now, he will walk home. |
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Verb form is will + verb. |
(2) | The future progressive - "I will be going" |
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Indicates an action in the future that is no longer in duration than another action in the future. |
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For example: "He will be walking when it starts to rain." Sometime in the future he will walk, then it will rain while he walks, and he continues to walk. At the time of his walking in the future, it will rain. |
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Verb form is will be + verb + ing. |
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The future perfect - "I will have gone" |
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An action in the future that will have been completed before another time or event in the future. |
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Ex: "By the time we arrive, he will have exercised." |
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He is exercising at some point in the future. He continues but stops when we arrive. |
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The future perfect progressive - "I will have been going" |
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Indicates an action in the future that will have been continuing until another time or event in the future. |
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Ex: "He will have been exercising an hour at 3:00pm." |
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When it becomes 3:00pm, he will have been exercising for one hour (which means he began at 2:00pm). |
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