How to Become Bilingual: Miyakoan and Japanese
On October 26th 2016, I did the second part of my seminar on “History and Culture of our Homeland” in Miyakojima-shi
Bilingualism
SS 20(2) To the Moomin World ムーミン・ワールドへ向かう
On the second day of my Finland visit, I reserved one ‘resting’ day before 6 day consecutive conference schedule over the weekend. I hopped on the train and went to the third biggest city, Turku. It was two hour journey from Helsinki to Turku. Very comfortable and efficient service on the train. I even enjoyed the scenery over my coffee . フィンランド二日目。学会が週末にかけて連続6日間続くので、休養日として一日を確保。この日はフィンランド第3の都市、トゥルクに出かけるために電車に飛び乗りました。ヘルシンキからトゥルクまでは電車で2時間。とても快適で時間通りの電車の旅行。車内でコーヒーを飲みながらのんびり景色を楽しみました。 The train was two story and the side of the train, I found the old familiar picture. Why Richard Scarry’s picture is printed on the train, I wondered. 電車は2階建てで、電車の横には、なんと懐かしい絵を発見。リチャード・スキャーリーの絵が電車になぜ？ I took some signs inside the train. Many were pictographs without texts. Officially Finland has bilingual policy of Finnish and […]