{"id":2625,"date":"2024-01-22T14:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2024-01-29T08:14:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T23:14:10","slug":"el-competition-2024-encouragement-prize-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/2625\/","title":{"rendered":"EL Competition 2024 – Encouragement-prize post: A New Discovery When Reading, by Saito Hirokazu"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you hear the word \u2018reading,\u2019 readers who study English may imagine reading for study. This is, however, only partly correct; you can enjoy reading for fun. \u00a0\u00a0 I am a huge fan of Studio Ghibli movies. One day, when I was watching “When Marnie Was There,” which is one of my favorite movies, I came to want to read the original book of that movie in English. Therefore, I soon bought it online and began to read it little by little. I enjoyed the detail: the beautiful scenery of rural nature, the description of the main character, Anna\u2019s changing of her delicate feelings\u2026 all differences from the adaptation. I don\u2019t think I read it completely accurately, but I am glad to have the fun of understanding the story and I like this novel very much. \u00a0\u00a0 Actually, I had a new discovery when I was reading. Here is a sentence from the novel: \u201c\u2018No, of course she don\u2019t!\u2019 said Mrs Pegg.\u201d (p. 16). If you have been taught grammar at school, you may wonder why \u2018don\u2019t\u2019 is used in that sentence, instead of \u2018doesn\u2019t\u2019. However, it is not a mistake. Although the expression is not the standard English, you can see expressions like this used in novels. This is very interesting because what we learned as being ungrammatical is used in books written in English! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My experiences with the book are not for study, but for fun. You don\u2019t have to worry about figuring something out completely, handing in some homework, or passing an examination. By reading books in English, you will always find something new, even things which you have never studied at school. Give it a try!\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u3008Reference\u3009 \u30fbJ. G. Robinson When Marnie Was There 2016, Kodansha English Library<\/span><\/p>\n

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