1.自由作文にも3種類:作文学習コースの中には、自由作文のコースも用意してあります。自由作文コースにもまたいろいろあります。全く自分の書きたいことを書く自由作文以外に、こちらからテーマを出します。例えば「電鉄会社には女性専用車両を設けているところがあります。あなたが女性ならこの車両を利用しますか?またこのシステムとどう思いますか?男性も同じように意見を述べてみてください」のような、課題を出します。他には、英語の読解力を上げるために、時事ニュースをあげて意見や感想を述べるというのがあります。これはRW(read and write)コースと名付けていますが、色々な話題に対する自分の意見を持っていることは、外国の人と接している人には結構役に立つだろうという発想から作られました。
2.RWコースは、英語での知識やボキャブラリを広げることが目的です。ビジネス場面や旅行の時でも、現在の世界情勢や日々のニュースが話題になることがあるでしょう。そういう場面を想定した学習コースです。今日は、その例を上げてみます。
課題文(これは体験問題です)On Friday started accepting applications from residents and businesses to let rooms or homes to visitors as a way to alleviate hotel shortages amid an increasing number of foreign tourists.
Ohta ward, home to Haneda airport, Japan’s largest air hub, is taking the lead in opening the door to a relatively new form of hosting tourists in Japan, taking advantage of deregulation measures targeting designated regions. It could start approving hosts in mid-February.
An increasing number of private citizens in Japan have been renting rooms and apartments through online services such as Airbnb. But the practice has caused problems, such as concerns that it violates the hotel business law as well as trouble with neighbors about noise and garbage disposal. (Japan Times)
回答例:Personally, I wouldn’t use the new residential services. I doubt the reliability on this business. When we do construct on the internet basis, what should I do if some troubles happened?
And also, staying in other’s houses in Japan is not as popular as western countries. We haven’t get used to be a host and to be a guest and don’t know how to behave on that situation.
添削:what should I do if some troubles happened ➝ what would I do in case of trouble
haven’t get used to be ➝ haven’t gotten used to being
reliability on this business ➝ reliability of this business
as popular as western countries ➝ as popular as in western countries
on that situation ➝ in that situation
模範文章例:Personally I wouldn’t use these new residential services. I doubt this business is reliable. If I did make plans like this on the Internet, what would I do in case of trouble? Also, staying at other people’s houses isn’t as common in Japan as it is in Western countries. We haven’t gotten used to being hosts and guests and don’t know how to behave in those situations.