(なぜ書くことを重視するのか）
Why do I attach much importance to writing English ?
（話す能力は言語活動の基盤にある）
Looking all over the world and all the people, we can find out that there are lots of people speaking words without the ability of reading words or writing words.This means that speaking ability is the most basic one among the so-called three abilities in terms of language activity:speaking,reading,and writing.
〈しかし、より高次の言語活動の観点から見れば、事情が変わる）
But,when we turn the aspects of looking into the isuues,like how people can make a good language communication,I think ,the story and explanation must be changed.
〈読み、書き能力が問題となる）
What I want to say here is that just making communication could be done only by speaking ability, but a good communication could not be done only by speaking ability.For a good communication, or to be more correct and in short,for a good speech,reading and writing abilities are needed.
In today's society, I think, there is no one who can make a good speech without properly reading words and properly writing words.
〈特に書く能力が大事だ）
What I want to say further here is that writing is more a basis rather than reading for making a good speech.I am now ,in a sense,investigating the relationship between writing and readiong in the man's language activity. But I am not doing so from the academic viewpoint but from a real life experience one.
〈日本人は誤った考え方にとらわれている）
In Japan,I think, there might have been a mistaken belief among people.
Most Japanese people have seemed to think that a good and talented speaker is a person who can make a speech in front of people without any paper of speech. But this thought seems to be difficult for getting an international recognition.
〈世界的には原稿を持ってしゃべるのがいいことである）
On the New Year's eve, I was watching on the television the 38th U.S. president ex-Ford's funeral service in CNN. Three persons including the current vice president made funeral addresses and a pastor said a word for the god. All the people had the small note book-like things in which each of their speeches was written.
Another was an guest,who has come to Takamatsu from the U.S. as an English teacher for a high school in the city for the expected one year period.She was invited to the Christmas party an organization held,and made a brief speech. I was in the venue,too. She also had a sheet of paper for what she said.
Also,an English teacher of mine once said to me " Making a speech with paper of speech draft in a wedding ceremony or such a case would give the audience a better impression that you make much of the ceremony, than doing so without paper.
Given these circumstances, I really think that Japanese people must make more efforts in writing English sentences. From the viewpoint of writing English,people should get a good command of grammar. The saying " Japanese people are not good at speaking English, but rather good at the grammar" is definetely mistaken.I believe when people come to be well versed in the grammar,they will become good speakers.
Why do I attach much importance to writing English ?
（話す能力は言語活動の基盤にある）
Looking all over the world and all the people, we can find out that there are lots of people speaking words without the ability of reading words or writing words.This means that speaking ability is the most basic one among the so-called three abilities in terms of language activity:speaking,reading,and writing.
〈しかし、より高次の言語活動の観点から見れば、事情が変わる）
But,when we turn the aspects of looking into the isuues,like how people can make a good language communication,I think ,the story and explanation must be changed.
〈読み、書き能力が問題となる）
What I want to say here is that just making communication could be done only by speaking ability, but a good communication could not be done only by speaking ability.For a good communication, or to be more correct and in short,for a good speech,reading and writing abilities are needed.
In today's society, I think, there is no one who can make a good speech without properly reading words and properly writing words.
〈特に書く能力が大事だ）
What I want to say further here is that writing is more a basis rather than reading for making a good speech.I am now ,in a sense,investigating the relationship between writing and readiong in the man's language activity. But I am not doing so from the academic viewpoint but from a real life experience one.
〈日本人は誤った考え方にとらわれている）
In Japan,I think, there might have been a mistaken belief among people.
Most Japanese people have seemed to think that a good and talented speaker is a person who can make a speech in front of people without any paper of speech. But this thought seems to be difficult for getting an international recognition.
〈世界的には原稿を持ってしゃべるのがいいことである）
On the New Year's eve, I was watching on the television the 38th U.S. president ex-Ford's funeral service in CNN. Three persons including the current vice president made funeral addresses and a pastor said a word for the god. All the people had the small note book-like things in which each of their speeches was written.
Another was an guest,who has come to Takamatsu from the U.S. as an English teacher for a high school in the city for the expected one year period.She was invited to the Christmas party an organization held,and made a brief speech. I was in the venue,too. She also had a sheet of paper for what she said.
Also,an English teacher of mine once said to me " Making a speech with paper of speech draft in a wedding ceremony or such a case would give the audience a better impression that you make much of the ceremony, than doing so without paper.
Given these circumstances, I really think that Japanese people must make more efforts in writing English sentences. From the viewpoint of writing English,people should get a good command of grammar. The saying " Japanese people are not good at speaking English, but rather good at the grammar" is definetely mistaken.I believe when people come to be well versed in the grammar,they will become good speakers.
