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Some racism is still existing also in Japan. About 20％ of Japanese answered the racism of Ainu might be existing. A man living in Kyoto has filed a lawsuit with a court demanding that he has discriminated by the local community he lives.
These can be a familiar examples when we teach racisms to Japanese students.

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Even if Filipinos don't speak Spanish, they are a part of Hispanic.
Even if OSAKA Naomi doesn't speak Japanese in usual, she is a Japanese.
Even if Ukrainian speak Russian, they are not Russian.

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There are many Latin people living in the U.S, and Spanish is the second most spoken language after English in the U.S.

Sometimes, the word ‘Latino’ and ‘Hispanic’ are treated as synonym, but there are some differences between them. If you see the U.S census sheets, there isn’t the word ‘Latino’ as a race. This means Latino is not a race. It is an ethnicity. When someone uses the word ‘Hispanic’, it sometimes means the people who speak Spanish, and sometimes the people who comes from somewhere ruled by Spain. Philippine was ruled by Spain, but most of Filipinos don’t speak Spanish. Like this, we have to pay attention to the terms.

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Team LGBTQ finishes Olympics in 12th on medal table with four golds

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With 39% of out athletes winning a medal, Team LGBTQ finished just ahead of Japan and Italy on the medal table.

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The U.S. Soccer Federation reached a settlement with the U.S. women's national soccer team, claiming that the team players were being paid less than the men's national team players, which was discriminatory. The U.S. media reported that the federation will pay a total of $24 million.

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サッカー女子のアメリカ代表の選手たちが男子の代表選手よりも報酬が低いのは差別にあたるとして、同じ水準の報酬の支払いを求めた裁判で22日、アメリカサッカー連盟は選手側と和解したと発表しました。アメリカのメディアは連盟が総額2400万ドル、日本円でおよそ27億6000万円を支払うと伝えています。

サッカー女子のアメリカ代表の選手28人は2019年、男子の代表チームに比べて報酬が低いのは、性別に基づく差別にあたるとしてアメリカサッカー連盟に同じ水準の報酬を支払うよう求める訴えを起こしていました。

アメリカサッカー連盟は22日、選手側と和解したと発表し選手との共同声明で「長い争いを解決し、サッカーの平等の推進にともに協力することをうれしく思う」とコメントしました。

アメリカのメディアは、連盟が総額2400万ドル、日本円でおよそ27億6000万円を支払うと伝えています。

アメリカ代表の主力、メーガン・ラピノ選手は、ABCテレビの番組に出演し「ここまでの努力をとても誇らしく思う。アメリカサッカーはよりよい方向に変わったし、これで前に進むことができる」と笑顔で話しました。

女子サッカーの報酬をめぐっては、オーストラリアやブラジルなどで男子の代表選手と同じ水準の金額を受け取れるようにする動きが相次いでいます。

ワールドカップで4回の優勝とオリンピックで4回の金メダルを獲得するなど実績のあるアメリカの代表選手が和解したことで、スポーツ界での男女の賃金格差解消に向けた動きが加速するか注目されます。

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"男子選手と同じ報酬を" 米サッカー女子代表訴え 連盟と和解 | NHKニュース

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サッカー女子のアメリカ代表の選手たちが男子の代表選手よりも報酬が低いのは差別にあたるとして、同じ水準の報酬の支払いを求めた裁判で22日、アメリカサッカー連盟は選手側と和解したと発表しました。アメリカのメディアは連盟が総額2400万ドル、日本円でおよそ27億6000万円を支払うと伝えています。 ...

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・He started tough talk to talk with others and find a way to make the world more comfortable, and he knows the importance of communication from his experiences in school and somewhere. We should try to understand someone with you. We should know what they want or need. The best thing for us is not always the best thing for them. I think it is important to communicate with others to make our environment better too. It can be one of the purposes of language learning, and can be a way to learn language.
・In education, teachers sometimes have to treat some difficult topics such as racism. In such a situation, comparison or small ideas might be helpful.
・It's important to try something new or challenging things, even if it's difficult. Know ourselves. Know what we already know and what we still don't know. It will lead us to what we should change. We don't have to just always change everything, but we have to try to recognize moments when change will be better for us.
・Music is a powerful tool and can be really inspirational. I really agree with this as an artist. I know there are a lot of examples of works which influenced to the society. I know some famous songs which treat LGBTQ. I know the movie Matrix is a story of trans people. Like this, art can make difficult contents easy to access.

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He has often been referred to as a modern music man, pursuing the endless depths of beauty and passion in music. A musician originally from New Jersey and now residing in San Diego, William BJ Robinson teaches singing performance at his home studio and at Southwestern College in Chula Vista.

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The hearing for a trial of same-sex marriage was concluded.

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The hearing for a trial of same-sex marriage was concluded.

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A trial about same-sex marriage was held in Osaka. The judgment will be delivered in June 20th.

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同性どうしの結婚が認められていないのは法の下の平等などを定めた憲法に違反するとして、関西などに住む３組の同性カップルが国に賠償を求めた裁判で、カップル側は「異性の夫婦の生活と変わらないのに、同性どうしの関係性が保障されないのは不合理で残酷だ」と主張し、すべての審理が終わりました。

関西や香川県に住む男性どうしと女性どうしの同性カップル３組は、性的指向による差別は許されないという考えが広まる中で、法律が同性どうしの結婚を認めていないのは、法の下の平等などを定めた憲法に違反するとして、国に１人あたり１００万円の賠償を求める訴えを起こしています。
大阪地方裁判所で開かれた２１日の裁判で、同性カップル側の代理人の弁護士は「異性の夫婦の生活と変わらないのに、同性どうしの関係性が保障されないのは不合理で残酷だ」と述べました。
一方、国はこれまでの裁判で「憲法では同性どうしの結婚は想定されていない」として、訴えを退けるよう求めています。
２１日ですべての審理は終わり、判決はことし６月２０日に言い渡される予定です。
同様の集団訴訟は札幌、東京、名古屋、福岡でも起こされていて、札幌地裁が去年３月、訴えは退けたものの、「同性愛者が婚姻による法的利益を受けられないのは差別的な取り扱いだ」などとして、法の下の平等を定めた憲法に違反するという初めての判断を示しています。

【原告"裁判所は認めて"】。
裁判のあと２組の同性カップルが会見を行い、京都市の坂田麻智さん（４３）は、「同性婚に対する差別がなくならないのは、国が同性婚に目を背けている態度が元凶にあると思う。裁判所は思い切った判決を出してほしいです」と話していました。
また、香川県三豊市の田中昭全さん（４４）は、「結婚式をしたいという思いもありますが、国が動かないので実現していません。老後のことも考えて、自分たちの関係性を制度として認めてほしい」と話していました。

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同性婚訴訟が結審 ６月判決へ 大阪地裁｜NHK 関西のニュース

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同性どうしの結婚が認められていないのは法の下の平等などを定めた憲法に違反するとして、関西などに住む３組の同性カップルが国に賠償を求めた裁判で、カップル側は「異性の夫婦の生活と変わらないのに、同性どうしの関係性が保障されないのは不合理で残酷だ」と主張し、すべての審理が終わりました。 ...

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Non-binary athlete won the 8th place in Olympic games.

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Non-binary athlete won the 8th place in Olympic games.

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フィギュアスケート “ノンバイナリー”公表選手のペアは8位 | NHKニュース

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【NHK】北京オリンピック、フィギュアスケートのペアに出場したアメリカのティモシー・ルデュク選手は、自認する性が男性と女性の枠にと…

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To understand Native American tribes, there are 5 key terms. Tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, trust responsibility, trust land and Indian reservation. Until European people arrived, Native Americans administered all over the North America and South America. After the U.S government was built, Native American government had to communicate with the new government. They ceded millions of acres of their homelands to the U.S. Now, some areas are trusted for Native Americans by the U.S government. Both of them had each low. It was sometimes caused problems. Some of us might have stereotype of the stoic Indian, but Native Americans are loving to laugh. They are taught to respect other people. I thought this characteristic is similar with some Japanese, and I found something congenial in them.

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Partnership system will be started in the whole Tokyo this fall.

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Partnership system will be started in the whole Tokyo this fall.

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It doesn't have legal effects dislike same sex marriage, but this might make homosexual people feel they are included. Ibaraki was the first prefecture which adopt the system as a local government in Japan, and now more than 150 local governments in Japan have adopted it.

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東京都は１４日、同性カップルを公的に認める「都パートナーシップ宣誓制度」の素案を公表した。３月３１日まで意見公募（パブリックコメント）を実施した上、６月の都議会第２回定例会に制度を盛り込んだ人権尊重条例改正案を提出。今秋の制度開始を予定している。

同性カップルは家族として公営住宅に入居したり、病院で病状などの情報を共有したりすることを認められず、課題があった。都によると、同様の制度は６府県、都内１３区市が導入している。

素案では、双方またはいずれかが性的マイノリティーで、都内在住か在勤・在学などが対象と規定。パートナー関係だと届け出ると、都は受理証明書を発行。制度に法的拘束力はないが、都の事業のほか、都内の区市町村や民間のサービスでも証明書を活用できるよう検討する。

都によると、昨年１０～１１月に行った性自認などに関するインターネット調査で当事者以外も含む約６万６０００人のうち７割がパートナーシップ制度を「必要」と回答していた。

都の素案発表に合わせ、同様の制度を導入済みの都内の区市は連名で、すでに制度を利用している人に混乱や不利益が生じないよう、情報共有や配慮を求める要望書を小池百合子知事に提出したと公表した。（土門哲雄、奥野斐）

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東京都が「パートナーシップ制度」の素案公表　秋から開始へ　性的マイノリティーのカップルを公的に認める：東京新聞 TOKYO Web

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東京都は１４日、同性カップルを公的に認める「都パートナーシップ宣誓制度」の素案を公表した。３月３１日まで意見公募（パブリックコメント）を実施した上、６月の都議会第２回定例会に制度を盛り込んだ人権尊重条例改正案を提出。今秋の制度開始を予定している。 ...

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They have lived in North America and South America more than 30,000 years. In the 1500s, the first white settlers arrived, and they brought some disease from Europe. In the late 1800s, the U.S government forced the Native Americans to leave their traditional homelands. Native Americans fought for their rights. Even today, there are still some gaps between Native American and others.

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There are many native American tribes all over the North America and South America including Hawaii and Alaska. They had their own customs and traditions like home, food, tools clothing, but their languages were similar.
They had houses or clothes depending on weather.
Teepee is made of buffalos hide to  keep warm. It is easy to move, so it was good for people who moved a lot.
Longhouse can hold 20 people, but it is made of wood and bark, so it is not suit to move.
Pueblo is made of clay and it can hold a lot of people.
Chickee is look like Japanese old buildings. It has space under the floor. It can save food from humidity.
They hunted buffalos, caribous, deer rabbits or fish to eat. They made potteries, baskets, blankets, carvings, ceremonies, stories, music, dancing, games and sports.

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Native American History for Kids | An insightful look into the history of the Native Americans

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https://youtu.be/sD7ThEU2VUo
https://youtu.be/p9FJXfGHtDA
https://youtu.be/i-DZukWFR64

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What can we do for minority students?(2)

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What can we do for minority students?(2)

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・We should make place where they can feel they are included, where they can make friends.
・It can be help to say ''I will accept all of you regardless of your background'' or ''if you guys need anything, let me know''  openly. I guess this is effective, but not all students can ask help even if we say it. We also should see students well to find and help such people.
・We can put rainbow flag in classroom.
・To research what is happening in Japan, in the U.S, and other countries well.
・As an English teacher, we should open mind to all types of English equally.
・What we teach in English classes are not only linguistics. We can tell students other things by choosing meaningful contents.

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Gilbert Baker created the rainbow flag. He assigned meanings to all of the colors.

red →life

orange →healing

yellow →sun and slash sunlight

green →nature

blue →harmony

purple →spirit

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Previously, you may have noticed that the LGBTQIA+ pride flag displayed every June for Pride month was a simple red-to-violet rainbow, but a new and slightly different flag has been flying in its place in the last couple of years. This new flag is called the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag, created byValentino Vecchietti of Intersex Equality Rights UK in 2021. It is an update to the previous Progress Pride Flag created in 2018 by Daniel Quasar.

What do the colors of the new pride flag mean? Why does the new design have some of the colors placed in a different shape rather than in a line like before? How are people responding to this new design?

This article will answer these questions to help you understand what the new flag currently looks like and where this design is headed.

History of the Pride Flag

The original pride flag was created in the 1970s by gay activist Gilbert Baker, friend of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. Baker used eight colors and corresponding meanings: hot pink for sexuality, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for the sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit.

Why Was Pink Removed From the Pride Flag?

Another, simplified version of the flag with just six colors was developed later on. It kept the original rainbow colors: red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, and violet. This flag was a mainstay for several decades before the redesign.

However, different variations were created throughout that time. For example, specific pride flags such as the transgender, bisexual, and pansexual pride flags were also created.

What the Colors of the Pride Flag Mean

The pride flag colors each hold a different meaning, and each color represents an important value of the LGBTQIA+ community. Let's take a look at what each of the rainbow colors represents.

The red in the flag represents life. This makes sense if you think about how blood is red and how often blood is thought of as a vital life force of the body. Red also represents passion among many cultures. And, passion is ideally where life originates from.

Orange represents healing. As a color, orange is believed to be a fun and celebratory color. Fun and celebration are both healing activities.

If you guessed that yellow represented sunlight, you would be correct. The color yellow functions as the flag's radiant and bright center. The color yellow is said to stimulate new ideas and thoughts.

There's a lot of green in nature, which is what this color on the original pride flag is meant to convey. Nature is a healing place, and the color green is associated with prosperity and growth.

The indigo or blue in the original pride flag was for serenity. Little is more important than the ability to feel calm and serene. Blue is known as a relaxing color that soothes the soul. The color blue is often used for nighttime consumer products to represent bedtime and calmness.

The last color, violet (or purple) represents spirit. Purple is often thought of as a regal, royal color that, on its own, denotes pride. Like blue, purple is considered a calming color, but rather than being associated only with calm, the color purple connects us to the spiritual realm.

What Do the Colors in the New Pride Flag Mean?

The Progress Pride Flag was created with the inspiration of other pride flags-specifically, the Philadelphia Pride Flag from 2017 and the trans flag.

The Philadelphia Pride Flag had black and brown vertical stripes added. The trans flag, created in 1999, is pink, baby blue, and white. Both of these flags inspired the design of the new pride flag.

The Meaning of the New Progress Pride Flag

Black and Brown Represents People of Color

The Philadelphia Pride Flag was designed by the Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs and was done in partnership with advertising agency Tierney. It was introduced at a City Hall ceremony in June of 2017. The flag showed the traditional six rainbow colors in horizontal stripes, with a black and a brown stripe atop them.

It wasn't until recent years that our society acknowledged that the pride movement originated thanks to Black trans activists such as Marsha P. Johnson, who notoriously fought back against police at the Stonewall Inn in June of 1969. The Stonewall riot members were mostly people of color, and many were trans.

With the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, culture at large began to shift in a much-needed way towards acknowledging the vital roles that people of color have had in our society. The pride movement background is one of many areas where POC, particularly Black people, did not receive the recognition they deserved historically. Adding colors to represent them on the flag is one way to change that.

Additionally, the black and brown stripes are meant to represent people living with HIV/AIDS, those who have died from it, and the stigma around the virus that is still present in our society now.

Pink, Baby Blue, and White Represent Trans People

Transwoman Monica Helms created the trans pride flag, which first flew in a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona back in 2000. Monica Helms is a transgender activist, author, and U.S. Navy veteran.

The flag is meant to provide affirmation for trans people no matter how it is flown, with either side on top.

Color Placement and a New Shape

The word "progress" in the new flag isn't only about adding the new colors to it. It's also because of the shape, which differs from the original design of horizontal stripes only. The Progress Pride Flag shows the white, pink, baby blue, black, and brown stripes in a triangle shape, with the old six-color rainbow stacked next to them.

The placement of the new colors in an arrow shape is meant to convey the progress still needed. Quasar spoke publicly about how work is still needed in terms of POC and trans rights. This arrow design is meant to highlight that.

Although the Pride flag continues to evolve, the most recent update includes a yellow triangle with a purple circle inside it to represent the intersex community. It now serves as the most up-to-date LGBTQIA+ flag.

Reception of the New Pride Flag

When the Progress Pride Flag was released, it immediately went viral. People hailed it both for being inclusive and for clearly showing that we have made progress and that we have more strides to make.

The new flag pays homage to the people who founded the movement while simultaneously drawing attention to how POC and trans people remain underserved and discriminated against compared to White, cis queer people.

Why the Pride Flag Is Important

The pride flag serves as a symbol of the LGBTQIA+ community. It is a visual reminder of the struggles and oppression that people in the community have faced and continue to face, but, it's also a sign of hope.

The widespread use of the pride flag allows LGBTQIA+ individuals to connect with each other and feel included regardless of their location. No matter where you are or how you identify, the rainbow colors are meant to signify that you are included, welcome, and safe as part of the LGBTQIA+ community.

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What Do the Colors of the New Pride Flag Mean?

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The new pride flag is called the Progress Pride Flag, and it's meant to be more inclusive of POC and trans people. Learn all about the colors of the new pride flag.

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米津玄師 2020 Event / STRAY SHEEP in FORTNITE（2020.8.7）

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for Japanese students who want to study in the U.S
・Be brave.
・Don't be shy.
・Language is no matter.

for American people who want to teach Japanese students
・You might feel that students talks a lot in Japanese, but they are not active in class. It's not because of you.

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The U.S is a multicultural country. In Japan, there is also variety of cultures like Ainu, East Japan, West Japan, Ryukyu and some, but American culture has more variety than Japan and is more complicated. It sometimes causes problems such as discrimination, but there are also good points. In multicultural community, we can access to many cultures easily. In schools, students can make friends who have other roots. Sometimes they can learn cultures or languages from friends. Diversity has strong energy. It sometimes makes troubles, but when we success to get along with it, diversity will change our lives better.

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If a student feels alone or he/she is an outsider, he/she is not going to do well academically.
→What can we(teachers) do?
・We can build community that they don't feel alone.
・We should see students individually  because not all students need the same thing.
・We can make them ‘intentionally’ included and make them feel welcome.

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A difference of gender understanding between Japan and the U.S.

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A difference of gender understanding between Japan and the U.S.

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A volunteer answered my question. Thank you.
The volunteer said 60-70 percent of American people are positive to LGBTs.
The Japanese people who know the word LGBT is about 80 percent, but who know well about LGBTs are not many. 20-30 percent I guess. The first textbook which treat about LGBTs for elementary school students has used since 2020. Most of Japanese people might not hate LGBTs, but they don't have much knowledge.

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Helpful Website to Consider Your Identity

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Helpful Website to Consider Your Identity

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She is a MtF transgender. Her family were a little bit hesitant to accept it, and she felt lonely. She went to the LGBT student resource center. She met a sympathizer there. They understood each other well. It made them love each other. She could find best partner thanks to she was authentic.

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My name is Kay Holland. I’m from Lawrence, Kansas. When I was 22 years old, over the course of the summer, I felt like - having moved to a new

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There are many important words we should know before study about gender. i.e. LGBTQ+, cisgender, umbrella, terminology, etc...
The Gender Unicorn is helpful when we consider our own gender. We have five elements. Gender identity, gender expression, sex assigned at birth, physically attracted to and emotionally attracted to. I guess this means that it is impossible to classify human (and also some animals) into two types. Some scientists found that a lot of queer animals are existing. I guess we cannot define someone's gender perfectly, and we don't have to do it. Our gender is invisible and constantly changing. Who am I is important than what my gender is. I am I.

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A J-pop music which is interesting in linguistics

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A J-pop music which is interesting in linguistics

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This is a Japanese music. The English version lyric has not only similar meaning, but also similar pronunciation with the original version.

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People do negotiation of meaning or noticing gap when they learn foreign languages. This means that if we want to learn, we have to try outputting a lot. Then, the mistakes we made will be keys to improve our abilities. Language learners tend to be afraid of making mistakes, but what they should do is to face the mistakes. Not to make mistakes in the future, we should make and correct them as soon as possible. From the viewpoint of English teaching, we should provide opportunity for students to output English. Make them to do English use rather than English practice.

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I like Japanese music, paintings and video games. I'm interested in Gender Studies. This is a photo of a parade for LGBTs in Shibuya, Tokyo. I joined this and one of my friend took this photo.
I'm going to be an English teacher next year, so I want to study American culture more to teach.
Thank you.