News English for the Training of Ability in Expression

Abstract

There are two primary aspects in communication, the receptive and the productive. By receptive, we mean anything that concerns reading and listening ability. The productive communication deals with the ability to speak and write. In order to begin the study of English, we must first understand about the language itself and its social background. Only then, on the basis of such understanding, the productive communication can be possible. Therefore, if we truly want our students to acquire competence in the English language, they must be given the opportunity to express themselves. The article, 'An Error Analysis of Japanese Students' Listening Comprehension and Dictation of English Radio and Television. Weather Forecasts' by Kiyoshi Hasegawa and Naomi Koike, The bulletin of Japanese Curriculum Research and Development, (1984), 9, 4, 1-6, focused on the receptive aspect of communication. In it we looked at various errors quite often displayed by Japanese students. Particular attention is given to common mistakes in listening comprehension of English radio and television weather forecasts. This article is a continuation of the previous article mentioned above. In this new article we pay particular attention to successful media workshops created and produced by students who have reached a high degree of communicative competence fro studying through the media.