The purposes of this paper are to take a bird's eye historical view of so called “21st Century Education Reform ”and to analyze what the “21st century education reform ” has been brought and what has been achieved. Unfortunately, Authors Conclusion is that the Reform has brought straying, confusion, contradiction.
　 And who education in this country should be for, and what kind of awareness each person concerned should play in order to do so.
　Also his article include criticism about those involved in education and those involved in teacher training who have been “dancing” with the reforms?

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Songs in musicals are typically sung out loud and clear, and their meanings are usually easy to understand as they relate to the storyline. The repeating pattern of rhyming words is a kind of wordplay, and as such is aesthetically appealing and pleasant to hear. This article discusses how songs from Annie Get Your Gun, Oklahoma!, Oliver!, The King & I, Grease, Cabaret, A Star is Born, Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade, Top Hat, Singin’ in the Rain, On the Town, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Some Like It Hot, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dreamgirls, Gypsy, some Elvis Presley movies, Frozen, Snow White, and other musicals, can be productively used in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classes especially by paying attention to rhymes and their spelling and pronunciation.

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L’autrice si è sempre chiesta che cosa significhi e come debba essere lo studio della lingua italiana per gli studenti di musica all’università. Il contenuto delle lezioni di lingua italiana all’università di musica è uguale a quello delle università in generale, perché sono considerate dei corsi universitari di lingua straniera. Tuttavia l’autrice ritiene che dovrebbe essere diverso. In questo articolo l’autrice discute riguardo lo studio ideale della lingua italiana come materia universitaria, mostrando ciò che spinge allo studio dell’italiano, le motivazioni degli studenti e i problemi dalla parte sia degli studenti che dei professori.

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