TAKAKO AIKAWA: So the development
of speaking and listening requires interactions
with somebody else.
So that has to be done in classroom
because there are not so many Japanese people on campus
at MIT.
So classroom activities really focus on the development
of listening and speaking.
Whereas reading and writing, students
can do them outside of class.
And then, in particular, our textbook
has a so-called workbook.
And then they can do writing practice by themselves.
In fact, we provide assignments so that they can just
practice writing at home.
For reading, our textbook has a reading section
for each lesson.
And we provide a reading session one day
for each lesson in class.