Can animals be taught language by Kensuke H

              In the past fifty years or so, the attempt to teach animals language have been

conducted actively. Especially the great apes such as gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos

and orangutans have been expected to learn language because they share close to 99%

of their genetic materials with human beings and have higher intelligence than other

animals. Some people say that animals can learn language based on the fact that the dog

ordered to sit by his owner really sits. In my opinion, animals cannot learn language.

First, they have no linguistic productivity. Second, they don’t see the world like human

beings do.

              Animals have no linguistic productively. In other words, they don’t have

grammar, which connects several meaningful words. The example of dog that I

mentioned above proves this. The dog ordered to sit by his owner just sits, but doesn’t

do what’s not ordered. This is just a repetition of order-action, and doesn’t connect

several meaningful words. The animals would be accepted to learn language if they use

grammar.

              Another reason that animals cannot learn language is that animals don’t see the

world like human beings do. Animals have its own world and human beings have their

own world. Even between human cultures, there are some differences. For example,

Japanese, Korean and French think that a rainbow consists of 7 colors, but Americans

think that it consists of 6 colors. Although this is the example of how human

beings conceptualize the world, the same thing can be applied to animals. Animals have

their own way to conceptualize the world, its way differs from human beings one. We

wouldn’t teach animals language without clarifying the way animals conceptualize the

world.

              In conclusion, we cannot teach animals language. Animals don’t have grammar

and have a different way to conceptualize the world. There are some problems to teach

animals language, the time we can talk with animals will come if the problems are

solved.

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References

A.    Bergmannd,et al. (eds.)(2011) Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to

Language and Linguistics, 11th ed., Columbus: Ohio State University Press

Using nuclear power to solve a energy crisis by Kensuke H

 I am against using nuclear power to solve the energy crisis. First of

all, using nuclear power is very dangerous. Nuclear power generation may leak

radiation from a nuclear power plant and have a bad effect on people’s bodies and

lives by accidents. In fact, due to “The Great East Japan Disaster” on March 11,

2011, radiation leaked from the nuclear power plant in Fukushima and had a bad 

effect on people’s bodies. There were some people who were dead because they

were exposed to radiation. As for life, those who lived near the nuclear power

  

plant in Fukushima were forced to take refuge all over Japan. As for the

agricultural product produced in the contaminated area, sale became impossible

  

for a while. Second, there are some alternative ways of energy generation instead

of using nuclear power such as wind power generation, solar power generation and

  

so on. These methods don’t exhaust toxic substances and they are a eco-friendly

way. Nowadays, they are used positively all over the world and some countries in

  

Europe, especially, declared that they would stop using nuclear power and

promotes using recyclable energy. Japan also promote using recyclable energies,

but the percentage of its is still low. I think that Japan should use geothermal

power because Japan has a lot of volcanos. New Zealand and Iceland, which is

famous as volcanic country, use geothermal power positively. Third, uranium,

which is the raw materials of nuclear power generation, is the limited material. It

means that the time we cannot use nuclear power will come. Therefore, as

mentioned above, we should use recyclable energy which can be used

semipermanently. For these reasons, I am against using nuclear power to solve the

energy crisis.

My best experimence by Kensuke H

My best experience is that I passed the University of Tsukuba. When I was a

 third year student in high school, I quit my club activity. My studying for the

examination of a university had been begun from that time. I wanted to enter the

University of Tsukuba at the time because Tsukuba is located in the Kanto region,

which is the center of economy, politics and culture in Japan. Another reason is that

Tsukuba has good natural surroundingsand the sound “Kenkyu Gakuen Toshi” which

means science city, is nice. I had weak points in mathematics and Japanese. So I had to

study them, but I didn’t do. I liked world history, so I studied only it. Therefore the

results of mathematics and Japanese were not improved but the results of world history

went up. In National Center Test for University Admissions, which is commonly

known as the “Center test”, I did well in world history, geography and English but

didn’t well in mathematics, Japanese, and biology. Compared with the borderline pass

of the University of Tsukuba, my score was very low. At the time, passing the

University of Tsukuba was difficult, but I thought that I could pass. The second

examination subject was world history, English and Japanese. I studied Japanese

especially enthusiastically. At the beginning of the second examination, I was so

nervous that my brain did not work. In a short while, I calmed down and was able to

solve questions smoothly. I thought that world history and English was almost perfect

and Japanese was so-so. A few days after, I graduated from high school. On March 9,

2013, which was the day that announces the results of tests, my examination number

“111091” was on the website. I passed the University of Tsukuba. I jumped for

joy. March 9, 2013 had become my best day of my life.For these, my best experience

is that I passed the University of Tsukuba.