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Department of Foreign Languages
Introduction

___The Department of Foreign Languages was established in April 1955 as part of the Premedical Course, with the purpose of promoting education and research in foreign languages and cultures._The Department offers the first and second-year students courses in English, German and French._The courses are designed to train the students'_foreign language skills and deepen their understanding of foreign cultures.
___Research at this department has been based on individual projects._The areas have covered the fields of literature, comparative culture, medical English and linguistics.

Research
Faculty and Research Areas
Kenmei Shimizu Text Linguistics, Reading
Akio Tanaka English Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics
Education
English IA/B, IIA/B required courses for first-year students
English III A/B required courses for second-year students
German IA/B, IIA/B
French IA/B, IIA/B
elective courses for first-year students
Publications
Kenmei Shimizu "An Analysis of TIME Articles: Commentary or Non-Commentary," Bulletin of the Faculty of Humanities, Ohu University, 2001.
Akio Tanaka "Some Properties of Epistemic Modals in It-Clefts and Wh-Clefts," Studies in Languages and Cultures, University of Tsukuba, 1996.
Akio Tanaka "Cognitive Study on Possessive Constructions in English," Otsuka Forum, 63-73,1996.
Kyoko Yashiro,
Akio Tanaka,
Clive Langham et al
On Air: Communication A, Kaitaku-Sha, 1999.
Kyoko Yashiro,
Akio Tanaka,
Clive Langham et al
On Air: Communication B, Kaitaku-Sha, 1999.
Akio Tanaka "Metaphoric and Metonymical Properties of Body-Part Expressions in English Genitives," Studies in Comparative Culture, No. 55:11-22, 2001.
Kyoko Yashiro,
Akio Tanaka,
Clive Langham et al
On Air: Communication, Kaitaku-Sha, (in printing)
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