It is human nature to make
whatever we do

appear grand
and universities are no different

Yesterday's oral English classes
are now grandly titled
content-based instruction

although they are both
really about general knowledge topics

and not intellectual disciplines

The different forms of spoken English
dialogue speech discussion debate

and so on
are also old

What is new about the much publicized
university language reforms is

for the first time in the history of
higher education in Japan

advanced students
know no more about the content

than basic-level students

P.S. Give Education A Chance
When all we have to do
is to organize our students by way of

their intellectual disciplines and
teach it to them in English