I hope everyone enjoyed today's class about English metalanguage. The subject can go much deeper than I would have wanted to take it, but you should know at least the basic terms for talking about grammar and vocabulary. You might do better checking out the links on my Language Links page on my website.
After class I looked up the subject of "metalanguage" on Wikipedia and found a technical article about it. Those of you who are interested in linguistics may want to study it more there, or you may ignore it as the case may be.
Next week we have the last report, and then I will bring some videos so you can decide what you want to listen to. If someone has a portable PC (laptop, notebook, etc.) with a DVD player you might want to bring it, so I can show you how you can play European DVDs on Japanese computers, even though you cannot play them on Japanese DVD players.
Think about what you want to do next in the class. We can talk about it on the blog, then decide in class. What skills do you want to practice most from now on in here?
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