Word: englishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only were the Japanese status conscious, but they were also very concerned with protocol. Frusztajer recalls meeting a local girl who spoke some English and he asked his host father if he could visit with her on a platonic basis. Although his host father always gave him permission to visit with the girl, one day Frusztajer said he could not see her anymore because she had acted improperly in not asking the family if she could borrow their American guest. "I thought I was being the perfect guest, but I guess I insulted the family by implying that their company...
...speak the language. "I went to a Japanese high school for three months, which was very difficult at first, because I spoke no Japanese," he says. "I used to spend a lot of time reading children's books. Everyone tried to be helpful, but most people knew little English. In fact one of my tasks was to help teach English...
Derek Pearsall, who is a visiting professor of English from York University in England, decided this winter to accept the lifetime position which Harvard first offered...
...will continue to split his professorial responsibilities between the University of York and Harvard for two more years, English Department Chairman Joel Porte said...
...appointment, the result of the English Department's international search for a medievalist, comes at a time when Harvard's coverage of the field "has gotten rather thin," Porte said...