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Charismatic teacher conveys wisdom Kahori Sakane Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Charismatic English teacher Goro Tajiri, winner of the 2001 Palmer Prize, recently quit his job at a public middle school in Shimane Prefecture to take up a new post at Kansai University. The move surprised many of his fans, but has done nothing to diminish enthusiasm for his teaching. Tajiri is now pu..

TOEIC Booster / Spoken, written English differ Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz Special to The Daily Yomiuri In the last Booster column (April 20), we looked at the TOEFL test. This week, we turn to the TOEIC test. In particular, we will look at Short Conversations--a listening section of the test. We will examine the spoken language in this part of the test, focusing on some ways that it differs from writ..

Across the Divide / Giving lobbyists a good name Yoko Mizui Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer After the mass shooting at Virginia Tech university in which 27 students and five teachers were killed by fellow student Seung Hui Cho on April 16, the phrase "gun lobby" was being bandied about a lot on the Internet, usually with reference to gun rights groups led by the National Rifle Association. "I'm sorr..