Misunderstanding : The First Step to Mutual Understanding

英語教育と英語研究 Volume 11 Page 11-20 published_at 1994-03-01
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Title
Misunderstanding : The First Step to Mutual Understanding
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Source Title
英語教育と英語研究
English education and English studies
Volume 11
Start Page 11
End Page 20
Journal Identifire
ISSN 09121439
Descriptions
Eight years ago, I had an opportunity to study abroad for the first time in my life. I studied linguistics and TEFL at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, near Detroit. Upon arrival at Detroit Airport, I was waiting for a limousine bound for Ann Arbor. I found some other people waiting at the depot. Suddenly I heard a lady at the ticket office shouting something like "Tsuido." Instantly I thought that my name was called, so I stood up and started to her. But when she saw me coming up to herself, she had a puzzled look. It was at that time that I found some people standing up and going out of the building. Looking outside through the window, I saw a limousine coming to a stop and it said that it was bound for "Toledo." What the lady meant was not "Paging Mr. Tsuido, please come to the ticket counter," but "Here comes the bus for Toledo! All aboard!" However, I was so nervous then that I didn't raise any question at all as to why the lady knew my name in the first place.
Language
eng
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Publisher
島根大学教育学部英語教育研究室
Department of English Faculty of Education Shimane University
Date of Issued 1994-03-01
Access Rights restricted access
Relation
[NCID] AN10143442