代ゼミの授業が自宅のパソコンで受講できる！

[Glenn]

I'm not sure how much interest there is here for this, but Goo BB is offering a few of the courses designed for students taking entrance exams up on their site for free (you have to pay for the full set, each one around 5300円 it seems). Courses are in English, math, language (kanbun and classical Japanese), the hard sciences, and history/social studies.

My favorite is the 国語 with 望月先生 (もちづき), because he speaks what I'm pretty sure is Kyōto -ben, which reminds me of a literature teacher I had at Dôshisha. Also, it's enlightening hearing the explanations of 係り結び and the old particles and all. It's probably in the "very advanced" level for language learners because of the content and accent/dialect*, but it's still worth watching even if you're a beginner, I would say, if for no other reason than to just expose yourself to those things. To anyone willing to give it a shot, enjoy!

*That is, unless you happen to be in Kyōto and are learning from a bunch of people who speak the dialect. Then it's just like regular Japanese to you.

 

[Toritoribe]

係り結び！「ぞ、なむ、か、や、こそ」懐かしい～！！
That reminds me my high school days, and amazingly, this "呪文" is still in my head.
Oh, きにひみいゐ (きる、にる、ひる、みる、いる、ゐる; 上一段動詞) as well.

 

[Glenn]

Ha, the ぞ、なむ、か、や、こそ part I know a little about, but the other stuff I don't think I'll get to see.

 

[Toritoribe]

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/上一段

There are only ten or so kamiichidan verbs in classical Japanese. きにひみいゐ is the most common way to remember them among high school students in those days.

 

[Glenn]

Well, that's a whole new set of things I don't know about. haha