From Sam Altman (2019) "How to be successful." (Quote of the Week)

 

"Quote of the Week" is leisure reading in my assignment reminder emails to my students.

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"One of the great joys in life is finding your purpose, excelling at it, and discovering that your impact matters to something larger than yourself."

Sam Altman (2019) "How to be successful." 

https://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-be-successful

Sam Altman's 2019 essay details the mindset that propelled him to become the CEO of OpenAI and earned him the title "ChatGPT King" (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/technology/sam-altman-open-ai-chatgpt.html).

The quote above is from the section "Work Hard," one of the 13 principles for success outlined in his essay. 

He exemplifies what he says, particularly the following:

"Getting good at communication --particularly written communication-- is an investment worth making. My best advice for communicating clearly is to first make sure your thinking is clear and then use plain, concise language."

Altman's essay serves as a prime example of effective business communication. This essay will be beneficial for your personal and professional growth.

[I used ChatGPT and QuillBot for revising the text above.]

Yanase (2020) The Distinct Epistemology of Practitioner Research: Complexity, Meaning, Plurality, and Empowerment

 

I'm happy to announce that one of my academic papers is now publicly available.

Yanase (2020) 

The Distinct Epistemology of Practitioner Research: 

Complexity, Meaning, Plurality, and Empowerment

JACET Journal 2020 Volume 64 Pages 21-38

https://doi.org/10.32234/jacetjournal.64.0_21

Keywords: practitioner research, epistemology, Tojisha-Kenkyu, narrative

Abstract

Practitioner research will continue to be regarded as second-class academic inquiry unless it distinguishes itself from standardized scientific research. This paper clarifies the epistemological concepts of complexity, meaning, plurality, and empowerment, among others, to show how the former type of research is different from the latter. It elaborates on the case of Tojisha-Kenkyu, a community-based study of mutual help for those who are concerned with personal difficulties, to demonstrate an example of practitioner research that embodies sufficient theoretical understanding of the four concepts. We argue that, with practitioner research, language teachers should return to the tradition of the humanities with a renewed awareness.

Amazon Polly's synthesized voice to an article on improving listening skills

 

My department's webpage added a new bilingual article on improving listening skills for undergraduate students.

How to Improve Your Listening Skills

https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english/tips/contents#frame-324

英語リスニング力を向上させるために

https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english/tips/contents_jp#frame-322

I added AI's synthesized readout of the article, using Amazon Polly for the first time. 

Audio of "Improving Your Listening Skills" 

(The playback speed is adjustable on Chrome or Edge)

https://www.i-arrc.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english/tips/contents#frame-472

The voice quality is quite reasonable. I hope this technology will stimulate people's creativity to learn English (or any other language).