Column Discussion (Expert)｜コラムディスカッション（上級）Lesson97 : 'Face Blind' People Cannot Remember Faces

PART A_1

Let’s learn vocabulary. Listen and repeat the words and the sentences with your tutor.

PART A_2

1.　process	/PRA-ses/
	-to perform a particular series of operations on the information, such as a set of calculations.
	Visa applications take 28 days to process.
2.　vary	/VA-ri/
	-different from each other.
	The hospitality of people varies from one culture to another.
3.　severe	/se-VIR/
	-extremely bad
	She suffered severe damage to the knee because of the accident.
4.　widespread	/WAYD-spred/
	-affecting or including a lot of places, people, etc.
	There is a widespread virus in the United States.
5.　treat	/trit/
	-to give medical care to someone for an illness or injury
	Experts are still in the pursuit of a medicine that could treat cancer.

PART B_1

Let’s read the article. Please read it aloud, and I will check your pronunciation and intonation.

PART B_2

‘Face Blind’ People Cannot Remember Faces

Some of the people we meet are good at remembering faces, some are not that they have to meet us several times before they can recognize our face. However, for some people, remembering faces is just impossible. This is a condition called ‘face blindness’ or medically, developmental prosopagnosia or DP. According to experts, DP varies greatly from one patient to another. in less severe cases, one cannot
remember the face of someone he just met while in severe cases, a patient cannot even recognize his child in group photographs. In a study conducted by Dartmouth College, the results showed that neural abnormalities are now more widespread compared to previous studies. Researchers say that studying face blindness is helpful in understanding how the brain works. Take for example some people cannot recognize faces but experiences no difficulty in recognizing other objects. This suggests that faces are processed in the brain differently. Experts say that the study may not be able to directly treat the condition, but this is a big development in understanding how we all remember the world in which we live in.

PART C_1

Let’s answer comprehension questions. Please answer them based on the article.

PART C_2

1.	What is considered impossible for people with DP?
2.	How can studying face blindness help understand how the mind works?
3.	If the treatment for face blindness is not achieved, how is the study still beneficial?

PART D_1

Let’s discuss the article. Please answer the questions below and express your opinions.

PART D_2

1.	Have you encountered someone with this condition?
2.	Why do you think it is hard for them to recognize faces?
3.	What other benefits can be derived from this study?
4.	How do you think people without face blindness can help those who have?
5.	How did you feel after reading the article?

REVIEW AND FEEDBACK

Now, let us review the things that you learned in this lesson.

ではこのレッスンで学んだことを振り返りましょう。

(Please give a short feedback on how your student did in your class.)

	Grammar 文法	Pronunciation 発音	Vocabulary 単語	Comprehension 理解
GOOD	文法の誤りはほとんどなく、完全な文章で話すことができる	ほとんどの単語をはっきりと正しく発音することができる	習った表現を適切に使うことができる	文章を理解し、質問に正しく答えることができる
FAIR	文法の誤りはあるが、完全な文章で話すことができる	発音の練習が必要な言葉がいくつかある	たまにミスはあるが、習った表現を適切に使うことができる	文章を完全に理解するのは難しく、質問に正しく答えられないときもある
POOR	文章で話すのは難しく、単語だけで話すことができる	発音の練習が必要である	習った単語と表現を少しだけ使うことができる	文章を理解するのは難しく、質問に答えるのは難しい

TUTOR FEEDBACK

GRAMMAR
Good:	Was able to speak in complete sentences with minimal grammatical errors.
Fair:	Was able to speak in complete sentences with evident grammatical errors.
Poor:	Was able to speak using words only.
PRONUNCIATION
Good:	Was able to pronounce most of the words clearly and correctly.
Fair:	Mispronounced a few words.
Poor:	Mispronounced most of the words.
VOCABULARY
Good:	Used appropriate expressions learned in class.
Fair:	Used appropriate expressions learned in class and made a few errors in word choice.
Poor:	Used only a few words and expressions.
COMPREHENSION
Good:	Was able to understand the passages and answer the questions correctly.
Fair:	Had a little difficulty in understanding passages and answering questions.
Poor:	Had a hard time understanding passages and answering questions.

Parts of this lesson material are based on:
An article by Voice of America