overemphasize
強調しすぎる
ex. They overemphasized the importance of computer.
determine
決定する。明らかにする
ex. She was determine to find another job.
equivalent
同等の。〜に相当する。同等のもの
ex. There is no English equivalent of the word.
-comment-
I thought it's true that grammar is sometimes overemphasized in Japan.
Studying grammar is really important because there are many differences between English and Japanese, but I think it's too much and we can't have opportunity to hear native English so often in Japan.
Our Japanese-English accent can't use, its too hard to understand for the people who use English.
To speak English we need to memorize a lots of words to understand what people are saying.
When I come across to the word that I don't know, at first I guess what does it mean. Next I look up a dictionary, and I make a short sentences. I'm doing this since high school and it'll help me to memorize faster.
