ワークブック
解説 Definition
練習問題や作業用の欄が入った教材・冊子という意味です。日本語の「ワークブック」とほぼ同じですが、学校の補助教材や個人学習用の問題集を指すことが多いです。
A workbook is a book containing exercises, questions, or spaces in which learners write answers and complete tasks. It is commonly used as supplementary classroom material or for independent study.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
work（課題・練習）＋book（本）をそのまま組み合わせた語です。読むことが中心の textbook に対し、workbook は exercises を解き、answers を欄に書き込む本だと覚えましょう。学校の補助教材や自習用問題集という典型場面と結び付けると実用的です。
Break workbook into work and book: it is a book in which you actively do work. Picture a learner completing grammar exercises and writing answers directly in the spaces provided. This separates a workbook from a textbook, which is mainly used to read explanations and learn subject content. Common phrases such as grammar workbook, student workbook, and write in your workbook reinforce the idea of a practical book for guided practice rather than ordinary reading.
例文
I opened my workbook after dinner.
夕食後にワークブックを開きました。
This workbook has many grammar exercises.
このワークブックには文法の練習問題がたくさんあります。
Please write your answers in the workbook.
答えはワークブックに書いてください。
workbook の類義語・関連語
workbook の語源・成り立ち Etymology
workbook は work＋book の複合語です。work は古英語 weorc「仕事・作業」、book は古英語 boc「書物」からで、「課題を実際にやって書き込む本」という成り立ちなので、ただ読む本でなく練習帳の意味になります。関連語は workshop、worker。
Workbook is a transparent compound of work and book. Work comes from Old English weorc, referring to labor, activity, or something produced, while book comes from Old English bōc. The compound developed its educational sense because the book contains work for the learner to perform, often with spaces for written answers. Its structure directly distinguishes it from a book intended mainly for reading.
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