Compare Japanese Valentine's Day and yours

執筆：Yoko Nishimura-Parke(NALSSP Languages Support Officer, Secondary Education, Learning and Leadership Directorate, NSW Department of Education and Communities)

話題／目標：Annual Events, Ceremonial Occasions、Communication、Comparison、Exchange、Food、Link with Other Subjects、Perspective、School Life、Self, Family, and Friends、Social Life

2015.7

Students read the text written by a female high school student, and learn about the Japanese way of celebrating Valentine’s Day and how it has changed over time. Students will then expand the topic to discuss gift-giving topics such as hand-made gifts and wrapping as aspect of Japanese culture. Students will also have an opportunity to explain, in Japanese, about how they celebrate Valentine’s Day.

目標	• Read the article on Valentine’s Day and learn the related expressions and vocabularies. • Share their thoughts about gift-giving such as hand-made gifts and wrapping. • Write an email about how they celebrate Valentine’s Day. • Create a dialogue around receiving gifts.
対象	year 10, year 11, year 12
日本語レベル	Intermedieate - Advanced

What to prepare

Handouts

Procedure

1.The teacher distribute a handout.

2.Students find the following expressions in Japanese and write the answers.
(1)Now it's the era of "Tomo-choko"!　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
(2)Between girls _________________________________
(3)Hand made _________________________________
(4)More than 100 _________________________________
(5)The senior students in my club activity ________________________
(6)Laugh/Hahaha ____________________________
(7)Happy event ____________________________

3.The class discusses following the discussion points.
• According to 'nuts', what is the new way of celebrating Valentine's Day?
(Or According to 'nuts', how is Valentine's Day celebrated differently than in the past?)
• Do you have similar events where you exchange hand-made gifts? In what way would hand-made gifts be different from purchased gifts?
• How does 'nuts' feel about the wrapping of the gifts? What is your opinion about gift wrapping?
• Ask your parents or grandparents if they have noticed that the way of celebrating a certain event has significantly changed. Why do you think it's changed?

4. Students write an email to Nuts explaining how people celebrate Valentine's Day in own country/community.

5.Students imagine you are an exchange student who received a Tomo-choko from 'nuts'.
Create a conversation between you and 'nuts'.

6.Students make your own vocabulary list.

日本語	English