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No. tjf_self3a02b |
Family
Activity 2: Family Conversation
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Themes: |
| 2001/10 |
n/a |
The Japan Forum
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Self, Family, and Friends |
| Overview: |
| While looking at the photographs of Sakai Michi with her family, students imagine the conversation and construct it in Japanese. Students imagine what Michi and her family members are saying and doing and the feelings and emotions behind them. |
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 Presumed class profile |
| Level of Japanese-language |
Japanese 2, 3, 4 |
| Grades and Ages |
Grade 10-12, Age 15-17, Secondary |
| Optimal number of students |
10-20 |
| Text
book used |
n/a |
| Required
language skills |
Must be able to read hiragana, katakana, and beginner kanji, have some familiarity with the terms for members of the family. (This activity makes use of previously learned sentence patterns and vocabulary, through content-based language usage, to encourage familiarity with and mastery of new sentence patterns and vocabulary related to the content.) |
| Others |
Students should already have completed "Family," Activity 1. For the conversation practice included in the latter part of this activity, beginning students may speak in English. The object is to have students imagine and express the kinds of things Sakai Michi talks about with her own family and with her host family. |
| Points to be studied |
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Language objectives |
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Function |
Structure |
Vocabulary
words/phrases |
Observation of a situation; explanation of what is observed
Enjoying the family circle (E.g.: Michi's discussion of life in Hokkaido.)
Talking with host family (E.g.: Michi's talk about taking care of cows.) |
《どう》
・北海道の生活はどうですか。
・りょうのしょくじは どう？ |
Incorporate into the lesson as needed. |
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Cultural objectives |
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Target |
Process |
Aim |
| Conversation among family members (Practices, perspectives) |
Observation and discovery, examination |
To observe the activities and feelings of Sakai Michi and her family and observe their background. |
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Activity
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Mode |
Oral/written |
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| Narrative and description |
Interpretive, Presentational |
Oral |
Small Group |
| Materials |
| From
the Deai photo sheets |
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the Deai text booklet |
Other
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| SM-P09, SM-P04 |
Captions for the above photographs.
"How Others See Michi" from Sakai Michi's "My Story" (Deai text booklet p. 136) |
Worksheet #2 (Model Conversation) |
| Duration |
| Duration |
40 minutes (Second in unit of four classes) |
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