tjf self3 activity4

		No. tjf_self3a04
	Family Activity 4: Home Stay

Date:	Country:	Author(copyright):	Themes:
2001/10	Japan	The Japan Forum	Self, Family, and Friends
Overview:
Choosing one family from the families of the seven Deai students, students simulate a conversation they might have in that family if they were in a home-stay situation with them and present it to the class. Students have a vicarious experience of adjustment between different cultures.

From the Deai photo sheets:


MY-P05	MY-P06	MY-P07	MY-P08

OK-P07	OK-P08	OK-P09

SM-P03	SM-P04	SM-P08	SM-P09

TS-P07	TS-P08	TS-P09	TS-P10

YK-P05	YK-P06	YK-P07

YT-P09	YT-P10	YT-P11

YY-P07	YY-P08	YY-P09	YY-P10

From the Deai text booklet:

Captions of above photographs.

“My Family” section of the “My Story” (English) for each of the seven Deai students.

Worksheets and other materials:

Note 4 (Model Conversation).

Recalling what was done in Activity 3, the teacher should pose questions like the following to the students.

日本に行って、ホームステイをします。
7人の中のだれかの家にホームステイします。
どの家にホームステイしたいですか。
なぜですか。

Let us say we go to Japan and stay with family.
We will stay in the home of one of the seven Deai students.
Whose family would you like to stay with?
Why?

Group together the students who pick a home-stay with the same family. Have each group discuss, if they went to stay with that family: What kind of conversations they would have with the family (e.g., topics they would talk about, souvenirs they would take to give them, etc.), what kinds of problems they might encounter, how they would resolve those problems, etc. (If necessary, refer to the photographs, photo captions, and the “My Family” section of “My Story.”

Tip:
Possible problems would be caused by the differences in etiquettes, customs and ways of doing things in each family. Students may examine customs of the family they chose and compare them with their own family customs. E.g., helping with a meal, doing dishes, talking during a meal, watching TV.

ホストファミリーとどんな話をしますか。	What kinds of things will you talk about with the host family?
どんなおみやげを持っていきますか。	What gifts or souvenirs will you take to them?
自分や家族の写真を持っていきますか。	Will you take photographs of your family?
どんなことを　いっしょにしたら　いいでしょう。	What kinds of activities would you like to do together?
どんな問題があると思いますか。	What kinds of problems do you think you would have?
その問題をどうやって解決しますか。	How do you think you would solve the problems?

Have students present to the class, group by group, the things they discussed in “2.” above. (English may also be used, depending on the level of the students.)

For advanced students, distribute the model conversation shown on Note 4. Have them read the conversation and discuss ways to carry on a good conversation with their host family.

For advanced students, based on the material discussed in “2.,” “3.,” and “4.” above, have each group choose one incident, activity or conversational topic, create a skit showing how they would communicate with their home-stay family and present it to the class. Have members of the class exchange comments after the presentation of each group’s skit.