No. tjf_self3a04b
Family
Activity 4: Home Stay

Date: Country: Author (copyright): Themes:
2001/10 n/a 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.
 

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 3.

Points to be studied
Language objectives
Function Structure Vocabulary words/phrases
Express your opinion..
Discuss reasons..
Talk about how to solve problems..
Develop interchange with host family. (Introduce yourself; tell about your own family; ask about the interests of the host family and look for things in common; ask about foods and other things seen in the house; show empathy and affinity.).
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《と思う》《でしょう》
《から(理由)》《ので(理由)》
《たら》《とき》
・日本語がわからないとき、えをかいてせつめいします。
・きらいなたべものがあったら、どうしますか。
《か》
・音楽が好きですか。
《も》
・わたしも音楽が好きです。
《なに》
・これはなんですか。
《ね》
・おいしいですね。
・へえ、おもしろいですね。
* Incorporate into the lesson as needed.
Cultural objectives
Target Process Aim
Home stay in the Deai student's family (Products, practices, perspectives) Examination, adjustment and interaction To simulate home-stay situations in the families of the Deai students and have a vicarious experience of adjustment between different cultures.

Activity type
Activity type Mode Oral/written Who
Narrative and description Presentational Oral Small Group

Materials
From the Deai photo sheets From the Deai text booklet Other materials
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 Captions of above photographs.
"My Family" section of the "My Story" (English) for each of the seven Deai students.
Worksheet #3 (Model Conversation).

Duration
Duration 80 minutes (Last in unit of four classes)