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No. tjf_self1a04b |
Portraits of the Seven Deai Students
Activity 4: Searching for Similarities
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Themes: |
| 2001/10 |
n/a |
The Japan Forum
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Self, Family, and Friends |
| Overview: |
| In groups, students choose one of the seven Deai students and make a list of similarities between the Japanese student they chose and the members of their group, record these on the Worksheet #5 (Nite iru tokoro sagashi), and present them to the whole class. |
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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 and katakana, have some familiarity with the terms for making a self introduction, such as name, age, and place of residence. (This activity makes use of previously learned sentence patterns and vocabulary to encourage familiarity with and mastery of new sentence patterns and vocabulary related to the content.) |
| Others |
English can be used depending on the level of students' Japanese. Use of Japanese is encouraged for all student presentations. |
| Points to be studied |
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Language objectives |
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Function |
Structure |
Vocabulary
words/phrases |
| 共通点を述べる |
も
Vこと |
(* advanced level)
NもNも〜です
〜ところがおなじです／にています *
にているところは、〜です * |
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Cultural objectives |
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Target |
Process |
Aim |
| The name, age, birthday, place, family, school, interests, etc. that emerge in the introductions of the Deai students and classmates, their commonalities and similarities (Products, practices, perspectives) |
Observation and discovery, comparison, examination |
To discover similarities between one of the Deai students and the classmates, that transcend national and cultural boundaries. |
| Activity type |
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Activity
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Mode |
Oral/written |
Who |
| Narrative and description |
Interpretive, Presentational |
Integrated |
Small Group, Whole Class |
| Materials |
| From
the Deai photo sheets |
From
the Deai text booklet |
Other
materials |
| Profiles of the seven Deai students |
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Worksheet #5 (Niteiru tokoro sagashi) |
| Duration |
| Duration |
50 minutes (Last of unit of four classes) |
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