tjf edu1 activity3

		No. tjf_edu1a03
	Life at School Activity 3: My School, Other Schools

Date:	Country:	Author(copyright):	Themes:
2001/11	Japan	The Japan Forum	School and Education
Overview:
Students describe the characteristics of their own school in Japanese. They observe how each school’s environment, organization, etc., are factors shaping the patterns of student behavior and character unique to that school.

Worksheets and other materials:

Worksheet #4-1

Worksheet #4-2 Sample Expressions

Students describe the characteristics of their own school in Japanese on Worksheet #4-1. They may refer to the accounts of the seven Deai students’ schools from Worksheet #2, Activity 2. Have them refer to the List of Sample Expressions.

Tip:
If there are any students in the class who transferred from a different school, have them describe the characteristics of their previous school.

Tip:
Try to get the students to distinguish between more or less objective characteristics, like the school organization and facilities, and the atmosphere of the school as reflected in student behavior and character. Get the students to notice the factors that constitute school image by having them consider things like educational policy, history, geographical factors, religion, school subjects, and the community.

ワークシート2をよみましたね。いろいろな学校がありますね。では、わたしたちの学校、○○高校はどんな学校ですか。日本語でせつめいしてみましょう。。	We read Worksheet #2 last time. There certainly are a variety of schools, aren’t there? So then, what kind of school is our own ________ High? Let’s try explaining it in Japanese.
S1さんは、去年△△高校から来ましたね。 △△高校はどんな学校でしたか。この学校とどんなところがちがいましたか。	S1 came here last year from ________ High. What sort of school was ________ High? What aspects were different from this school?
となりのＸＸ高校はどうですか。	What is our neighboring school ________ High like?

Students form groups of five or six and discuss the characteristics they described on the worksheet.

Students present highlights of their group discussions to the whole class.

Encourage students to think about the relationship between features such as a school’s organization and facilities and the behavior and character of the students for each school.