No. tjf_trans1a01
Journey to Visit the Seven Deai Students
Activity 1: How Do We Get There?
Date: Country: Author(copyright): Themes:
2001/11 Japan The Japan Forum Transportation
Self, Family, and Friends
Overview:
Students use the Internet and other resources to research and plan a journey to the homes of each of the seven Deai students. They find out what means of transportation are available from their homes to the Deai students’ homes and report in Japanese the results of the research to the class.

From the Deai photo sheets:
Photo sheet map of Japan

MY-P11 OK-P12 SM-P03 SM-P11

SM-P12 TS-P03 TS-P07 TS-P13

TS-P14 YK-P09 YK-D07 YT-P15
   
YT-P16 YY-P12    
From the Deai text booklet:
The "My Town" section of each student’s "My Story" (PDF: MY, OK, SM, TS, YK, YT, YY)
Captions for the above photographs

Worksheets and other materials:
Worksheet #1 from the Lesson Plan "Where I Live"

Students choose one of the seven Deai students they would like to visit, decide what they would like to do, and why. (If they say they don’t want to meet any of them, wouldn’t want to go, etc., ask them to think about their reasons and explain why.) Use "My Town" photo sheets, their captions, and the "My Town" stories as prompts.

Use worksheet #1 from the Lesson Plan "Where I Live" and locate where the seven Deai students live. Ask the students what kinds of transportation they might take from their homes to the Deai student’s home. Use these questions to review and practice explaining transportation in Japanese.

スーザンさんのうちから、しゅんいちくんのうちまで、どうやって行きますか。 Susan, how would you get from your house to Shun’ichi’s house?
何で行きますか。 What means of transportation would you use?

ひこうきで行きます。 I’d go by airplane.

どこでひこうきに乗りますか。 Where would you catch the plane?

ポートランド空港で乗ります。 I’d get on a plane at Portland.

ポートランドから沖縄まで、ひこうきがありますか。 Is there an airplane that flies from Portland to Okinawa?
どこで乗りかえますか。 Where would you change planes?
国際空港はどこですか。 Where are the international airports?
どんなひこうき会社がありますか。どの会社のひこうきに乗りますか。 What airlines are there? What airline will you fly?
ひこうきのほかに、何にのりますか。 Besides airplanes, what other means of transportation will you use?

Tip:
Example of the final explanation:
うちからポートランド空港まで車で行きます。
ポートランドからシアトルまで国内線の飛行機(UA)で行って、シアトルから成田まで国際線の飛行機(UA)で行きます。
成田から沖縄まで日本の国内線の飛行機(ANA)で行きます。
沖縄の那覇からいぜな島まで船で行きます。

I would go by car from my house to the Portland airport.
From Portland, I would take a domestic flight (UA) to Seattle, and then an international flight (UA) from Seattle to Narita.
I would take a domestic Japanese flight (ANA) from Narita to Okinawa.
From Naha in Okinawa, I would go by ship to Izenajima.

Students look up what methods of transportation they might use to travel to the home of their chosen Deai student. Using expressions from (2), students write the directions in Japanese.

Students who chose the same Deai student compare what they wrote and discuss the best method among themselves.

Students present their directions to the class.

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