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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

ECA (Culture) B: 期末プレゼンテーションサポート 「木曜日のクラス」

Hello!
How are you? Here is the support post I have told all of you about. I'm very sorry to post this late!

Here are your themes:

Nozomu - food culture (飲食の文化)
Naoki - gender issues (性別の問題)
Tomoyuki - weddings and marriage (結婚式、結婚)
Yayoi & Aoi - society, gender and culture (社会、性別、文化)        
Ayumi - culture (文化)

Here are some ideas to think about for your topics:

Nozomu - think about two or three different food cultures around the world (outside of Japan). Why do people in these cultures eat the food they do? Why do they have the eating manners they do? (For example, why do people in some cultures eat with their hands, which some use chopsticks and others knives and forks?)

Here is a Wikipedia link to help you get started.

Naoki - gender issues (性別の問題) is a big area. Where do you want to focus on? In jobs, or education, or maybe in science or entertainment? Also what country? Japan, or another country?

Here are some ideas for you if you want to focus on women in Japanese society:
  • Problems women have in Japanese society
  • Successful women in Japanese society (such as in science, business, or education - you can also research on difficulties Japanese women have in these areas)
  • Pioneering women in Japanese history (for example, Murasaki Shikibu, Saigou-no-Tsubone, Higuchi Chiyo, Haraguchi Tsuruko, Tsuda Umeko, etc.)

Tomoyuki - 結婚、結婚式にいろいろなこと、問題がある。どんなことの探りが思い、韓国の社会に結婚ことの探ることできる。次の韓国に、結婚話題のアイディアの進んで:
  • 女性の義務、期待
  • 人妻達、夫婦の関係
  • 仕事と人妻達
結婚問題ではなくでもいいので、韓国の結婚式のこともいい。

Yayoi & Aoi - society, gender and culture (社会、性別、文化) is also a big area. Here are some questions for you to think about:

How many women work in Japan compared to women in some other countries? (そのことは海外と日本の女性達が働いてことの比較する) What kinds of jobs do Japanese women often have? How about women in other countries? What problems do they have in the workplace? (勤務場所、職場に問題があるの) Also - what are the cultural expectations of women in Japan versus, for example, the U.S., China, or some other countries? (日本、アメリカ、中国や女性達は文化の義務、期待が何でしょ?)

Ayumi - your topic is culture. That's a really big area! You have to focus the topic. Japanese culture? American culture? Here's one idea:

Cultural differences in the same country. For example, for Japan, the Kansai and Okinawa, Chugoku and the Tohoku - maybe some differences in the same festivals, or same food in different areas (for example, Chugoku soba is different from soba in the Kanto).

In the U.S., the big eastern cities (such as New York, Boston, or Philadelphia) are very different from the southern states like Tennessee, Mississippi, or Georgia. There are different accents, different food dishes, some different celebrations, and even some different customs in the same holidays.

In the U.K., there are big differences between northern and southern England - also some different accents, different food, and so on. Scotland and Wales also - different in many ways from England.

I hope these ideas can help all of you!


Image: "Circular Workflow Chart" (courtesy of basketman)/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Sunday, January 17, 2016

ECA (English Through Songs) B: 期末プレゼンテーションについて

Hello!



How are you? Today I'd like to show you the final presentation project (期末プレゼンテーション). Here is what you will do.

You will see five (5) videos here, for five different songs. Choose one song and present about the song and the artist. Find out as much as you can about the artist and the song. Try to find the Japanese words to the songs for the meanings.

Here are the songs:

1. Michael Jackson - "Man In The Mirror." Here is the video for the song:


Click on this link here to learn more about Michael Jackson and read the Wikipedia article about him (日本語).

2. U2 - "In God's Country." Here is the video for the song:


To learn more about U2, click here for their Wikipedia article (日本語). 

3. Queen - "We Are the Champions." Here is the video for the song:


 Click here to find out more about Queen from their Wikipedia article (日本語).

4. Jimi Hendrix - "The Wind Cries Mary." Here is the video of the song:


To know more about Jimi Hendrix, click here to read the Wikipedia article about him (日本語). 

5. David Bowie - "Heroes." Here is the video of the song:


Click here to read David Bowie's Wikipedia article (日本語).  

You can make a poster or Power Point about the artist and song you choose. 

Have fun! See you next time!


Image: "Child's Reflection in Minibus Mirror - En Route to Bani - Sahel Region - Burkina Faso" by Adam Jones, Ph.D. - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Child%27s_Reflection_in_Minibus_Mirror_-_En_Route_to_Bani_-_Sahel_Region_-_Burkina_Faso.jpg#/media/File:Child%27s_Reflection_in_Minibus_Mirror_-_En_Route_to_Bani_-_Sahel_Region_-_Burkina_Faso.jpg
Videos uploaded from YouTube. Videos uploaded strictly for classroom use. I do not own the rights to the musical compositions or videos. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s).

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

ECA (Travel English): 秋期・期末プレゼンテーションについて

Hello!



How are you? Here is a special post for all of you - some points about your final presentations (期末プレゼンテーション). Here are some rules and points:

Presenting with a partner or presenting alone
You can present with one (1) partner - or present alone. But I have to know next week (1/21) which way you are presenting

You can select any partner you want if you want a partner - but remember, only two (2) partners at most!

Topics
You can present on any topic we have learned about this semester. Here is what we did:

1. Customs & immigration, requests, rules & permission (入国出国手続き依頼と許可)
2. Shopping, food, restaurants & tipping, information (ショッピング・食べ物レストランとチップ情報)
3. Global & glocal issues in travel (旅行のグロバル・グロカルのこと)
4. Entertainment, events, festivals  (娯楽、イベント、祭り)

SPECIAL NOTE
Please remember that we did our mid-term presentations (中間プレゼンテーション) about food from other cultures and countries - so please do not do a presentation about food! (But presenting about restaurants or eating styles in other countries and cultures are okay!) 

Displays 
You can make posters or a Power Point. My advice is to have 5-6 pictures for a poster - or 7-8 pictures for a Power Point show

Remember to put your Power Point show on a USB hard drive!

Information to put on your poster or Power Point 
Here's what you should have in your presentation:

1. Pictures of things that connect to your topic

2. Written information about facts or points about your topic

Here's an example of a poster layout for one of these topics:



Schedule for our last classes 
1/14 - final presentation introduction

1/21 - open class time for presentation work, checking by me with advice, comments, or any help you need - plus presentation practice if you can (I strongly recommend that you practice your presentations!)

1/28 -  final presentations

I hope this helps you. Let's get to work - but let's also have fun with these displays!


See you next week!

Images: Top - "River people on Perfume River, Hue"/Bottom - "Perfume River Boat, Hue"/Both images personal photographs. All rights reserved. 

Thursday, January 7, 2016

ECA (Speaking) I (All, C, W, & A): 道を教える

Hello!


 
How are you? Let's talk about directions (方向)!    

Activity
Look at these pictures. They are the directions from Miyahara station to Seigakuin, but the pictures are not in the right order (違う順番). With a group or a partner, can you put these pictures in the right order? 

When you are finished, can you talk about these directions? Here is some language you can use for the order (順番) of the directions: 


First...    go straight...    down this street...    turn right...    turn left...   

next to the...    between (the)...    across from (the)...    at (the corner)...    

on the left...    on the right...     

Try it! This is the first picture


A. #1


B. 


C. 


D. 

 

E. 


F. 


G. 


H. 


I. 


J. 


K. 


Homework
Take 4-5 pictures of the way from your train station to your homeBring them to the next class and show your classmatesTalk about your directions from your station to your home.


Have fun!

Images: Personal photographs. All rights reserved.

(ECA) Speaking I (J & D): グロバル・グロバルのポスター (Part 2)

Hello again!



As I promised, here's Part 2 of a collection of posters on global-glocal topics. Take a look at these!






These are great and show the hard work you put into these posters and your presentations about them. You tried hard on these! 

So let's have a great last three weeks together to finish up your first year at Seigakuin! 

See you next time!


Images: personal photographs of student presentation posters. All rights reserved.