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Thursday, December 8, 2016

ECA (Speaking) I (J): エスニシティー・正体

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How are you? Today, let's look more at our global-glocal topic about ethnicity and identity (エスニシティー、正体).

Homework
Here are two videos on the topic of ethnicity and identity. Both videos are about the newest Miss World Japan for 2016, Priyanka Yoshikawa. You may have heard of her - she is half-Japanese and half-Bangladeshi, and she has had some very different reactions by Japanese people to her winning the Miss World Japan contest.

Here is the first video. It's short and in Japanese, and gives you an idea of who she is.


Here is the second one. It's longer, and it comes from an Internet-based website for a Japanese person who teaches Japanese to foreigners online. It starts off in English - but then goes into Japanese. The teacher interviews people on the street in Tokyo to get their reactions to her being Miss World Japan. 


Here are some questions for you to answer. Watch the video more than once if you have to. Please write your answers in your notebook. 

Here are the first set of questions.
1. The first woman interviewed:
What does she think of mixed people? 
How does she feel about Priyanka Yoshikawa representing Japan?

2. The second woman:
What does she think of Priyanka Yoshikawa being Miss World Japan?

3. The man and woman:
What does the man think of Priyanka Yoshikawa's character?
How does the woman feel about Priyanka Yoshikawa's looks?

4. The two female friends:
What does the first woman say about Priyanka Yoshikawa's ethnic background? 
How does the second woman feel about the judges' choice of Priyanka Yoshikawa?

5. The two male friends:
What does the first man say about her looks?
How does the second man feel about her representing Japan (日本の代表している) ? 

I hope this is interesting for you. 

Take care! 

Image: "Seamless pattern" (unattributed)/courtesy of iStock Photos - Getty Images. All rights reserved. 
Videos uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to these videos. Uploaded for educational purposes only. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s).

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