電気通信大学 ASE II: Presentation topic 4: プレゼンテーショントピック4

Hello! 

How are you? Our 4th presentation topic will be about refugees (難民) and their issues. 

While I will give you all the handout about this next week, I am posting about it now here as a different way to introduce the presentations we will do on these - and to get you started on this new topic now.

Topic

This topic will be about refugees, with an emphasis on the pros and cons (賛否両論) of countries accepting refugees – either in the case of Japan, or other countries. 

There are a number of reasons why people must leave the countries they are from and we can see in the news now what those are, and which countries are producing the greatest numbers of refugees. We can also see the opposition in many countries to refugees, often over social, religious, or economic reasons.

For this issue, choose one of the suggestions below and develop a two-sided argument about:

• The effectiveness, but also the difficulties, that relief agencies have had in working with refugees 

• The success stories, but also the difficulties, that certain countries have had in absorbing and settling refugees (choose one (1) country for this)

You can also choose either one (1) of the following – while either of these may not strictly follow what should be in a two-sided argument, showing two different points about them would be okay:

• Any research you can find on successes and difficulties with refugee resettlement in Japan (such as what refugees in Japan have had success with, but also what difficulties they still may have

• Any research you can find on successes, but with difficulties, of individual refugee voices and their stories of resettlement in Japan or another country (same here – what successes they may have, but also what difficulties they still have)

In either case, show in your conclusion (まとめ) the pros and cons (賛否両論) of refugee resettlement.

Resources

While you should look for links on the internet (in either English or Japanese) for your research, here are some video links that can help you. 

Watch these to give you some background information - but again, look for other links as well. (I strongly recommend you watch these on a computer so you can find how to turn on Japanese subtitling ability)

Background about refugees and differences between refugees (難民) and migrants (移民) :

“What does it mean to be a refugee?” https://youtu.be/25bwiSikRsI

Refugee voices:

“I am not a number: A refugee’s tale”: https://youtu.be/R3r4gnSouqQ

Arguments against resettling refugees:

“Why the U.S. should NOT let in 100,000 Syrian refugees” (short, but all in English with no ability for Japanese subtitles) https://youtu.be/zb2eKfBIqvM

Views among Japanese on resettling refugees in Japan: 
“Do Japanese want refugees in Japan?” (Interview – mostly in Japanese) https://youtu.be/oNjwoa3OoA8

Refugee experiences in Japan:

“Refugees in Japan” https://youtu.be/0H8kV5BOYus

Important notes
This time, we will do individual presentations instead of group projects. But the individual presentations will be shorter – 5-6 minutes maximum, including a Q&A and/or commentary – though like the group presentations, you will present to small groups around the classroom.

Deadline (締め切り)

We will do these on December 19th (12/19), so you have two weeks to prepare. 

Guidelines

1. Prepare a summary (要約) about who you want to present on. The summary will be due on the day of the presentations on 12/19 – but I would like to get some idea of what you would do next week on December 12th. I will give you a topic preparation sheet next week that you can plan on.

2. Finalize your presentation outside of class and be ready to present on 12/19!

See you next week!

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