Hello!
How are you? As I mentioned in class, one important thing we will do with the textbook listening and reading is discuss what we have listened to and read through literary circles (文学的なディスカション・グループ).
What is a literary circle? It's an idea borrowed from literature (文学) studies, and is a way to know and understand information and content - such as a lecture or a reading - into a way you can more easily know and understand in your own words and ideas. This can be very useful for any science or technology-oriented studies.
Method (方法)
How does it work? To begin with, literary circles have groups of 3-4 students. Four (4) students make the best circles, but three (3) is possible.
The literary circle groups in our classes will each have a leader, a summarizer, a details master, and a vocabulary master.
Leader
One student is chosen as the leader. He or she makes sure that the other members can stay on task and helps them where is needed, and will ask questions to the other members of the group.
Summarizer
One student is chosen as the summarizer. He or she writes a short summary (要約) about the lecture or reading topic in his or her own words and reads or shares it with the other members.
Details master
One student is chosen as the details master. (A detail is a 詳細 in Japanese.) He or she comes up with answers in his or her own words to the leader's detailed questions about the lecture or reading.
Vocabulary master
One student is chosen as the vocabulary master. He or she comes up with definitions (定義) for important words in his or her own terms that are needed to help the group members' understandings of the lecture or reading.
So let's start!
Activity
Here is our first literary circle about the United Nations chapter so far in our textbook. (Are you ready?)
Special note: If you only have three (3) members in your group, the leader should also be the vocabulary master. The details master or summarizer should then ask the leader about vocabulary.
Leader questions
(Leaders - think of two (2) more words of your own from the lecture or reading to ask the vocabulary master!)
I hope this helps all of you with your understanding of this topic.
See you next week!
What is a literary circle? It's an idea borrowed from literature (文学) studies, and is a way to know and understand information and content - such as a lecture or a reading - into a way you can more easily know and understand in your own words and ideas. This can be very useful for any science or technology-oriented studies.
Method (方法)
How does it work? To begin with, literary circles have groups of 3-4 students. Four (4) students make the best circles, but three (3) is possible.
The literary circle groups in our classes will each have a leader, a summarizer, a details master, and a vocabulary master.
Leader
One student is chosen as the leader. He or she makes sure that the other members can stay on task and helps them where is needed, and will ask questions to the other members of the group.
Summarizer
One student is chosen as the summarizer. He or she writes a short summary (要約) about the lecture or reading topic in his or her own words and reads or shares it with the other members.
Details master
One student is chosen as the details master. (A detail is a 詳細 in Japanese.) He or she comes up with answers in his or her own words to the leader's detailed questions about the lecture or reading.
Vocabulary master
One student is chosen as the vocabulary master. He or she comes up with definitions (定義) for important words in his or her own terms that are needed to help the group members' understandings of the lecture or reading.
So let's start!
Activity
Here is our first literary circle about the United Nations chapter so far in our textbook. (Are you ready?)
Special note: If you only have three (3) members in your group, the leader should also be the vocabulary master. The details master or summarizer should then ask the leader about vocabulary.
Leader questions
For
the summarizer
Are you ready to summarize the
reading/CD lecture? (Can you give us your summary of the reading/CD lecture?)
For
the details master
1. Exactly when was the United Nations
created?
2. What are the four (4) goals of the
UN?
3. What does the UN Security Council
work on?
4. Where is the headquarters of the UN?
* Where are the three (3) other offices of the UN located?
* Where are the three (3) other offices of the UN located?
(Leaders - think of two (2) more questions of your own from the lecture or reading to ask the details master!)
For the vocabulary master
For the vocabulary master
1. What does security mean?
2. What is a court?
3. What is a headquarters?
4. What does the secretariat do?
2. What is a court?
3. What is a headquarters?
4. What does the secretariat do?
I hope this helps all of you with your understanding of this topic.
See you next week!
Image: By Wilfried Huss/Anonymous - Flag of the United Nations from the Open Clip Art website. Modifications by Denelson83, Zscout370 and Madden. Official construction sheet here.United Nations (1962) The United Nations flag code and regulations, as amended November 11, 1952, New York OCLC: 7548838., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=437460
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