Japanese Level 1, Activity #11: “Where is…?” / “どこですか…?” (Online)
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Description:
In this activity, students will discuss locations and where places are located. Students will use a map and will practice locating places on a map.
Mapping, conversation, location, Japanese, Location Words マッピング, 会話, 場所, 日本語, ここ、そこ、あそこ、どこ, Xがあります/います, Describing Where Things Are, 物がどこにあるかを説明する, Past Tense of です, ですの過去形, Past Tense of Verbs, 動詞の過去形, も, 一時間, たくさん, と
Products: Location Words
Practices: Giving Directions
Perspectives: Typical Japanese Locations
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards
- Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2 Students understand and interpret spoken and written Japanese on a variety of topics.
- Standard 4.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons between Japanese and English.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
- COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
- COMP 1.1: Observe formal and informal forms of language.
- COMP 1.2: Identify patterns and explain discrepancies the sounds and the writing system in the target language.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can describe the location of familiar places on a map.
- I can ask a peer for the location of a familiar place on a map.
Materials Needed
Warm-Up:
For this activity, students will review location words to make sure they are prepared for the main activity.
このアクティビティでは、生徒は場所の単語を確認して、メインのアクティビティの準備ができていることを確認します。
Ask students to grab two items in their vicinity and they will practice the following location words. Do the first round slowly and a second-round more quickly:
生徒に近くの2つのアイテムをつかむように依頼すると、次の場所の単語を練習します。最初のラウンドをゆっくりと行い、2番目のラウンドをより速く行います。
- みぎ to the right of
- ひだり to the left of
- まえ in front of
- うしろ behind
- うえ on/above
- した under/beneath
- ちかく near
- となり next to
- なか inside
Main Activity
For this activity, students will practice asking for the location of a familiar place and sharing the location. We will have two different maps to ask for the location of a familiar place.
この活動では、生徒は身近な場所の場所を尋ね、場所を共有する練習をします。おなじみの場所の場所を尋ねるために、2つの異なるマップがあります。
Using an ordered list, students will take turns asking where something is located. The person asked should respond with the location using prepositions like “to the right of…”, “to the left of…”, “in front of…”, etc.
順序付けられたリストを使用して、生徒は順番に何かがどこにあるかを尋ねます。質問された人は、「…の右側」、「…の左側」、「…の前」などの前置詞を使用して場所を返信する必要があります。
It is then their turn to ask someone else. (Repeat x2 for each map.)
次に、他の誰かに尋ねる番です。 (マップごとにx2を繰り返します。Instructions:
Slide 5 will have a mini version of the activity for the Assistant to use as an example.
スライド5には、アシスタントが例として使用するアクティビティのミニバージョンがあります。
Reading the provided question “Where is Seizariya,” the slide will transition with each potential answer that uses the preposition words in relation to the nearby locations.
提供された質問「セイザリヤはどこですか」を読むと、スライドは、近くの場所に関連して前置詞の単語を使用する各潜在的な回答に移行します。
If the students seem a little daunted by the activity, it would be fair to let them practice once or twice on the minimap for 1-2 minutes before moving on.
生徒がアクティビティに少し気が遠くなるように思われる場合は、先に進む前に、ミニマップで1〜2分間1〜2分間練習させるのが妥当です。
If you have a larger number of students, you may want to put students into breakout rooms after you have completed the example on slide 5.
生徒の数が多い場合は、スライド5の例を完了した後、生徒を小会議室に配置することをお勧めします。
Slides 6-7 will each have their own map and lists of each location.
スライド6〜7には、それぞれ独自の地図と各場所のリストがあります。
Ask for the location of the first word on the list with 「病院はどこですか?」to a specific student, they should give the answer, and then have that student ask someone elsewhere the next item on the list is located.
リストの最初の単語の場所を「病院はどこですか?」と特定の生徒に尋ねたら、答えを出してから、その生徒にリストの次の項目がどこにあるかを他の人に尋ねてもらいます。
Continue until the word list has been exhausted.
単語リストがなくなるまで続けます。
Extra Time?
If the students have exhausted the lists within the time limit and have expressed a desire for harder material, ask them questions like “「としょかんのうしろはなんですか」” what is behind the Library?”
制限時間内にリストを使い果たして、より硬い資料を希望する場合は、「としょかんのうしろはなんですか」のように質問してください。図書館の裏側は何ですか。
An additional bonus activity would be to hide the list of words on one of the maps (use annotation to draw/scribble out) and then they can ask for locations. (This would be great to promote active recall of vocabulary.)
追加のボーナスアクティビティは、マップの1つで単語のリストを非表示にし(注釈を使用して描画/落書き)、場所を尋ねることです。 (これは、語彙の積極的な想起を促進するのに最適です。)
Wrap Up:
Ask students to tell where their favorite location is located.
生徒たちに、お気に入りの場所がどこにあるのか教えてもらいます。
End of Activity:
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate
their confidence.
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.) - Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can describe the location of familiar places on a map.
- I can ask a peer for the location of a familiar place on a map.