Japanese Level 3, Activity #7: “Events” / “イベント” (Face-to-Face)
Description:
Students will be exposed to a variety of large events recently hosted in Japan through videos and pictures. They will then describe large events they have been to in their lives, inside and outside of their current place of residence. They will finally compare and contrast the American and Japanese events while discussing Japanese events that they may hope to attend in the future.
Semantic Topics:
Events, conventions, concerts, comparing cultures, sharing experiences, describing desires, イベント, コンベンション, コンサート, 文化の比較, 経験の共有, 欲望の表現
- Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversation, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of Japanese culture.
- Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of Japanese culture and their own.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- COMM 1.1 – Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
- CLTR 1.1 – Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
- CLTR 2.1 – Analyze the significance of a product (art, music, literature, etc…) in a target culture.
- COMP 2.1 – Identify, describe and compare/contrast products and their use in the target culture with the learner’s culture.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can understand the variety of interests and social practices in Japanese culture.
- I can identify the differences between events hosted in Japan and events hosted in my home country.
- I can describe events that I hope to attend and explain why.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
Play the Air Show clip for the first 20 seconds. Then jump to 13:18 on the clip (linked to that timestamp here)
Play until the planes make the heart!
- これは自衛隊 (Japan Air Self-Defense Force)のブルーインパルスというチームによる航空ショーです。
- 日本で１番有名なチームです。
- このビデオに出てくる飛行機はKawasaki T-4といって日本で造られた飛行機です。
Play the Comic-Con Stampede Clip
- ３万６００(36,000)のグループが参加して、７３万人(730,000)がイベントに行きます。
- これ始発ダッシュのビデオです。
- みんな１番最初の電車に乗って会場へ行きます。
Show the clip from Summer Sonic 2019.
- サマソニは毎年８月に東京と大阪でやるロック・フェスティバルです。
- 日本のアーティストや海外のアーティストが来るとても大きなフェスです。
Show the video from the Japanese Grand Prix.
- これはF1の日本グランプリのビデオです。
Show the picture from the Japanese Grand Prix.
- 青を着ている人たちはみんな日本のサポーターです。
- このグランプリは山本尚貴選手のデビュー戦でしたので、たくさんのサポーターがいました。
Talk about the effects of Typhoon Hagibis, including its effects on events like concerts and the Grand Prix.
- ２０１９年の台風１９号は今までで１番大きな台風でしたので、色々なコンサートやイベントがキャンセルされました。
Main Activity
Ask the students about events they have been to in Boise (or at least Idaho).
- アイダホのイベントに行ったことがありますか？
- どんなイベントでしたか？
- いつでしたか？
- どうでしたか？
- どのイベントに行ってみたいですか？
Now, let the students talk about events they have been to outside of Idaho.
- アイダホ以外のアメリカのイベントに行ったことがありますか？
- どんなイベントでしたか？
- いつでしたか？
- どうでしたか？
- どのイベントに行ってみたいですか？
Wrap-Up
Ask students the following questions to finish the activity:
- 日本のイベントで行きたいところはありますか？
- 日本のイベントのどこがアメリカのより良いと思いますか？
- 日本のイベントのどこがアメリカのより良くないと思いますか？
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 understand the variety of interests and social practices in Japanese culture.
- I can identify the differences between events hosted in Japan and events hosted in my home country.
- I can describe events that I hope to attend and explain why.
