Japanese Level 1, Activity #3: “Greetings” / “挨拶” (Online)
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Students will practice using the appropriate greeting based on the time of the day and who they are speaking to.
Greetings, goodbyes, times of day, morning, evening, afternoon, formal, informal, ご挨拶、さよなら、時間帯、朝、夕方、午後、丁寧語、カジュアル, XはYです, Question Sentences, 質問文, NounのNoun, 名詞の名詞
Products: Vocab: Greetings, times of day
Practices: Social stratification, Formal forms of address, Body language upon greeting
Perspectives: Respect for elders, Formality with strangers
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:
- 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 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the Japanese language 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 1.3: Function appropriately in diverse contexts within the target culture.
- COMP 1.1: Observe formal and informal forms of language.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can greet and say goodbye to someone:
- In the morning
- In the afternoon
- In the evening
- Based on who I am speaking with, I can use a culturally appropriate greeting.
Materials Needed
- Google Presentation
- People Cards
- Time of Day Cards
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Warm-Up:
Pull up the presentation and greet your students in Japanese
プレゼンテーションをプルアップして、日本語で生徒に挨拶します
Move to the next slide with the “Can-Do Statements” and read each Can-Do statement in English.
「Can-Doステートメント」のある次のスライドに移動し、各Can-Doステートメントを英語で読んでください。
Next, move to the slide that represents morning. Animations will control what students see. Use gestures and point to the visuals to let them know that you are showing them “morning.”
次に、朝を表すスライドに移動します。アニメーションは、生徒が見るものを制御します。ジェスチャーを使用してビジュアルをポイントし、「朝」を見せていることを知らせます。
Ask students to say what the picture is in Japanese:
- これはいつですか。
Now click to show the picture of the students.
- これは「学生」です。
Now click to show the picture of the teacher.
- これは「先生」です。
Click to show the animation of the dog.
クリックして犬のアニメーションを表示します。
Point to the teacher and say 「おはよう先生！」 and shrug to your students. They should correct you!
先生を指差して「おはよう先生！」と言って生徒に肩をすくめます。彼らはあなたを正すはずです！
Point to the picture of the students and say「おはようございます！」 and shrug to your students. Students will either yes or no, and both are okay! Point to the picture of the student and say 「おはようございますとおはよう、大丈夫です。」
生徒の写真を指差して「おはよういい！」と言って、生徒に肩をすくめます。学生は「はい」または「いいえ」のどちらかで、どちらも大丈夫です。生徒の写真を指差して「おはよういいとおはよう、大丈夫です。」と言います。
Repeat this same process for the afternoon and then evening slides.
午後と夕方のスライドについても、この同じプロセスを繰り返します。
Now you will show the student a time of day and a person. They should respond with the appropriate greeting.
次に、生徒に時刻と人を表示します。彼らは適切な挨拶で応答する必要があります。
(Go through 3 slides total)
Main Activity:
Now that students are familiar with culturally appropriate greetings, they will play a game! Show the students the slide with three pictures and remind them they each represent:
- 朝、昼、夜
Start off the game by greeting a student for the morning and have them greet the next student for the afternoon, then evening. Go around the circle, changing the time of day with each new student. If you have extra time you can speed up and go faster or reverse the direction, going from evening to afternoon to morning.
午前中に生徒に挨拶してゲームを開始し、午後と夕方に次の生徒に挨拶してもらいます。新入生ごとに時刻を変えながら、サークルを一周します。時間があれば、夕方から午後、朝にかけて、スピードを上げて速く進むか、方向を逆にすることができます。
Wrap Up
On the next slide, remind students how to formally and informally say goodbye.
次のスライドでは、正式および非公式に別れを告げる方法を生徒に思い出させます。
Using the next 3 slides, have students practice using the formal and informal goodbye.
次の 3 枚のスライドを使用して、公式および非公式の別れの挨拶を生徒に練習してもらいます。
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 greet and say goodbye to someone:
- In the morning
- In the afternoon
- In the evening
- Based on who I am speaking with, I can use a culturally appropriate greeting.
