Japanese Level 1, Activity #4: “Who Are You?” / “誰ですか?” (Online)
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Students will do simple self-introductions using their name, nationality, and year in school. They will practice introducing themselves and others.
Introduction, major, year, name, nationality, 導入, 専攻, 年, 名前, 国籍, これ／それ／あれ／どれ, この／その／あの／どの＋Noun, この／その／あの／どの＋名詞, ここ／そこ／あそこ／どこ, だれのNoun, 誰の名詞, Nounも, 名詞も, Nounじゃないです, 名詞じゃないです, 〜ね／〜よ
Products: Self introduction
Practices: Student ID cards
Perspectives: The importance of introductions and appropriate greetings
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:
- Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversation, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken Japanese on a variety of topics.
- Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of Japanese culture.
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.
- CLTR 1.3:Function appropriately in diverse contexts within the target culture.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can introduce myself with:
- My name
- My nationality
- My year in school
- I can identify:
- Where other people are from
- What other people’s majors are
- What year in school somebody is in
- Students Can Identify and read Hiragana
Materials Needed
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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 with photos of famous people on them. (The first is Shakira.) These famous people are going back to school!
次に、有名人の写真が載っているスライドに移動します。 （最初はシャキーラです。）これらの有名な人々は学校に戻っています！
Introduce the person’s name:
- こちらは「シャキーラ」です。
Introduce the person’s major:
- 「シャキーラ」の専攻は「工学」です。
Introduce the person’s year in school:
- 「シャキーラ」は「に年生」です。
Introduce the person’s country of origin and nationality:
- 「シャキーラ」は「コロンビア」から来ました。「シャキーラ」は「コロンビア」人です。
Repeat this same process for at least one other celebrity.
少なくとも1人の他の有名人について、この同じプロセスを繰り返します。
The remaining celebrity slide, prompt the students for the answer. For example, for Idris Elba’s slide you can ask:
- イドリス・エルバさんは何年生ですか。ごしゅっしんはなんですか。何人ですか。
Main Activity:
The last slide is a model for the main activity. Go over this before giving students the Student ID Card activity slideshow with this link.
最後のスライドは、メインアクティビティのモデルです。このリンクを使用して学生IDカードアクティビティのスライドショーを学生に提供する前に、これを確認してください。
Explain that each student card has a name, major, year in school, and nationality. Compare this to the information on the card you chose.
各学生カードには、名前、専攻、学年、国籍があることを説明します。これを選択したカードの情報と比較してください。
（Once the instructor has gone over what each spot on the card means:）
- 名前は何ですか。（Point to card）私の名前は「name」です。
- 専攻は何ですか。（Point to card）専攻は「major」です。
- 何年生ですか。（Point to card）「#」年生です。
- ごしゅっしんはなんですか。（Point to card）「country」人です。
Assign each student a number on the PowerPoint so they know who they are.
生徒が誰であるかがわかるように、PowerPointで各生徒に番号を割り当てます。
Have the students greet each other, then ask each other their names, major, year in school, and where they’re from. Model this with a student.
生徒たちに挨拶をしてもらい、名前、専攻、学年、出身地を尋ねます。学生と一緒にこれをモデル化します。
「Greeting!」名前は何ですか？ Have them answer with their character’s name.
キャラクターの名前で答えてもらいます。
Gesture for them to ask you the same question. Answer with your character’s name.
彼らがあなたに同じ質問をするためのジェスチャー。キャラクターの名前で答えてください。
Ask one more question: 専攻は何ですか？ Let them answer, have them question you back, and give your own answer once again.
もう1つ質問してください：専攻は何ですか？彼らに答えさせ、あなたに質問してもらい、もう一度あなた自身の答えを与えてください。
Ask if the students understand and then have them pair up and ask each other the questions.
生徒が理解しているかどうかを尋ねてから、ペアを組んでお互いに質問します。
Offer the choice between doing this as a group or splitting them into breakout rooms. Have students switch pairs periodically!
これをグループとして行うか、小会議室に分割するかを選択できます。生徒に定期的にペアを切り替えてもらいます。
If Time Permits:
Review the information on the students’ cards!
学生カードの情報を確認してください。
To start, ask the students if they (their characters) are in their second year of school. If the character on their card is a second year, they should raise their hand and verbally answer you.
まず、生徒たち（彼らのキャラクター）が2年生かどうかを生徒に尋ねます。カードのキャラクターが2年目である場合、彼らは手を挙げて口頭であなたに答える必要があります。
- 誰か二年生ですか?
Model this by using a character card of your own:
Raise your hand while showing the year in school on your card:
- はい、二年生です！ ・ 私は二年生じゃないです。
Continue with a few more questions, such as:
- 誰かの専攻は歴史ですか？
- 誰か四年生ですか？
Wrap Up:
Have each student introduce themselves with their major, year in school, and nationality.
各生徒に自分の専攻、学年、国籍を自己紹介してもらいます。
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!
Culture Notes
にほんのおかね Japanese Currency
Japan’s official currency is the yen, which is pronounced en in Japanese. All bills and coins are different sizes. For example, the bills slightly descend in length from 10,000 yen to 1,000 yen. Although credit cards and mobile payments are widespread in Japan, some small shops and restaurants may not accept them, even in major cities. Consequently, most people usually carry a certain amount of cash with them.
Show Students images of Japanese Currency.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements
- I can introduce myself with:
- My name
- My nationality
- My year in school
- I can identify:
- Where other people are from
- What other people’s majors are
- What year in school somebody is in
- Students Can Identify and read Hiragana
