Japanese Level 2, Activity #9: “クラブの予定” (Online)
Description:
In this lab students will create a character and role-play creating a new school club. They are all peers talking casually, so students will practice using short form.
Semantic Topics:
Activities, hobbies, schedules, conversation, questions, casual form, アクティビティー、趣味、時間割、会話、質問、カジュアル活用
Products: Short Form, Club Activities
Practices: Conversational Speaking
Perspectives: The importance of clubs in Japanese schools
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 talk casually with my peers.
- I can talk formally with my superiors.
- I can navigate short social exchanges using simple sentences most of the time.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up:
Students will start by creating characters to role-play. The students will pick a name, a hobby, a flaw, and to two adjectives to describe their character.
生徒はロールプレイするキャラクターを作成することから始めます。 生徒は名前、趣味、欠点、そして形容詞を 2 つ選んで自分の性格を説明します。
Once students characters are complete, they will all introduce themselves to each other in character. They are peers speaking casually, so they should be using casual form.
生徒のキャラクターが完成したら、全員がそのキャラクターに合わせて自己紹介をします。 カジュアルに話す仲間なので、カジュアルな形式を使用する必要があります。
Main Activity:
For the main activity students will role play creating a new school club! Encourage students to consider their character’s personality traits when discussing. The goal is to have a conversation in Japanese, so it’s alright if they end up talking about something other than the club. The slide does have talking points about the club for when students need some help.
主なアクティビティでは、生徒たちは新しい学校クラブを作成するロールプレイングを行います。生徒たちに、話し合うときに登場人物の性格特性を考慮するよう促します。日本語で会話することが目的なので、クラブ以外の話になっても大丈夫。スライドには、学生が助けを必要とするときにクラブについて話すポイントが含まれています。
Wrap-Up:
Ask everyone what kind of club they would create!
みんなに「どんなクラブを作る？」と聞いてください。
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 talk casually with my peers.
- I can talk formally with my superiors.
- I can navigate short social exchanges using simple sentences most of the time.
