DELETE LATER First Year Japanese, Activity #10 “Restaurants” / “レストラン”
Students will discuss restaurants in Japan and the differences they have from American restaurants. They will also go over different interactions they will have.
Semantic Topics:
Japan, restaurants, conversation, cultural differences
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.
- Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of Japanese culture and their own.
Idaho State Standards:
- 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 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
- CLTR 1.2: Explain the relationship between cultural practices/behaviors and the perspectives that represent the target culture’s view of the world.
- CONN 2.1: Access authentic materials prepared in the target language by or for native speakers.
- 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 differences between services of restaurants in Japan and America.
- I can understand the interactions at a Japanese restaurant.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up:
Begin by opening the Google Slideshow and go over the Can-Do Statements with the students. Explain to the students that this is part one of a two-part activity. This activity will be going over the kinds of Japanese restaurants and an overview of how the interactions between customers and servers go in Japan.
Main Activity:
The Google Slides has a list of different kinds of Japanese restaurants.
Slides include ファミレス、居酒屋、焼肉、ラーメン屋、牛丼屋、販売機、マック。
For each slide, explain what the type of restaurant has and some famous locations.
Ask the students 「そこに行った事がありますか。そこに行きたいですか。」
The next group of slides focuses on the interactions at a restaurant.
For each slide, the assistant will say the phrase or question 「いらっしゃいませ！」「何名様ですか。」
Ask the students how you would respond to each phrase in Japanese like not responding to いらっしゃいませ, with 一人、二人、三人to 何名様ですか and so on.
In the end, if there’s time, watch the video at the end of the slides. The video exaggerates
End of Lab:
- 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 labs!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can understand the differences between services of restaurants in Japan and America.
- I can understand the interactions at a Japanese restaurant.
