October 2, 2009 An Eight Period Day

Friday: October 2, 2009 An Eight Period Day





JAPANESE 3 -- First period


Handed back test from Wednesday on family and job vocabulary. Went over correct answers.
Assigned “interview of famous person” due Monday. Students began working in pairs during the class.

せいと　の　名前　――　ゆうめいな　人　の　名前

Amorntheerakul – Will Smith
Appling – Kristen Chenowith
Goldberg – Josh Groban
Hershfang – Hugh Laurie
Jankowiak – Dwight Howard
Mine – Bonno
Perez – Kat von D
Song – Shawn (Sean?) Johnson
Tenorio – Beckham
Yamasaki – Miley Cyrus
Zavala – Tyra Banks

All other students are interviewers. Interviews must include AT LEAST the following information:
１． なまえ　　　　
２． ねんれい　（何さい）
３． どこ　に　すんで　います　か。
４． ごかぞく
５． おしごと
６． ひまな　時　何　を　します　か
７． しゅみ、きょうみ
８． クラブ
９． なつやすみ　に　何　を　しました　か。

Each student will hand in a complete script.

Monday we’ll also collect the story translation homework：
“Dominick is the owner of the supermarket,”　to be rendered into Japanese.
Extra vocabulary:
Brings (a thing) _____　を　もって　来ます。
Is hungry おなか　が　すきました
Vigorous　げんきな
1. Dominik is the owner of Dominick’s Supermarket.
2. The supermarket is in Oak Park.
3. A golf course is next door.
4. Nicole is the owner of the golf course.
5. She is famous, but she hates golf.
6. Yesterday Olivia, Rajamer, and Will played golf at the golf course.
7. Olivia, Rajamer, and Will were vigorous golf players [GORUFU no senshu].
8. At twelve o’clock, they were hungry.
9. They went to Dominick’s Supermarket.
10. They ate at “Weird Coffee Shop” in the supermarket.
11. Olivia ate fish.
12. Will ate sushi.
13. Will, Olivia, and Rajamer saw customers and store clerks.
14. The names of the customers were Gunther and Dante.
15. Gunther was a German, but Dante was an Italian.
16. Gunther liked the store clerk, Yumi.
17. Yumi was quiet and pretty.
18. At lunch break, Yumi ate one candy.
19. Hiyashi was a store clerk, too.
20. At lunch break, big Hiyashi ate tempura and rice balls.
21. Dante liked spaghetti, but he bought RAMEN at the supermarket.
　22. Gunther bought chocolate strawberries.


REMINDER:
Sentence-ending conjugations for い adjectives：
――い　です、――よくない　です、――かった　です、　――くなかった　です。
Sentence ending conjugations for な　adjectives ：　
――です、――じゃない　です　｛Or　で　は　ありません｝、――でした、　――じゃなかった　です　｛Or　で　は　ありませんでした｝

｛Explanation for talking about kanji:
｛Kanji compound example –人口
｛えい語　で　いみ　は　Population　という　こと　です。
｛かんじ　は　「ひと」　の　じん　と　くち　の　「こう」　です。｝






JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period

Handed back quiz on reading hiragana あ　To　ど　Plus ん

Transcription/transliteration/translation of first manga dialogue handed in. Class went over problems in recognizing　な　Versus 　た　Versus に。

Auditory and visual sections of 1 きもの　Ch. 1 listened to and performed:
いいましょう　一
いいましょう　二
きいて　いいましょう

Homework:　Pages 3 and 4 in Workbook

Study!


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JAPANESE 2 -- Sixth period

Katakana crossword assignment was collected. Demonstration of online dictionary, Denshi Jisho, for words like cities in Australia.

Students worked in pairs on dialogue for 2　きもの　Ch 1,　Must add two extra questions and answers and perform Monday. Each and every student must hand me a copy of the dialogue.

Students handed in 20-word lists of vocabulary important for 2 きもの：第一課
The following list was derived from student work and projected on the screen:

２きもの：第一課　――　たんご　の　リスト

あそこ、ここ、そこ、どこ
この、その、あの、どの
これ、それ、あれ、どれ
へや、たいいくかん
きょねん
しょうがい　します
せんしゅ、とけい、しゅうまつ
すてきな、たいかい
だれ、ひきます
うそ、こうこう
おみやげ、とくい
えいがかん
がっこいい、おもしろい
しゅうまつ、こうてい
サーフィン
あそびます、やめて
ファミコン、チャンピオン、ギター
ひまな　時｛とき｝
一年生｛いちねんせい｝
しょうがっこう、ちゅうがっこう
こうこう、だいがく





Classwork and homework earlier this week: Katakana crossword puzzle with names of countries, foods, sports, and other katakana words

Dictation exercise earlier this week　（A simple schematic map of the New York metropolitan area is drawn on the board, with speakers A-san and B-san standing at opposite ends of the George Washington Bridge）
１． ここ　は　ニュー・ヨーク　です。（A-san is speaking）
２． そこ　は　ニュー・ジャージー　です。（A-san is still speaking）
３． あそこ　は　うみ　です。（B-san is speaking）
４． ひまな　とき、なに　を　します　か。（A-san is speaking）
５． Student writes own version about what B-san might answer to the question number 4, above)

Homework:
１． Finish katakana crossword puzzle
２． Make a list of 20 words that should be on a vocabulary list for this lesson, 2 Kimono Ch. 1



Reminder: We all must be polite in the Japanese language classroom. Not only is it important in our lives in general – it is an essential part of Japanese culture. ください、おねがい　します、ありがとう、すみません　Are the most important words and phrases in Japanese.





JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period


Students chose vocabulary for vocab test on 日本との出会い：第一課、to be given soon.

オリエンテーション
交換留学生、こうかんりゅうがくせい
汗、あせ
一家、いっか
やきもの
子供、こども
かえる
ふく
何度も、なんども
少し、すこし
ふうふ
所、ところ
紹介する、しょうかい　する
心配、しんぱい
まず
初めて、はじめて
子供の時、こども　の　とき
なら
出会い、であい
全部、ぜんぶ
食事する、しょくじ　する
興味、きょうみ
かどうか
喜ぶ、よろこぶ
呼ぶ、よぶ
分かりたい、わかりたい
着く、つく
自分、じぶん
湿度、しつど
気候、きこう
季節、きせつ
四季、しき
蒸し暑い、むしあつい

We talked through the chapter, as well.

We listened to online broadcast about Kansai dialect from Japanesepod101.com

関西弁4・語尾を切る言葉
皆さん、こんにちは。
ユリのオーディオブログです。
今日は関西弁の「語尾を短く切る言葉」についてお話します。
関西弁では、語尾を短く切って発音する言葉があります。例えば、「がっこう」を
「がっこ」、「せんせい」を「せんせ」と言い、「がっこのせんせ」という風に最
後の言葉を省略するのです。これは、関西人の気質がせっかちであることから、誰
かが語尾を切りはじめ、それが広がっていったといわれています。
私も、ふだん何気なく語尾を切って話していたのですが、東京や違う地方出身の人
と話していると、「関西弁ではそういう風にいうんだ。面白いね」といわれて、はじめて意識しました。
いくつか言葉を選んでみたので、紹介したいと思います。
まず、「べんきょう」。これは「べんきょ」と発音します。「今日はべんきょしよ」、こんな風に使います。「線香」は「せんこ」、「煎餅」は「せんべ」、「コーヒー」は「こーひ」、「辛抱」は「しんぼ」。「せんこにひぃつける」、「神戸の
みやげは瓦せんべやで」、「こーひでも飲みにいこか」、「もーちょっとしんぼしぃな」、などのように使います。
私は東京に暮らしはじめてから、一日中関西弁を使うことはなくなりましたが、こうしてみると、
無意識に使っている言葉の語尾が切れているのは、面白いなあと思いました。
今日は、関西弁の「語尾を短く切る言葉」についてお話しました。
いかがでしたか？
ユリのオーディオブログでした。
それでは、また！

[English translation:

“Hello everyone, and welcome to Yuri's audio blog.

“Today, I'll be talking about the Kansai Dialect's "severed endings."
In the Kansai dialect, the endings of some words are "cut off" and go unpronounced. For example, we pronounce gakkou ("school") as gakko, and sensei ("teacher") as sense. We abbreviate the words and they become gakko no sense ("school teacher"). I've heard that this started as a result of the impatient nature of people in the Kansai region. It is said that someone started cutting the endings off words and eventually it just spread.

“I think I also quite casually cut the endings off words, but I first realized I was doing it when I spoke with people from Tokyo or other regions, and got comments such as, "So that's how they say it in Kansai? Interesting."
I chose a few words that I'd like to share.

“First there is benkyou ("to study"). We pronounce this benkyo. You can use it in sentences such as Kyou wa benkyo shiyo ("Let's study today").
Senkou ("incense") is Senko; senbei ("rice crackers") are senbe; koohii ("coffee") is koohi; and shinbou ("patience") is shinbo.

“Here are some example phrases; senko ni hii tsukeru ("to light incense"). Kobe no omiyage wa kawara senbe ya de ("A good gift from Kobe is kawara senbei."). Koohi demo nomi ni ikoka ("Shall we get some coffee?")? And, Moo chotto shinbo shii na("Try to be just a little more patient.").

“Since I began living in Tokyo, I don't use Kansai-ben all day anymore, but I think it's interesting that I still unconsciously cut off the ends of some words.

“Today, I discussed the Kansai Dialect's "severed endings."
How did you like it?

“This has been Yuri's audio blog.
See you next time!”]




Graded verbal-performance assignment:
One-minute verbal weather forecast for city chosen by students:
“No text may be used. Only notes are permissible。”
（Next week: Connie, Lalita, Anton (Okayama City) , Jennie）

Jerome-kun found outstanding website for watching and listening to Japanese weather forecasts:
http://weathernews.jp


MUST DO: We still haven’t discussed, in Japanese, the pictures on page 51 of Nakama 2 text.


Useful website for vocabulary: search for Denshi Jisho in Google, has vocab and also information on each kanji constituting a word.