１０月２９日／１１月４日のアクティビティー

This is today’s activity. If you cannot finish within class time, finish at home.

From here, work as a group of 3~4.

1. Work on categorizing katakana words/expressions. (15 minutes)

• Discuss with your group members in which category each of the katakanas you found should fit. (If you don’t know the answer, please seek opinions from the instructor and the TAs.)

(Category)

- Onomatopoeia
- Emphasis
- Loadwords

• If a katakana word/expression doesn’t fit into any of the categories written above, create a new category for it.
• Write the category, the katakana, and the place where you found the katakana in the comment section of the blog. See the example below.

(Example)

Loanword, スタイル(style), Newspaper

From here, work on your own.

2. Think about katakana use and write your analysis on your blog. (15 min)

• Choose at least 2 katakana words/expressions that you found and think about what kinds of effects / purposes there may be in these words/expressions writing in katakana instead of hiragana or kanji.
  
• Also, think why there are such effects/purposes.
• Think about why each textbook is different in explaining katakana, and why the textbooks explained katakana in the manners that they did.

Write what you have written in the above questions on your blog. In title, write "Katakana Analysis".

In 3-5 below, write at least 1 sentence in Japanese.
From here, work on your own.

3. Read the comments on your own blog. (10 minutes)

• Read the comments of the people who commented on your blog. (If you already read them skip #1 and go to step 2 below.)
• If you feel that it is necessary, respond back to the people who commented on your blog.
  

4. Confirm if comments you have made on others’ blogs have been responded to, or not. (10 minutes).

• Check the status of comments you have left on others’ blogs. (If you have already done this, skip to step 3.)
• If you think it is necessary, respond to any comments.
• To ensure that you remember where you commented, make sure to record on your comment sheet.
  

5. Comment on the blogs of students in other sections, and other universities (at least 2). (10 minutes)

• To go to blogs in other sections, look at the link list on the right-hand side of the page.
• To go to the blogs of students in other universities and countries, click on the link on the right-hand side of the page that says, "せかい(world)" under “ともだちをつくろう(Let's make friends.)” At this site you will see にほんごいちねんせい as a link on the right, and underneath it there are various university’s names. If you click these links you will be brought to university homepages which have student blogs either on the right side or on the left side.
• When you read the blogs and think they are interesting, comment on their blogs.
• To ensure that you remember where you commented, make sure to record on your comment sheet. Hand in your comment sheet at the end of class.

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Katakana Project

Objectives of the Project

1. Explore various uses of katakana.
2. Practice using various katakana expressions.
3. Observe how Japanese textbooks explain katakana and think about why those textbooks explain katakana in such manners.

Outline of the Project

1. Understand the manners in which Japanese textbooks explain katakana.
2. Gather various katakana expressions from sources such as books and magazines.
3. Think of the ways in which the various katakana expressions could be categorized. Consider what kinds of effects and purposes there are in writing in katakana.
4. Think about why the textbooks explain katakana in such manners.
5. Prior to producing literary works (such as senryu, manga, or stories) using katakana, discuss how you can make your literary works interesting. Based on this discussion, the class will create the criteria by which the literary works should be evaluated.
   
6. Produce literary works using katakana.
7. Based on the evaluation criteria decided in step 5, write comments on the literary works of the classmates.
8. According to the comments from the classmates, revise and/or re-produce the literary works.
9. Appreciate the classmates’ literary works once again, and based on the evaluation criteria decided in step 5, choose the top 3 literary works in class.
10. Write comments on the project itself.

Blog Project Evaluation Categories

1. Language
Japanese as much as possible, Wide range of vocab and structures, Minimum mistakes

2. Content
Japanese culture, Interesting, Pictures, Videos, Music, Original, Clear, Understandable, Long enough to make your point, No obnoxious graphics, Variation, Not too hard not too easy

3. Layout
Paragraphs, Organized

4. Communication
Communicate with other bloggers, Conversation starters, Add questions

5. Consideration
Use hiragana next to kanji, Leveled kanji, Translation

6. Update Regularly

わたしがすきなにほんのえいが

今年（ことし）の夏（なつ）、私（わたし）はミドルベリー大学（だいがく）で日本語（にほんご）をおしえました。夏休み（なつやすみ）に、ミドルベリー大学で　日本語（にほんご）のIntensive Programがあります。そこで２年生（ねんせい）のにほんごをおしえました。

週末（しゅうまつ）はクラスがありませんから、いっしゅうかんに１かい、映画（えいが）をみました。そのなかで　「あるいても　あるいても」がいちばんすきでした。英語（えいご）のタイトルは、「Still Walking」です。この映画では、家族（かぞく）が　実家（じっか:family home）に　集まります（あつまります:to get together）。




もうひとつ　いい映画を見ました。「かもめ食堂（しょくどう）」です。この映画では、女の人（おんなのひと）が　フィンランドで　レストランを　経営します（けいえいします: to run/manage）。そして、たくさん日本のたべものがみられますよ。



とてもいい映画ですから、ぜひみてください。

ねこふんじゃった

このうたをしっていますか？日本ではとてもゆうめいですよ。

ゆうめい（な）＝famous




したのうたには、かしがありますよ。

かし＝lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3d6DMP-fSc

助数詞（じょすうし：Counter suffix）

レッスン１１で、たくさん助数詞をべんきょうしましたね。にほんごには、たくさん助数詞があります。

この助数詞は、なにに　つかいますか？

1. 部（ぶ）
2. 泊（はく）
3. 匹（ひき）


答（こたえ：answer）は↓ここにあります！

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_counter_word

ぼくはくま