There are 5 activities today. If you cannot finish all of them, do the rest at home. Use your time effectively.
1. Listen to your classmates’ introductions and please choose the one you think is best. (20 min.)
- Go to Courseworks and click Discussion. Then, listen to the 8 introductions listed below your own introduction. Choose the best introduction out of the 8.
- E-mail the name of the person who had the best introduction and the reason you chose the person to your instructor (Sato: ss903@columbia.edu, Hamada: hh2373@columbia.edu, Nazikian: fn2108@columbia.edu).
- We will post the best introduction on the class blog.
2. Discuss what makes a good blog in groups of 3-4 people.(10 min.)
At the end of the semester we will have not only teachers but also you and your classmates evaluate each other’s blogs. We will use the results of your discussions today as a basis for deciding the criteria that we will use to evaluate the blogs at the end of the semester.
- Discuss what makes a good blog in groups of 3-4 people.
- Post the result of your discussion in the comment column of the blog. Make sure to include your names or initials with the posting so we know that you have commented.
3. Read the comments made about your own blog. (10 min.)
- Please read the comments made by others about your blog. (People who have already read these comments can skip ahead to step 4 below.)
- If you feel that it is necessary, please respond back to those who have commented on your blog.
4. Comment on the blogs of students from other sections, as well as the blogs of students from other universities. (Comment on at least 2 blogs). (10 min.)
- To view the blogs of students from other sections, look at the list of classmate links on the right side of the page.
- To view the blogs of Japanese Level I students from other countries or other universities, click on the “Lets’ make friends” link on the right-side of the page. You will see a link for (にほんごいちねんせい) and under this link is a list of other universities. If you click on each of these links you will be brought to a listing of blogs of students from other universities.
- Read the blogs and if you think you would want to be friends with a student, please comment on their blog.
- Write at least one sentence in Japanese that includes one Japanese vocabulary word that we have learned!
- Record which blogs you have commented on by writing them down on a comment sheet. Submit the comment sheet to the teacher at the end of the class.
5. Post your blog entry in Japanese. (15 min.)
- Write a blog entry in Japanese.
- If you have no idea what to write, you can write about what you did on the weekend or your daily schedule.
15 comments:
From Elena Gredjakina, Jeff K., Chao Ling,Jing Wang:
We think a good blog consists of clean appearance, good articles with interesting topics, involved comments, and pictures!
A good blog tells the reader some type of new information, maybe about their hobby, what they did last weekend, etc. Pictures also help make the blog more interesting. Sometimes, if words are used in the blog that we have not learned in class yet, if might be helpful to include definitions/translations at the bottom.
Vince
Ryung Kyung
Mary Wood
From Ti-Kai Chang, Alice Hu, and Jang Wook Huh:
We think that a blog should have pictures and interesting video clips and should be updated on a regular basis (for example once a month). Also, vocabulary that haven't been taught in class should be explained.
Our criteria for a good blog:
* おもしろいポースト
* frequent updates (for example, once a week)
* use of new vocabulary and grammar structures that we learn in class
* some mistakes are ok, but the writer should show progress over time and not make the same mistakes over and over
* inclusion of pictures, video or audio is a plus
Maeve, Rachel, and Mary Ross
what makes a good blog:
1. pictures and videos
2. interesting content
3. layout
4. personal
5. regular (scheduled by the syllabus) updates
posted by: (section 5)
Heesoo Kim (HK)
John Hamilton (JH)
Esther Min (EM)
Criteria for a good blog:
1. Put a media
2. Correct grammar
3. Put an English translation next to a word which has not been covered in the class
4. Unique content
5. Update regularly
6. Reply to a comment
By Ken Jeon, Judy Lee, Jenee
Autumn-san, Jenee-san, and Greg-san's criteria for a good blog.
1)The application of relevant Nihongo, that follows the incremental progression of the course work; so that the reader may learn whilst reading someone's blog.
2)The application of intriguing (and once again, relevant) media: Photos, computer graphis (such as John's carp feeding interactive post), Judy-san's relevant application of vocabulary and photo's of sushi, and Stephen-san's archive of photos from Tokyo.
3) Frequent posts; posts that are up to date, and above all, relevant and informative. Thus, blog's that keep up to date: weekly posts, etc...
a good blog for the purpose of Japanese language class should be:
1. succinct (twitter like) - because people are busy and don't have time to read long posts
2. not too frequent (so not exactly like twitter) - posting once a week is easy to follow but if the author writes 20 times a day it becomes hard to follow the blog
3. related to the general theme - in this case Nihongo
4. interesting and personal - the blog should be interesting but not too abstract so it relates to the author on a personal level
5. leveled towards the audience - if the blog is intended for first year students it shouldn't use too much kanji; in general use the grammar and vocabulary acquired in the class
btw.
the above comment was cumulative by 3 authors:
1. Stephen (myself)
2. Min Hyun
3. Jade
Hien, Jessica + Melissa say:
-make effort to apply vocabulary learned in class to write about personal life
-possibly include interesting things about Japan/Japanese culture
-prettify with pictures if necessary
-be responsive to comments received
We think that a good blog should use the most of its technology - it never hurts to show as well as tell! (so, lots of pics and videos) Also, flexing your にほんごのmuscles is definitely a plus for this class. Finally, sharing as many interesting cultural things as possible - whether about Japan or your own country - いいです。
Also, stick with the level of the class (in general)... if we're just learning Katakana, don't start throwing Kanji in everywhere!
-Ola, Rowan, Maureen!
Courtesy of Keeley, Qinglan and Simon.
1. Be interesting. Don't write about your day to day life, out of the ordinary is (almost)always good.
2. Try to be relate-able. Make your posts so people will want to answer/discuss them. This is normally called trolling, but it's probably ok in this context.
3. Visual aids are great. Videos, pictures etc...
4. Try to use vocabulary and sentence structure that isn't too frustrating for the reader (or explain it in English if you do).
5. Brevity is great.
Blog criteria:
-interactive and spicy. (including videos and pictures instead of just words.)
-Relevant content. Discussion of Japanese culture, linguistics, and so on.
Comment from Anna Snyder and Josh Lopez
Weltman, Montelongo, Fuller:
どうぞ！
A good blog must be たのしい, naturally. What does this mean? It should most definitely show the blogger's grasp of にほんご and should be short and to the point. ビデオ and しゃしん are not essential, but highly recommended to attract attention ^_^ (<-- にほんじん です).
P.S. ときどきは いいです！
We think a good blog is:
->Updated as frequently as your free-time can allow
->Uses Japanese when possible and practical
->Appropriate but still very interesting
->Also pictures & videos can say 'a 1000 words'!
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