Tuesday, December 22, 2009

よいお年を!

9月から3か月日本語をべんきょうしました。みなさんは9月に日本語がぜんぜん分かりませんでしたが、今日本語がじょうずになりましたね!

今年のさいごのうたは『おしょうがつ(New Year's Day)』です。



それでは、また1月にクラスであいましょう!よいお年(とし)を!(= Happy New Year (this expression is used before New Year’s Day.))

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Katakana Literary Work Nomination!

In the katakana project, we examined how Katakana is used in the actual context and compared those actual usages with the Katakana descriptions in various textbooks. We hope that you have had interesting insights through this project. As some of you already mentioned in your analysis, textbooks are never able to exhaust all rules. Textbook authors always need to select and organize particular constructions of reality from the vast universe of knowledge.

There are many notions that we tend to consider as self-evident. For example, we may think that Katakana is used only for loan words, textbooks present correct, neutral, and essential information and knowledge, or Japanese people speak Japanese language. But do these “self-evident” notions truly reflect the realities? We believe that questioning or reflecting your understanding of these “self-evident” notions is the first step to make yourself involved into the community. We should not just wait for the community to take the initiative to change but change the community by ourselves. Hence the katakana project was an attempt to put this concept into practice.

As educators we feel that it is extremely important for us to help a person grow, because we will be sharing the world together, and will all be responsible for the future community. Let’s make a better world together!




先週の木曜日に、クラスメートのせんりゅうやマンガを評価(ひょうか:evaluation)しましたね。その中で、とてもいい作品(さくひん:piece of work)を紹介します(しょうかいします:to introduce)。

セクション1
1. Omoshiroi Nihongo (せんりゅう1 せんりゅう2 せんりゅう3
2. Rachel-chan no blog (せんりゅうとはいく)
2. 〜 マーリ の ブログ 〜 ^_^ (はいく)


セクション4
1. ジェシカのblog (まんが)
2. Josh's Japanese Blog (ものがたり:Story)
2. Nihongo suki (せんりゅう)
2. Q's (せんりゅう)


セクション5
1. Welcome to John's World... (せんりゅう)
1. ケんのBLOG (せんりゅう)
2. Acopian Greg とにほんごではなそう。 (せんりゅう)

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Best Composition: 20年後のわたし


一ばんいいさくぶん

(セクション1)


(セクション4)


(セクション5)

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

おずレストラン

さとうクラスのみなさん、きのうはどうもありがとう!おずレストランのたべものはとてもおいしかったですね。わたしはサーモンコロッケをたべましたが、とてもおいしかったです。みなさんのたべものはどうでしたか?みなさんのはなしもとてもおもしろかったです。

クラスのしゃしんはあとでみなさんにおくります。とてもおもしろいですよ!

きまつしけん(final)がんばってください!

Monday, December 14, 2009

12月14日のアクティビティー

きょうのアクティビティです。There are 4 activities. If you do not finish within class time please finish at home. Use your time effectively!

If you haven't finished "Evaluation of katakana literary works" and/or "Evaluation of the katakana project," click here and finish them before doing today's activities.


1. Course Evaluation (If you haven't finished)

  • Go to the Courseworks, first year Japanese, and then Evaluation.
  • Evaluate this Japanese class. Please write as much as possible so that we can improve our Japanese classes for students who will be studying Japanese at Columbia.


2. Evaluation of the blog (15 minutes)
  • Read the evaluation categories shown below.
  • Click the form below and rate your classmates' blog and your blog between the scale of 1-10.
  • Evaluate them and type comments. Make sure to write at least one sentence in Japanese.
  • Your comments will be given to the bloggers.
Nazikian-sensei's class
  • If you are リャンリー、ジン・ワン、チャオリー、ヴィンセント、ジェフリー、ジャン ハー、レイチェル, Click here.
  • If you are ティーカイ、マーリー、メアリー(ウッド)、アリス、エレナ、メイヴ, Click here

Hamada-sensei's class → Click here


Sato-sensei's class
  • If you are アリ、アンナ、ロワン、メリッサ、チンラン、モリーン、スティーブン, Click here.
  • If you are サイモン、キア、オラ、ヘイン、イアン、ジェシカ、キーリー, Click here.
  • If you are ユーシー、ユージン、ジャシュ、ウェルトマン、レベッカ、マイケル、ホセ, Click here.

Evaluation Categories
1. Language
Correct grammar, Application of relevant Nihongo, Vocabulary, Sentence Patterns, Flex your にほんごのmuscle, Not make the same mistakes

2. Content
Pictures and videos, Interesting, Personal, Unique, Computer graphics, Informative, Related to the general theme (Nihongo), Not too abstract, Japanese, Japanese culture, たのしい, Appropriate, Spicy,
New information, Hobby, Weekend

3. Layout
Prettify,
Clean appearance

4. Communication
Reply to a comment, Responsive,
Involved comments

5. Consideration
English translation, Leveled towards the audience, Relate-able, Use of かんじ, Succinct, Brevity


6. Update Regularly
Regular/frequent update but not too frequent



3. Evaluation of the blog project. (10 minutes)
  • Click here and evaluate blog project. Please write as much as possible so that we can improve the projects for students who will be studying Japanese at Columbia in the future.


4. Play the Jeopardy game. (30 minutes)
  • Make a group of 2 or 3.
  • Go to Courseworks and download the PowerPoint file, “Jeopardy.”

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

12月9日/10日のアクティビティー

きょうのアクティビティです。There are 5 activities. If you do not finish within class time please finish at home. Use your time effectively!

Today’s activities are all individual work.

1. Evaluation of the katakana literary works (25 minutes)

  • Read the evaluation categories shown below.
  • Click the form below and rate your classmates' work between the scale of 1-10.
  • In addition, leave comments about their literary works on their blog. (Make sure to write at least one sentence in Japanese.)
Nazikian-sensei's class → Click here

Hamada-sesnei's class
  • グレッグ、ジェイド、ジュディー、エスタ、ヒースー → Click here
  • ヒースー、ミンヒュン、スティーブン、ジョン、ケン → Click here
Sato-sensei's class
  • オラ、ヘイン、イアン、ジェシカ、キーリー→ Click here
  • ユーシー、ユージン、ジャシュ、ウェルトマン、レベッカ→ Click here
  • マイケル、ホセ、アリ、アンナ、ロワン→ Click here
  • メリッサ、チンラン、モリーン、スティーブン、サイモン、キア→ Click here

(Katakana Literary Work Evaluation Categories)

1. Emotiveness (Appeal to heart)

heartfelt emotions, captivating, moving, inspiring

2. Informativeness (Message)

beneficial to learn something new, thought-provoking, culture, insight into a human problem, having a purpose, message/theme stays with you

3. Aesthetic Factors (Beauty)

aesthetically pleasing, beautiful drawings (manga)

4. Creativity (Interest)

ユーモア, interesting, humorous, entertaining, meaningful, insightful, imaginary, creative, new, profound, climax/resolution (manga)

5. Consideration for Others (Ease of Reading)

Readable, easy to follow, recognizable, concise, relatable

6. Language (Relation to Language)

variety of vocab, descriptive words, onomatopoeia (manga)

7. Other

Authentic, communicated


2. Evaluation of the katakana project. (10 minutes)
  • Click here and evaluate katakana project. Please write as much as possible so that we can improve the projects for students who will be studying Japanese at Columbia in the future.

3. Listen to your classmates’ compositions #3 and choose the one you think is best. (15 min.)
  • Go to Audio Discussion, and listen to the 8 compositions listed below your own introduction. Choose the best introduction out of the 8.
  • E-mail the name of the person who had the best composition #3 and the reason you chose the person to your instructor (Nazikian: fn2108@columbia.edu, Hamada: hh2373@columbia.edu, Sato: ss903@columbia.edu).

4. Course Evaluation (10 minutes)
  • Go to the Courseworks, first year Japanese, and then Evaluation.
  • Evaluate this Japanese class. Please write as much as possible so that we can improve our Japanese classes for students who will be studying Japanese at Columbia.

5. Think of questions for Jeopardy. (If you have extra time)

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

ニューヨークの日本の本屋(ほんや)


しゃしんはyelpから

ニューヨークには日本の本屋があります。ブライアントパークのちかくです。日本語(にほんご)の本がたくさんあります。それから日本の本もたくさんありますよ。

2かいにはとてもすてきなカフェがあります。そこに日本のおべんとうやおにぎり、ケーキなどがあります。

Kinokuniya
1073 Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave.)
(212) 869-1700

パーティー


きのうはクラスでパーティーをしましたね。ちゅうかりょうりの中でどれがいちばんおいしかったですか。とうふですか、ぎょうざ(餃子:dumpling)ですか、なす(eggplant)ですか。とうふはちょっとからかったですが、おいしかったですね。ブロッコリーとチキンはどうでしたか。

フォチュンクッキーは中国にありません。アメリカ人がつくりました。みなさんはフォーチュンクッキーがすきですか。

Monday, December 7, 2009

ジョパディー(Jeopardy)

みなさんはジョパディーをしっていますか。アメリカのクイズショーです。このメロディーはアメリカでとてもゆうめいですね。



いっしょにきまつ(final)しけんのジョパディーをつくりましょう!

 
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