クラスメートに自己紹介/Introducing Yourself to Classmates. Novice Low, Japanese 101, Lab 05

Created Feb. 7, 2024 by Amber Hoye, Ethan Hoggan, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

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クラスメートに自己紹介/Introducing Yourself to Classmates. Novice Low, Japanese

Description:

Students will review basic introductory phrases. The students will then take turns introducing themselves to their classmates, discussing their names, years in school, majors, and nationalities. They will review all of the information they learned with a challenge round at the end.

Proficiency Level:

Novice, Low

Keywords:

Greetings, introductions, names, majors, year in school, nationalities,

NCSSFL-ACTFL 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.

Idaho State World Language 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.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can ask and respond to questions about myself such as my name, my major, where I'm from, etc. 
  • I can politely introduce someone else with their information.

Materials Needed:

Google Presentation

Warm-up

1. Open the Google Presentation and greet your students in Japanese. Introduce the Can-Do's for today's activity. 

2. Move to the slide with the celebrity and the celebrity's school information so students can briefly review self-introductions. 

3. Ask students information about the celebrity and have them review the questions!

Main Activity

We will be passing a ball to practice introductions. Each phase will have one or two rounds. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure the students have their survival phrases. For more proficient labs, make the students pass the ball faster and faster.

1. 名前：Click to show the slide with 名前。

Round One: Pass the ball around randomly and say your own name. Lab instructor will start and pass it off. 

  • ラウンド１: Grab the ball and introduce yourself: 私の名前は「name」です。
  • Pass the ball to another student! 
  • Click to show the questions on the slide. Click to show the questions on the slide.

Round Two: Once everyone has gone around, students will practice introducing other people

  • Once everyone has gone around, students will practice introducing other people: はい、ボールを下さい。ラウンド２！
  • Introduce the student that passed you the ball: こちらは「student's name」です。
  • Pass the ball to another student. 

2. 何年生：Click to show the next slide. 

Round one: 

  • Click to show the next slide. Going back to introducing yourself! Have whoever gets the ball give their own name AND year in school. Go around randomly until everyone has spoken a couple of times. 次は名前と何年生です。ラウンド１!
  • Have the student pass the ball back: はい、ボールを下さい。
  • Introduce yourself again: 私の名前は「name」です。「Year in school」です。
  • Pass your ball to a student

Round Two: Now switch back to introducing the person who threw the ball to you. The students will say the previous person's name and year in school. 

  • Have the student pass the ball back: はい、ボールを下さい。ラウンド２！
  • Introduce the student that passed the ball back: こちらは「student's name」です。「Student's year in school」です。
  • Pass the ball to a different student.

3.  専攻：

  • Click to show the next slide. Round One: Continue the rounds with majors. Again this first round is introducing your self. The students will introduce their name, year in school and their major. Randomly have everyone pass the ball. 次は名前と年生と専攻です。ラウンド１！
  • Have the students pass you the ball back:はい、ボールを下さい。
  • Introduce yourself again: 私の名前は「name」です。「Year in school」です。専攻は  「major」です。
  • Pass the ball to a student! 

Round Two: Back to introducing who threw the ball!はい、ボールを下さい。ラウンド２！

何人：

  • Click to show the next slide. Round One: The last round will be with 何人・どこから来ました. The students will give their name, year in school, major AND where they’re from. 次は名前と年生と専攻と何人です。ラウンド１！
  • Have the students pass you the ball back: はい、ボールを下さい。
  • Introduce yourself again:私の名前は「name」です「Year in school」です。専攻は「major」です。何人ですか。
  • Pass the ball to a student! 
  • Click to show the questions on the slide.

Round Two: Back to introducing who threw the ball! This is a lot of information to remember, but they are allowed to have their Helpful Japanese phrases out.  はい、ボールを下さい。ラウンド２！

Wrap-up

The last round will be a bonus round. Start with your own information, including name, year in school, major, and nationality. 

1. Pass the ball to the student to your left. 

2. Have them introduce you, then introduce themselves. Have the student pass the ball to their left. That student will give your information, the information of the student to their right, and their own information. 

3. Progress until everyone has received the ball!

4. The instructor should receive the ball again at the end. Try to recall the information of all of the students!

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 ask and respond to questions about myself such as my name, my major, where I'm from, etc. 
  • I can politely introduce someone else with their information.
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