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27 comments:
Maybe we could go out to eat Japanese food together, or watch Japanese films. It's also interesting to listen to Japanese music in class.
We could watch short tv clips in Japanese. It would also be nice to learn about specific places in Japan, like lesser-known cities, places to go, etc.
I am a strong supporter of a class field trip (all expenses paid, of course) to a Japanese restaurant. And listening to the songs has been fun. Everyone gets super excited about watching videos in class, as well... so I think we should try to do more of that.
1. introduce some historical or current Japanese celebrates' in class.
2. watch Japanese films or cartoon in class.
3. introduce Japanese social cultures in class, such as the film: the memoirs of geisha.
I think we can really easily incorporate culture into language class by using television. Not only does watching appropriate TV programs make the language more interesting because there is an actual plot to follow, but also because it can help your listening skills and understand everyday culture. I always get excited when I recognize a new vocab word when I'm watching anime. I'm not ashamed to say that I watched the same scene three times just to identify dates. I was so proud of myself! haha
I also think having sessions of Japanese films/music and bringing in Japanese food while speaking in Japanese would help relate what we're learning to the Japanese culture. Maybe we could have a sponsored field trip to J-town, or... Japan. But I think during class after we learn the Japanese language and listen to music/watch movies like we have before is really beneficial.
Yeah, I really like listening to Japanese songs, memorizing lyrics can help with language learning too. I found this to be true with Spanish in High School.
I think that in learning the language sometimes coming upon the culture is inevitable, and when that happens it should just be explored.
I think a fun way to incorporate some culture (pop culture at least) into class is watching movies for listening practice and practicing reading katakana and hiragana from manga or ads or food products. Personally, I think we should watch Hayao Miyazaki films!!!
It might be interesting to introduce different aspects of Japanese culture in class, such as art history, cuisine, Kabuki, tea ceremony, Noh plays, Waka poetry, etc. Watching DVDs of Kabuki and Noh, viewing slides of works of art, and eating Japanese food, are just some of my suggestions.
I love listening to Japanese music and looking at manga in class! I agree that we should plan a trip to a Japanese restaurant. Everyone in class is so cool, it would be fun to spend more time together!! :DDDD
To incorporate culture into the class, maybe we could look at the "Japanese version" of each of the things we learn about. For instance, when we learn about food we could learn a little about Japanese food, and when we learn about articles of clothing we could look at Japanese fashion magazines.
I think watching Japanese movies will be effective in learning about Japanese culture. Also, we can have Culture days (tea, food, guest speaker etc) where students can actually experience the Japanese culture. :)
にほの音楽とか、ドラマとか、小さいころから大好きでした。それで自分で日本語をべんきょうしました。いつクラスで日本の映画お見ましょ。
First and foremost, I think the most important thing is that the Japanese department take us all out for a very expensive meal at an extremely fancy Japanese restaurant somewhere downtown. Thanks Japanese department!
Other than that, maybe we could just occasionally spend some time in class learning about different aspects of Japanese culture. One way we could lead into this is by learning some words associated with different cultural activities, and then spend some time talking about those activities.
Let's watch parts of Japanese films or tv shows in class! And I second the suggestions to go to a Japanese restaurant or maybe we can order Japanese food into class.
Or maybe we should just try to work in little cultural details with whatever vocab or grammar we're practicing. Like yesterday, we practiced saying the dates of the Japanese holidays out loud - I would have loved to learn a little more about each of the holidays.
I think any of the above, or nothing; it's not bad as it is.
Since classtime needs to be devoted to learning how to speak Japanese, the best way to actually see more of Japanese culture is to watch Japanese drama. It would of course be outside of the classroom environment, but it gives everyone a decent idea of the culture, while also allowing the viewer to hear more Japanese outside of the classroom. It would be a fun way to listen to more Japanese, while also learning the culture. There simply isn't enough class time to watch Japanese shows, but perhaps once a week, watching an hour or two would be enjoyable for the class, similar to having the Japanese Chat Club available to students.
I think watching movies is a good idea. I also enjoy listening to the music in class, although I think it would also be interesting to listen to some traditional Japanese music in addition to popular music. I would like to learn more about Japanese customs, like holidays or tea ceremonies or traditional food. A field trip could be fun.
I think going to a Japanese restaurant would be great. Also there are movies, either in class or...I think the Japan Society screens Japanese films regularly. We could go to one as a class. I don't know too much about it, though. The organization's site is at www.japansociety.org, and it looks interesting. Also we could maybe try to keep up with current events in Japan, like in the news...somehow...
I was thinking of watching Japanese clips in class for 5 minutes or so. A clip that shows realistic culture of Japan-how they eat, how they live everyday life, and what's considered acceptable and not so.
(not something that is so fantasized or non fiction)
Also, we can meet up during class period or set up a time to go to a Japanese restaurant and only speak Japanese.
We can also visit a Japanese school in the city and spend some time with them to learn Japanese culture. For now, little kids know better than us!!
I like the Japanese restaurant idea, but other than tasting Japanese food, I don't know how much that would actually help learning the culture. I think watching a Japanese movie or a documentary on Japanese culture would be beneficial to culture exposure.
We should watch Japanese Samurai movies (even though we prob wont understand much). We should also take a class field trip to various japanese places around the city.
Some kind of insight into what our Japanese counterparts are doing on the other side of the world. FOr instance, what kind of music are they into, what's the "popular" scene over there, current movies, books, etc. I figure that this way we can take what we learn in class and apply it to contemporary situations around campus, such as grabbing something to eat, going downtown, talking on the internet, etc. Also, the equivalent of "etc" would be cool too. Maybe.
can we have a japanese dance/semi-formal or the fireworks seeing (like that in summer in Japan?)
and we should definitely watch some japanese dramas or animations in class!!! they are not only tons of fun but also extremely helpful!
I think listening to and studying popular Japanese music might be the fastest way to absorb Japanese culture. Popular music refers to what many people of that country feel or believe in so we can learn a lot from it. I personally got absorbed into Japanese culture through its music.
Japanese film, definitely.
We should all make sushi together...yummy...
I was thinking we could use 5 minutes at the end to talk about specific things regarding Japan, like the emperor, the constitution, major cities, random facts about Japan.
I was also thinking we could have a trivia "contest" in those 5 minutes and you could ask us a few questions and whoever gets it right would get some sort of incentive. It should not be grade-wise, but something like their name on a website or something. Like a roster of every day's winners. How's that?
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