ブログプロジェクト！ 今学期（がっき）もつづけます！

このクラスでは、今学期もブログプロジェクトをつづけます。

[ブログの目的（もくてき）]

教室の外で、自分で、毎週いつも日本語を書いたり、日本語の音楽をきいたり、映画を見たりする。

The main purpose of the project is: to learn (=write, read, listen to, watch, etc) 日本語 outside the classroom, on your own and on a regular basis (e.g., every week). 

・日本語を書く時は自分で書いてください。online translationを使わないでください。

・毎週ポストしてください。がっき末やはる休みにたくさんポストして、catch upすることはできません。extra postをしても、ポイントをもらえません。

・ブログを持っていない人は、新しく作って、URLをHanabusa.1@nd.eduにメールしてください。

[ブログ provides a place...]

1. To share/express your happiness, surprise, excitement, and/or frustration, as well as any questions you might have, while learning the Japanese language (or any other topics).

• You can convey your intended meaning more effectively by utilizing other resources such as pictures and videos. Remember that people utilize not only language but also other resources such as tone of your voice, music, body language, picture, color, font style, and size for communication.

• While studying new grammar and words is very important when learning a language, it is equally important to actually use the language in a real-life context. You must not wait to express yourself only when you think you have mastered the language because language learning is basically an ongoing process. In the beginning, you may use English or any other language to express yourself, but I recommend that you gradually mix with Japanese whenever you feel comfortable enough to express yourself in the language.

 

2. To share your extensive listening/viewing activities with your classmates. Input (=listening, viewing, reading) is extremely important for your language study. We strongly encourage you to spend time outside of class watching anime, movies, drama, game shows, other YouTube videos, listening to music, etc. Find something you can enjoy!

 

3. To communicate with your classmates and other people outside of class.

• Language learning is not limited to what you do for the course but also includes what you do and experience outside the class. We will create links to your classmates' blogs as well as blogs by students in other schools, so you can see what other people think and feel about Japanese language learning (as well as other topics). You are also strongly encouraged to leave comments on these blogs.

 

4. To reflect (or evaluate) what you have done so far.

• Sometimes it is challenging to see our own progress or growth. Blogs help you to look back and see how you have changed through the course of your Japanese language learning.