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Engaging our Learners: Lessons Learned while Teaching Japanese February 16, 2021
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ⚫2021 Virtual Spring Conference March 25-27 Program and info at www.aatj.org/conferences-spring ⚫Webinars and Online Resources Info and archive at www.aatj.org/teaching-resources
Elena Kamenetzky Jessica Haxhi
ACTFL Teacher of the Year 2021 ACTFL President 2021
Japanese Teacher Supervisor of World Languages
Eastern High School New Haven Public Schools
Question & Answer
Session
at the end of this
Presentation
Welcome to our Live Studio Audience!
Lan Lin
Angela Williams
Chinese Teacher, Chair of Modern Spanish Teacher
Language Department Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts
Hopkins School Savannah, GA, USA
New Haven, CT, USA
Lori LeVar Pierce
Eli Beardsley French, German, and Latin Teacher
World Languages Instructional Lead The Mississippi School for Math and Science
Jefferson County Public Schools Columbus, Mississippi, USA
Louisville, KY, USA
Aviva Kadosh Ryan Young
Hebrew Teacher Mentor K-8 Burmese, Thai, and Laotian Teacher
Sinai Akiba Academy Brigham Young University
Los Angeles, California, USA Provo, Utah, USA
Thank you Irasutoya and Unsplash!
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Appealing “Easy”
Culture Language
Draw Students In - Show them Success
Keep them Engaged
Louie Martinez on Unsplash
Challenges Successful
of Japanese Teaching
Strategies
Alex Knight on Unsplash
To engage our students, we use...
LOTS OF REAL-WORLD
CULTURE LANGUAGE
SCAFFOLDING
FOR SUCCESS
Our job is to help our students fall in love
with learning languages.What about Japanese
language and culture
most appeals to our
students?
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actfl.orgWhy are your students in your language class?
● Don’t ask: “Why did you take this class?”
○ You’ll get the inevitable “I was just PUT in this class!”
● Do ask: “What interests you about this country?”
● Do ask: “What intrigues you about this culture?”
● Do ask: “What do you want to know more about?”
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12Cool Japan
ク
┃
ル
ジ
ャ
パ
ン
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13osushi
お
す
し
Marta Filipszcyk on Unsplash
14kimono
きもの
Andre Benz on Unsplash
Andre Benz on Unsplashorigami
お
り
が
み
Lily Li on Unsplashさ
桜 く
ら
AJ on Unsplash
Cherry Blossoms
JJ Ying on UnsplashCultural Exports
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18What do students REALLY want?
real-world
proficiency skills
that they can
USE in Japan!
Andy Kelly on UnsplashSo we...
INCORPORAT
E
CULTURE
EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.What about
YOUR
language and
culture most
appeals to your
students? Let’s ask our Live Studio
Audience!!What aspects of the
Japanese language are
the easiest for our
students?
actfl.orgEasy to “Conjugate”
I go 行きます
ikimasu
we go 行きます
ikimasu
you go 行きます
ikimasuEasy to “Conjugate”
I went 行きました
ikimashita
we went 行きました
ikimashita
you went 行きました
ikimashitaPhonetically Simple
やきとり ひろしま わさび マンガ
ya ki to ri hi ro shi ma wa sa bi ma n ga
こんにちは さようなら ありがとう
ko n ni chi wa sa yo u na ra a ri ga to u
No Tones Vowels similar to SpanishMany Cognates
アイスクリーム
カップ
ハンバーガー
バナナ
オレンジInformal desu/masu
(plain form) gets you
by
Easy to Start, Hard to Master
Really? Simple Small
It is, isn’t it? TalkSo we...
GET STUDENTS INCLUDE
SPEAKING EARLY COGNATES
WITH WHENEVER
“EASIER” POSSIBLE
LANGUAGE
PRAISE
ENCOURAGEWhat aspects of
the language you
teach are the
easiest
for your students?
Let’s ask our Live Studio
Audience!!What aspects of the
Japanese language
challenge our students
the most?
actfl.orgChallenges Students Face in Learning Japanese
Characters
Sentence Construction
Expressions, Gender & Formality
Culture beyond Language
31Challenge #1 Characters
犬 いぬ ドッグ inu
doggu
Kanji Hiragana Katakana
Romaji
from China 46 characters 46 characters
10,000 exist used for Japanese words used for borrowed words used to type in
2,000 to be “literate” and morphology and onomatopoeia Japanese, using English
pictorial phonetic phonetic letters
multiple readings
dictionaries work differently ・typing works differentlyIn just one sentence...you can often see all 3!
田中先生はアイスクリームが大好きです。
Kanji
Hiragana
KatakanaSo, we…. actfl.org
Build the “three-legged stool of literacy.”
● Connect sound to meaning.
● Connect sound to written representation.
いぬ
● Connect meaning to written representation.
いぬ
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36Use visuals! All the time!
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37Repeat, repeat, repeat.
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38Do matching activities.
運 運 う
運
exercise ん
動 動 ど
う 動
image to word to word hiragana to kanji
word
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39Do matching activities.
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40Read out loud.
And make your
students read
out loud.
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41Use the Roman alphabet
ONLY
for specific purposes.
actfl.org Photo: Goodfacesclub on UnsplashTeach them the
tools of the language.
GIF source:
Micheletb, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
actfl.orgChallenge #2 Sentence Construction
copula
よしさんはハンバーガーが大好きです。
Yoshi hamburger
big like
clipart from irasutoya.comWe hear a lot of…..
よしさん 大好き ハンバーガー
Yoshi big like
hamburger
clipart from irasutoya.comよしさんはハンバーガーを食べています。
Yoshi hamburger
is eating
clipart from irasutoya.comWe hear a lot of…..
よしさん 食べています ハンバーガー
Yoshi is eating
hamburger
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48The English is
strong with this
one.
"[50/365] Yoda" by pasukaru76 is marked with CC0 1.0So, we…. actfl.org
Provide lots of natural INPUT!
SONGS TEACHER
TALK
INFOGRAPHICS POETRY STORIES
clipart from irasutoya.comScaffold Sentence Creation
Scaffold Sentence Creation
(person/animal) は (thing) を (verb) 。
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Build Understanding with Tactile Activities
ハンバーガーが
大好きです
よしさんは
clipart from irasutoya.comBuild Understanding with Tactile Activities
よしさんは ハンバーガーが 大好きです
clipart from irasutoya.comStay
Focused
on the
Message
clipart from irasutoya.comChallenge #3 Expressions, Gender, & Formality
Lost in Translation 会いたいです。 vs. I miss you. I want to see you. 頑張ってください vs. Good luck. Try your best. ごますり vs. Kissing up. Polishing the sesame seed. _____________ vs. Bless you.
Gender & Language
嬉しい！
嬉しい！ 嬉しいな！
嬉しいわ！ or ____
clipart from irasutoya.comLevels of Formality
IN-GROUP (uchi) VS. OUT-GROUP (soto)
clipart from irasutoya.comSo, we…. actfl.org
Use Authentic Texts for Input.
actfl.org 「japan vlog #1」sofia in japan @ youtube.com 62Use
Authentic
Texts to
Highlight
Differences.
actfl.org 「君の名は。」琴音らんまる (2016) Kadokawa 63Showcase different perspectives.
「僕が私になるために」 平沢ゆうな (2018) Morning KC
actfl.org 「あやせりんての一人称」 あやせりんて @ youtube.com 64Practice Real-Life Scenarios.
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65Stay Informed of Fads, Trends, and Shifts.
actfl.org 66Challenge #4 Culture beyond Language
Interesting products….
Miika Laaksonen on UnsplashInteresting
practices….
Clifford on Unsplash Finan Akbar on UnsplashInteresting perspectives…. Roméo A. on Unsplash
But they might not have the language to discuss yet...
So, we…. actfl.org
Surround Students with Culture
through
Visuals and Videos
Lan Pham on Unsplash
Daniel Klein on Unsplash Erik Eastman on UnsplashBuild Cultural Awareness
through Experiences
(even if they can’t discuss
perspectives yet)Ask them to reflect on culture in
English at home...
What I saw in the What my family
video... does...
Entering the
house
Sitting at
dinner
Foods
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Clean up
Resources & Publications >>
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements
What new insights about yourself and others have you
gained from thinking about this?Explain Cultural
Practices or Products
in Japanese
with Visuals
clipart from irasutoya.comUse Authentic
Texts from
DAY 1
to Build
Confidence
1. What is this?
2. What is it located close to
that might make more
people be able to go
there?
3. What do the numbers
indicate?
4. How many times can you
Modify the task, not the text. find this character? 円
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8a/9f/7f/8a9f7f676934d86b478d1bc6f2f27eda.jpgHelp them “Fall in Love” with the culture
Challenges Students Face in So we...
Learning Japanese Make it Easy to Start
Use Visuals
Characters
Provide LOTS of TL input
Sentence Construction
Use Authentic Texts
Expressions, Gender &
Formality Scaffold and Assist
Culture beyond Do Matching/Hands-On
Language Showcase Perspectives
Do Real-World Practice
Surround with Culture
ENSURE SUCCESS
79What’s a similar
challenge you see in your
language(s) and
culture(s)?
How do you address
that challenge? Let’s ask our Live Studio
Audience!!We hope you saw lots of...
CULTURE REAL-WORLD
LANGUAGE
SCAFFOLDING
FOR SUCCESS
When students experience
feelings of success
in language class, they
fall in love with
learning languages.Engage with what they love…
Lead with easy - access language…
Meet the challenges with
strategies…
Build real - world
proficiency!ACTFL’s Mission To provide vision, leadership, and support for quality teaching and learning of languages
ACTFL is Known for...
actfl.org 84Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Outreach and Advocacy
The ACTFL
Strategic Plan Teacher Recruitment and Retention
(2019)
Professional Development
Research
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