Tokyo International University of America
Academic Listening Comprehension and Speaking Spring 2003 Seibert

Language Partner Assignment
Due Friday, April 25, in class

Purposes of this activity

• To practice using what you have learned in Listening and Speaking
• To help Willamette students learning Japanese
• To have fun

Procedure

• Meet for at least one hour. Spend half an hour discussing topics the Willamette students bring, and the other half hour discussing topics you bring. You should already know when and where you are meeting.
• Prepare as a group before you meet.
  • Choose one or two topics from the "culture topics list" (on green paper) that I gave you. Add any of your own questions. Be prepared as a group and as individuals before you meet you partner. Make sure you have enough questions so you can talk for 1/2 hour in English.
• Ask your partners what they will do during the summer (or after graduation, if your partner is a senior)

Hints

This is a conversation not an interview
• Look at your partners not at the desk. Make sure everyone in the group is included in the conversation.
• The focus should be listening and speaking, not on writing.

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Report of your meeting (Write neatly! Use correct grammar and spelling. Be complete -- don't be too brief! This is a university.)

Last name _________________ First name ____________ (circle) AM or PM

The date, time and place you met: ______________________________________

Your partners' names: ______________________________________

What topics did you discuss (your topics AND the topics brought up by the W. U. student)? What did you learn? What was interesting?

How was this special activity of having language partners with the Willamette class? Evaluate your experience and make suggestions for next year.