TIUA Academic Listening Comprehension and Speaking

Spring 2005 Seibert
Meeting Willamette's Fourth-Year Japanese Class on Friday, March 11, 2005 at 10:20

Purposes of this activity

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

Procedure

• You will be in groups with one TIUA student and one WU student.
• Divide your time so that you speak Japanese for about 25 minutes and English for about 25 minutes. Try not to mix the languages.
• We will meet two more times with the third-year class and two times with the fourth-year class.

Hints

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

Use these and similar phrases when appropriate

• Hello. I'm _________________________ . Nice to meet you. (If you don't know someone.)
• Hi, nice to see you again! (If you know someone.)
• I remember you, but could you say your name again for me, please. (You recognize someone, but you can't remember his or her name.)
• Excuse me. Could you please repeat that?
• Excuse me. Could you please speak more slowly?
• How do you spell that?
• I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I understand.
• I have a question.
• Hmm, let me think a minute.
• Could you tell me more about . . . .
• Could you give me an example?
• When? Where? Why? How?

Reminders

• Remember what we learned about opening, continuing, and closing a conversation.
• Use the "classroom phrases" and all the phrases we've learned in Communicating on Campus
• Use what you've learned in grammar class

Your name ______________________

Decide what ONE topic you want to discuss on Friday. Write it here:

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Write five discussion questions on the ONE topic you chose so that you can keep the discussion going. You can use the "pink sheet" for ideas, but try to make some of your own questions. You will turn in these questions after class on Friday. Use this paper or your own paper.

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On Friday:

Introduce yourself and find out your partner's name, major, hometown, etc. Also, tell you major, hometown, etc.

Introduce your topic: "Today, I'd like to discuss ________(your one general topic)_______________ in Japan /in the United States (choose one). Is that okay?

Then begin the discussion, using your questions to keep the conversation going.