Conversation Partners Assignment #1
Due Monday March 5, 2001

 

Your Name:


Willamette Partner's Name:

When you meet with your Willamette conversation partner, you will spend some time speaking only in Japanese in order to help the Willamette student complete her or his assignment.

After you have finished your conversation in Japanese, you will do the following activity in English. Make sure you do all parts of this assignment. This assignment is due on Monday, March 5, 2001.

Part 1 - Interview - Please use English to ask the following questions of your Willamette partner. Try to be as conversational as possible. Relax and enjoy the conversation.

1. Why did you decide to learn Japanese?
 
 
2. What is the most difficult part of learning another language?
 
 
3. What kinds of things do you do to be successful in your language learning?
(Also express your own ideas on this question)
 
 
 
 
4. Ask about what you (TIUA student) want to know about U.S. culture?
 
 
5. Ask your Willamette partner if there is anything they (WU student) would like to know about Japanese culture.
 
 
 
6. You may also talk about other things that are interesting to you and your partner. Write down some of the other topics (if any) that you discussed:
 

Part 2 - Self-Evaluation - Think about your conversation with your Willamette partner and please write some comments about the following:

What I learned from this conversation was ......
 
 
 
 
The most difficult part of this conversation was ......
 
 
 
 
 
To improve my next conversation, I should .........

 

 

 

 

Part 3 - Willamette Partner Comments - When your conversation is finished, please ask your Willamette partner to complete the following evaluation.

What suggestions would you give to your TIUA partner to be a more effective conversationalist in English:
 
 
 
 
 
Describe briefly how useful this conversational practice has been for you?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Any other comments?