Monday, November 29, 2010

助数詞(じょすうし:Counter suffix)

レッスン11で、たくさん助数詞をべんきょうしましたね。にほんごには、たくさん助数詞があります。

この助数詞は、なにに つかいますか?

1. 部(ぶ)
2. 泊(はく)
3. 匹(ひき)


答(こたえ:answer)は↓ここにあります!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_counter_word

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

11月24日のアクティビティー(セクション5)

There are 4 activities today. If you don’t finish within the class period, finish them at home.

1. Watch コロテレ show and leave comments. (30 min.)
  • Click コロテレ on the right side and search “cjprogram.”
  • Leave your comments. (Write at least one Japanese sentence.)

2.
Read literary works from other sections. (10 min.)
  • Read at least 3 literary works from other sections.
  • If you think it is necessary, leave your comments.

3.
Revise your literary work or create a new literary work. (15 min.)(Deadline 12月9日(木))
  • Read the comments for your literary work entry.
  • If you think it is necessary, revise your literary work.
  • If you would like to create a new literary work, you may create another one.

4. Write in your own blog. (15 min.)

  • Write in your blog in Japanese.
  • The topic can be anything. If you don’t have any ideas, write about what you did during the long weekend (Oct. 29-Nov.2) and how it was. Use counters if you can.


Monday, November 22, 2010

11月24日のアクティビティ

There are 5 activities today. If you don’t finish within the class period, finish them at home.

1. Read literary works from other sections. (10 mins)
  • Read at least 3 literary works from other sections.
  • If you think it is necessary, leave your comments.

2.
Revise your literary work or create a new literary work. (15 mins)
  • Read the comments for your literary work entry.
  • If you think it is necessary, revise your literary work.
  • If you would like to create a new literary work, you may create another one.


3. Check the comments made on your own blog, as well as if others have/have not responded to comments that you made on their blogs. (10 minutes)

  • Check the comments that others have made on your blog, as well as check if others have responded to comments that you have made on their blogs.
  • If you think it is necessary, respond to any questions or comments.
  • Record where you have commented on your comment sheet so you know where you have commented.


4. Write in your own blog. (15 minutes)

  • Write in your blog in Japanese.
  • The topic can be anything. If you don’t have any ideas, write about what you did during the long weekend (Oct. 29-Nov.2) and how it was. Use counters if you can.

5.
Watch the podcasts and leave your comments. (15 mins)

Next semester, we will make a podcast. A podcast is a series of digital media files (audio/video) that are released via the Internet. In our Japanese class, we will make a podcast video by using various types of modality (voice tone, gesture, font color, font style, picture, etc). In order to see how the podcasts are like, watch some of the podcast videos that were created by our past students.

  • Go to the website below and be aware of the purpose of creating the podcasts.
http://dondonnihongo.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-post_21.html
  • Go to the website below.

http://nyjapanesetime.blogspot.com or

http://www.youtube.com/columbiajp 

  • Watch at least two podcast videos that appeal to you.
  • Leave your comments on the comment section of each video you watched.
  • Think of ideas about the type of podcast videos that you would like to make for the next semester.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Katakana Literary Work Evaluation Categories

Literary Work Evaluation Categories

1. Emotiveness (Appeal to heart)
Capture the readers, appeals to the senses, inspire reaction
Thought provoking
Relatable to the reader

2. Delivering message (Message)
Eternal verities, providing lessons (underlying deeper messages), depth beyond the plot, has a point to it
Controversial/thought provoking content,
Star-crossed romance, sense of fantasy (mythos)

3. Aesthetic Factors (Beauty)
Aesthetically pleasing,
Follows a structure , style, formation of a style and consistency
Provokes image, songs, and etc, can picture in your head
Sounds beautiful, should flow, have rhythm, rhythmical

4. Creativity (Interest)
Unique, exciting, interesting, fun, not boring, wit, smart, funny, humorous, entertaining, well developed, not repetitive/ cliché, sparking new ideas and questions, original, imaginative, innovative, challenging societal conventions, question the typical standards

5. Consideration for Others (Ease of Reading)
Coherent, clear, thoughtful, an appropriate length
Easy to interpret and/or understand
Ability to reach wide audiences across ages and cultural backgrounds, potentially carry universal values
Vocabulary that takes into account the audience's level of understanding

6. Language (Relation to Language)
Use of language, meaning either a unique use of diction perhaps
Well crafted (i.e.- put thought/effort into it, strategic choice of words, etc.)
Wordplay, fun with language


Haiku & Senryu
Rhythms, rhymes, and catchy sounds
Correct form and style
Express an aspect of human nature (Senryu)
Express an aspect of the natural world (Haiku)

Story & Manga
1) Plot & Structure
Good, interesting, clear story line
Depth of character and plot
Beginning, middle, and end
2) Characters
Character development, characters that you can relate, memorable characters

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

11月のうた(「大きなくりの木の下で」)

こんげつは11月です。もうあきですね。あきはくりがとてもおいしいです。(くりはえいごでchest nutです。)11月のうたは「大きなくりの木の下で」です。




http://www.ita-ten.com/song/1013.htmlから

わたしはくりがだいすきです。たとえば、モンブラン(くりのケーキ)やマロングラッセはとてもおいしいです。

モンブラン
マロングラッセ

www.kanshin.com/keyword/979420より



これはゆうめいなゴスペラーズの「大きなくりの木の下で」です。うたがとてもじょうずですね。

Monday, November 1, 2010

俳句(はいく)と川柳(せんりゅう)


(しゃしんはwikipediaから)
みなさんは川柳(せんりゅう)をしっていますか?川柳(せんりゅう)は日本の短い(みじかい:short)詩(し:poet)です。

It consists of 3 lines with 17 (5-7-5) or more/fewer morae. The below is the example from Wikipedia.
どろぼうを
とらえてみれば
わがこなり
The robber,
when I catch,
my own son
The subject of senryu is based on human nature, and it's usually satirical/ironic.
There are people who make senryu in English. Click here and here.

Senryu is similar to haiku. However, haiku usually have seasonal expressions which senryu don't have to have.