Unit 1                   池袋(いけぶくろ)のホストファミリーとの会話(かいわ)

     Conversations with the Ikebukuro Host Family

 

A. Context

 家族(かぞく)しょうかい                                             Predicting & Listening

 

1. Before listening to an introduction to the family, predict what you can from the photos. Using the questions as clues, report on what you’ve predicted and make notes ready to compare with what you hear later.                                                                   

 

左から順にだれでしょうか。　　　　　　　　　　どんなしょうばいをしているでしょうか。

 



自転車でどこに来ているでしょうか。どういう所に住んでいるでしょうか。

 

What is happening at the family business? Look and listen.

 

 

2. 家族(かぞく)しょうかいを聞きましょう                                                                   

a. Yuko has brought the ryuugakusei home but no one else is home yet.  She shows you a photo of some of the family members and tells you a little about each person. She starts by explaining who is next to her in the front row and then about the back row from right to left. Make brief notes of what you have understood.

No.

Information

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

5

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

b. 家族(かぞく)のことをもう少(すこ)し聞きましょう。Listen to more about the family.

Add anything new you’ve learnt about the family to the above table.

                                            

3. Compare what you’d predicted with what you’ve heard. Either write your answers or report in class in Japanese on:

§         What you guessed correctly. e.g. ４番目はむすめさんです。

§         What you didn’t guess: e.g. 私はお父さんはくだものやだと思いました。でもちがいました。お父さんはEでした。

 

 

4．Optional (Advanced):

ホストファミリーのインタービューを聞きましょう。                          

To learn more about the family, listen to the following interviews and complete the questions that follow. Discuss in class.

The daughter   ゆう子  

The mother      お母さん

The father    　お父さん

 

  1. Which of the three interviews could you understand best of all and why?

 

 

  1. What did you find most interesting about what they said and why?

 

 

 

  1. What language have you learnt from listening to these interviews? List the new words and expressions using a dictionary when necessary.

 

 

 

  1. What cultural insights have you gained from listening to these interviews? Did anything they said challenge any preconceptions you had about Japan?

 

 

 

 

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