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How Do I Use the Expression 1 & 2 Activities?

What are Expression 1 & 2 ? This activity aims to broaden students’ view of wider Japanese society, and have them think about the differences between groups of people, or the ways in which behavior and language differs across contexts. Diversity is becoming a key word in Japanese education recently, and students are becoming more comfortable with expressing differences. However, when speaking about cultural habits, many students still tend to lump all Japanese people into one homogenous group. This is the kind of over-simplistic expression that we want to gently steer them away from. How do I use this activity? EXPRESSION 1

1. Point out to students the two columns of vocabulary and phrases. The list on the left contains a list of different people, groups, or situations. The list on the right shows some actions and tendencies. 2. Have the students choose elements from each list and write them into the relevant gaps (color- coded) to create meaningful statements. 3. The third space is open for the students to create a statement of their own. Students should be encouraged to write longer sentences in the third slot. Time required : 10~15 minutes OPTION Є SPEAKING/DISCUSSION The teacher can ask individual students to read out one of their statements, which can be written on the blackboard and discussed as a group. (e.g. “Raise your hand if you agree with this opinion.”) Time Required : 5~10 minutes Tip : If collating student’s written responses using Google Forms, it might be a good idea to have each student type their name before or after their statement, since all sentences are listed together and students sometimes cannot identify their own work!

EXPRESSION 2 ←Where several words or phrases are written in a vertical list, students can choose from the list (in this example, students should choose between the phrases “My feeling” and “My guess”). Dotted lines around a word or phrase indicates that it is optional (in this example, “like to” is optional).

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