J-Word Play: January/February ’11
é¡ã®ä¸ã«ã„る虫ã¯ä½•ã§ã—ょã†?
(ã‹ãŒã¿ã®ãªã‹ã«ã„ã‚‹ã‚€ã—ã¯ãªã‚“ã§ã—ょã†?)
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1000æžšã®è‘‰ã£ã±ãŒã‚ã‚‹å ´æ‰€ã¯ã©ã“ã§ã—ょã†?
(1000ã¾ã„ã®ã¯ã£ã±ãŒã‚ã‚‹ã°ã—ょã¯ã©ã“ã§ã—ょã†?)
ãŸã¬ãã®å®ç®±ã«ã¯ã€ä½•ãŒå…¥ã£ã¦ã„ã‚‹?
(ãŸã¬ãã®ãŸã‹ã‚‰ã°ã“ã«ã¯ã€ãªã«ãŒã¯ã„ã£ã¦ã„ã‚‹?)
The goal of the Omiai Speed Dating Game is to give the students a fun, real-world context in which to practice the target grammar, in this case “X is as ~ as Y,†many times in rapid succession, until they are able to do it naturally and fluidly. This game has the added bonus of provoking non-stop giggling, because it asks the students to search among their classmates for a spouse.
Students write three opinion sentences using the target grammar. In this case I asked the students to make value judgments about school and free time, American food and Japanese food, and love and money.
There are many ways to study geisha. Middle-aged American women have Memoirs of a Geisha and Oprah. Tourists can dress like geisha in Kyoto for an in-their-shoes experience. The rich and connected can attend legitimate geisha performances. Academics turn to scholarship and classical literature on the topic. Me? I learned everything I need to know about geisha from a film released in 2009 by director Iguchi Noboru (who also makes porn). His film taught me the four tenets of geisha:
食ã¹ã‚‹ã¨å®‰å¿ƒã™ã‚‹ã‚±ãƒ¼ã‚ã£ã¦ãªã‚“ã§ã—ょã†ï¼Ÿ (ãŸã¹ã‚‹ã¨ã‚ã‚“ã—ã‚“ã™ã‚‹ã‚±ãƒ¼ã‚ã£ã¦ãªã‚“ã§ã—ょã†ï¼Ÿ)
犯人ã«é–“é•ã‚ã‚ŒãŸäººã¯ãƒžãƒ³ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒ³ã®ä½•éšŽã«ä½ã‚“ã§ã„る?
(ã¯ã‚“ã«ã‚“ã«ã¾ã¡ãŒã‚ã‚ŒãŸã²ã¨ã¯ãƒžãƒ³ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒ³ã®ãªã‚“ã‹ã„ã«ã™ã‚“ã§ã„る?)