１２月８日のアクティビティー

きょうのアクティビティです。There are 4 activities. If you do not finish within class time please finish at home. Use your time effectively!

This is individual work.

1. Evaluation of the blog (15 minutes)

• Go to the December 8th folder and download the file, “Blog Evaluation Form.”
• Read the evaluation categories shown below.
• Read 8 blogs listed below your own blog AND your blog.
• Evaluate them and type comments. Make sure to write at least one sentence in Japanese.
• Send your evaluation forms to your instructor via e-mail. (Sato: ss903, Hamada: hh2373, Nazikian: fn2108)

Evaluation Categories
1. Language:
Grammar, Vocabulary,　Well-written, Well-organized, Easy to read, Clear, Concise

2. Content:
Culture, Pictures, Videos, Music, Literature,
Interesting, Informative, Variety, Shows personality, Enjoyable, Original, Unique, Different, Coherent, Write your own experience,

3. Layout:
Color(ful), Visually pleasant, Original, Pretty

4. Communication:
Interaction with other people, Engaging, Leave Comments, Reacting Comments, Links to other's blogs, Use emoticons

5. Consideration:
Level of Language, Word Definition, Kanji, English/Japanese ratio

6. Update Regularly


2. Play the Jeopardy game. (15 minutes)

This is group work.

• Make a group of 2 or 3.
• Go to the December 8th folder and download the PowerPoint file, “Jeopardy.”

3. Evaluation of the blog project & podcast project. (10 minutes)

This is individual work.

• Go to the December 8th folder and download the file, “Blog Podcasting Survey.”
• Evaluate both projects. Please write as much as possible so that we can improve the projects for students who will be studying Japanese at Columbia in the future.
• If you are in Sato-sensei’s class, send the forms to Hamada-sensei (hh2373@columbia.edu). Do not forget to write “Sato-sensei” in the subject/title.
• If you are in Nazikian-sensei’s class, send the forms to Hamada-sensei (hh2373@columbia.edu). Do not forget to write “Nazikian-sensei” in the subject/title.
• If you are in Hamada-sensei’s class, send the forms to Sato-sensei (ss903@columbia.edu). Do not forget to write “Hamada-sensei 1st year” in the subject/title.

4. Listen to your classmates’ compositions #3 and choose the one you think is best. (15 min.)

This is individual work.

• Go to wimba, and listen to the 8 compositions listed below your own introduction. Choose the best introduction out of the 8.
• E-mail the name of the person who had the best composition #3 and the reason you chose the person to your instructor (Sato: ss903@columbia.edu, Hamada: hh2373@columbia.edu, Nazikian: fn2108@columbia.edu).