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Sketching Me & My Possible Selves Tree as a Japanese language user, professional, and person
Spending time with friends in Japan may include a trip to a Karaoke Box to enjoy a few hours singing together, no matter what your vocal skills are. Without fail, along with John Denver’s “Country Roads” and John Lennon’s “Hey Jude” you may also sing something by Kyu Sakamoto.
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Today’s essential 4 character idiom 今日の四字熟語
三日坊主 A monk for three days.This is another way to describe someone who is giving up or quitting something. Check out this ‘oldie but goodie’ by Kinki Kid’s やめだいで (don’t quit) from a music television program honoring the 20th anniversary of this song. Don’t forget to read the comments for more reading practice! Do you…
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Sadako and Peace
The second week of August is always a bit somber for me. Sandwiched between the lazy summer days of July and frantic preparation for the new semester later this month, are these days when I hold Japan close to my heart and remember the horrific events that brought about the end of WWII in the…
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Thinking about Japanese language hopes, expectations & fears
Having a clearer picture of what your distant future hope is allows you to manage your expectations and create a more realistic vision of what can be accomplished in a certain amount of time
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Thinking about the Japanese – Worksheet with Authentic Resources
Their Maneki Neko should include images or symbols of what they hope in their lives with Japanese, their job, and as a good human…. as well as things they are warding off. Maneki neko are both for beckoning in and keeping certain things away.
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Thinking about the Japanese language worksheet
This will build confidence and confidence builds motivation.
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Thinking about Japanese language hopes, expectations & fears
What are your hopes and expectations for being a Japanese language user? What scares you about reaching that goal? This Maneki Neko lesson will help you figure it out
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5 MORE sites to learn about Eel eating day 土用の丑の日 – Round 2~
If you missed Doyo-ushi-no-hi on July 23, you can still participate on August 4!! Unagi eating day! 土用の丑の日. This year there are 2 Eel eating days: July 23 and Aug 4. Why and when? It’s all in a buddhist algorithm. For Doyo Ushi my family and I go out to eat unagi at one of…
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Whew! 疲れている!
Summer course grading is done! I’m taking break today, but tomorrow I will begin posting portions of Unit 3 of my motivational curriculum. It’s all about thinking of ourselves as Nihongo Users, adjectives, and Maneki Neko おやすみなさい
