せつぶん

こんにちは！

Next Monday, there is a Japnese Kaiwa table,

and in there we celebrate Setsubun（せつぶん）.

We'll do bean throwing and make a mask.

It'll be fun, and please come to Kaiwa table on Monday.

ブログのしゅくだい (Blog HW)... due 1/27 (M)

ブログのしゅくだい (Blog HW)... due 1/27 (M)

1. Write a brief　じこしょうかい in にほんご.
Please write your self-introduction in Japanese.
It should contain:
- at least 3 affirmative sentences (year in school, nationality, etc)
- at least 1 negative sentence
- at least one 「の」

2. Post in えいご
Introduce a Japanese person or object that you like/ know (song, movie, artist, food, store, place, history, art, etc.) in English. Please try to include picture(s)/ video(s).

3. Write comments
Please comment on the blogs of your classmates (at least three) in English. Try to use にほんご in your comment if you can.


* If you are to use にほんご that we haven't covered in class, please make sure to mention the English meanings, so your classmates will understand your post.

Japanese New Year

こんにちは！　
This Sunday, we have an event called Japanese New Year.
We celebrate New Year by making daiduku (rice cake), playing games.

Reading Club

こんにちは！(Kon nichi wa)
This semester, there is Japanese Reading Club.

In this club, everyone choose a book at a
comfortable reading level.

Check the schedule, and please come to this club.

Office Hour

こんにちは(kon nichi wa)、TAのおおもりです。

This is Omori. I am TA of Japanese.

Do you have any questions for Japanese?

Do you need to practice Hiragana,  Katakana and Kanji?

Do you need to practice speaking in Japanese?

Do you want to talk about anime or Japanese pop culture?

Anything is fine. Feel free to come my office, 152 at Decio.

My office hour is

Mon、Tue、Wed、Thr、Fri　12:30-1:30

Mon、Tue　3:30-4:15

Wed、Fri     3:30-5:00

よろしくおねがいします。

Language Table

Japanese Language Table will start from next week.

Language table is the event where we have conversation 

in Japanese and enjoy talking.

Please join us!!

How to create an account

In order to open a new blog account, please follow the instructions.

1. Go to http://www.blogger.com to create your blog.　　

• In order to receive comments from as many people as possible, please select "Settings," then "Comments," and choose either "Registered Users" or "Users with Google Accounts" under the "Who can comment?" section.
• If you want to know how to type Japanese, please click the link listed on the left side.

2. Send your blog address (URL) to the instructor (myamamot@nd.edu) by 1/17 (Thursday). 

• If you have trouble opening a new account, please let the instructor know.
• If you already have a blog and you can use Japanese on it, you do not have to open a new account.

Blog Project!

Let’s start the Blog Project. For this class we would like you to keep a blog because it provides a place:



1. To share/express your happiness, surprise, excitement, and/or frustration, as well as any questions you might have, while learning the Japanese language (or any other topics).

• While studying new grammar and words is very important when learning a language, it is equally important to actually use the language in a real life context. You must not wait to express yourself only when you think you have mastered the language because language learning is basically an ongoing process. In the beginning you may use English or any languages to express yourself, but we recommend that you gradually switch to Japanese whenever you feel comfortable enough to express yourself in Japanese.

2. To communicate with your classmates and other people outside of class.

• Language learning is not limited to what you do for the course but also includes what you do and experience outside the class. We will create links to your classmates' blogs as well as blogs by students in other schools, so you can see what other people think and feel about Japanese language learning (as well as other topics). You are also strongly encouraged to leave comments on these blogs.

• We know that your Japanese language is very limited, but you can convey your intended meaning more effectively by utilizing other resources such as pictures and videos. Remember that people utilize not only language but also other resources such as tone of your voice, music, body language, picture, color, font style and size for communication.

3. To reflect (or evaluate) what you have done so far.

• Sometimes it is challenging to see our own progress or growth. Blogs help you to look back and see how you have changed through the course of your Japanese language learning.

• At the end of the semester your blog will be evaluated by the instructor, your classmates, other people, as well as yourself. We will discuss the criteria of evaluation later.