日: 2020年6月23日

Online Teaching for Class 1836 (Composition) on June 22, 2020

Date: June 22th on Monday, 2020 from 13:40 to 15:10 (14:40 – 16:10 in JST)

Course: Japanese Basic Composition 2

Used app: Video Conference on DingTalk. BBS was supplementary used to show pictures that were materials for composition. Powerpoint was also used but only on the teacher’s computer screen.

Numbers of Students:

 – At the beginning:

     – Self-claiming attendance by the means of input “Shusseki” onto BBS: 28

     – Attendance check using the video conference monitor: 26

– At the end by sending photos of composition:

Class Activities:

 -1: In the 1st session, the students were asked to proofread and revise the chapter of abstract, conclusions, and remarks in their paper.

 -2: Each student was called and read part of his/her paper. Teacher gave him/her advice.

-3: In the 2nd session, the students write a short essay to describe one of three poems about love. Those three poems were given to the student using BBS. The students were required to take a photo of their hand writing and send it to me when the class was over.

Homework:

No HWA

Issues and Problems:

Three poems about love were given to the students to write a short essay. The most popular one that was chosen by many students was “Aki no Seppun (A Kiss in Autumn)” by Ms.Masako Takiguchi. I think this poem is about love that was lost. Scattered white flowers of bushclover on a path, White ashes on a trail in the mountain, and wind blow coming through Japanese pampas grasses are all indicating the sadness of losing love. This is just my understanding. I feel sadness, emptiness, and a huge void in mind when I read this poem. Am I wrong? I don’t know. But it was interesting that most students thought this poem was romantic and beautiful with joy of love. Maybe it is natural that there is a difference about interpretations on the same poem between 20-year olds and a 50-year old.     

Online Teaching for Class 1939 (Listening) on June 22, 2020

Date: June 22nd on Monday, 2020 from 9:50 to 11:20 (10:50 – 12:20 in JST)

Course: Japanese Listening 2

Used app: Video Conference on DingTalk. Eight images were used supplementary  on BBS so that a student could look at the images on smartphone simultaneously when watching the video conference. I was also looking at PPT slides during the class on my computer screen. These PPT slides were not shown to the students, but showed me the scripts and were used to play the audio by the embedded mp3 files onto the slides.

Numbers of Students:

– At the beginning:

– Self-claiming attendance by the means of input “Shusseki” onto BBS: 26

– Attendance check using the video conference monitor: 27

– At the end by answering the question that I gave them at the end of the class: 19

Class Activities:

– “V-ta hou-ga ii” and “V-nai hou-ga ii”.

– Exercise I and II of the section 25 in the textbook

Homework Assignment:

– No homework was assigned.

Issues and Problems:

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Online Teaching for Class 1837 (Conversation) on June 22, 2020

Date: June 22th on Monday, 2020 from 8:00 to 9:30 (9:00 – 10:30 in JST)

Course: Japanese Conversation 4

Used app: Video conference on DingTalk, BBS was also used supplementarily to show 14 pictures during the video conference.

Numbers of Students:

 – At the beginning:

   – Self-claiming attendance by the means of input “Shusseki” onto BBS: 26

   – Attendance check using the video conference monitor: 21

 – At the end by answering the question that I gave them at the end of the class: 19

Class Activities:

 – Review of introduction of Causative-Passive sentences using “Dekiru Nihongo” Chap.13

 _ Introduction of Causative-Give and Take sentences using the textbook

Homework Assignment:

 – No HWA

Issues and Problems: