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.

Today’s activities are all individual work.

1. Evaluation of the podcasts (30 minutes)

• Go to the December 8th folder in the Courseworks folder and download the file, “Podcast Evaluation Form.”
• Read the goals, audience, and evaluation categories shown below.
• Watch all podcasts including yours
  
• 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. (Hamada: hh2373)

Goals:
• You will have the chance to actively express your opinions to a real Japanese audience by using Japanese language and other modalities (tone of your voice, body language, pictures, color, font, etc.)
• You will have the chance to consider first-hand how big media operates and presents information

Audience:
• The worldwide audience of Japanese-speakers interested in New York, Columbia University, or life at an American university - and also your classmates, of course

Evaluation Categories
1. Content
Informative, Concise, Funny, Enjoyable, Creative, Snippets of Japanese culture, Entertaining, Visually pleasing, Coherent idea, Typical of daily conversation/activity, Original, Detailed, Animation, Engaging, Not corny, Believable characters, Fun, Balanced input from all members of the group, Incorporate aural and visual landscapes, J-pop

2. Language
Grammar, Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Sentence structures, Fluent, Natural sounding, Proper inflection

3. Consideration
Not too long/short, Relevant to a wide audience, Organized, Subtitles, Thoughtful, Use and expand familiar concepts


2. Evaluation of the blogs. (15 minutes)

• Go to the December 8th folder in the Courseworks 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. (Hamada: hh2373)

Evaluation Categories
1. Language:
New grammar & vocabulary, Concise, Most in Japanese,

2. Content:
Interesting, Pictures, Videos, Music, Variety, Questions at the end, Culture & Language, Customs, Something new about the author

3. Layout:
Readable (color and font), Legibility

4. Communication:
Interactive, Engaging, Interactive comments, Responsiveness

5. Consideration:
Kanji (not too many),

6. Regular visitors


3. Course Evaluation (10 minutes)

• Go to the Courseworks, Elementary Japanese B, and then Evaluation.
• Evaluate this Japanese class. Please write as much as possible so that we can improve our Japanese classes for students who will be studying Japanese at Columbia.

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

• Go to the December 8th folder and download the file, “Blog and Podcast Projects Evaluation Form.”
• Evaluate both brojects. Please write as much as possible so that we can improve the projects for students who will be studying Japanese at Columbia.
• Send the forms to Sato-sensei (ss903@columbia.edu). Don't forget to write your name in your email! Also, write “Hamada-sensei Elementary B-2” in the subject/title.