Japaese Geography Project

This is an outline of your second project to do by February 9 noon.

Objectives of the Project
1. Explore various locations of Japan by looking through the project
2. Introduce your classmates and people around the world about your trip to Japan or location you want to go in the future on the blog

Outline of the Project
1. Understand and observe various locations of Japan
2. Think of the location you went or you want to go in Japan
3. Write down the location from your experience (if you have made a trip), your observation, your information gathering, etc on your blog.
4. Especially, write down the interesting point of the location that your classmates will enjoy!
5. Write down comments to each other’s blog

For the information of the region we go throug you can find at Wikipedia

From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Japan):

From north to south, the traditional regions are:

• Hokkaidō (the island of Hokkaidō and nearby islands, largest city: Sapporo)
• Tōhoku region (northern Honshū, largest city: Sendai)
• Kantō region (eastern Honshū, largest city: Tokyo)
• Chūbu region (central Honshū, including Mt. Fuji), sometimes divided into: Hokuriku region (northwestern Chūbu, largest city: Kanazawa) Kōshin'etsu region (northeastern Chūbu, largest city: Niigata) Tōkai region (southern Chūbu, largest city: Nagoya)
• Kansai or Kinki region (west-central Honshū, largest city: Osaka)
• Chūgoku region (western Honshū, largest city: Hiroshima)
• Shikoku (island, largest city: Matsuyama)
• Kyūshū (island, largest city: Fukuoka) which includes:
  Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa

Each contains several prefectures, except the Hokkaidō region, which covers only Hokkaidō.

Students' Products

Students who have traveled
　Hokkaido

• 北海道（サラ） in Japanese　　
• 北海道（ヘレン）
• 北海道（ブルー）

　Tohoku Area

• 東北（Crystal)
• 仙台（優希）

　Kanto Area

• 中目黒（ゆず）
• 松島（サラ）
• 東京（Miyoko)
• 東京（Eddy)
• 東京（怜奈）
• 東京（Yuri)
• 東京（ナッツ）

　Kansai Area

• 奈良（Isolde)
• 京都・大阪（ニコル／嵐）
• 京阪神（エレン）
• 奈良（優希）
• 奈良（雲）

　Kyushu Area

• 福岡（Joeie)
• 九州（Curtis)

　Group Tour

• Peggy

Location that "I" want to go!

　Hokkaido

• 湯の川温泉（Allison)

　Tohoku Area

• 横手（静）
• 東北（Amy)

　Kanto Area

• 東京タワー（ゆき）
• 秋葉原（Phillip)　

　Kansai Area

• 京都（星）
• 京都（識）
• 大阪（Marco)

　Chugoku Area

• 広島（クローディア）

　Kyushu Area

• 長崎（Annna）

　A lot of places

• れいか
• ET
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Japanese Writing Projects

This is an ontline of your first project to do by next week (Tursday, January 27).

Objectives of the Project
1. Explore various uses of Japanese writing (hiragana, katakana, kanji, rōmaji, kaomoji)
2. Observe how Japanese textbooks explain Japanese writing and think about why those textbooks explain those writing in such manners.

Outline of the Project
1. Understand the manners in which Japanese textbooks explain Japanese writing
2. Gather various Japanese writing expressions from sources such as books, magazines, internet, Japanese products purchased in Hong Kong, advertisement in Hong Kong and/or others.
3. Think of the ways in which the various Japanese writing could be categorized. Consider what kinds of effects and purposes there are in writing.
4. Think about why the textbooks explain katakana in such manners.
5. Please post your finding on your blog :)

Students' Products

Japanese Characters in General

• アンナ
• Miyoko
• レイカ
• Isolde
• ナッツ
• ゆず
• Yuri
• マルコ
• Helen

Katakana

• ET
• 豚さん
• サラ
• ニコル（嵐）
• 星
• Curtis
• Crystal
• 優希
• クローディア
• 雲
• ブルー
• Joeie

Japanese Characters in Hong Kong

• エレン
• れいな
• エディー
• 静
• ゆき
• Amy
• Allison

Japanese Characters on Songs

• Peggy

Japanese Characters at Games

• 識

How to Open a Blog 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 right side.

2. Send your blog address (URL) to the instructor.

• 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.

3. Post a blog entry regularly.

• During the semester, the instructor will give you some topics to write on the blog. In addition to the assigned topics, you should post a entry regularly since it will help you practice Japanese. If you have no idea about what to write, please see the following suggested topics.

1. I can read Japanese!
2. I'm speaking Japanese!
3. Reasons I am studying Japanese
4. My dream
5. My Japanese friends
6. Japanese grammar vs. Cantonese grammar
7. Speaking vs. Writing
8. Listening vs. Reading
9. My daily schedule
10. I have no time to study!
11. I spent so much time studying, but..
12. My hobbies
13. My classmates
14. What I like/dislike about Japan or Japanese
15. Daily news
16. My Job
17. Japanese vocabulary
18. My favorite Japanese TV show, movie, or anime

ブログプロジェクト(Blog Project)

Blog Project:

Welcome to the Blogging 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, culture (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, Cantonese, Mandarin, or any languages to express yourself, but I 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 also create links to your classmates' blogs as well as blogs by students in other sections, other levels, and other schools, so you can see what other people think and feel about Japanese language learning (as well as other topics). You are also 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.