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Week Six (October 25-28)

http:// www3.agu.ac.jp / ~jeffreyb / oral / onlineWk6. html

This is an online lesson for Blair's Oral English classes at Aichi Gakuin University on:

Monday for the Health Dept. (36名) and Psychology Dept. (29名) at the Nisshin Campus,
Tuesday for the Dental Dept. (7名+12名) at the Kusumoto Campus, and
Thursday for the Economics Dept. (27名) at the Meijo Koen Campus.

1-minute Level Checks

((Teams Recording ON))

4区分析 and Plan B

Your teacher has EXPLAINED the 4区 structures of English AND Japanese sentences. I HOPE you UNDERSTAND those two 4区 patterns now. If you DO, then it is time to PRACTICE them. If you DO NOT, then perhaps you will COME to UNDERSTAND them as you PRACTICE with the other students in your group. As you PRACTICE, REPEAT the English sentences. Repetition is very important. It is what AJ Hoge and Christian Dodds CALL deep learning.

Listen to AJ Hoge explain Rule#4
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5C6n9FSZSk]

Plan Japanese
Record		 Speaking Practice
with Repetition		 English
Record
Haruna  Speak Eng 
BWrite JapaneseSpeak Eng 
B (A)Write JapaneseSpeak Eng(Write English)

Today we will USE Plan B--Write Japanese, then speak English--and (Haruna's) Step 3--sentences: connected sentences. At the beginning of your Group Meeting you must WRITE the Four-Message Heading at the top of the Chat Box. In the second message you WRITE the Group Leader's name.

Do NOT WRITE any group discussions in the Chat Box. Students that are online should TALK to each other with their microphones and cameras ON. The Chat Box is for your Heading, your Conversation Starters, and your Conversations about assigned videos ONLY.

Conversations START with a sentence (a Conversation Starter) and CONTINUE with connected setences. Before the conversation BEGINS each student in the group will DECIDE how they would LIKE to START the conversation. They will DECIDE in Japanese and WRITE a 4区和文 Japanese Conversation Starter about a scene in one of the assigned video stories ... NO discussion（勝手に　ばらばらの和文を　出す）.

AFTER these three or four sentences have been WRITTEN in the Teams Chat Box, it is time to DISCUSS them and DECIDE which one will PRODUCE the best (longest, most interesting) conversation. Think about it seriously AND discuss it.

PUT「O」in front of the best sentence and「X」in front of the others. The sentence with the「O」is the first sentence in your group's conversation ... your Conversation Starter. It should clearly IDENTIFY an interesting scene in the story. The student whose sentence won the「O」SAYS the sentence in English, then everyone in the group should REPEAT it. The Japanese sentence should, of course, have been DIVIDED into 4区 (see the examples below).

Japanese Sentences
S+ 区 A+ 区 O+/C 区 V 区
傲慢な医者が黒いPlay Stationでgameをしていた。
若い医者が 乗客の未熟児を取り上げた。
年寄りの医者が少女に注射をした。
鋼鉄のballが少年の気管に 詰まっていた。
Mikotoは若い少年に心肺蘇生を行った。
Ayameは薄い茶色のcupでcoffeeを飲んだ。
Sakamoto先生はHayatoの家族に肝臓のmodelを見せた。

These are a few things that you should REMEMBER when WRITING Japanese sentences:

  • People's names AND foreign loan words should be WRITTEN in Roman letters.
  • Unlike Haruna, we are TALKING (and writing) about events that have already TAKEN PLACE. Almost all verbs should, therefore be in the past tenses（過去形、過去進行形、過去完了形）.
  • We always WRITE the noun phrases within Japanese sentences in their natural order, but the object (O+) should be PLACED right in front（直前）of the verb. This is necessary for the 最初、最後、逆方向 technique to WORK.

    Haruna's Step 3: Sentences
    S 区 V 区 O/C 区 +A 区
    An arrogant doctor was playinga gameon a black
    Play Station.
    A young doctor delivereda passenger's
    premature baby.    		 
    An old doctor gavea little girl
    a shot.    		 
    A steel ball was stuck in a little boy's
    windpipe.
    Dr. Saijo performedCPRon a little boy.
    Ayame dranksome coffeefrom a light brown cup.
    Dr. Sakamoto showedHayato's familya model of a liver.

    After REPEATING the Conversation Starter, CONTINUE the conversation. All subsequent sentences must be CONNECTED to sentences that have APPEARED in the conversation before them. There should be NO more discussion, especially in Japanese--NO more 「O」or「X」s--just a natural conversation, written in Japanese, BUT spoken in English.

    Don't just write the sentences. Be sure to PRACTICE SAYING them over and over ... faster and faster ... with more and more feeling (like the Bounce Patrol). Yes, it's English Only Time until you RUN OUT of things to SAY and the conversation ENDS.

    Then you START a new conversation with new Conversation Starters and another「O X」discussion.

    Time for You to Practice

    During the Group Work Leaders should MAKE SURE that all students that are online KEEP their microphones ON (so that they can SPEAK) AND their cameras ON (so that they can SEE each other).

    会議 Chat
     
    Group X2　Week 6
    Leader: Hanako
    Plan B: Write Japanese, then speak English
    Step 3: Sentences
     
    X Ellenは　薬を　飲んだ。
    X EllenとScottは　Ellenの病室で　kissを　した。
    O Stanley達は　groundで　野球を　していた。
    X GonzoとEllenは　更衣室で　口論を　した。
    Now LET's GO to your channels on Teams to ENJOY some English practice in your discussion groups.
    You NEED to CHOOSE a leader.

    At the top of your report WRITE
    (message #1) your group's name, "Week 6",
    (message #2) the leader's name,
    (message #3) Plan B: Write Japanese, then speak English, and
    (message #4) Step 3: Sentences.

    THEN START WRITING your Japanese sentences about the assigned video. DIVIDE each sentence into 4区. Then SAY the sentence in English. Do NOT WRITE the English sentence ... SAY it out loud. Everyone REPEATS ... or SHOUTS OUT a better version of the sentence. REPEAT the best sentence for practice.

    Your sentences should be connected to each other .... like a normal conversation. Your conversation(s) today should be about Saijo no Meii episodes [1] or [2].

    If you HAVE any questions about what you are supposed to be DOING, first DISCUSS it in your group, then ... if you are still in doubt, DO what you THINK is right, RAISE your hand and SHOW it to the teacher (the PDS Cycle, aka PDCA Cycle).

    ((Teams Recording OFF))
    ((confirm online attendance
    with camera/microphone functions))

    Last updated October 23, 2021
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    These lessons are DESIGNED to HELP Japanese students
    to LEARN to SPEAK English as a foreign language. They could
    be REVERSE ENGINEERED to help English speakers learn to
    speak Japanese as a foreign language.

    I would be thrilled to SHARE my ideas about teaching foreign
    languages with other teachers. You can CLICK the link above
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