How are you? Today I will give all of you our third presentation assignment (ショートプレゼンテーション 3) for the second semester (後期) – presenting about names from other cultures and languages.
Because this is our first presentation for the new term, we will make it a short presentation, around five (5) minutes, in small groups to each other including Q&A from the classmates we will present to.
Before we start, let's look at the board notes for our class on 10/9:
Now let's look at the assignment!
Look at the picture at the top of this post. It's a screenshot of a label for a Korean name - in this case, it reads "Kim Eebak." Kim is the most common surname (名字) in both North and South Korea, and in hanja - the Korean name for kanji, it would be written as 金. Koreans born in Japan with this name would use this kanji.
Topic
You can choose to present about either surnames, or first names, from another culture and language - but not from Japanese. What do the names mean?
One again, you cannot research about Japanese names. But it is okay to show with the name you have chosen to research about if are there any names with the same, or similar meanings, in Japanese.
Guidelines & format
Whatever kinds of names you choose from whichever languages, you have to present these points:
- What the name is
- What it means
- How common it is in the language and country(s) it is used in
- Any famous people with this name
- What same or similar meanings there may be in any names in Japan
As something extra - what would your own name look like in another language with its own writing system - not kanji, kana, or romaji? In katakana, my own name, Lee Arnold, looks of course like this: リー・アーノルド (rii aanorudo).
How would your name look in a different writing system - and how would your name be pronounced to fit that system? In the case of my name, the sounds of my name have to change to fit the katakana pronunciation (発音). So how about your name?
Like before, you can design it anyway you want - but please have the images and the writing be about the points above.
Special note: Because we are in a computer room now, I will ask that we prepare Power Point shows. You should have for your Power Point:- A title slide with the title of your topic, your name, the class (Culture through English B) and the date
- 5-6 main slides (including pictures and examples of writing from another writing system, if you need to show what the writing looks like)
- A closing slide with a "thank you" message (or something like it)
Deadline (締め切り)
Because we will have no class on October 16th (10/16), our presentation day will be on October 23rd (10/23), so you have three (3) weeks to prepare them.
We will do some presentation practice in class before we do the real presentations. These presentations will be the only things we will do on October 23rd.
Now as a reminder, here are the board notes for our class on 10/2:
Good luck! Have fun making these presentations about names from other cultures and languages.
See you next week with your great posters!
Image: Screenshot of image taken from https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2016/11/07/heres-real-reason-why-so-many-koreans-are-named-kim/Board notes - personal photographs. All rights reserved.
I do not own the rights to the original image of Korean name photograph. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). Screenshot taken and uploaded for educational purposes only.
