Culture through English 2B: Fall semester presentation project supporting notes & images・後期プレゼンテーションの附記、イメージ

Hello!

How are you? Here are some supporting notes (附記) for your final presentation projects. 

Look at the picture above. We read about this in our textbook - the famous La Tomatina festival in Spain. 

Starting research ideas
The pictures below show some famous festivals and celebrations around the world. Your group can choose one (1) of these - but please make sure that you have a different festival or celebration from the other groups! 

Do not only look at these pictures. Find other celebrations around the world to choose from. These are only starting ideas. 

For whichever festival or celebration you choose, please show this in your presentation:

• Where exactly the events are located in the country
• What kinds of things people can do there
• What kind of special food or drink might be there (if there is any)
• When these events are held
• What the history of the event is - when it started, who started it, and reasons why 
• How to get to the location all the way from Japan (by air, then train, air, or bus) 

Burning Man, U.S. 

Rio Carnaval, Brazil

Tet festival, Vietnam

Oktoberfest, Germany

Canadian National Exhibition, Canada

Holi, India

Once again - you can use these ideas, but please search out other festivals and celebrations as well.

Have fun!

Images: Top - "La Tomatina (25.08.2010) - Spain, Buñol 30" by flydime - La Tomatina (25.08.2010)/Spain, Buñol. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Tomatina_(25.08.2010)_-_Spain,_Bu%C3%B1ol_30.jpg#/media/File:La_Tomatina_(25.08.2010)_-_Spain,_Bu%C3%B1ol_30.jpg/Burning Man - "Lightmatter burningman" by Aaron Logan. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lightmatter_burningman.jpg#/media/File:Lightmatter_burningman.jpg/Carnaval - "Grazieli Massafera como Rainha da Bateria da Grande Rio 1" by Team at Carnaval.com Studios - Grand-Rio-37.JPG. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grazieli_Massafera_como_Rainha_da_Bateria_da_Grande_Rio_1.jpg#/media/File:Grazieli_Massafera_como_Rainha_da_Bateria_da_Grande_Rio_1.jpg/Tet festival - "Thương xá TAX, Tết 2012" by Pinus - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Th%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_x%C3%A1_TAX,_T%E1%BA%BFt_2012.JPG#/media/File:Th%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_x%C3%A1_TAX,_T%E1%BA%BFt_2012.JPG/Oktoberfest - "Oktoberfest inside Hippodrom" by Aschuff - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oktoberfest_inside_Hippodrom.jpg#/media/File:Oktoberfest_inside_Hippodrom.jpg/Canadian National Exhibition festival - "Canadian National Exhibition 2012" by Kotsy - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canadian_National_Exhibition_2012.jpg#/media/File:Canadian_National_Exhibition_2012.jpg /Holi festival - "Samaj gathering during Lathmar hoil" by Narender9 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samaj_gathering_during_Lathmar_hoil.jpg#/media/File:Samaj_gathering_during_Lathmar_hoil.jpg

Culture through English 2B: Final presentation projects・後期プレゼンテーション

Hello!

How are you? Today, I will introduce our final presentation project (後期プレゼンテーションプロジェクト) - presenting about famous festivals (祭り) and celebrations around the world.

The picture above is of a unique festival held every year in the U.S. called Burning Man. It's held in the western desert, in Nevada, every summer. I won't tell you any more about it because you might want to research about it! Here's what we'll do:

Topics

This time we will have one (1) topic – festivals (祭り) and celebrations around the world.

Guidelines

Like before, you have a choice between making a poster presentation or Power Point show. But this time I will make some rules I want you to follow:

• You can still present in groups – but I want each member to show what their job is in the group (for example, the planning notes from the person who designed the visual material like a poster or the slides, plus separate notes from the person who looked for vocabulary and spellchecked, and so on). The other side of the sheet I have given you in class is for your planning and preparation.

• Because of this, every member of each group has to come to class every time.

• I would like these to be the best presentations you can put together – so because of this, we have to have a practice time, with coaching from me if your group needs it.

• Every group must have a different topic – no groups can have the same topic.

Schedule & deadline (締め切り)

Our presentation day will be on January 18th (1/18), so you have more than one (1) month to prepare them. Because I am giving you this project now, here is our schedule for the rest of our time together:

• 12/14 – introduction to the project; choosing group members; naming groups and choosing jobs in groups for preparation; coordinating ideas between groups on topics; beginning outside class research

• 12/21 – teacher check of group names and members, topic choices, research and coordination of topics between groups; check of jobs among group members; in-class research and preparation

• 1/11 – in-class research and preparation; presentation practice; final outside class research

• 1/18 – final presentations 

You must be there on the day to present! Please be ready. 

Good luck! I look forward to our presentation day on January 18th! See you next week!

Image: "Lightmatter burningman" by Aaron Logan. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lightmatter_burningman.jpg#/media/File:Lightmatter_burningman.jpg

Culture through English 2B: Festivals・祭り

Hello!

How are you? Today let's look at festivals (祭り)! Japan is a great country for festivals. Which famous ones have you been to? Are there any famous festivals in your hometown or home area? 

Activity 

Take a look at these pictures. Which parts of festivals do you like the best? Which did you like when you were kids? Talk about these with your classmates!

food stalls

game stalls

shooting stalls

fireworks

dancers

Have fun!  See you next time!

Images: Top - by 克年 三沢 - 2012-05-06_14.34.08, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44586593/Food stalls - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58149/Game stall - by ajari from Japan - Flickr: Asagaya Tanabata Festival_10, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22872248/Shooting stall - by katorisi - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3178109/Fireworks - "Fireworks" (courtesy of noppasinw)/Dancers - "Sakura Matsuri Japanese Festival DC 2012 (7091131693)" by S Pakhrin from DC, USA - Sakura Matsuri Japanese Festival DC 2012. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakura_Matsuri_Japanese_Festival_DC_2012_(7091131693).jpg#/
media/File:Sakura_Matsuri_Japanese_Festival_DC_2012_(7091131693).jpg

Fireworks photograph courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net