AMSTU 0250-2 Personal and Cultural Values -- Fall
2010- J. E. Seibert -- TIUA
Meeting with the Willamette Freshman
Colloquium on Thursday, October 21
A. Get to
know your partner. (a)
Use these and questions of your own. (b) Remember to start and end the conversation
smoothly.
- 1. WHERE are you FROM?
- 2. WHAT'S your MAjor?
- 3. DO you have some exPERience LEARning LANguages or LIving in Other COUNtries?
- 4. WHAT CLAsses are you TAking? (... Do you enJOY them?)
- 5. WHICH DORM do you LIVE IN? (... HOW'S DORM LIFE?)
- 6. WHAT do you THINK about WiLLAmette SO FAR?
- 7. Would you TELL me about your FAmily?
- 8. WHAT are you LEARning (about) in proFEssor Fujiwara's CLASS?
- 9.WHAT'S your TYpical DAY at WiLLAmette like?
- 10. Do you have Any QUEstions ABOUT TIUA, JaPAN, or ME?
B. Family: Discuss some or all of these
questions. Some are from Chapter 8.
- Did you grow up in a nuclear
or extended
family? Could you tell me about your family?
- How did you get your first name?
Was it a family name? A popular
name when you were born? A name linked to
a value, a family friend,
or a relative
important to your parents? (Show and explain
the kanji for your name)
- Do your parents expect you
to live
close to them when you finish
college? Do they expect you to take
care of them when they're older?
- What values did you learn from
your family? What
are two or three
values would you like to pass on to your descendants.
- Your question/s: _____________________________________________________________________
C. Stereotypes: What
are the stereotypes we had of each other before this class/this year? Joint
activity.
Use these and similar phrases during the linked class.
- Hello. I'm _________________________ . Nice to meet you. (If
you don't know someone.)
- Hi, nice to see you again! (If
you know someone.)
- I remember you, but could you say your name
again slowly for me, please. (You recognize
someone, but you can't remember his or her name.)
- Excuse me. Could you please repeat that?
- Excuse me. Could you please speak more
slowly?
- How do you spell that?
- I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I understand.
- I have a question.
- Hmm, let me think a minute.
- Could you tell me more about . . . .
- Could you give me an example?