Meeting with the Willamette Freshman
Colloquium on Thursday, September 23
A. Get to know your partner
or partners. (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 LEAning (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. Appearances and values. Compare
your responses to some of these questions about "appearance and values": "We've
been STUdying
aPPEARANCES
and VAlues". Could I ASK you some
QUEstions so we can comPARE our iDEas?" (Use your own questions, too!)
- 1. Do you THINK it's FAIR to JUDGE PEOple by their CLOTHES?
- 2. Do you THINK it's imPORtant to DRESS aPPROpriately for certain situations?
(why or why not ????)
- 3. Do you THINK SCHOOL Uniforms are a GOOD iDEa? (why or why not ????)
[You may need to explain who wears uniforms in Japan?]
- 4.Did you Ever have disaGREEments with your PArents about CLOTHES?
- 5. Do you THINK it's a BAD iDEa for proFEssors to TEACH in JEANS
or SHORTS?
C. You will work with the Willamette students
to give TWO examples of the Japanese concepts you read about. Be sure
you are ready.
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?