WEEK 3 Google docs/apps

Week 3 Google apps Intro.
( “Hello, How are you?” Me: “I'm great!”)
Teacher: “Thanks everyone for your responses on the Line message chat.”

• Meet up lesson and places Teacher: Today we are going to learn how to ask to meet up with out friend from last time. But first we will learn some places.
(Teacher pulls up slides from google apps onto the screen.) Teacher demos the place name while showing the slides. “the Department store, Shinjuku station, the Book store, the library, the coffee shop, the park, the temple, the Comic cafe)

Then students repeat after the teacher. Then teacher randomly selects slides and students try to say the places on there own. Teacher explains “Today and tomorrow” using a calendar picture from google slide. Teacher demos the language,
A: “Can you meet me at__________ today?”
B:“Sure.”/“Sorry, I can't. How about Tomorrow.”
A: “O.K. I'll meet you at___________.”/ “OK”

Teacher pulls up slides, they have the picture of the place and the sentence with a smile face with “Sure.”, and a frown with the “Sorry, I can't. How about _________?”
The students repeat after teacher during each slide that is shown. Then the students try it on their own as the teacher scrolls through the slides randomly. The teacher hands out a worksheet with all the pictures and dialogue for practice with each other. Students switch partners when the teacher asks them to. Then the students put away the dialogue sheet and the teacher takes out individual pictures of the places but not words on them. Students get one each. (Some students don't have them but the other students will pass them theirs when they are finished.)

The students pair up in groups of two. If a group only gets one picture then they can use this dialogue, A: “Can you meet me at__________ today?”
B:“Sure.” If they each have a picture, then they can use this one, A: “Can you meet me at__________ today?”(Using the picture they have.) B:“Sorry, I can't. How about __________.”(Using the picture they have.)
A: “O.K. I'll meet you at___________.”
(Teacher demos the language. Then students repeat after teacher.)
A: “What are you doing today?”
B: “I'm just watching T.V. How about you?”
A: “Can you meet for dinner/lunch/coffee?”
B: “Sure. Where do you want to meet?”/ “Sorry, I can't how about tomorrow?”
A: “How about ________?” B: “OK.” (Teacher and a student demo the language.)

(Then students pair up in groups and practice with each other.) (Tell the students to sit down and that they did a great job.)

 (Tell the students there will be home work. Demonstrate how to do the home work assignment using the flat screen TV. The home work will be to listen to and practice saying and reading the dialogue. The teacher will send a document to their email with a sound file and text file for practice.

 1. Who are your learners and what is the skill you are focusing on for this lesson? Japanese students 18-23 years old. At university/college/community college. Example of a Japanese Student: Yuki- She loves shopping, comic books, fashion and music. Yuki likes to hangout with her friends in Shinjuku and drink coffee.

2. How will this resource enhance your language lesson? The slides with pictures will enhance the lesson. Having a picture of a department store and a department store that the students know and might even shop at, I think is useful because they can relate to it. I think it helps them take their mind off being in the classroom.

3.What directions handouts (or verbal directions) will you need to create? I will need a hand out with the vocabulary and dialogue in English/Japanese. I will need to tell the students to stand up and get in groups (Which I can do with hand gestures and language.)

4.What tech support will you have or will you need to provide students? The screen and computer in the class room needs to work and should be checked before class starts. I could use my own laptop and hooked to the screen to show the slide pictures and the vocabulary and dialogue. The teacher should also test sending the google docs home work to an email make sure it works. I've used google drive a few times in the past.

5. What are the potential problems, either language based or technical, that you may need to troubleshoot or prepare for? Sometimes things don't work. Having a T.V. And computer in the class is great but things break and/or get disconnected ect. Checking to make sure these work before class should be a priority. I could print out pictures if there are problems with the computer.

Week 2 Line Application Lesson

Week 2 Line Application Lesson Lesson Last week I instructed the students to bring their smart phones to class for the lesson. Introduction: Teacher: “Hello, how are you today. I hop you had a good weekend.” Elicit language: Teacher: “What did as ask you to bring today?” “Yes, thats right I asked you to bring your smart phones. Show me your smart phones.” (Motion students to take out their smart phones.) Teacher: “And what's this?” (Points to smart phone Line Application) Teacher: “Yes. It's Line. Today we will get our friends line using English.” (Teacher hands out work sheet with the target language) Teacher Demonstrates the language A: “Hi. My name is ________. What's your name?” B: “My name is __________. It's nice to meet you too.” A: “Do you have Line?” B: “Sure. (Take out phone and get Line ID) “Is this you?” (Point to profile) A: “Yes, send me a message.” B: “OK. (Send a message) Did you get my message?” A: “Yeah, I did.” (Then the students repeat after the teacher. Teacher asks a student to help demonstrate the language in from of the class. Then two students demo the language.) (Pair up students in 2 groups. Have them practice the dialogue together and actually get their Line ID using the social media/messaging app. Then have them send a message.) (After the students finish have the students walk around the class and do the same dialogue and getting Line Ids. During this time all students will come up to the teacher and ask to get his Line ID .) (After the teacher has received Line I.d.s from all students. He will then invited them all to the Line messaging group called “English Class 101”. Explain to the students that the home will be try responding to the teachers messages in English before next class.) (The teacher will demonstrate some language Family members (Mother, father, brother, sister.)) (Then repeat and students demo. Then ask another student in the class.) A: “It was nice meeting you today. Do you have any brothers or sisters?” B: “Yes, I have one brother and one sister.”/ “I don't have any brothers or sisters.” A: “What's your father's name?” B: “His name is __________.” A: “What's your mother's name?” B: “Her name is ___________.” (Then have the students send the messages same as “A” asks to a friend.) Wrap up: Tell the students they did a great job today. Explain H.W.- Respond to the messages sent by the teacher in the group. And the teacher will send a message to the group over. If the students want to respond to other classmates in the group that's fine as long as they use English. These learners are Japanese University or college community college students they are low level. But they did have English classes in High school. The skill is a greeting and getting the other persons Line ID for future communication, something that happens often and is very applicable to Japan and Asia. Line Application smart phone application and is a great resource because just about everyone uses it in Japan and you can create messaging groups to invite others to. According to Wikipedia Line had 700 million users in 2015. In this group when one member sends a message all the members in the group get the message. The person that started the group invites people to it. Line has replaced traditional phone numbers between friends. Users can text in English and I believe it is a more fun way to talk in a second language. I used it while living in Japan and I would use Japanese when I could. The ability to switch between Japanese characters and English ones is not difficult on a cell phone. As a side note you can also download “stickers” and send them to your friend. There are thousands of different stickers you can download. I never thought about using Line as a classroom tool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_(application) I would need to create handouts with the target language to practice in class. On the handout it would be helpful to have some Japanese translations for homework instructions. The students would also need to have been told to bring their smart phones to class during the previous class. Of course most students have them already. Tech support wouldn't be a lot since I'm dealing with younger Japanese students and they already know how to get a Line ID. If students forget to bring their smart phone to class that might be a problem. They can still practice the lesson and send me their ID over email so I can add them to the group chat later. Batteries dying might also be a problem but usually someone has a charger to use. If they have some difficulty with the homework they can always send me an email or message.

Great message App in Japan!

Line is a message social media in Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_(application) https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/13/chat-app-line-makes-over-270-million-a-year-from-selling-stickers/

Week 1 Resource Review

Week 1 Resource Review http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/food2/ http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/ This web page is pretty good for me and my lesson because it is simple and has many of the foods I am looking to teach (pizza, hamburgers, some typical western foods). Also it is great because it will sound out the vocabulary when you scroll over the item. I know this website doesn't seem like much but try finding something like this on the internet and you will know what I mean. I could use this site in class on a projection screen and point to the foods and demo them myself while turning off the sound. Last but not least, the students could practice the language at home while listening on their computers. There is a listening challenge at the top of the site where students can hit a button and the site will say a random vocabulary word then student must scroll over the correct food item. There is also a speaking challenge which randomly says a vocabulary word and the student has to say the word. The teacher could send the link to the students email for them to practice. Improvements and problems: Some of the foods listed don't go with the selected target sentences (words like icing). It would be better for the class if they were all foods like donuts, eggs, pizza, ect. But this would work. It would be great to see a few more games relating to vocabulary but over all I'm happy with the simplicity and functionality of the website. I don't think it's possible to access on a smart phone. I would have to create some cards with the target vocabulary pictures. It wouldn't be difficult because I'm used to created things like this for class. The students I will have students are Japanese in Vocational college or University with a low level of English. They have had some English class room experience in the past. I chose food because even low level or no level Japanese students have eaten Pizza and cheese burgers. After doing a quick introduction (“Hello, how are you?) I would start out the class using a flat screen tv/projection using the website above and using the pointer with the computer say a few of the food items. Then do a ''repeat the teacher'' exercise using the same items (Teacher says pizza then student says pizza.) After the teacher would demonstrate to the class with some cards with pictures of some of the same foods (pizza, hot dogs, ect.). A: “What food do you like?” B: “I like________”. Then have the students repeat after me. After that the students would get in two lines facing each other. Line A student would ask line B student. “What food do you like?” B: “I like Pizza. Then we would change the food item to cheeseburgers and keep going. The students would sit down and I would demo the language: A: “Do you like_______? B: “Yes I do./No I don't”. (Shaking my head while saying don't.) The students would repeat after teacher. Then we would line up again. This time the students can choose to say yes I do, or No, I don't. After we are done the stunts can sit down. Then we would do a guessing game using the target language.

Introduction to Ace Wall (Andrew)

Hello, I will be teaching basic conversation level English at University in Japan. My students will be 19-23 years old on average. Japanese students have had basic English classes in Junior High and High school. Many students are learning English in Japan because it will help them get a job after the graduate.