Presentation Guideline
(Introduce your family members in 3 to 4 minutes)
Items to submit (Look up in the Course Portal for the deadlines.)
First Draft
(Note: Use double-space for the Japanese text. Give English translation of what you are trying to say.)
bulletRegular class: Submit it in class.
bulletOnline class: Upload it to T-Square Drop box. (Create a folder "Presentation1" and upload it to the folder.)
Power Point Presentation
(Page 1: New vocabulary page if any.
Page 2: a photo of you and other visual aids which support your speech)
bulletAll classes: Upload it to T-Square Drop box
(If you don't have PowerPoint, upload your pictures and vocuabulary file separately to your drop box in T-Square.)
Presentation

Each of you will be given 4 minutes to talk about the given topic.There will be comprehension questions following each presentation.

Final Draft bulletRegular class: Submit it in class on the day of presentaiton
bulletOnline class: Upload it to T-Square Drop box
Objectives:
  • To practice speaking about your family in Japanese using the vocabulary and grammar structures learned in this course
  • To enhance public speaking
  • To get to know your classmates better
  • To practice using the kanji we have learned so far
Use as many expressions we learned so far as possible. The presentation must be conducted in Japanese. If your presentation includes substantial amount of English, your overall grade will be deducted. If your presentation includes new phrases not formally introduced in this course, you need to provide a new vocabulary list on Page 1 of your presentation. (Don't include too many new words. That would only confuse your audience.)
  • Family terms
  • V-ています
    • On-going action (べんきょうしています・けんきゅうしています・つとめています・すんでいます・はたらいています, etc.)
    • Resultant state (けっこんしています/りこんしています/いんたいしています, etc.)
  • Connectives: 時(とき), が/けど ("but") and から ("therefore/so")
    • 25さいの時(とき)、けっこんしました。
    • 子どもの時、日本にすんでいました。
    • ひまな時、よくえいがを みに いきます。
    • スポーツはすきです、あまりしません。
    • せがひくいから、ハイヒールをはいています。
  • Counting people
    • 一人(ひとり)、二人(ふたり)、三人(さんにん), etc.
  • Academic subjects, majors, age, hometowns, etc.
    • 一つ、二つ、三つ, etc.
    • 一さい、二さい、三さい、二十(はたち)
    • 1年生、2年生、3年生
    • けいざいがくぶ、ぶんがくぶ、こうがく
  • Describing people using clause-modifiers
    • しろいシャツを きている 人は 私の 父です。, etc.
  • Use compound sentences (sentences made of two or more sentences with て connectives, etc.).
    • 大学一年生で、せんこうはCSです。
    • あおいネクタイをして、めがねをかけています。

While composing a paragraph, try to answer questions such as:

  • ご家族(かぞく)は何人いますか。
  • ごきょうだいがいますか。(If yes) あなたは上から何ばん目ですか。
  • なにをしていますか。(しごと/がっこうはどこですか。)
  • おいくつですか。
  • けっこんしていますか。
  • どこにすんでいますか。
  • 何がすきですか。or 何を するのが すき/じょうず (or へた) ですか。
  • ご家族はよくなにをしますか。

Example
(The clause modifier structures are underlined below.)

family

これは私の家族です。五人家族です。マリエッタに すんでいます。あおいシャツを きている人は父です。父はジョージアテックにつとめています。なまえはひろしで、45さいです。父はめがねを かけています。あおいズボンをはいている人は母です。母の なまえは えいこで、40さいです。母は じえいぎょうを していましたが、今は、はたらいていません。私は兄弟が二人います。かみがちゃいろの女の人は私の姉です。姉は二十二さいで、けっこんしています。私は はたちで、上から二ばん目で、ジョージアテックの二年生です。あおいぼうしを かぶっている男の子は弟です。15さいで、高校一年生です。やきゅうを するのが 大すきだから、一週間に 二かいぐらい ともだちと がっこうに やきゅうを しに行きます。

This is my family. It is a five-member family. We live in Marietta. The person who is wearing a blue shirt is my father. My father is working for Georgia Tech. His name is Hiroshi, and he is 45-years old. He is wearing glasses. The person who is wearing blue pants is my mother. My mother is Eiko, and she is 40-years old. She was self-employed but is now not working. I have two siblings. The woman whose hair is brown is my older sister. She is twenty-two years old and is married. I am twenty years old, the second from the top and a sophomore at Georgia Tech. The boy who is wearing a blue hat is my younger brother. He is fifteen and a first-year highschool student. He likes to play baseball, so he goes to school with his friends to play baseball about twice a week.

Criteria:

  • Was the content appropriate for the topic?
  • Was the speech within the time limitation (3 to 4 minutes)?
  • Did the speech contain sufficient grammar structures and vocabulary learned so far?
  • Was the speech grammatically accurate?
  • Was the speech clear (e.g., pronunciation, intonation, rhythm)?
  • Was the visual aid appropriate?
  • Was the glossary for new vocabulary if any (not formally introduced in this course) provided and was it helpful?
  • Final draft: Does it contain sufficient kanji characters introduced so far?