Activities on September 21st

Today, complete exercises 1. (If you do not finish in class, finish at home). Those who have time, complete exercise 2 as well.

1. Write a Self-Introduction in Japanese

1. In hiragana, write the first draft of your self-introduction. (Do not publish it online yet). For those who do not want to use their real names, it is also fine to use a pseudonym. For those who do not know how to type in Japanese, click on the “Japanese and Computer” link on the right-hand side of this page. (If after reading the information you still have questions, first ask a classmate before asking the instructor.)
2. After writing your self-introduction, form groups of 2-3 students to peer edit your self-introduction. (Is your hiragana written correctly?) *If the hiragana appears too small on the page and is difficult to read, press the “Apple/command” key and the “+” key together, (PC users press the “Control” key instead of the “Apple/command” key) and the characters will get larger.
3. After everyone in the group has read and corrected each others’ self-introductions, publish your post on your blog.

2. Write Comments on your classmate's blogs.

1. Read two or three classmate's blogs under クラスメート (classmates) on the right-hand side of this page.
2. Write comments (in both Japanese and English).
3. (Optional) Comment on the blogs of your fellow first year students in the United States. To see other school's blogs, click on the “ほかのだいがく (Other Universities)” on the right-hand side of this page. On the right-hand side of each school page, you can find links to student's blogs.