バージニア大学の一年生のブログをよみませんか

バージニア大学の一年生もブログをしていますよ！みなさんのように (like you) 日本ごをべんきょうしている学生とブログではなしませんか。週まつに、好きなブログをよんで、コメントしましょう。

バージニア大学日本語一年生のブログのページ：http://uvajapanese102.blogspot.com/

さくぶん：冬休み

二月十日（土曜日）までに、じぶん (self) のブログにさくぶんのdraftをかいてください。みじかくてもいいです。

• 何について書きますか (overall & each paragraph)。
  
• どんなOrganizationですか。
• Conclusionは何ですか。

ブログのグループメンバーがよんで、コメントします。

さくぶん「冬休み」について

秋にたくさんさくぶんをかきましたね。春もさくぶんもかきましょう！さいしょのトピックは「冬休み」です。

I. Task
You are writing a letter to your host family in Japan. In the letter, tell them what you did during winter break (冬休み).

II. Steps

1. Brainstorm ideas.
2. Organize your ideas and prepare an outline.
3. Write the first draft using the outline.
4. Write the final draft.
   

III. Rules

1. Write by hand. DO NOT type.
2. Use only those patterns you have learned so far.
3. You are expected to demonstrate that you can apply what you have learned so far in writing simple, coherent, and straightforward passages. If you can't express your ideas using the sentence structures you have learned, then try simplifying the sentences.
4. Try to use various adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions (e.g., そして, 〜が、).
   

IV. Tips

• Think about what you did during winter break.
• Describe each activity concretely and comment on it (e.g., how you felt, what you thought about it).
• Make sure to provide a summary or conclusion at the end of your composition (e.g., a comment on winter break in general)
• Simply listing what you did is NOT a good composition!
  

V. Grading Criteria

1. Content: Does the content of your essay match the topic? Have you provided enough details? Is the content creative?
2. Organization: Have you done a good job of organizing your paragraphs? Do you express your ideas clearly and coherently?
3. Language Use: Have you made any grammar mistakes (particles, tense, forms, etc.)? Have you used vocabulary that best expresses intended meaning?
4. Challenge: Have you used an appropriate mix of the vocabulary and sentence patterns that you have learned so far? Have you used complex sentences when appropriate?
5. Mechanics: Have you spelled words correctly? Have you punctuated sentences correctly (。and 、)?

Got lost?

I have noticed some of you got lost, i.e., couldn't find your group members' blogs and commented on a different classmate (e.g., "Nihongo no Densetsu"は、ローマンさんのじゃありません。キーフさんのじゃありません。グオさんのです。) Usually, you post self-introduction first, dodn't you? Read it and learn more about your classmates! If you really can't find it, ask!

はじめまして

Helpdeskのおざわみどりです。　
TCのだいがくいんの２ねんせいです。にほんじんです。
せんこうはInternational Educational Developmentです。
とうきょうからきました。みなさん、どうぞよろしく。

I am interested in Information Communication Technology integrated education. I like traveling, diving, and surprisingly studying language, too. I speak four languages, such as Japanese, English, Indonesian and Nepali. I feel rewarded when I could communicate successfully with the language that I have learned. I believe language opens the door to another culture and another way of viewing the world. I am very pleased to assist in setting up your joyful (?) environment for Japanese learning. Good luck for this semester!!

みどり　（わたしのなまえの”みどり”はひらがなです）

ブログのルール (rules)

ブログのルールです。よくよんでください。

1. ２しゅうかんに１かい、ブログをかく。さいしょの (first) ブログを１／２８（日）までにかいてください。
   
2. クラスメートのブログをよんで、コメントをかく。
3. ブログのコメントに、へんじ（reply）をかく。

We'll form a pair or a group and decide whose blogs you'll read and comment on.

にほんごでブログをしましょう

みなさん、こんにちは！にほんごのべんきょうはどうですか。Excited? Happy? Overwhelmed? Whatever you feel, I hope we'll share it together using blogs.

Through blogging this semester, I hope that we will learn more about ourselves as well as each other. Your blog is the place to share your experience, feelings, and everything about learning Japanese, being a Columbia student, and so on. It is also the place for you to practice expressing yourself in Japanese. You may think that you don't know much, but you'll be amazed by how much you can say in Japanese.

This class blog links to your blogs and your classmates' so that you can see what others think and feel about their learning process or just simply what they're up to. I'm interested in your experience as a language learner: what you feel, how you see it, what you think about it, etc. Please feel free to write anything you want. You are encouraged to express yourself about any topics in any language, although you'll be asked to write about specific topics in Japanese from time to time. As the semester goes on, you'll be able to write more in Japanese, so I hope to see more Japanese in your blog :-)

So, let's start blogging. Please follow the procedures below to open your blog using Blogger (if you already have your own blog, you may use it). If you need technical assistance (how to set up a blog, how to type in Japanese, etc.) send an e-mail to helpjpcu@gmail.com.

1) Go to http://www.blogger.com to open your blog.

1. Select "Setting"s from the top tabs. Click "Formatting" and select "Universal" for "Encoding" so that you can type Japanese.
2. In order to receive comments from as many people as possible, please select "Comments" and choose "Anyone" for "Who can comment" section.
3. If you want to know how to type Japanese, please click the link listed on the right side.

2) Send your blog address to the helpdesk (helpjpcu@gmail.com).

• If you have trouble opening a new account, please let me know.
• If you already have a blog and if you can use Japanese (e.g., you opened a blog last semester in my class), you do not have to open a new account.
  

3) Post a blog entry once a week. The first entry is due 1/28 (Su). If you're the first-time blogger, you may want to introduce yourself. If not, you may skip self-introduction and write whatever you want :-)

• Don't know what to write about? Here're some suggested topics:
  

• I could read Japanese!
  
• I spoke Japanese!
• I went to Japan!
  
• Why I study Japanese
• My Japanese friends
• I'm confused! Help!
• My secret study tips
  
• My daily schedule
• Japanese restaurants in town
• My hobbies
• Japanese music, dramas, food, anime, manga
  
• What I like/dislike about my Japaense class
• What I'd like to do in my Japanese class
  
• My favorite websites
• My classmates
• Japanese grammar
• Japanese vocabulary
  
• Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji
• My favorite language lab exercises

4) You are also encouraged to visit others' blogs. Links to other interesting blogs can be seen on the right-side of this page. (they include links to other Japanese learners' blogs!)

学生のポッドキャスト：その１０（最終回）

Columbiality by ダイアン、カタリーナ、ルシャン

学生のポッドキャスト：その９

3 very FINE Ladies by リディア、ジェシカ、オードリー

学生のポッドキャスト：その８

ニューヨークの学生生活（４）by AS

Podcastでアメリカとにほんのしゅうくさいじつをはなします。