健康と薬について話してみよう / Health and Medicine Storytelling - Japanese, Intermediate Low to Mid

Created Feb. 7, 2024 by Amber Hoye, Theadora Callahan, Deana Nassans, Ethan Hoggan, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

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健康と薬について話してみよう / Health and Medicine Storytelling - Japanese, Intermediate Low to Mid

Description:

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to create their own stories based on health-related vocabulary words. Students will also briefly learn about the difference in health systems in the U.S. and Japan. Students will learn more about speaking with a doctor, how to describe symptoms, and illnesses. Students will also learn about insurance and hospitals in Japan. 

Proficiency Level:

Interpersonal Speaking, Intermediate Low to Mid

Keywords:

Japan, Japanese, medicine, storytelling, health, Nakama 2, Chapter 1

NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards

  • Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversation, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. 
  • Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken Japanese on a variety of topics.
  • Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of Japanese culture.
  • Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of Japanese culture and their own

Idaho State World Language Standards:

  • COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions. 
  • COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
  • CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
  • CLTR 1.2: Explain the relationship between cultural practices/behaviors and the perspectives that represent the target culture’s view of the world.
  • COMP 2.1: Identify, describe and compare/contrast products and their use in the target culture with the learner’s culture.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can contribute to a conversation about a story by identifying who, what, when, and where.
  • I can create a story about health and sickness.
  • I can compare and contrast the Japanese and U.S. health system.

Materials Needed:

Word Bank Cards

Warm-up

1. Begin by introducing the Can-Dos for today’s activity.

"こんにちは。今日の Can-Do Statementsは..."

2.  Ask students health-related questions about Japan and the U.S.

“まず、日本とアメリカの健康について質問を聞きます。”

Use the questions below: 

1. もしアメリカで怪我をしたらどうしますか？

What would you do if you were injured in the United States? 

     a. break it down (minor to major injuries)

          i. 風邪を引いたらどうしますか？

What do you do if you catch a cold? 

          ii. 骨を折ったらどうしますか？

What do you do if you break your bones? 

2. 日本だとどうすると思いますか？

What about in Japan? 

     a. break it down using the same questions as above (the point of this question is to explain that Japanese people usually go to the hospital even for minor injuries or health problems because of the cheap health insurance)

3. 日本の緊急連絡電話番号はわかりますか？

Do you know the emergency phone number in Japan?

     a. 110 - 警察- Policemen

     b. 119 - 救急、消防- Emergency and Fire Department

     c. 118 - 海上保安庁- Japan Coast Guard

4. 日本とアメリカ以外の健康や薬について何か知っていますか？

Do you know anything about health and medicines outside of Japan and America? 

     a. What do other countries do differently regarding health?

5. 大きな病気や怪我をしたことがありますか？

Have you ever had a serious illness or injury?

     a. その時どうしましたか？どう思いましたか？

What did you do at that time? What did you think?

6. 印象に残る(面白い) cmを見たことがありますか？

Have you ever seen an impressive (interesting) commercial?

     a. maybe narrow it down (ex. ask if they any drug or smoking commercial)

     b. ex. commercial in the U.S. where they have actual people with cancer or other smoke-related illnesses warn you about the danger of smoking 

Main Activity

1. Give each student a "Word Bank Card." Have the students pair up and create stories based on the vocabulary on the cards. Make sure they use all the words or at least TRY to use all the words.

“ペアになってお話を作ってください。カードに書いてある単語を全部使うようにしてください。”  

Please make a story as a pair. Try to use all the words on the card.

3. Use this model for an example:
        1. Use the example card:
            1. 咳をたくさんしたら喉が痛くなりました。薬を飲んで休むために寝ました。

After coughing a lot, my throat hurt. I sleep, take medicine, and rest.

3. Collect the cards from the students and give them different cards. Have them switch partners so they get a chance to talk to everyone and make different stories.

"終わったら違う人とペアになってください。"

When you are done, pair with a different person.

Wrap-up

Ask the following questions to finish the lab: 

1. 風邪を引いた時、どんな薬を飲みますか？

1. What medicine do you take when you have a cold?

2. 緊急救命室に行ったことがありますか？

2. Have you ever been to the emergency room?


3. 薬のアレルギーはありますか？

3. Do you have any medicine allergies?

End of lab:

• Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence. 
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.) 
• Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
• Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can contribute to a conversation about a story by identifying who, what, when, and where.
  • I can create a story about health and sickness.
  • I can compare and contrast the Japanese and U.S. health system.

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