同時に行動としないこと / Performing Actions Simultaneously and Idea of Without Doing - 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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Performing Actions Simultaneously and Idea of Without Doing - Japanese, Intermediate Low to Mid

Description:

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to express what they could do simultaneously. Students will also be able to express the idea of without doing.

Proficiency Level:

Intermediate Low/Mid

Keywords:

Japan, Japanese, Nakama 2, without doing, making sentences, make sentences, simultaneous actions, Chapter 7

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can express the performance of two actions simultaneously using 「〜ながら」
  • I can express the idea of without doing using 「〜ないで」

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.

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.

Materials Needed:

Warm-up

1. Display the "Google Slides" and begin by introducing the Can-Dos for today’s activity.

"こんにちは。今日の Can-Do Statementsは..."

2.  Students will now do the 〜ながらactivity. Each slide has illustrations of two activities. Students will make a sentence using 〜ながらto connect the two activities. 

“これから「〜ながら」のアクティビティをします。今から絵が２枚出てきます。「〜ながら」を使ってこの２枚の絵をつなげた文章を作ってください。(Showing Example Slide) 例えば、「テレビを見る」と「料理をする」なら「テレビを見ながら料理をします」となります。”

“I ’m going to do“ ~ while ”activities. Two pictures will come out now. Please make a sentence that connects these two pictures using "~ while". (Showing Example Slide) For example, if you “watch TV” and “cook”, you will “cook while watching TV”. ”

Main Activity

1. Students will now practice using 〜ないで. Each slide has two pictures, one with a red "X" by it. The X is there to prompt the students to use 〜ないで for that side.

“今から「〜ないで」の練習をします。２枚の絵が出てきます。１枚には赤いバツ（エックス）が書いてあってもう１枚にはバツがありません。「〜ないで」を使って２枚の絵をつなげた文章を作ってください。”

“From now on, I ’ll practice “don’t do it ”. Two pictures will appear. One sheet has a red cross (X) written on it, but the other one has no cross. Please make a sentence that connects the two pictures using "don't know". 

2. Use this model for an example:
        1. The first picture indicates 宿題をする and has an X on it. The other picture indicates 学校に行く。Hence, 「宿題をしないで、学校に行く。」

            1. １枚目の絵は「宿題をする」を示していて、赤いバツが書いてあります。２枚目の絵は「学校に行く」です。なので、「宿題をしないで、学校に行きます」が正しい文章になります。

The first picture shows “do your homework” and has a red cross. The second picture is “Go to school”. So, “Do not do homework, go to school” is the correct sentence.

Wrap-up

Ask a few of the following questions to finish the lab: 

1. 勉強をしながら何をしますか？

1. What do you do while studying? 


2. 食べながら何かしますか？

2. Do you do something while eating? 

3.  学校に行きながらバイトをしてますか？

3. Do you work part-time while going to school? 


4. どんなバイトをしてますか？

4. What are you doing? 


5. ２つのことを同時にするのは得意ですか？

5. Are you good at doing two things at one time? 

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 express the performance of two actions simultaneously using 「〜ながら」
  • I can express the idea of without doing using 「〜ないで」

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