Posts Tagged ‘traditional japanese culture

17
Jul

Our Japanese culture voicethreads

Here are the Voicethreads on Japanese culture that our class came up with. I think you’ll agree they came out very well! Please leave your questions and comments on the treads. The students will really appreciate them. 

Again, for first time visitors to this site, Voicethreads are online media albums allowing people to add comments in various forms, either by text, audio, or even video. Voicethreads can also be linked to and shared quite easily, as is demonstrated here. They are promising tools for English practice because they collect an entire group’s story in one place.

Suguru: Funny Engrish*

*Engrish is a word used to describe strange and funny English that appears in public places around Japan.

Keita: Chikara Taro

Here is Keita’s version of a traditional kamishibai folkstory, with pictures he drew himself!

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