Lesson 11 Dating Customs

Today's homework is to make a pie chart of your ideal partner and explain why these characteristics are important to you. Are you like the American women pie chart? Below is my chart, just click on it to see it better. I want you to give me at least 4 or more characteristics.

June 21st Chugoku Shimbun

Thank You Kawashima Sensei

We had a very interesting and informative talk yesterday. Thank you Kawashima Sensei for taking the time to talk with us. We learned a lot from your experiences here in Japan and in the USA. Please come back anytime to Hiroshima Jogakuin University! You are always welcome.

Class #9 Reflections

Today are are very lucky to have Kawashima Sensei to talk about her experiences during World War 2 and 9/11. She will also talk about Cross Culture Communication. Kawashima Sensei is a Japanese professor from Hunter College in New York City. I hope you enjoy her speech and learn a lot from her many experiences and stories.
Next week is the Family Life class. I have scheduled a very interesting speaker who is married to a foreigner and now lives in Hiroshima. Please prepare for the class by answering the questions in the textbook on page 15, section 4 a-f. Do not give one sentence answers, but explain them by giving evidence and examples. Brazil and Hungary groups have class presentation, please be ready!
All blogs MUST be updated TODAY! Do not forget to comment on other blogs and answer comments left on your blog.

June 9th Class Message

Next week is the reflection class. ALL of my blog questions from ALL previous classes must be answered in your blogs. Also, you must comment on at least 4 blogs per topic. Please let me know what blogs you commented on via e-mail. Midnight June 16 is the deadline for all updating. For next class, we have a special guest speaker Professor S. Kawashima from Hunter College talking about cross culture communication and her experiences in WW2 and 9/11.

Lesson 7 Names and Addresses

Please answer the following questions ion your blogs.


1.Are feelings emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?
2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Now write the English translation.
3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?

Don't forget to comment on other classmates blogs!