Texas Students Reach Out To Japan (Part 2 of 2)


Title:
Texas Students Reach Out To Japan (Part 2 of 2)

Description:
Sandra Tanamachi, a schoolteacher at Stephen F. Austin Elementary School in Jones Creek, Texas was selected to be a member of the Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD) in 2007 to travel to Japan and meet Japanese leaders and citizens and create stronger ties between Japan and America. She shared her preparations and journey with her school's third grade students, who became very interested in Japan. They had many things they wanted to know about Japan and the Japanese people. We are sharing their questions here, and invite anyone who is Japanese, and/or who lives in Japan to write a message or post their video responses in English or Japanese. TEXAS 3RD GRADE STUDENTS' QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN JAPAN (part 2 of 2) The following is the text of the students' questions. Please include in your message or video posting: 1) Your name 2) Where you live 3) What you do for a living and/or what you like 4) Your response to the students' questions - could be to one question or a few or all of them. (If you like, you can include the name of the student who asked the question.) STUDENTS' QUESTIONS: 20. Lucy Tanguma Who is your favorite singer and what does your singer do country, pop, rap, rock & roll or what? 21. Orin Smircic How many kinds of fish do you have in Japan? 22. Kirsten Michelle Rice What kind of fish do you have? 23. Tristian Lee Allen Turbeville How many teachers do you have in one school? 24. Kaitlyn Dahlstrom Do you like to dance? If you do, what kind of music do you like to dance to? Rap, hip hop, country or what? 25. Pedro Ochoa Do you like drawing, too? 26. Summer Farris Do you like gangs? 27. Austin Lee Curry Can you speak any English? 28. Madison Raye Quin Do you like to dance like me? 29. Alex Solis, Jr. What kind of American food do you like? 30. Kasey Sanders What kind of school do you go to? 31. Chris Garcia How long have you been speaking in English? 32. Alina Ramos . What is your favorite season? 33. Benjamin Damian What is your favorite subject? 34. Larissa Ramos Is anyone around you nice? 35. Brandon Lawson How many different kind of video games do you have? 36. Miranda Turner Where would you like to visit in America? 37. Christian Lee Mosqueda What are the cities like? 38. Fabian Nischan* What city would you like to visit? To see Part I with first group of students go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RObggywE_yI Thank you for responding to these young American students. In sharing about Japan, you are helping them to understand Japan and the world they live in. If you prefer to write your answers in a letter to the students, please send your letter to: Sandra Tanamachi Stephen F. Austin Elementary School 112 Indian Paintbrush Lake Jackson, TX 77566 --video by Sandra Tanamachi Note: JET students and Japanese studying English especially invited to respond. For info about Japanese Americans go to: http://www.discovernikkei.org

Author:
GlobalConnector

Tags:
Japan, America, Japanese-American, Nikkei, Texas, global, student, school, dialogue, media, exchange, JALD, English, JET, Tanamachi,

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