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EspañolTexas Students Reach out to Japan (Part 1 of 2)
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Texas Students Reach out to Japan (Part 1 of 2)
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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 1 of 2) The following is the text of the student 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: 1. Zachary Jordan Vega What is your favorite color? 2. Lanice Arredondo What is your favorite food? 3. Chris Glover What is your favorite sport? 4. Autumn Elizabeth Robles Who is your favorite movie star? 5. Jeremy Zavala What do you all do for fun? 6. Madison Cope What's the biggest city in Japan? 7. Robert Turbeville What is your country's pledge of allegiance? 8. Maggie Wallace What is something you would like to know about America? 9. Jacob Thomas Mageors What is your favorite video game? 10. Karina Salinas What is your favorite thing to do in Japan? 11. Adam Gutierrez What is your state flag look like? 12. Caroline Ivy Bass What is Japan's most popular flower and do you have a lot of beautiful gardens? 13. Rylee McGee What is your favorite sport and movie? 14. Megan Ausmus . Do you like math? 15. Jacob Morgan What is the main sport in your country? 16. Cacilia Marie Villegas Do you love math? 17. Jessie Arredondo What is your favorite subject in school? 18. Erica Serna* Do people pollute water a lot? 19. Eddie Polk Do you play baseball, too? See Part II for the rest of the students http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RKooIvcqrs 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
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Texas Students Reach out to Japan (Part 1 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 1 of 2) The following is the text of the student 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: 1. Zachary Jordan Vega What is your favorite color? 2. Lanice Arredondo What is your favorite food? 3. Chris Glover What is your favorite sport? 4. Autumn Elizabeth Robles Who is your favorite movie star? 5. Jeremy Zavala What do you all do for fun? 6. Madison Cope What's the biggest city in Japan? 7. Robert Turbeville What is your country's pledge of allegiance? 8. Maggie Wallace What is something you would like to know about America? 9. Jacob Thomas Mageors What is your favorite video game? 10. Karina Salinas What is your favorite thing to do in Japan? 11. Adam Gutierrez What is your state flag look like? 12. Caroline Ivy Bass What is Japan's most popular flower and do you have a lot of beautiful gardens? 13. Rylee McGee What is your favorite sport and movie? 14. Megan Ausmus . Do you like math? 15. Jacob Morgan What is the main sport in your country? 16. Cacilia Marie Villegas Do you love math? 17. Jessie Arredondo What is your favorite subject in school? 18. Erica Serna* Do people pollute water a lot? 19. Eddie Polk Do you play baseball, too? See Part II for the rest of the students http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RKooIvcqrs 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
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GlobalConnector
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Japan, America, Japanese-American, Nikkei, Texas, global, student, school, dialogue, media, exchange, JALD, English, JET, Tanamachi,
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