Topic 17: Enjoying Free Time

Session 3

1. Playing Games
Look at the pictures below and answer the following questions using nihongo
expressions learned from previous topics:
Picture A
1-1 What are they doing?
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1-2 Who are in the picture? What are their
nationalities?
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1-3In which countries do you think the game
is played?
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Picture B

1-4 What are they doing?

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1-5 Who is in the picture? What are their
nationalities?
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1-6 In which countries do you think the game
is played?
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Chinese garter できる?

In this session we are going to be thinking about activities or games that

people do during their free time and the reason behind them.

We are also going to be thinking about the activities that we did during
our free time during our childhood days, as well as activities that our
parents or older relatives used to enjoy during their free time in high
school.

Let’s go!

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2. Then and Now
A. List down activities that you enjoy doing during your free time when you were
in Shougakkou and now that you are in Koukou. Write your answers on the Venn
diagram below.
How to answer the Venn diagram:
1. Write activities that you did in shougakkou on the left side of the diagram.

2. Write activities that you do now in koukou on the right side of the diagram.

3. If there are activities that you enjoy doing in shougakkou, that you still enjoy
doing now in koukou, write them in the middle part of the diagram.

4. Use as many nihongo expressions as you can.

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2-2 Your Thoughts:

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 B. Interview your parents/older relatives about the activities that they used to do
during their free time when they were in koukou. Write their answers on the table
below then answer the questions that follow.

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Name of Family Activities that they enjoy Why do they do the
Member/ Relationship doing during their free activity?
time and where they do it

Example:
Lola Ester Going to the beach in our To enjoy the wind and bond
hometown in Mindoro during the with friends.
weekend with friends.

2-4: Are the activities that your parents/older relatives enjoy the same as the
activities that you enjoy in koukou?
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 2-5: Why do you think there were changes in the activities that your parents,
or older relatives enjoy compared to the activities that you enjoy doing now?
What factors do you think affected how we spend our free time today,
compared to how our parents/older relatives enjoyed their free time when they
were in koukou?
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2-6: What do you think is the most interesting activity that you parents, or
older relatives enjoy? Have you experienced it yourself? If not, would you like
to try it one day? Why?
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Do you enjoy the same activities that you parents or older relatives
enjoyed during their free time when they were in koukou? Why do you
think they are different?

That’s right! Because of changes in our environment and

surroundings, we are introduced to different things and places that
capture our interest. Unlike before when people used to hang out
in parks, rivers, and beaches, now people prefer to hang out at
malls or computer shops.

Also, because of the advancement of technology, we now get to do

things with technology that were not available during the time of our
parents and older relatives, like playing computer games and surfing
the internet. Before they were only able to enjoy outdoor games and
activities with friends.

3. In the Future
Five or ten years from now, what activities do you think would you enjoy doing during
your free time? Write about it or make an illustration explaining the activity in the space
provided below:

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4. Reflection
★Wakaranakatta/Dekinakatta ★★Wakatta/Dekita ★★★Yoku wakatta/Yoku dekita
(I could not get it/ I could not do it) ( I got it/ I could do it) (I got it very well/ I could do it well)

Objectives

I was able to think about and compare activities that I used to enjoy
doing during my childhood and activities that I enjoy doing now in high ☆☆☆
school.

I was able to get to know more about my parents/ older relatives

through the activities that they enjoyed doing during their high school ☆☆☆
days.

I was able to realize that changes in environment and technology

contributes to changes in peoples interests and how they spend their ☆☆☆
free time.

Write your reflection on the leaf of Topic 17 Session 3 on the J-Tree sheet!