Alisal High School
アリサル高校
"I aimed to show people the differences of two cultures daily life."
アパートApartment
Emmanuel Manalac - Japanese3
Purpose: I chose this topic since I have wondered what daily life is like in an average Japanese apartment. I have toyed with the idea of living in Japan.
Reflection: I am proud of using new vocabulary and incorporating it into the video.
日本のポップカルチャー
Japanese Pop Culture
日本の音楽 Japanese Music
Daisy Victorino - Japanese2
"I think that music is a universal language and it does not matter what language you speak, music is something everyone can enjoy."
Purpose: I learned more about how I express myself through the songs/musicians that I listen too,
Reflection: I am the proudest of putting all of the information that I got into simple terms that the audience could understand.
日本のゲーム Japanese Game
Giovanni Mantuhac - Japanese2
"I am most proud of learning new Japanese vocabulary and expanding my knowledge in Japanese culture."
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to expand our knowledge to Japanese culture and to learn new terms as the process goes on.
Reflection: I briefly know what the game industry is like.
たこやき Takoyaki
Kayla Mead - Japanese2
"I was having doubts about how it would turn out , and I doubt myself a lot, but doing this project kind of helped me realize that I can make things work out if I really put my mind to it."
Purpose: I chose this topic because I enjoy cooking and Japanese dishes are always tasty and fun to make from what I have experienced.
Reflection: I'm most proud of how I modified the recipe, but it still turned out pretty well!
家屋の構造
House Structure
Fernanda Ayala - Japanese2
"I am proud of remembering some of the sentence starters that I used."
Purpose: I understood during my research that Japanese houses were built with the intention of each room having a purpose.
Reflection: I accomplished describing some of the rooms that are built in Japanese houses.
日本のぜつめつきぐしゅ
Japanese Endangered Animals
Jennifer Melgoza - Japanese2
"I think there's many stereotypes that are not necessarily right."
Purpose: I think it’s important to shed light on that (endangered animals) as well as awareness for endangered animals.
Reflection: learned about Japanese culture and their view of animals.
アメリカと日本のヘルスケア
American and Japanese Health Care
Elizabeth Martinez - Japanese2
自宅待機中の日本とメキシコの食べ物
Japanese and Mexican Food to Try during Quarantine
Efren Duarte - Japanese2
日本の芸術 Japanese Art
Jennifer Yanez - Japanese2
"Due to this project I have yet again opened myself to try something new and I don't dislike it!"
Purpose: I chose this topic because art is one of my personal hobbies. So, I was really interested to see if there was any difference between Japanese modern art and its traditional art.
Reflection: It's complicated to draw animals, and particularly bigger animals as the figures need and have more details.
日本の美術 Japanese Art
Adriana Hernandez - Japanese2
"I was able to successfully make my family in learning more about other cultures."
Purpose: To understand Japanese art in a different perspective, as well as understanding the challenges that come with it.
Reflection: I learned that painting with a fude is very difficult.
アメリカの医療 vs 日本の医療
American Health Care vs Japanese Health Care
Richard Rojas-Rangel - Japanese2
"learned how the japanese healthcare is one of the best in the world"
Purpose: Because i wanted to learn about the Japanese healthcare.
Reflection: I now know how different cultures take an approach to health care.
日本の芸術
Japanese Art
Jennifer Santiago & Eduardo Ruelas - Japanese2
にほんごバスケットボール
Japanese Basketball
Omar Cruz - Japanese2
団地
Apartment
Anette Lopez - Japanese2
"I’d like to make an impact by letting people know what living in Japan is by knowing their surroundings."
Purpose: I chose this topic because it was interesting for me to see what differences apartments in Japan and here are.
Reflection: I am proud that I at least tried making sentences in Japanese even if they are wrong.
日本のクリニックと病院
Japanese Clinics and Hospitals
Angela Ortiz - Japanese2
"I'm sure I've made some errors but I did try my best and I'm pretty happy with the final results of my project."
Purpose: My purpose was to explore a part of Japan by myself and present it to a Japanese audience.
Reflection: I would like to say I am proud of the amount of research I've done and was able to translate into Japanese.
北嶋徹 TK
Toru Kitajima
Shareni Lira - Japanese 1
"During this project, I got to communicate with others will learning more about myself, and I started to remember the reason for why I want to learn Japanese."
Purpose: I choose this topic mainly because I have always been fascinated by the different types of styles that different countries have as well as the different messages that are being delivered by these songs.
Reflection: I am really proud of the fact that all the sentences were constructed by me and that they ended up being right.
アメリカの学校と日本の学校の比較
Comparing American Schools to Japanese Schools
Millie Hernandez - Japanese2
"My project allowed me to learn about the Japanese culture in a fun way."
Purpose: To effectively view the differences and similarities between my own culture and Japanese culture, by comparing schools.
Reflection: I am mostly proud that I got reviewed and learned many new facts while comparing Japanese schools to American schools. If I had more time I would have liked to go more into detail with the information that I found.
スサノオの物語
The Story of Susanou
Karla Arciniega - Japanese1
"I began to notice and be comfortable of other religions."
Purpose: I choose this project because I was always fantasied of the Japanese myths.
Reflection: I’m able to write a Japanese story and doing acquired to use other languages beside English.
Covid-19との戦い
Japan and the Fight Against Covid-19
Marco Nunez - Japanese1
"My family members took the presentation very seriously at all times and now they’ll make sure they’ll wash hands EVERY time they touch something dirty."
Purpose: If I can prevent two or three people from going out, that could perhaps save dozens of people from getting it as this virus spreads very fast.
Reflection: I do feel like we should be grateful that we are not doing that bad economically.
日本の絶滅危惧種
Japanese Endangered Animals
Terra Ward - Japanese1
"I developed cultural understanding by seeing that the endangered animals that live in Japan."
Purpose: To bring awareness to American students learning Japanese about a few Japanese animals that are endangered.
Reflection: I am most proud of giving lots of details and facts about the endangered animals but If I could do it differently I would talk about how it relates the Japanese culture more.
日本のポップカルチャー
Japanese Pop Culture
Vivian Paredes and Julian Solis - Japanese1
"The impact I’d like to make is just the learning experience about it all."
(Vivian Paredes)
Purpose: I chose this topic because I know more about it and with that information I am able to teach people more about it.
Reflection: I am most proud of all the slides and the good choice of wording it all and providing picture examples.
Purpose: My purpose is to share the Japanese culture such as small custom and details.
Reflection: I am more proud of me learning more about the culture and trying new things like trying to learn the language and being involved in a sport/ historical era practicing.