2011年1月26日星期三

ARAI-Sensei


ARAI-Sensei teaching students the correct way of wearing Kimino
ARAI-Sensei teaching students the correct way of wearing Kimino

Teruterubouzu (Sunny Dolls)



Teruterubouzu (Sunny Dolls)
Arai-sensei is also a proud member of the Japanese People Association. She always warmly welcomes students to events such from Chadou (Tea ceremony), Japanese speeches, art performances and the annual Natsumatsuri (Summer Festival).
We hope that students in our school could participate actively in Japanese cultural activities, and by interacting with Japanese people then could enable our students to learn original Japanese.
At ASTA, the most heard phrases are,面白い!大好き!”
(Interesting! I LOVE IT! )

Grace Wang's Class~~~

Learning not only the language, but also Japanese culture and customs
Watch Japanese comes alive in Grace-sensei’s class

2011年1月25日星期二

Arai-sensei feels that teaching Japanese is very interesting and meaningful

Arai-sensei feels that teaching Japanese is very interesting and meaningful, and is very passionate about teaching Japanese. She never fails to make Japanese lessons interesting and fills the classroom with a ‘Japanese atmosphere’. Arai-sensei also organizes classroom activities in response to monthly festivals happening in Japan. This allows students to further understand Japanese and the Japanese culture.
For example, in Japan, it is the Tsuyu-season, also known as the monsoon season in June, which rains very frequently throughout the month. Hence, Japanese people make Teruterubouzu (Sunny doll) and hang them on their windows to pray for good weather for the next day.
In conjunction to the Tsuyu-season, Arai-sensei taught students how to make Teruterubouzu in class. The class also ends with everyone singing the Japanese folksong てるてる坊主 (The Sunny Doll) with their adorable Sunny dolls in their hands.