May 16: Talk about word order and language

Naoto, word order:

Native language affects word order:

Right side students vs. students on the right

後置修飾　≒　Post modification

Positive transfer (Ken’s pen) vs. negative transfer (singular/plural, b vs. v, tense).

Word order instruction

Explicit teaching (田尻悟郎）

誰が・何が・=

だれが・何が　どうする

Chanting　

What do you like sports? → What sports do you like?; What time do you …?

Showing pictures

Do you want a cone in ice cream?

Common errors

• I am like soccer.
• I am play soft tennis.
• I was cut my hair.
• I was stolen my watch.

One idea for research:

What kind of errors are university students prone to make with (passive voice, verb tense, etc.)? What are the reasons for this?

More examples of errors:

• A: Have you finished yet?
• B: Yet. (Not yet)
• Your new girlfriend is really smart. (Should be slim)
• Mr. Sato gets a lot of claims (complaints), because he is often rude to customers.
• We are living (live) in the 21st century.
• I have to go home from now.
• I called my father at 9PM but he was (still) working yet.

Next time:

• Mr. Inaba about culture
• Seika O talk to us about non-Japanese in Japan.
• Hyori, tell us about can-dos and evaluation!