Communication Project "Living Together"3rd Stage
3rd Stage ... Since Nov. 1 1998
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Now this is the 3rd Stage. Our purpose of this project is finding out the difference between two countries. So we want to ask precise questions on the theme.
The countries we want to
exchange mail are:
Switzerland, Egypt, Spain, France, Korea, Germany, Argentina, Italy,
Finland, Russia, Nigeria,
Thailand, Turkey, Chile,
Philippines, Australia, England, India, Netherlands,
Mongolia, Malaysia, China,
South Africa, Austria, Mexico, Other Countries.
Click the name of the country, and you can jump to students' messages.
Please send your message to ainuzuka@tcp-ip.or.jp . I'd like to put your message on this page below students questions. Let me know if you don't want.
The last update was done on 12/18/00.
More students' messages are coming soon. Come back again next week!
Switzerland, 
France,
403 Chiharu, Kayo, Nami, Ai, Akane
Dear Dominique, How do you spend in New Year's Day? We play old game.
For example, "sugoroku, a board game" "tako-age, kite flying"
"fukuwarai, making face game" "otedama, juggling" and so on. In
house, "nengajo, New Year's greeting card" is sent. On the morning, we eat
"osechi, Japanese New Year's Day food." Osechi is food of "ebi,
shrimp" "mame, beans" kamaboko, boilded fish paste" "takenoko,
bamboo shoot" "konbu, tangle sea weed" and so on. And children are
given "otoshidama, money" by thier parents. (Nov. 2)
| Dominique from France (Nov 4) 403 Chiharu, Kayo, Nami, Ai, Akane New Year's Eve in France is commonly celebrated with friends, and sometimes with relatives (family), but the big family thing is more Christmas. It is the custom to have dinner real late, common dishes that night are venison. Then it's party time all night, in restaurants or night clubs. You can hear horns honking in the streets at midnight. People throw confetti, have these funny whistles, cardboards hats etc. They usually dress different, wearing nice outfits, usually "sparkly" things for women, golden or silver, and sparkly make-up as well. Around 6 or 7 o'clock people gather to eat onion soup before going to bed. On New Year's Day, we give money (what we call "étrennes") to children, but also the mailman, the firefighters, and other of the kind. Firefighters and mailmen go from door to door to visit everybody at the end of December, and give people calendars, as a return gift for the amount of money of your choice you give them for their services during the year. Dominique |
603 Yuka, Eri, Nobue
Dear Cecile, Could you tell me how to make wine? I heard the baguette is
very hard. Could you tell me how to eat it? I'm looking forward to hearing
from you. (Nov. 2)
104 Ninomiya, Wada, Ito, Isomura
Dear Dominique, Japanese good songs are "Ueomuite arukou, or Walking
up" and "Tomorrow." How about in France? Japanese culture is
"Nara no Daibutsu, or Statue of Budda in Nara." How about in France?
The staple food of the Japanese is rice. What is the staple food of France?
(Nov 2)
| Dominique from France (Nov 4) 104 Ninomiya, Wada, Ito, Isomura Hello! "Good" songs is all a matter of taste, so it is hard for me to say what is "good" or "bad", but the number one in french billboard right now is the french musical "Notre Dame de Paris". It's a brand new musical play, about the Victor Hugo's novel of the same name. (like Disney's "Hunchback of Notre Dame"). If you know the oldest french musical "Starmania", world famous, I think you could compare the two as rather similar in kind. There isn't really a "staple" food in France like you have rice in Japan or like Italians have pasta, but I think you could say that for us here it is potatoes. And the question about culture, I'm sorry but I don't quite undestand what you mean, so if you could rephrase it? Dominique |
307 Tomoko, Ai, Mayumi, Yuka
Dear Cecile, Japan has many events. (January) We call New Year's Day
"Gantan
| Dominique from France (Nov 4) 06 Ayu In France, children MUST go to school between the ages of 6 and 16. Which means that only elementary school and junior high is mandatory. It's common that they start much earlier, by the age of 2 or 3. At 6, they start elementary school, and junior high starts at 12. There's an exam at the end of the fourth year of junior high, but even if you fail,you can still go to high school as your results along the year matter more than your results at the exam, and if you've done well all year, you go to high school. Of course students who've done well all year seldom miss the exam!! At the end of the third year of high school, there's another exam, "baccalauréat", and this is what students look for to passing! Without it, you cannot go to university or any other school or college. There are several kinds of "baccalauréat", depending on your field of studies. It can be literary, scientific, technical, commercial etc. Depending on the one you passed, your further studies must be in the same field, as for instance you cannot start medical studies with a literary or commercial baccalauréat... Dominique |
| Cecile from France (Nov 4) 104 Shogo, Yuki, Shinichi, Yasumasa The staple food of France is bread and patatoes. The famous places in France are : Paris, La cote d'azur (it's a sunny place near the sea. A lot of foreign people spent their vacation on La cote d'azur), les Alpes (wonderful mountains) and so on.... near the sea. A lot of foreign people spent their vacation on La cote d'zur), les Alpes (wonderful mountains) and so on....bye - Cecile and family 405 301 |
Korea,
105 Toshiko, Ayano, Hitomi
Hi, Jung. We like Sega Saturn games very much. Do you know the
name,"Segata Sanshiro"? He is very famous in Japan. Bye. (Nov
2)
| Arun-Kumar from Germany (Nov 4) > >> 206 Kenji, Suzuki, Kimura, Matsui There are many faces famous in Germany, But one, "Wolfgang" Goethe, I think you might be knowing that On the Goethe, there are many GOETHE Institutes, where many foreigners are learning and studying German Language. I will be sending some more details about him in next mail. Kind Regards Arun |
| Stella from Nigeria (Nov 4) Well, there are some foods that Nigerians eat that is rare to find somewhere else. We eat a food called 'eba'. Eba is made of garri, a sort of grain-like powder made from cassava. We eat eba accompanied by various sauces or soups. We also eat a lot of rice, and we eat rice with different foods like beans, vegetables, etc. I come from a state that is an island, of sorts, so i also eat a lot of seafood. I especially love fish and shrimp, although i have yet to eat sushi or tempura! We also eat bread,eggs, and so on.i absolutely love Chinese food, and I am sure I am going to love Japanese food,too. Actually, this weekend, I'm going to a Japanese restaurant near my school called Osaka! Ja,ne Stella |
| Debbie from Australia (Nov 4) Well we are not off to a very good start. I have heard of the Western Plains Zoo, but I can not tell you where it is located. I can't say for sure which is the best tourist resort, but Port Douglas would go pretty close. That is about an hours drive North Of Cairns. Then you have Green Island, which is just off Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef. You also have the Gold Coast, which you have Dreamworld, Sea World, Movie World. There is also the Alma Park Zoo, and a beautiful Bird Sanctuary, which is Currimbum Bird Sanctuary. Australia is well know for the plain old Aussie Meat Pie. Bye for now Debbie. PS. No I have not been to Japan, I have not been out of Queensland, and no I can't speak Japanese. |
Malaysia,
106 Ayu, Kyoko, Misato, Midori
Dear Nini, Hello. Thank you for your mail. We thought school in
Malaysia is like Japanese school. And now we study to introduce Japanese play.
Do you know "hagoita"? It is played on New Year's Day. Have
you ever played it? Please tell it to us. (Nov 2)
Taiwan
| Pierre from Taiwan (Nov 3) >404 Haruna, Kyoko, Akemi, Yoriko, Kaori, Miki In Haiti, we have two official languages: Creole and French. The vocabulary of Creole comes from French, Spanish, English ..., its syntax comes from African languages. Everyone currently speaks Creole, but education and all formal and official things are more in French. We have many cultural annual events, the most popular is maybe the carnival. In January and Feb., every Sunday some musical bands play on the streets. The carnival itself lasts three days in Feb. or March. We have traditional clothes, made with blue denim, but we don't really wear them. Thank you for your questions. If you have more, please feel free to ask them. Pierre France |
Haiti
Hong Kong
160 Kensuke, Jin, Shinsuke
Dear Winky Li, We don't go to school on the second and fourth Saturday.
We go to school in uniform. Our school has six or seven classes in one grade. How
about in Hong Kong? (Nov 2)
| Winky Li from Hong Kong (Nov 4) Thanks a lot for your students who like Hong Kong very much. I think most people will be interested in what has changed in Hong Kong between 30 June and 1 July 1997. Everyone still lives in the same place and has the same standard of living. The same enviroment but a different government. We become real "Chinese". The governor of HK is now a HK citizen. In ten years time, we will be able to choose our governor in an election. Your students are welcome visit HK. The best time to travel there is from Oct to April. The weather is good, not very cold. It is cosmopolitan. I hope she/he will enjoy the trip where Eastern & Western cluture with mix together. HK has good food and shopping. In HK all students go to school in unifoms until they go to university. We have four to five classes in one grade. Usually the child starts going to school at three years old. We have four axams in one year. A lot of homework to do. Winky |
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