ASC and the Japanese language program at Pitt are offering a series of Japanese language tables on campus for students of Japanese language. This session on “Practicing your listening with Japanese websites” is designed for all level of Japanese language students. You will be exploring different Japanese websites and try to understand the contexts. In this session:
• You will be introduced a cultural website where you can practice listening skills.
• You will explore some short Japanese clips (TV commercials) and see how much you can understand the contexts
• You might learn how to use online dictionaries to understand the contexts
• Have opinions about the clips? Discuss with your friends and teachers (in Japanese!!)
A real Japanese conversation might be too fast and/or vocabularies might be too advanced—that is why your teacher will be there to help. Ask questions and see if your ears can catch what people say. This is a casual listening practice session.
We strongly recommend that you bring your own computer, but it is not mandatory.