Japanese culture

Before the fourth project we asked the students to try and look at the videos they had made thus far for the point of view of an overseas viewer with little or no knowledge of Japanese language and culture. They then discussed how they might make the content of their videos more easily understandable.

We then discussed what topics they felt overseas viewers might be interested in. I was a little unsure about this as I had stressed the importance of making videos about things they were interested in rather trying to make videos to appeal to preconceived ideas about what overseas viewers might be interested in. One aim of the course, however, is to try and generate user comments on the videos which might lead to communication opportunities, but most importantly, to make videoblogging "real" to them. I hope that knowing their videos are being watched will be both motivating and make the students think carefully about what they are creating and uploading.

Anyway, here are the videos on Japanese culture. I feel that these videos show that all the students are starting to really get the hang of things. They even got comments!

Japanese Vending Machines



Burgulars, Japanese style



Yamada's Day Off: The Sequel (social hierarchy)



Chopstick Manners

Student Life [daigaku seikatsu/大学生活]

Yamada's Day Off



University Life At Hiroshima University of Economics



Student Life At Hiroshima University of Economics