Tohoku OutreachProject-Based Learning, Goals and Outcomes

COETAIL Course 5 Ted O’Neill - 26 APR 14

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Situation

• Limited time and technology in school

• Joined ongoing JALT Learner Development SIG outreach in Rikuzentakata

• Translation

• Motivated learners

Reflective Essay Translation

Learners

TechDemonstrate independent mastery of technology tools.Teach peers how to use these tools/assist them in reaching mastery.

CollaborationWork well at a distancePeer reviewing and editingSupport students from other classes and departmentsSupport the instructor

LanguageWork on language strategies for translation.Understand content, voice, genre issues in translation.

CultureLearn about the community of Rikuzentakata and the experience of tsunami survivors.

Outcomes - Technology

A-san: I liked it because I can

choose the time to do work.

I could do it even in the early

morning, late at night,

anytime my concentration

was good condition!

O-san: “It was as if I was doing my homework (joking). Since I have never used the system, I had mechanical problems at first, but friends told me how to do it and I gradually got used to it.”K-san: I think Google Drive

is good and powerful tool

for school especially for

writing, because many people

can work at the same time in

same files.

Outcomes - CollaborationK-san: ... many people can

work at the same time in

same files. We can easily help

each other and also we can

read others’.

Outcomes - Language

K-san: Writing should be well

organized. Translating should

not change the meaning. Both

are difficult.

O-san: The little difference of nuance between the languages were difficult. It was quiet challenging when I couldn’t easily (and “directly”) translate, but I enjoyed it!

朝になり唯一の食べ物だったものが津波で流されてきたさんまで、僕はそんなことを気にせず、どんどん食べていきました。

In the morning, all we had to eat was the sanma left behind by the disaster and I ate a lot of them. I did not care the fact that I was eating sanma from the tsunami.

Mis-understanding

朝になり唯一の食べ物だったものが津波で流されてきたさんまで、僕はそんなことを気にせず、どんどん食べていきました。

The next morning, while the only food was Pacific saury which was conveyed by the tsunami, I ate a lot with no thought for the fact that the fish was really scarce.

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