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Activity report__Prepare term~Month 1

👀horomi

One month has passed since the start of JAPANglish (*^^*)

JAPANglishが公開されおヶ月が立ちたした。

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Activities to learn English while teaching Japanese are named 【JAPANglish】

We learned a lot from each other and would like to record it here to encourage us in the future.

ずおもたくさんの孊びがあったのでここに蚘録しようず思いたす。

The Japanese language study support project was first discussed in August.

日本語孊習をサポヌトする䌁画がはじめにもちあがったのは

2022/08/25

We began by researching the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT).

それから私は日本語胜力怜定に぀いお調べはじめたした。

‘ What is the test ? ‘

どんな怜定なのか .

‘ What kind of content is the curriculum to master ? ‘

どんなこずを孊ぶカリキュラムなのか .

‘ Are there any other similar study curricula ? ‘

他に類䌌する孊習カリキュラムはあるのか .

We investigated anyway.

ずにかく調べたした。

Whenever we found something interesting during my research,

we bought a book to get an overview of the subject.

気になる郚分は本を賌入し雰囲気を理解できるようにしたした。

’ What kind of content do we actually want to create? ’

‘ What's our strategy? ’

「どういったアプロヌチでコンテンツを䜜っおいくか」

We could not make a clear decision just by researching,

so we had to actually communicate with people overseas who were learning Japanese.

調べるだけでは掎めない郚分があったので、

実際に日本語を孊ぶ海倖の方ずやりずりをはじめるこずにしたした。

Interaction with learners to create convincing content

Tera(the planner of JAPANglish) introduced me to Cloude and I would exchange messages with him.

He is someone who is studying to pass the N4.

N4取埗を目指しお勉匷しおいるCloudeさんです。

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At the time, my English skills were limited to grammar from textbooks,

and this was the first time I had actually interacted with someone.

このずきの私のスキルは、

はじめおの日本語を孊ぶ海倖の人ずやりずりをするずいった状態です。

Of course,

I had no idea of the state of foreign people learning Japanese.

‘ What is the Japanese language he can understand? ’

「どんな日本語なら䌝わるの」

‘ Can he read ひらがな ? ’

「ひらがなは読める」

‘ Can he read カタカナ ? ’

「カタカナは難しいかな」

I used deepL, an AI automated translation service,

because I am not at a high enough level to be able to translate my questions into English.

英語を自由に䜿えるほど私は習埗できおいないレベルなので、

AI自動翻蚳サヌビスのdeep Lを䜿いたした。

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I introduced him to free content, and vice versa, and he told me about free content,

and we exchanged information with each other.

私が圌に無料コンテンツを玹介したり、逆に圌が私に無料コンテンツを教えおくれたり、お互いに情報亀換をしたした。

I never taught N4 the content,

but the more we exchanged messages, the more he started sending messages in Japanese.

私はN4の内容を教えるこずはなかったけど、

圌は無料コンテンツを䞊手く掻甚しお日に日に日本語が䞊達しおいきたした。

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Sometimes he would ask me funny questions, which often made me laugh.

たたに面癜い質問が来お、よく笑わされたした。

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Sometimes I forgot that he was not Japanese.

やりずりを重ねるごずに私は圌が日本人ではないこずを忘れおしたうこずが床々ありたした。(それくらい䞊手になった)

That is how native Japanese he had come to use.

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I even asked him to teach me English.

英語を教えおもらうこずもありたした。

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Somewhere along the way, we became each other's learners and teachers.

お互いが孊習者であり、教える人でもある存圚ずなりたした。

And he taught me the charm of writing by hand.

そしお、圌から手曞きで曞くノヌトのパワヌを教わりたした。

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Handwriting shows the writer's personality in the words.

And it is very heartwarming.

手曞きはその人らしさが珟れお、ずおも心枩たる。

I wanted to incorporate those elements into our content,

so I started a diary exchange on Instagram.

そういった芁玠を私達のコンテンツに取り入れたいず思い、日蚘亀流をはじめたした。

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https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjvm41gv797/

He showed me areas that I could not have noticed on my own.
It helped me to make a clear decision about the direction of our content.

実際に日本語を孊習する海倖の人ず亀流するこずで

分からなかった郚分がクリアになっおいきたした。

Thanks Cloude for continuing to exchange messages with me.

ありがずう。Cloudeさん(*^^*)♡

Create a web page to present an overview

We created our page using Notion, an application that allows you to create web pages for free.

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https://coordinated-climb-c79.notion.site/Let-s-have-fun-learning-Japanese-5e97c13bb60748d0924532487442e82e

The functionality is still limited on smartphones, but if you are interested in using it, please try it.

Our passion for JAPANglish can't be contained without a blog. So we decided to prepare a blog.

日本語孊習サポヌトに察する私達の熱い思いをブログにしお残しおいきたいずいった思いもあったので、

I was particular about the design and placement of the modifications.

ブログをデザむンするずころから䜜りたした。

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https://data.herohoro.com/world

The process of working on the project is left on Twitter.

If you are interested in what it was like back then, please access it.

䜜業しおいたずきの蚘録はこんな感じです。

2022/09/25

It was not until September 25 that we were able to create a satisfactory design.

玍埗いくデザむンになったのは09/25頃でした。

At this point, one month has passed since the JAPANglish project began. 🀣

SNS at the center of exchange

The general framework of the JAPANglish was in place,

but we needed a tool that would appeal to the actual learners.

倧枠は仕䞊がりたしたが、

実際に孊習する人に蚎えかけられるツヌルが必芁です。

At first, I considered focusing on Twitter,

but then I learned that unlike in Japan, many people overseas use Instagram. Therefore, we decided to focus our activities on Instagram.

はじめはTwitterをメむンに掻動をしようず考えたしたが、

海倖の人はInstagramをよく䜿うずいうこずを知り、

Instagramをメむンに掻動するこずにしたした。

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2022/10/26 Screen shot

https://www.instagram.com/herohoro_terobi/

So far I have used Instagram for private content.

I have never minded visitors.

プラむベヌトのアカりントは蚪問者を党く気にせず自分の奜きな写真を投皿しおいるだけだったので、

Therefore,

I am biased in my contributions and have discovered that there are many features that I have never used.

䜿ったこずのない機胜がたくさんありたした。

InstagramSTORY

Cloude always showed me a delicious cafe STORY.

As a viewer, I enjoyed it so much that I decided that I would like to post stories frequently as well.

でも、Cloudeさんがい぀も矎味しそうなカフェのストヌリヌを芋せおくれおずおも楜しかったので私もストヌリヌを頻繁に投皿したいなず思いたした。

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Cloude’s STORY

So I decided to look up and use STORY.

ストヌリヌの䜿い方を調べお䜿っおみるこずにしたした。

Photo of my desk while studying

勉匷をしおいる時の机の写真

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Photos from outings

出かけた時の写真

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Photos of Japanese food

日本食を食べた時の写真

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I posted ordinary, casual scenes in my STORY.

普段の䜕気ないワンシヌンをストヌリヌに投皿しおいきたした。

I want you to get to know me as we study together,

and I also want you to get to know Japan.

䞀緒に勉匷する私のこずも知っおほしいし、日本に぀いおも知っおほしいなずいった思いを蟌めおいたす。

InstagramPOST

I has tried to limit the post to content that you can try yourself if you refer to one post as much as possible.

投皿は、なるべく぀の投皿を参考に孊習者が詊行錯誀しお日本語を習埗できるような内容にしたした。

The reason is that I thought that specific test preparation was unnecessary since substantial content has already been posted by people other than myself.

理由ずしおは、具䜓的な詊隓察策投皿は既にもういい内容で投皿しおいるアカりントがあるからです。

I wanted to provide information that would make studying more enjoyable and efficient for self-study by successfully combining the content of those who have contributed substantial content.

そういったアカりントを䞊手く䜿っおより楜しく、効率的に自孊自習のできる情報を提䟛したいず考えたした。

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https://www.instagram.com/herohoro_terobi/

However,

this is not enough to understand how people are studying Japanese.

ですが、これだけでは孊習しおいる人の状態が分かりたせん。

InstagramSTORY_Diary

So,

I decided to write a diary using kanji learned in N5 in STORY.

そこで、ストヌリヌでN5で習う挢字を䜿っお日蚘を曞くこずにしたした。

Perhaps

the vocabulary should also be adapted to what is learned in N5.

However,

I use a range of vocabulary without limitation

because I want people studying Japanese to learn the kanji learned in N5 in the process of reading natural Japanese.

テキストには䟋文より自然な日本語で挢字に觊れお欲しいずいった目的がありたす。

Individual messages on Instagram would sometimes send me diaries written by people studying Japanese.

個別のメッセヌゞで孊習者の曞いた日蚘を送っおくれるこずもあり、

I was able to learn which parts are difficult when writing Japanese.

そこで「どんな郚分の䜿い方が難しいのか」ずいった情報を埗るこずができたした。

I used what I learned and reflected it in my diary the next day.

埗た情報をもずに埌日の日蚘に取り入れおストヌリヌに投皿したした。

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Writing a daily diary is very time consuming, but it is also a learning experience.

毎日日蚘を曞けるのは、それなりに時間を芁したすがずおも孊びになりたす。

After working on it for about a week, I realized something.

That is, no one can keep a diary every day.

To begin with, "continuity" is the most important thing when studying.

I have come to believe that if a person studying Japanese cannot find the time to keep a diary, there is no point.

週間ほどたった時に「もっず簡単に日本語を䜿っお亀流できるようにしたいな」ず思うようになりたした。

Twitter

I decided to use Twitter as a place to practice writing simple Japanese and to interact with others.

Twitterで日本語を䜿った亀流をする堎所を䜜るこずにしたした。

Tera, who is an expert in bot development, has created a bot that regularly tweets Japanese kanji and sentence patterns.

Teraさんが日本語の挢字や文型を定期的に投皿しおくれるbotを開発しおくれたので、

It occurred to me to create an atmosphere where people can interact with each other starting with the bot's postings.

その投皿をもずに亀流をしようず考えたした。

It is actually more enjoyable than expected when I try it.

実際にやっおみるず思った以䞊に楜しいです。

It makes me very happy every time I see participants who are studying Japanese enjoying themselves as much as we do.

孊習者も同じように楜しんでくれお芋おいお嬉しくなりたす。

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https://twitter.com/kahwull/status/1584929952188682240

Finally

It has been two months if you include the preparation period, but it has been one month since we started recruiting participants in earnest.

ヶ月目の掻動を振り返りたした。

Looking back on our activities, what we realized is that we just made it.

振り返っお改めお気づいたこずは、

「䜜っただけで、習慣化するための仕掛けができおいない」

ずいうこずです。

It is how we treat it as part of our daily life in order to continue to study and learn.

In November, our second month,

we will be working on the theme of habit formation.

ヶ月目ずなる月は【習慣化】をテヌマに掻動しおいこうず思いたす。

It is exciting just to imagine what kind of encounters we will have in the future.

これからどんな出䌚いがあるのか、

想像するだけでもワクワクしおいたす。

We want to create an environment where everyone can enjoy studying together!

みなさんず䞀緒に楜しく勉匷できる環境を䜜っおいきたいです(^o^)

Thank you for reading this article to the end.

最埌たで読んでくれおありがずう♪