I uploaded my students' questions

Hi Jeanne and her students,
It's getting cooler in the morning. The fall is just around the corner. I hope some of you enjoy communicating with my students. My students certainly do.

Ten groups of my students started searching information about different aspects of Chilean culture. I have uploaded thier recent questions and their group picture. We would love to hear many answers from you.

Another Question about Music

Hello! Our group consists of four members, Tomoki, Masayuki, Shinichi,and our great leader Toshihiro.Now, we are surching about Chilean music. The things we want to know are these;When do you sing national anthem?What is the best 3 songs in your country in history?These questions are hard for us to search with internet, so would you give us your information and your opinion?In Japan, national anthem are sung in sports competition such as world cup, many kind of celemony and so on. The top 3 songs are "Dango 3 brothers" "Tsunami" "Smim!Mr.Taiyaki"

Another Questions about Food

We have question about chile food.What kind of alcohol do they like best?What is a popular dessert?What is the most popular snack among children?

Questions about Movie

Hi, our group consists of Yuta Fukaya, Yuya Fujita, Momose Shunsuke, Keisuke Itano and Youhei Ito.Our group is colleecting information about movie. We would like to know what Japanese movie is the most popular in Chile?In Japan, There are many countries' movies. We can watch it easily on DVD, especially American movies are the most popular in Japan.Hope to hear from you soon.

Questions about Recreation

We are Ken, Sho and Toshihiro. We would like to know what recreation children in Chile enjoy.

Questions about Sports

Hello, our group consists of Kohei, Keisuke, Yuki and Haruka. All of us like sports. Especially we like soccer.So we are collecting information about soccer and researched it on the internet. But on the web site, there are a few information. We have some questions about soccer. Who is the most popular player in chile?How many professional teams are there in Chile?Is soccer the most famous sports?Are there big stadium in Chile?In Japan, soccer is the hottest sports so we have good stadiums and a good player Shunsuke Nakamura. And while World Cup are held, we gather in sports bar and cheer Japan National team.

Questions about Food

Hi, our group consists of Kanako Takeuti, Risa Sinizu, Mizuho Saito & Yumiko Wakisaka. We study English. Our group is collecting information about food.Dose everyone eat "once"?Where do you eat it?What time do you eat dinner?In Japan,We eat meals three times a day. We use chopsticks when we eat japanese food. But When we eat western food, we also use knight and fork.Hope to hear from you soon.

Questions about Festivals

Hi, our group consists of Chie,Yuki,Yurika,and Saki.All of us are second year students of university.We like festivals very much.Our group is collecting information about festivals.What kind of food do you eat on the independence day?What is your favorite food?Do you wear special costumes?How do you decorate your house?In Japan, we don't have independence day but we have lots of local festivals.Each sities have defferent dances, music, food and costumes.Hope to hear from you soon.

Questions about Music

Hello, our group consists of Yusuke Inoura, Takuya Sawada, Hayato Chuman and Takahisa Miura. We are funny.Our group is collecting information about MUSIC. We would like to know......①What the CD is a best seller this year?②What is the most famous traditional instrumental in Chile?③Do you have any music festival in Chile?④When do you sing the National Anthem?We have some traditonal instruments in Japan. For example, "Koto". It has 13 strings and is like a harp. It has a very beautiful tone.Thank you!

Questions about Education

Hi, our group consists of Yukako Amano, Miho Oshima, Chiaki Kojima and Asuka Nishiwaki. We are interested in education of other countries.Our group is collecting information about education of elementary school. We would like to know below. 1. What do Chillean students do after school?2. Do you have a relegious class?3. Do you have any school events? What do you do at those events?(ex. sports festival)In Japan, many elementary school students go to take lessons in piano, swimming, abacus and so on after school. Some students go to cram school. We have no relegious school. Some students who want to study relegion go to relegious high school or university.Hope to hear from you soon.

Questions about Dance

Hi, our group consists of Saki, Kaede, Ayaka and Risa. Our group is collecting infomaiton about Chilean traditional dance, Cueca. We would like to know...Who is famous Cueca dancer?What is famous music to use Cueca?when do you dance Cueca?Did you learn Cueca in the school?In japan, we have traditional dance, we called "BON ODORI". We do it in summer festival.Hope to hear from you soon.

Welcome to our intercultural classroom

Hi friends from Chile and Jeanne!

Thank you for answering my students' questions about Chile. The distance between our countries is huge, but I hope this project will reduce our pychological distance. We are looking forward to meeting more people and exchanging more information about each other in this cyber classroom.

We are very interested in knowing about you, about Chiliean people, about your beautiful culture. Of course, we are willing to share our own.

So feel free to ask questions, post information and pictures about your culture so that we will get to know each other well.