Speaking ONLY English at all times! Say the following to your partner and decide whether your sentences are exactly the SAME or DIFFERENT.

People are the same wherever you go.

Say the following to your partner and decide if your sentences are exactly the same or different.

We are fundamentally very nice.

Say the following to your partner and decide if your sentences are exactly the same.

We have the same hopes and fears.

This is Question 4 for Student A. Look at your picture (ABOVE) and describe it to your partner. Do you have the same picture?

This is question 5 for student A. Look at your picture (ABOVE). Do you have the same picture?

犬

This is question 6 for student A. Remember you must speak ONLY English. Look at the kanji above. Do you and your partner have the same kanji?

日本

Question 7 for partner A. Look at the Japanese above. Remember you are speaking ONLY English. Do you and your partner have the same Japanese?

文学

Student A Question 8. Look at the Japanese above. Do you and your partner have the same Japanese? Don’t forget you’re speaking ONLY English!!

空気を読む

Question 9 for student A. Don’t forget you are speaking ONLY English! Look at the Japanese above. Do you and your partner have the same Japanese?

青い

Question 10 Student A. Speaking ONLY English. Do you and your partner have the same Japanese?

Student A question 11. Look at your picture (ABOVE) and describe it to your partner in English. Is it the same as your partner’s picture?

Question 12 Partner A. Look at the picture above and describe it to your partner. Are your pictures the same or different!

東京では最近、非常に暑い天気が続いている。

Partner A question 13. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

今日は気温が１３度まで上昇した。

Partner A question 14. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

外国を旅すると、文化的な差異を多く学ぶだろう。

Partner A question 15. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

広い

Partner A question 16. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

国会議事堂

Partner A question 17. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

天井

Partner A question 18. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

命

Partner A question 19. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

人類

Partner A question 20. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

Question 21 Partner A. Read the following and exchange information with your partner. Based on your partner’s information, choose the best answer to the question below.

People in different cultures often perceive time differently. One colleague of ours from the Caribbean recently said that people on his island are generally not in a hurry compared with people from the United States. It is believed that Westerners tend to define punctuality using precise measures of time: 1 minute, 15 minutes, an hour, and so on.

襖　（ふすま）

Partner A question 22. Look at the Japanese above and try describing it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

Partner A question 23. Look at the picture above and try describing it in English to your partner. Is it the same as your partner’s picture?

アメリカ人に日本の文化を紹介する。

Partner A question 24. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

Say the following in order to help your partner solve the puzzle. Your partner can help you.

Cultural differences may indeed be very big.

Speaking ONLY English at all times! Say the following to your partner and decide whether your sentences are exactly the SAME or DIFFERENT.

People are similar wherever you go.

Say the following to your partner and decide if your sentences are exactly the same or different.

We are fundamentally very nice.

Say the following to your partner and decide if your sentences are exactly the same.

We all have the same hopes and fears.

This is Question 4 for Student B. Look at your picture (ABOVE) and describe it to your partner. Do you have the same picture?

Question 5 for partner B. Look at your picture (ABOVE) and describe it to your partner. Do you have the same picture?

猫

This is question 6 for student B. Remember you must speak ONLY English. Look at the kanji above. Do you and your partner have the same kanji?

大和

Question 7 for partner B. Look at the Japanese above. Remember you are speaking ONLY English. Do you and your partner have the same Japanese?

文学

Student B Question 8. Look at the Japanese above. Do you and your partner have the same Japanese? Don’t forget you’re speaking ONLY English!!

以心伝心

Question 9 for student B. Don’t forget you are speaking ONLY English! Look at the Japanese above. Do you and your partner have the same Japanese?

青い

Question 10 Student B. Speaking ONLY English. Do you and your partner have the same Japanese?

Student B question 11. Look at your picture (ABOVE) and describe it to your partner in English. Is it the same as your partner’s picture?

Question 12 Partner B. Look at the picture above and describe it to your partner. Are your pictures the same or different!

東京では最近、非常に暑い天気が続いている。

Partner B question 13. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

今日は気温が３０度まで上昇した。

Partner B question 14. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

外国を旅すると、文化的な差異を多く学ぶだろう。

Partner B question 15. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

大きい

Partner B question 16. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

政府

Partner B question 17. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

天井

Partner B question 18. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

命

Partner B question 19. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

人間

Partner B question 20. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

Question 21 Partner B. Read the following and exchange information with your partner. Based on your partner’s information, choose the best answer to the question below.

Not so long ago, parts of the Arab world had only three standard sets of time: no time at all, now, and forever. Researchers have suggested that individuals of Arab descent may be more interested in events or circumstances that are happening “now” rather than at some time in the future. 

障子　（しょうじ）

Partner B question 22. Look at the Japanese above and try describing it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

Partner B question 23. Look at the picture above and try describing it in English to your partner. Is it the same as your partner’s picture?

外国人に日本の文化を紹介する。

Partner B question 24. Look at the Japanese above and try saying it in English to your partner. Is it exactly the same as your partner’s Japanese?

Say the following in order to help your partner solve the puzzle. Your partner can help you.

People are basically the same all over the world.