Daihi by Kenneth Capps https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097 Collection of everything learned in the Ibaraki American Culture Workshop en-us 2022-02-14 22:27:56 UTC 2026-01-17 12:35:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f985.png I'm Daihi. https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2047390967 I like Japanese music, paintings and video games. I'm interested in Gender Studies. This is a photo of a parade for LGBTs in Shibuya, Tokyo. I joined this and one of my friend took this photo.
I'm going to be an English teacher next year, so I want to study American culture more to teach.
Thank you.]]> 2022-02-14 23:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2047390967 How to Learn Foreign Language https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2048838377 People do negotiation of meaning or noticing gap when they learn foreign languages. This means that if we want to learn, we have to try outputting a lot. Then, the mistakes we made will be keys to improve our abilities. Language learners tend to be afraid of making mistakes, but what they should do is to face the mistakes. Not to make mistakes in the future, we should make and correct them as soon as possible. From the viewpoint of English teaching, we should provide opportunity for students to output English. Make them to do English use rather than English practice.]]> 2022-02-15 15:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2048838377 A J-pop music which is interesting in linguistics https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2048888641 This is a Japanese music. The English version lyric has not only similar meaning, but also similar pronunciation with the original version.]]> 2022-02-15 15:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2048888641 Basic Knowledge of Gender https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2050981906 There are many important words we should know before study about gender. i.e. LGBTQ+, cisgender, umbrella, terminology, etc...
The Gender Unicorn is helpful when we consider our own gender. We have five elements. Gender identity, gender expression, sex assigned at birth, physically attracted to and emotionally attracted to. I guess this means that it is impossible to classify human (and also some animals) into two types. Some scientists found that a lot of queer animals are existing. I guess we cannot define someone's gender perfectly, and we don't have to do it. Our gender is invisible and constantly changing. Who am I is important than what my gender is. I am I.]]> 2022-02-16 14:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2050981906 https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2051635730 She is a MtF transgender. Her family were a little bit hesitant to accept it, and she felt lonely. She went to the LGBT student resource center. She met a sympathizer there. They understood each other well. It made them love each other. She could find best partner thanks to she was authentic.]]> 2022-02-16 18:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2051635730 Helpful Website to Consider Your Identity https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2051643362 2022-02-16 18:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2051643362 A difference of gender understanding between Japan and the U.S. https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2051694983 A volunteer answered my question. Thank you.
The volunteer said 60-70 percent of American people are positive to LGBTs.
The Japanese people who know the word LGBT is about 80 percent, but who know well about LGBTs are not many. 20-30 percent I guess. The first textbook which treat about LGBTs for elementary school students has used since 2020. Most of Japanese people might not hate LGBTs, but they don't have much knowledge.]]> 2022-02-16 19:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2051694983 What Can We Do for Minority Students? https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2052063391 If a student feels alone or he/she is an outsider, he/she is not going to do well academically. 
→What can we(teachers) do?
・We can build community that they don't feel alone.
・We should see students individually  because not all students need the same thing.
・We can make them ‘intentionally’ included and make them feel welcome. ]]> 2022-02-17 00:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2052063391 About Multiple Culture https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2053392453 The U.S is a multicultural country. In Japan, there is also variety of cultures like Ainu, East Japan, West Japan, Ryukyu and some, but American culture has more variety than Japan and is more complicated. It sometimes causes problems such as discrimination, but there are also good points. In multicultural community, we can access to many cultures easily. In schools, students can make friends who have other roots. Sometimes they can learn cultures or languages from friends. Diversity has strong energy. It sometimes makes troubles, but when we success to get along with it, diversity will change our lives better.]]> 2022-02-17 15:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2053392453 https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2053690262 for Japanese students who want to study in the U.S
・Be brave.
・Don't be shy.
・Language is no matter.

for American people who want to teach Japanese students
・You might feel that students talks a lot in Japanese, but they are not active in class. It's not because of you.]]> 2022-02-17 17:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2053690262 YONEZU Kenshi performed in FORTNITE https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2053699745 2022-02-17 17:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2053699745 https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2055916474 Gilbert Baker created the rainbow flag. He assigned meanings to all of the colors.
red →life
orange →healing
yellow →sun and slash sunlight
green →nature
blue →harmony
purple →spirit
]]> 2022-02-18 20:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2055916474 What can we do for minority students?(2) https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2055956432 ・We should make place where they can feel they are included, where they can make friends.
・It can be help to say ''I will accept all of you regardless of your background'' or ''if you guys need anything, let me know''  openly. I guess this is effective, but not all students can ask help even if we say it. We also should see students well to find and help such people.
・We can put rainbow flag in classroom.
・To research what is happening in Japan, in the U.S, and other countries well.
・As an English teacher, we should open mind to all types of English equally. 
・What we teach in English classes are not only linguistics. We can tell students other things by choosing meaningful contents.]]> 2022-02-18 21:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2055956432 J-POP music treating LGBTs https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2055973117 https://youtu.be/sD7ThEU2VUo
https://youtu.be/p9FJXfGHtDA
https://youtu.be/i-DZukWFR64]]> 2022-02-18 21:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2055973117 https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2058852984 There are many native American tribes all over the North America and South America including Hawaii and Alaska. They had their own customs and traditions like home, food, tools clothing, but their languages were similar.
They had houses or clothes depending on weather. 
Teepee is made of buffalos hide to  keep warm. It is easy to move, so it was good for people who moved a lot.
Longhouse can hold 20 people, but it is made of wood and bark, so it is not suit to move.
Pueblo is made of clay and it can hold a lot of people.
Chickee is look like Japanese old buildings. It has space under the floor. It can save food from humidity.
 They hunted buffalos, caribous, deer rabbits or fish to eat. They made potteries, baskets, blankets, carvings, ceremonies, stories, music, dancing, games and sports. ]]> 2022-02-21 14:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2058852984 History of Native Americans https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2058980506 They have lived in North America and South America more than 30,000 years. In the 1500s, the first white settlers arrived, and they brought some disease from Europe. In the late 1800s, the U.S government forced the Native Americans to leave their traditional homelands. Native Americans fought for their rights. Even today, there are still some gaps between Native American and others. ]]> 2022-02-21 15:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2058980506 Partnership system will be started in the whole Tokyo this fall. https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2058994362 It doesn't have legal effects dislike same sex marriage, but this might make homosexual people feel they are included. Ibaraki was the first prefecture which adopt the system as a local government in Japan, and now more than 150 local governments in Japan have adopted it.]]> 2022-02-21 15:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2058994362 about Native Americans https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2060790520 To understand Native American tribes, there are 5 key terms. Tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, trust responsibility, trust land and Indian reservation. Until European people arrived, Native Americans administered all over the North America and South America. After the U.S government was built, Native American government had to communicate with the new government. They ceded millions of acres of their homelands to the U.S. Now, some areas are trusted for Native Americans by the U.S government. Both of them had each low. It was sometimes caused problems. Some of us might have stereotype of the stoic Indian, but Native Americans are loving to laugh. They are taught to respect other people. I thought this characteristic is similar with some Japanese, and I found something congenial in them. ]]> 2022-02-22 15:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2060790520 Non-binary athlete won the 8th place in Olympic games. https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2060802003 2022-02-22 15:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2060802003 The hearing for a trial of same-sex marriage was concluded. https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2060830126 A trial about same-sex marriage was held in Osaka. The judgment will be delivered in June 20th.]]> 2022-02-22 15:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2060830126 Something I learned from BJ https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2062845832 ・He started tough talk to talk with others and find a way to make the world more comfortable, and he knows the importance of communication from his experiences in school and somewhere. We should try to understand someone with you. We should know what they want or need. The best thing for us is not always the best thing for them. I think it is important to communicate with others to make our environment better too. It can be one of the purposes of language learning, and can be a way to learn language. 
・In education, teachers sometimes have to treat some difficult topics such as racism. In such a situation, comparison or small ideas might be helpful. 
・It's important to try something new or challenging things, even if it's difficult. Know ourselves. Know what we already know and what we still don't know. It will lead us to what we should change. We don't have to just always change everything, but we have to try to recognize moments when change will be better for us.
・Music is a powerful tool and can be really inspirational. I really agree with this as an artist. I know there are a lot of examples of works which influenced to the society. I know some famous songs which treat LGBTQ. I know the movie Matrix is a story of trans people. Like this, art can make difficult contents easy to access.]]> 2022-02-23 15:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2062845832 https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2063126227 The U.S. Soccer Federation reached a settlement with the U.S. women's national soccer team, claiming that the team players were being paid less than the men's national team players, which was discriminatory. The U.S. media reported that the federation will pay a total of $24 million.]]> 2022-02-23 18:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2063126227 https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2063145232 2022-02-23 18:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2063145232 'Latino' and 'Hispanic' https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2064797839 There are many Latin people living in the U.S, and Spanish is the second most spoken language after English in the U.S.
Sometimes, the word ‘Latino’ and ‘Hispanic’ are treated as synonym, but there are some differences between them. If you see the U.S census sheets, there isn’t the word ‘Latino’ as a race. This means Latino is not a race. It is an ethnicity. When someone uses the word ‘Hispanic’, it sometimes means the people who speak Spanish, and sometimes the people who comes from somewhere ruled by Spain. Philippine was ruled by Spain, but most of Filipinos don’t speak Spanish. Like this, we have to pay attention to the terms. 
]]> 2022-02-24 15:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2064797839 https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2064946289 Even if Filipinos don't speak Spanish, they are a part of Hispanic.
Even if OSAKA Naomi doesn't speak Japanese in usual, she is a Japanese.
Even if Ukrainian speak Russian, they are not Russian.]]> 2022-02-24 16:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2064946289 Racism in Japan https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2065019342 Some racism is still existing also in Japan. About 20％ of Japanese answered the racism of Ainu might be existing. A man living in Kyoto has filed a lawsuit with a court demanding that he has discriminated by the local community he lives.
These can be a familiar examples when we teach racisms to Japanese students.]]> 2022-02-24 17:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_capps/7xt59bin7roge097/wish/2065019342