On 7/27/2021, members of the Syosset AYLUS branch (Aika Suizi and John Thach) taught a sixty-minute Japanese class to multiple high school students, each with differing degrees of proficiency and familiarity with the Japanese language and culture. The establishment of this class seeks to permeate the interest and knowledge in Japanese culture and language throughout society.
Starting the class, the students warmed up by describing various pictures of cats in Japanese. They were encouraged to use adjectives to describe size, color, and texture of the cats in the images. This class also saw a particular focus on Particles in the Japanese language. The specific functions and usages of the particles were introduced and reinforced, and students were encouraged to use the particles in sentences in order to better familiarize themselves with using them in speaking. Particles are an important aspect in Japanese. Some which were looked at were wa – a subject particle, and mo, a particle used similarly to the word also in English.
The following students volunteered in today’s tutoring program: Aika Suizu (1 hour), and John Thach (1 hour).
