Researching Philippines
There was a homework for Japanese language class at my oldest daughter’s elementary school.
The homework was to research something that students want to know.
Her friends are researching “whales” or “prefectural and city governments.”
My daughter wanted to know about food in the Philippines because her English teachers are Filipinos.
We went to a library to find some books about the Phillippines.
My daughter and I learned the following things about the Phillippines.
・It’s always warm or hot there.
・They can harvest rice three times a year.
・There are two seasons of wet and dry weather.
・There are many kinds of fruits, such as bananas.
・It is made up of many large and small islands.
・Since there are different kinds of languages, there are many trilingual people.
I’m sure that my daughter will be able to write a good report She wants to visit Cebu someday.
It’s always interesting to discover what our children are interested in and what they want to learn about!
Yes, it’s very interesting even for adults Thanks
お嬢さんが 世界に目を向けられる事は とても大切ですね！
私もアジアの国々をもっと知りたいと思います。 百聞は一見に如かず と言われているので、できれば訪れみたいです。 ただ、日本の常識を彼らに要求してしまう事は 私にとっても彼らにとっても とうてい無理なことだなんだろうんなぁщ(´□｀)щ と とある タイ料理店に行って感じました。 （どちらが正しいという意味ではありませんが。）
そうですね。子どもの宿題を通してでもいろいろ海外のことを知るのはいいですね。 子どもが大きくなる前に文化の違いを実際に見せに行きたいです。
How wonderful to learn something new together
Indeed Thanks!
Hope she will go to Cebu one day.
Thanks! I would like to let them visit foreign countries
Very interesting research work on Philipinne food. I’m sure your daughter will do a great job with her project. All the best to her
Thank you so much. We’re happy to hear that. Have a good day.
I am happy to read that pupils themselves are searching info. It makes them active. Anyway I want to know if in Japan they teach geography. Geography was one of my favorite subjects in addition to history.
Amazing to read that there are trilingual people. Because Finland is small, we have to learn many languages like: English, Swedish, German, Russian, French, Spanish, and Italian. Of course not all of them in school, but the variety is large. I had to learn Swedish, English, German and French in addition to Finnish when I was in school. But to be trilingual it requires a lot of learning! My children went to a French school in Helsinki and they also graduated in it. I can say that they speak fluently French, but they are not even bilingual!
Thank You for this interesting post.
Thank you for sharing.It’s very unique and interesting foe me. When I visited Finland, I understood why you need Swedish. Basically, we Japanese didn’t need to learn various languages until now. However, I think that we must learn other languages such as English, Chinese and so on. So I hope that my children will learn English at least.
How wonderful that you spend time with your daughter to learn together. I am sure she will write a great report.
Thanks a lot We’re glad to hear that. We learned a lot together
フィリピン料理は食べたことがあるけど、あまり好きじゃないです。＾＾；
バロット、知っていますか？
とても怖いですよ。
そうなんですか。バロット知らなかったですけど、変わってますね。 食べ物美味しいといいですけどね。
The heat and the fruit and the many different cultures make it sound like South Africa.
One day – after I’ve finished exploring Japan – I want to explore South-East Asia. One day …
Hope she gets full marks for her report!
I see. I didn’t notice that. As for us, we need to explore South Africa as well as South-East Asia.
You nipped this in the bud! Very on point. And Cebu is a nice choice for a Philippine destination. Love this post, esp. reading the little tidbits of information about the Philippine from someone else’s mind.
Ow, Mango is the Philippine’s national fruit.
Thank you I’m glad that you like this post Of course, mango is our favorite because of the sweetness
Cebu sounds very good place
How wonderful to learn about another culture with your children!
That’s true. It’s really fun to learn something new
It’s always good to start learning about different countries and cultures from a young age.
I think so. Children can learn a lot of things
today, March 3, is girls day – greetings to your family, M.!
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Thank you! I’ll share about it soon.
you are celebrating girl’s day?
Sure We cerabrated the day yesterday
Arigato to you AND your daughter. I learned a lot about the Phillipines that I didn’t know before.
My pleasure (Douitashimashite ) Glad to know that you knew something new
It is good to learn about different cultures. I hope she gets to visit someday.
Thanks I hope so That’s good if her dream will come true
I’m glad your daughter is interested to visit Cebu soon, I’ll be delighted to meet you up when you get here…
Sure. We also want to meet with you.
Thanks!
Cocomino,
Let me know if you plan a trip in the Philippines
I can recommend you some fantastic places for you and your family. I’m sure your daughter will love it !
Hi John. Thank you so much. I’m glad to hear that .We’re looking forward to visiting the Philippines.
‘Always warm’ sounds very good to me right now (because it’s still fairly cold where I live and I am ready for spring)!
I hope your daughter’s report goes well – I am sure she will do a wonderful job!
It’s same for me. I prefer warm than cold. It’s still cold here.
Thanks for your kind comment.
I love it when Filipinos love Japan and its people and Japanese love the Philippines and its people, too. Although history has some not-so-good tales about how both countries treated each other in the past, the two have now learned to embrace each other wholeheartedly.
I myself have dreamt of one day visiting The Land of the Rising Sun!
Thank you so much
Of course, I know he history between two countries but it’s great to know about each other now
My daughters have never learned the history yet buy they already have thought that Filipino are kind and friendly
Wow, I didn’t know there are lots of Filipino English teachers in Japan. That is so cool. Your daughter is so vibrant with a very happy disposistion. Filipinos are normally trilingual. We speak Tagalog our national language, a regional langauge, then there’s English. During the Spanish occupation, our ancestors spoke them too.
Thanks for sharing. You’re so talented that you can speak many languages Most of us speak only Japanese
Filipino teachers are very kind and friendly
Philippines is a wonderful place! How nice it is for your daughter to learn something new
That’s true. I have never been to Phillippines. So I should visit the country with my family.