ymi_cloth2 activity3

		No. ymi_cloth2a03
	Unit II: Everyday Clothes: Clothes at School/Home Activity 3 Comparing Canadian school clothing with that of the Japanese

Date:	Country:	Author(copyright):	Themes:
2003/1	Canada	Yazawa Michiko 矢澤理子 Alberta Learning (Ministry of Learning, Alberta)	Clothing and Fashion
Overview:
Students compare Canadian school clothing with that of the Japanese and deepen their understanding about school uniforms in both countries.

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The teacher asks the students if their school has a uniform. How about at other neighbouring schools? Which is the majority, schools with or without uniforms?

このがっこうにはせいふくがありますか。

ちかくのがっこうにはせいふくがありますか。

どのがっこうにせいふくがありますか。

カナダではせいふくがあるがっこうが多いですか。それともせいふくがないがっこうが多いですか。

Returning to the Deai photos on the whiteboard, the teacher lets the students guess which is the majority in Japan, schools with uniforms or without uniforms?

日本では、どっちが多いですか／どちらが多いと思いますか。せいふくがあるがっこうですか、せいふくがないがっこうですか。

Explaining that most high schools in Japan have school uniforms, the teacher introduces various types of school uniforms. If students' image of school uniforms is strongly associated with private schools, the teacher points out that the majority of public high schools also have school uniforms in Japan. The following Web sites will help with this explanation.

日本では、せいふくがあるがっこうが多いです。Public schoolもせいふくがあります。にほんのせいふくがみたいですか。

http://www.tjf.or.jp/deai/contents/teacher/mini_en/html/seifuku.html
（「であい」ミニ事典）

http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~kojima/
（制服デザイン販売会社）

http://www.ozakigp.co.jp/mc/case/index.html
（制服デザイン販売会社）

http://www.sanan.jp/jp/school/seifuku.html
（ある高校の制服紹介ページ）

The teacher may add that, in Japan, a cool (かっこいい) or cute (かわいい) school uniform acts as a selling point to increase a high school's enrollment. Ask the students if the same goes for schools in their own culture.

日本では、かっこいいせいふく、かわいいせいふくはにんきがあります。せいふくがかっこいい（かわいい）がっこうは、がくせいがおおいです／たくさん来ます／あつまります。カナダではどうですか。