Introduction of 〜にすんでいます
The instructor gives some example sentences to tell where people live, and students guess what "〜にすんでいます" means.

わたしの あねは おおさかに すんでいます。

ビル・クリントンは ニューヨークに すんでいます。

みなさんは 〜に すんでいますね。

The instructor shows some cards with people's names and places they live, and students practice "〜は〜にすんでいます."

ジョージ・ルーカス	ロサンゼルス
イチロー	シアトル

Telling/asking where grand parents live
Students practice "〜にすんでいます" by talking about their grandparents. The instructor asks if the students visit their grandparents' house for Thanksgiving, and where they live.

(* "もうなくなりました" (s/he has already passed away) can be introduced here. )

Teacher :	みなさんは サンクスギビングに おじいさんと おばあさんの うちに いきますか。 (Some students may say はい、いきます. Then the instructor asks the next question.) おじいさんと おばあさんは どこに すんでいますか。
Student :	そふと そぼは オハイオしゅうに すんでいます。
Teacher :	そうですか。ここからは ちょっと とおいですね。／ちかいですね。

Student :

〜さんの おじいさんと おばあさんは ミシガンしゅうに すんでいます。

(*ちちかた／ははかた can be introduced here to make more detailed explanation.)

Talking about geographical information of Japan
The instructor shows students a map of Japan on the OHP with prefecture names where the Deai students live and blank spaces for Deai students' names to fill in. The instructor also gives students the same worksheet. (*Basic geographical information of Japan can be discussed both in English and Japanese here if it has not been introduced.)

Talking about where the Deai students live
Students work in groups. They figure out where their assigned Deai students live from the Japanese text on the back of the Deai photo sheets. (MY-P01, OK-P01, SM-P01, TS-P01, YK-P01, YT-P01, YY-P01)

The instructor introduces where みずしまゆう lives as an example, and students write her name in the blank on the worksheet from 3. Each group introduces where each Deai student lives. One student asks one of the groups where the Deai student lives. Other students listen to them and write the Deai students' names in the blanks.

Teacher :	みずしまゆうさんは かながわけんに すんでいます。
Student1 :	さかいみちさんは どこに すんでいますか。
Student2 :	ほっかいどうにすんでいます。

The instructor may give the students a group project assignment to search information about their assigned Deai students' hometowns on the Internet and the CD-ROM2. The students may make a big poster or PowerPoint files to give presentations. They may use English for the presentation if they need.

Talking about the Deai students' future using other expressions (けっこんしています／〜につとめています)
The instructor introduces these expressions and asks the students to imagine their assigned Deai students' lives in the future, say 15 years later. The students work in groups and discuss their ideas. They are encouraged to use Japanese as much as possible. They have to decide where the Deai student lives, if s/he is married or not, if married, how many family members s/he has, where s/he works for if s/he is working at a company. After all the groups decide their ideas, the students work with partners from different groups. They ask each other to find out the Deai students' information in the future and write down the information they hear from the partner on Worksheet #2.

Student1 :	〜さんはどこにすんでいますか。
Student2 :	〜にすんでいます。
Student1 :	そうですか。〜さんはけっこんしていますか。
Student2 :	はい、けっこんしています。
Student1 :	〜さんのかぞくはなんにんですか／なんにんかぞくですか。
Student2 :	〜にんです／〜にんかぞくです。
Student1 :	そうですか。〜さんはかいしゃにつとめていますか。
Student2 :	はい、〜につとめています。