"Go Green! with Furoshiki" Project Day 1

The first day of “Go Green! with Furoshiki” project (February 3^rd, 2016). “Go Green! with Furoshiki”（風呂敷でエコに暮らそう）プロジェクト第一回（2016年二月三日）。

 

Spending fifteen minutes of our JA4 class (7:00 pm-9:15pm), students learned background history of furoshiki cloth and Japanese vocabulary they would need to make a bag out of furoshiki (such as to tie結ぶ, to untie解く, the main side表, and so on…) and made their first bag! 二時間十五分の日本語4の授業のうち15分を使って、風呂敷の歴史を解説した後、風呂敷から鞄を作るための単語を導入、そして実際にショッピングバッグを作ってみた。

Following my instruction in Japanese, they learned how to tie two knots correctly, turned the furoshiki inside-out, and tied two sides to make a handle. They were so excited when they found their furoshiki became a bag without cutting and sewing. 教師の日本語の指導で、まず正しい結び方を学び、風呂敷をひっくり返し、仕上げの手提げ部分を作って完成。切ったり縫ったりせずに風呂敷から鞄ができるのを実際に体験してみて学生たちは興奮気味。

We used 100% polyester furoshiki for practice today since they are thinner and easier to handle than 100% cotton furoshiki students will receive later. We will practice making this easy shopping bag again to make sure students are able to make it by themselves without my instruction. 今回は、実際に学生が受け取る綿１００％のより薄くて使いやすい、ポリエステルの風呂敷で練習。次回もこの簡単バッグを作る練習から始めるつもり。自分たちだけで作れるようになるまで猛練習ーー。