Saturday, November 21, 2009

Quesions about Marriage from Amina

Hi! My name is Amina Hiraoka.

I’d like to talk about marriage with you.


First, I want to make sure which aspects of marriage we will talk about.

so please let me ask some questions about marriage.(I hope they are not too many for you!)


1. Cultural differences

Have you ever attended other culture’s wedding ceremony? 

Do you know any taboos?

What do you think about “International marriage”?

Do you want to do it? Do you know any international marriage couple?



2. The role of woman and man

Do you think women should stay at home after marriage?

Do men do housework in the U.S.?


3. The social issues

What is the average age at marriage in the U.S.?

why do so many people get divorced recently?especially in North America?



I hope I will hear from you soon!!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Questions about University Life

Hi! We are Rie and Kotono. We are 4th grade of Uni, and interested in differences of School life. We have some questions.

Our questions are...

* What dose the word "university" remind you?

(For example, we think university is where we can do favorite things.)

* Who pays the school expenses?

* Are there the club activities in your country?

* How do you contact If a transfer student comes to your class? In addition, how do you make friends with the transfer student?

* Do you always spend with same friends in university?

* How do you take the class

(For example, talk with friends,do other things, sleeping)

* Is your university semester system?

* When dose your university start new class?

* How many students do they fail to pass on to the next grade?

Plese cooperate our study.

Questions about Fashion

Our group's topic is fashion, hair and appearance and so on. We want to ask American students some questions below.

☆What image about Japanese fasion do you have?

☆Japanese girls wear a pair of leggings under short pants or skirt, but some American girls wear only a pair of leggings. Do you think wearing a pair of leggings without wearing skirt is ashamed?

☆What do you think Japanese brown dyed hair?

☆Why you don't take off your shoes on your bed? Japanese think shoes are very dirty. So we don't wear shoes in a house.

☆What do you think Japanese high school girl's uniform. Especially skirt.

Shiho,Mayu,Yuki

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Questions about Family Relationship

Hello! We are Ayano and Marina. We are interested in relationship of family. And we have some questions. Please tell us about relationship of family in your culture.

Our questions are…

How old children do you think should be treated as adults?

(We mean…until when do parents take a bath with them together and sleep in the same room with their children?)

Do you have body contacts with your parents often?

(Do you have body contacts even with a parent of the other sex?)

What do you think are father’s role and mother’s role in family?

Do children have any role in family? Should they help their parents?

Are there any differences between younger brother/sister and older brother/sister in family? Do they have the same power in family?

Do you think grandparents are a member of your family? Do they live with their children's family usually?

Questions about Party

Hi! We are Tomona and Yoko!

Our topic is about ‘PARTY’ in each country. Especially, we pointed Valentine’s Day.

We think that Valentine is celebrated differently in America.

In Japan, girls give chocolates for favorite boys as main event. So, for girls, Valentine’s Day is chance to tell him that ‘I like you’. On this day girls approach boys, while boys just wait.

How about in America?

What is main event in your country?

Do you know about the origin of Valentine’s Day?

Do you date with your boyfriend or girlfriend on Valentine’s Day?