Title

野球のことば

Unit/Activity No.

Baseball/Activity 2

Topic

Sports

Function

Identify

Focus

Baseball terms

I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS

Teacher Instructions

  1. Before class prepare the handout and the transparency.

  2. Distribute the handout and have the students do the activity.

  3. Go over the answers with the class, using the Transparency.

Answer Key to Student Activities

  1. 1) pitcher 2) catcher 3) batter 4) hit 5) homerun 6) strike
  2. 1) baseball 2) game 3) base stealing 4) a strike-out 5) player 6) cheering
    7) infielders, outfielders 8) pitcher, catcher
  3. 1) to be hit by a pitched ball 2) game ending in a homerun 3) night game

II. STUDENT ACTIVITY HANDOUTS

1. Connect baseball terms in Japanese with the English equivalents.

1) ピッチャー ＊ ＊ batter
2) キャッチャー ＊ ＊ pitcher
3) バッター  ＊ ＊ strike
4) ヒット ＊ ＊ homerun
5) ホームラン ＊ ＊ hit
6) ストライク ＊ ＊ catcher

2. Guess the meaning of the following kanji.

1) 野 means "field" and 球 means "ball"            
野球（やきゅう） means ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.

2) 試 means "to try" and 合 means "to match"                      
試合（しあい） means ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

3) 盗 means "steal" and 塁 means "base"                       
盗塁（とうるい）means ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

4) 三 means "three" and 振 means "swing"                     
三振（さんしん）means ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

5) 選 means "select" and 手 means "hand"                       
選手（せんしゅ）means ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

6) 応 means "respond" and 援 means "support"      
応援（おうえん）means ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

7) 内 means "inside" and 外 means "outside"       
内野手（ないやしゅ）means ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
外野手（がいやしゅ）means ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

8) 投 means "throw" and 捕 means "catch"           
投手（とうしゅ）means ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
捕手（ほしゅ）means ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

3. The Japanese have created some of their own baseball terms written in katakana. Read the following sentences and guess the meaning of the terms.

1) あっ、デッドボールだ。うでにあたったよ。いたそうだな。
デッドボール：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

2) 松井（まつい）選手が９回の裏にサヨナラホームランを打って、ジャイアンツが勝ちました。（９回の裏（うら）＝bottom of the 9th inning）
サヨナラホームラン：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

3) 今夜８時のナイターに行きます。
ナイター：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

III. VISUAL AIDS FOR TEACHERS

For this visual aid, make a transparency of the handout.

IV. FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Have students do more research about Japanese baseball terms. 

<Useful websites>
ネット野球ファンの日米野球用語集

			http://cgi.sainet.or.jp/~nishizak/baseball_faq/misc.html

MLB 用語集
http://home.att.ne.jp/air/mlb/term.html