Title	野球の応援
Unit/Activity No.	Baseball/Activity 7
Topic	Sports
Function	Describe, compare
Focus	Understand the different styles of cheering in the U.S. and Japan

I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS

Teacher Instructions

1. Before class prepare the handout and the transparency.
   
   
2. Ask the students about their own experiences cheering for their favorite baseball teams by using Script 1.
   
   
3. Play a segment of a video showing people cheering at a Japanese baseball game. (See the materials section below.) If no video is available, obtain pictures on Web sites listed below and the pictures of high school games in the visual section. Use Script 2.
   
   
4. Distribute the handout. Have the students work on #1 in pairs. Go over the answers. Have the students act out each method of cheering when possible. Have students describe any other actions they observed in the videos or in the pictures.
   
   
5. Have the students do #2. Have them share their answers.
   
   
6. Review the following structures: connecting disjunctive sentences using が or でも, both 〜 and 〜 (〜 も 〜 も). Have the students do #3. Review the answers with the class.
   
   
7. Have the students do #4 in groups of three. Have them on aware that baseball fans in Japan can cheer for their team only when the team is at bat.

Teacher Presentation Sample Scripts

Script 1

野球の試合を見たことがありますか。応援する人はどんな服を着ますか。何を持ちますか。どうやって応援しますか。大きな声を出しますか。

Script 2

日本では、どうやって野球の応援をするんでしょう。日本の人達がしていることをよく見て、アメリカとどう違うのか、考えてみましょう。

Answer Key to Student Activities

1.   a) 5   b) 7    c) 12   d) 2   e) 8   f) 3   g)  13   h) 1   i) 6
　　 j) 10   k) 9    l) 4     m) 11

2.   アメリカ: l.

両方: c. d. g. k. m.
日本:   a. b. e. f. h. i. j.

Notes

The Japanese organize cheering in large groups during baseball games. They wear the team colors and team happi-jackets and chant in unison. During U.S. baseball games, generally individuals and/or small groups cheer spontaneously.

II. STUDENT ACTIVITY HANDOUTS

1. The following sentences describe how fans cheer at a stadium. Match each activity with a picture and put the corresponding Hiragana in the parenthesis.

a.	グループで応援（おうえん）します。	(          )
b.	メガフォンをふります。	(          )
c.	歌を歌います。	(          )
d.	チームのぼうしをかぶります。	(          )
e.	はっぴを着ます。	(          )
f.	応援団長（おうえんだんちょう）がいます。	(          )
g.	拍手（はくしゅ）をします。	(          )
h.	トランペットをふきます。	(          )
i.	旗（はた）をふります。	(          )
j.	はちまきをします。	(          )
k.	メッセージや名前を書いた紙を見せます。	(          )
l.	太鼓（たいこ）をたたきます。	(          )
m.	大きい声を出します。	(          )

2. Categorize each of the activities above based on how people cheer in Japan and in the United States. Write the letter corresponding to the cheering style in the circles where they belong.

       

3. Compare the Japanese way of cheering for one's favorite team at the ballpark with the American way of cheering and write sentences describing each as examples.

Examples:

• 日本では、たくさんの人がグループで応援しますが、アメリカではあまりしません。
• 日本もアメリカも、大きい声を出して応援します。

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4. Imagine that you are who is leading a group of fans cheering for a baseball team. In groups of three, devise a rule as to which cheering method to be used when and write it down.

Example:

せんしゅがホームランを打ったら、トランペットをふいて、たいこをたたいて、大きい声を出します。

III. VISUAL AIDS FOR TEACHERS

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

＜高校野球とその応援の写真＞