Yesterday Adachi sensei told me the first years had learned “Who’s this?”, and that I should print pictures of famous Canadians and Americans and ask them who they are as a game. It went pretty badly. These are some of the people I tried:
Tom Cruise (most students guessed eventually)
Britney Spears (some of the girls knew)
Lindsay Lohan (only one girl knew)
Avril Lavigne (most of the girls knew)
Michael Jordan (a few guessed eventually)
Bruce Willis (most could guess, but I think he endorses coffee or something here)
Arnold Schwarzenagger (most knew, but couldn’t say his name)
Black version of Michael Jackson (everyone knew)
Justin Timberlake (no one knew)
I had also printed pictures of people like Wayne Gretzky, Nelly Furtado and Jim Carrey but I didn’t even bother with them. I guess I really overestimated international culture in Japan. Everyone knew George Bush by the way, but only his last name.
October 23, 2007 at 8:33 pm |
i guess its to their credit they knew a president over lindsey lohan. i think you can be happy about that
October 24, 2007 at 1:03 pm |
Come on, those are tough. I’d miss most of them too. There was a black Michael Jackson? Now you’re just giving them fake pictures.
Home Simpson, thats who you should have started with. They all would have gotten it.
Great work!
Cheers!
October 24, 2007 at 10:39 pm |
O.K. here’s a list of potentials for round two of “Who’s this”?
- Jean Chretien
- Mickey Mouse
- Stephen Harper
- Stone Cold Steve Austin
- Condoleezza Rice (then see if they can spell it properly)
- Bart Simpson
- Dalton McGuinty
- Chandler Bing
I am sure that they will appreciate this list of people that entertain us and make us laugh.
October 27, 2007 at 11:49 pm |
Chuck Norris.