The Hiragana Game 背中に文字を書くゲームをした結果

I know my students are very keen on awareness and senses of their surroundings as I have 3 black belts of Ninjutsu in my class. They polish this skill day in and day out.

So I tried something I wanted to do for a while— to guess the Japanese syllabary system, Hiragana, letters written on their back.

 I was predicting it would be challenging, but they prove me wrong.  The result was mind-blowing! 

They wrote it perfectly on their partner’s back as I showed them what to write, and they guessed it perfectly almost each time.

I was so impressed given that they started learning Japanese about 6 months ago with 3 month summer breaks (except one who has taken classes in college). They had no idea how to read or write 50 letters of alphabet then.  But now, they can read, write, and even know the letters written on their back?

Amazing. 

I am blessed with very talented and dedicated students. They make me want to be a better instructor and to exceed their expectations. 

大人の日本語クラスは忍術の黒帯有段者がなんと3名も。皆さん普段から周囲の「気」にも敏感であられます。

その一環としてずっとやりたいなと思っていた事を今週やってみました。それは背中に指で書かれたひらがなを当てると言うもの。

結構難しいかなと思っていたら、予想に反して書く方も当てる方も、皆さん完璧に書き、ほぼ完璧に答えられたと言う、ものすごい結果に！！！

だって5月にクラスを開始した時は皆さんひらがな全くはじめましてだったのですよ？その上夏の3ヵ月はお休みがあったのですよ？約半年でひらがな全部を書けて、読めて 、背中で感じることができるってすごくないですか？

なんて有能な生徒さんに恵まれているのでしょう。私もより一層頑張ります！