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| LANGUAGE |
| Describing
a sumo match using adjectives like つよい、よわい
かちます、まけます、たたかいます
Socio-cultural
aspects: traditional Japanese game, information about
sumo. |
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| PREPARATION |
| Copy
the sumo wrestlers onto thick paper
on cardboard, cut them out and fold them so they can
stand. To make the wrestling ring, take a cardboard
box such as a shoe box, turn it bottom up and draw a
circle about 20cm in diameter on the top. |
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| PROCEDURE
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| Whole
class or group work
The teacher demonstrates by first standing the two
wrestlers in the ring and introducing them by the
names s/he has given them. S/he then taps on the edges
of the ring to make the wrestlers move. The wrestler
who ‘pushes’ his opponent out of the ring, or 'knocks
down' his opponent is the winner. Students in groups
then make their own ring and wrestlers and give them
names. They can cut out the wrestlers given, or draw
their own. Group tournaments can be held with students
taking turns to play or be referee until a grand champion
(よこづな) emerges.
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| USEFUL
WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS |
| 1.
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Telling
students to cut out their sumo wrestler and fold it:
「おすもうさんをきって、おってください」 |
| 2. |
Becoming
a referee and introducing Tom's and Mike's contestants.
「つぎは、トムくんのおすもうさんと、マイクくんのおすもうさんがたたかいます。」 |
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Declaring
the winner.
「トムくんのかちです。」
of if students are familiar with comparisons:
「トムくんのほうが、つよいです。」
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| 4. |
Useful
vocabulary:
to
win: 勝ちます（かちます）
to
lose: 負けます（まけます）
sumo
wrestler: お相撲さん（おすもうさん）
referee:
行司（ぎょうじ）
ring:
土俵（どひょう） |
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Ranking
of the wrestlers is as follows:
grand
champion: よこづな
second highest rank: おおぜき
third
highest rank: せきわけ
fourth
highest rank:こむすび
intitled
wrestlers in the top division: まえがしら
untitled
wrestlers in the second dividion: じゅうりょう |
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| OTHER
USEFUL INFORMATION |
Sumo,
the national sport of Japan, has a 2000 year history.
It became a professional sport in the early Edo Period,
and since then it has been a popular spectator sport.
Each year,
six formal tournaments are held every other month in
four major cities in Japan (January, May and September
in Tokyo, March in Osaka, July in Nagoya and November
in Fukuoka). The tournament lasts fifteen days, but
the lower division wrestlers fight only for seven days.
For the higher ranking wrestlers (Maegashira and over),
eight or more wins is a record which ensures that they
go up a rank.
However,
to become grand champion you have to win almost every
match in two tournaments. |
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| Current
champions: |
| よこづな： |
貴乃花 曙
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| おおぜき： |
貴ノ波 武蔵丸 若乃花
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