ENGLISH LISTEN: FAMILIES OF THE ASIA

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    ASIA                     BERRITUA!   

Ingeles proiektuarekin jarraituz (Maite Mendizabalen aholkularitzapean), munduko haurrak ezagutzeko segidako bideoak aukera ederra dira. Atal honetan Asiako zenbait estaduetakoak ezagutuko dituzue, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Thailandia, Korea eta Japon hain zuzen ere. Bakoitzean, bi atal ditu: batean, hiri bateko familia eta, bestean, nekazal inguruko familia.

Bertan ikusi ditzakezu youtubeko bideoak.

   

     Jose Luis Etxezarreta Garin

Afghanistan (Urban)

Twelve-year-old Madina lives in Kabul with her parents, two sisters, uncle and cousin. Unlike Zamora, who attends school in the afternoon, Madina's classes are in the morning and include studies in math, science, language, history and sports. She also tutors another student twice a week in computers. After school and the midday meal she shares with her family, Madina helps with household chores like vacuuming and ironing, then enjoys an afternoon snowball fight before doing her homework, eating supper and playing games.

Afghanistan (Rural)

Meet Zamora, 13, who lives in the country with her parents, three sisters, two brothers and two uncles. An early riser, Zamora has chores to complete before breakfast, including tending to the cows and chickens. She shows us how the homes in her village are built around a common courtyard to help protect them and their vegetable gardens from the elements. At meals, she often helps feed her uncle, who lost his arms and eyesight to a land mine. She attends religion class, where she studies the Koran, and performs her daily prayers (five times a day).

Japan (Urban)

Nine-year-old Ayako lives in Sendai, Japan. Ayako loves to climb trees, play her piano (which can be silenced so that it can only be heard through earphones), and go to calligraphy lessons. We follow
Ayako and her mother as they go grocery shopping.

Japan (Rural)

Ten-year-old Seichi lives on a farm near Furukawa, Japan. His family has raised rice there for 14 generations. Seichi and his sisters help feed the rabbits and chickens, watch TV, and go to their cousin's engagement party. We see the schoolteachers and children prepare for Sports Day and watch Seichi and his family enjoy the special holiday. Lots of interesting facts about the country are presented from a realistic viewpoint which brings other cultures into your classroom or home.

Korea (Urban)

We follow 9-year-old Ki tae in Seoul, the capital of Korea, through a busy day in school and at his many after-school activities. Ki tae's mother practices golf before she shops in the neighborhood open market and supermarket. We watch Ki tae's aunt and his mother make a special dinner, and follow his father to the factory that he manages.

Korea (Rural)

Hee Jin lives in 600 year-old HaHoe village and is learning the village's ancient mask dance that's performed for visitors all summer long. Her mother and grandmother run restaurants in the village and her father and grandfather farm land on the edge of the village. Heejin and her father visit the local market and stop at a paper factory to buy gift wrapping for her grandmother's birthday. There we see how paper is hand-made.

Thailand (Urban)

We go to Bangkok to follow 10 year old Rakkiaet and his family, who live and work on a canal. Rakkiaet goes to school by boat, his brother runs a water taxi, his mother does her shopping at the floating market, and his father sells food from his boat to families along the canal. Buddhist monks visit the family's dock each day before dawn to accept food the family has prepared for them.

Thailand (Rural)

We visit 7-year-old Akeem in a community of Sea Gypsies on Thailand's southern coast. We see Akeem's mother caring for her newborn infant, follow Akeem to school, and go fishing with Akeem's father, who catches tropical fish for export.

Vietnam (Urban)

In Ho Chi Minh City, nine-year-old Thanh Hong goes to school where she studies French, art and reading, and plays games with friends. After school the family enjoys bowling, then Hong does her homework. The next day Thanh Hong enjoys swimming at the community pool and the Vietnamese New Year Tet festivities, including the dragon dancing and fireworks.

Vietnam (Rural)

In Vietnam, Anh Thu lives by the Mekong River with her family. She attends school and enjoys spending time with her friends and older brother. Her parents work on their banana and papaya plantation in the morning, then set off on their "boat store," selling groceries to customers out on the river.

Israel (Urban)

Visit the ancient city of Jerusalem, where six-year-old Joad lives in with his two sisters, brother, mother and father...and rabbit. Joad's mother is development director of a series of group homes for children and his father teaches and does dental research. With Joad's after school chess and karate classes and his siblings' activities, theirs is a busy household. The Sabbath, which Joad and his family celebrate with his grandparents, is their one quiet day of the week.
Israel (Rural)

Visit 9-year-old Inbar and her family at a kibbutz of 60 families in southern Israel. Inbar rolls down a big sand dune, feeds a calf, goes to school, makes her own breakfast and shares a Sabbath meal in the community hall. We visit her mother at work as an art therapist and see how a machine designed by Inbar's father helps keep food from spoiling.