Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Article details.
Apr. 15, 2016, at the Japanese School in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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At the Japanese language extra lesson's school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Sharing the sweets that I bought from Japan, we had a Tanka learning session in a friendly atmosphere. |
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At first, I asked everyone to tell us his/her name, a grade, favorite food, and favorite animal as a self-introduction so that we could get to know each other. |
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The class was composed of the students from the first to the sixth graders. Everyone is so cute! They reminded me of the days when I was a teacher at a Sunday school. I asked everyone to write Tanka in 10 days and present the work to the class on April 25th. I promised to play percussion as the background sound for their presentation. |
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I offered them several samples with some blank lines in which the students can fill the words they feel fit. |
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I put the numbers on the color pencils that I bought in Dodoma city. We used this as the lottery to decide the order of the presentation. |
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April 25th. The students were having fun to present their Tanka to the class. They mastered the 5-7 syllable rhythm. Inspired by the classmates' work, they were able to write Tanka impromptu. Wonderful!! When I brought out the best in each one's work, more and more hands were raised, and more and more Tanka were presented. Interaction with these obedient, cute and talented children was a wonderful experience in my third visit to Tanzania. Principal Tanaka, thank you very much for the wonderful opportunity. |
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