Cultural Literacy - Revision history

Clay at 14:34, 14 September 2006

2006-09-14T14:34:44Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:34, 14 September 2006
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	* '''Japanese Mythology''' (which may include myths from other cultures taught in school)		* '''Japanese Mythology''' (which may include myths from other cultures taught in school)
	* '''[[Idioms]]'''		* '''[[Idioms]]'''
-	* '''[[Pop culture ~~icons~~]]''' (Doraemon to SMAP)	+	* '''[[Pop culture]]''' (Doraemon to SMAP)
	* '''Technology'''		* '''Technology'''
	* '''[[Household & Family]]'''		* '''[[Household & Family]]'''
	* '''Fine Arts'''		* '''Fine Arts'''
	* '''Religious references''' (words that have entered the common language or references to ceremonies)		* '''Religious references''' (words that have entered the common language or references to ceremonies)

Clay at 17:42, 31 August 2006

2006-08-31T17:42:24Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:42, 31 August 2006
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	This may include bits of knowledge from any of these categories:		This may include bits of knowledge from any of these categories:

-	* Japanese History (not obscure history, but common knowledge)	+	* '''Japanese History''' (not obscure history, but common knowledge)
-	* Japanese Mythology (which may include myths from other cultures taught in school)	+	* '''Japanese Mythology''' (which may include myths from other cultures taught in school)
-	* [[Idioms]]	+	* '''[[Idioms]]'''
-	* [[Pop culture icons]] (Doraemon to SMAP)	+	* '''[[Pop culture icons]]''' (Doraemon to SMAP)
-	* Technology	+	* '''Technology'''
-	* [[Household & Family]]	+	* '''[[Household & Family]]'''
-	* Fine Arts	+	* '''Fine Arts'''
-	* Religious references (words that have entered the common language or references to ceremonies)	+	* '''Religious references''' (words that have entered the common language or references to ceremonies)

Clay at 16:23, 31 August 2006

2006-08-31T16:23:31Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:23, 31 August 2006
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	* Japanese Mythology (which may include myths from other cultures taught in school)		* Japanese Mythology (which may include myths from other cultures taught in school)
	* [[Idioms]]		* [[Idioms]]
-	* Pop culture icons (Doraemon to SMAP)	+	* [[Pop culture icons]] (Doraemon to SMAP)
	* Technology		* Technology
	* [[Household & Family]]		* [[Household & Family]]
	* Fine Arts		* Fine Arts
	* Religious references (words that have entered the common language or references to ceremonies)		* Religious references (words that have entered the common language or references to ceremonies)

Clay at 14:34, 31 August 2006

2006-08-31T14:34:43Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:34, 31 August 2006
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	This may include bits of knowledge from any of these categories:		This may include bits of knowledge from any of these categories:

-	• Japanese History (not obscure history, but common knowledge)	+	* Japanese History (not obscure history, but common knowledge)
-	• Japanese Mythology (which may include myths from other cultures taught in school)	+	* Japanese Mythology (which may include myths from other cultures taught in school)
-	• [[Idioms]]	+	* [[Idioms]]
-	• Pop culture icons (Doraemon to SMAP)	+	* Pop culture icons (Doraemon to SMAP)
-	• Technology	+	* Technology
-	• [[Household & Family]]	+	* [[Household & Family]]
-	• Fine Arts	+	* Fine Arts
-	• Religious references (words that have entered the common language or references to ceremonies)	+	* Religious references (words that have entered the common language or references to ceremonies)

Clay: Common Japanese cultural or historical topics

2006-08-31T14:34:06Z

Common Japanese cultural or historical topics

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NOTE: This idea may be a big flop or maybe I didn't organize this very well, but...

A few years (decades?) ago there was a book published titled ‘Cultural Literacy.’ I may be misinterpreting the book’s goals, but I believe it basically tried to catalog important bits of cultural knowledge that every American *should* know. In every culture there are historical facts, cultural nuances, idioms, etc that are common knowledge to those within that culture but may be little known to people from other cultures. Even with cultures with the same base language (for example the US and England) there are major differences in cultural knowledge.

What I would like to see here is a collection of words, phrases and commentary on topics most adult Japanese should know, but wouldn't be common (textbook) knowledge among non native speakers. Most entries wouldn’t be found in standard dictionaries, but may be often referred to in Japanese novels, TV or in conversation.

I am sure this will help learners understand hidden nuances easily missed by the otherwise diligent student of Japanese.

This may include bits of knowledge from any of these categories:

• Japanese History (not obscure history, but common knowledge)
• Japanese Mythology (which may include myths from other cultures taught in school)
• [[Idioms]]
• Pop culture icons (Doraemon to SMAP)
• Technology
• [[Household & Family]]
• Fine Arts
• Religious references (words that have entered the common language or references to ceremonies)