1. How old are you?
Tell them you're 100 if you don't want them to know your age.
2.What is your favorite food?
They'll laugh at you when you say ordinary Japanese food such as takoyaki,melon pan,onigiri etc.
3. What is your favorite sports?
You'll make soccer players happy when you say soccer,it's as if they suddenly found a special connection with you.
4. What is your hometown like?
You're goin to introduce it anyway, just remember to use simple English.
5. Why did you go to Japan?
Coz I love Japan then wink!lol They might want to hear something interesting from you.
6. How many people are there in your family?
Weird but it's a very common Japanese question, sometimes they include their pets when answering this question.
7. What do you like in Japan?
They'll be glad to hear good things about their country.
8. What is strange in Japan?
Try not to make a face when you hear this,haha..In my case, I talked about Japanese gestures such as pointing their noses when referring to themselves, waving their hands in front of them when they say no [which means "smelly" for us] or anything that you can think of because they really don't know those.
9. When will you go back to your country?
Rude right? But they don't mean to make you go home,they just wanna know how long are you planning to stay with them. You might as well avoid saying that you just wanna stay for a short time so you won't disappoint them.
10. Do you have a girlfriend/boyfriend?
The ice breaker! I remember I was asked if how many boyfriends do I have and I unconsciously gestured "stop" using my hands but my students understood it as "10 boyfriends!" lol
Just have fun guys! You don't have to be very serious in answering their questions,make it light because your students might be 10x more nervous than you! Try not to reveal your country right away, ask them to guess then give hints (the magic word for The Philippines is "banana"!). When you make a speech, keep it short and simple then smile!
Gambatte kudasai!Yoroshiku ne!
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