A personal; introduction to South Africa for Japanese students.

1. An Introduction to
Peruda-Sensei!

2. South Africa!
I am from South Africa!
That is very, very far away!

3. My name is Peruda Florit. You can call me Peruda-sensei.
I am twenty nine years old and I have been an English
teacher for three and a half years.
I like watching anime, cooking, sewing, playing computer
games and spending time with my husband.
I speak English and Afrikaans fluently as well as some Latin
and French and I am learning Japanese!

4. In South Africa we go to school for 12 years. 7 years
primary school and 5 years high school. I went to
school at Penryn College. This is what a South
African school looks like.

5. After school I went to University for four years. I
studied BA Language and Culture at the University
of Stellenbosch. It is the best university in south
Africa!

6. When I finished university, I went
to London for two years for an
adventure! It was a lot of fun!

7. When I left London I went back to South Africa. I
worked at the Dominican convent school in
Johannesburg while I studied as a teacher. In South
Africa, students wear school uniforms just like in
Japan!

8. The next year I worked at Protec College. This is a
special school for very poor students who are very
good at maths and science. They are too poor for
uniforms but they study hard and have a lot o fun!

9. Now I live in Japan! I have
been here for eight
months, and I love it! I love
learning about traditional
Japan.

10. This is the South African Flag. South Africa and Japan
are very very different! Japan’s flag is simple. This flag
is bright and colourful!

11. Japan has 47 prefectures and South Africa has nine
provinces. I come from Mpumalanga. Because it is in
the east, Mpumalanga means “The place where the
sun rises” just like Japan is “The land of the rising
sun”!

12. South Africa only has 50.59 million people.
Japan has 127.8 million people!
In Japan almost everyone is Japanese although there are some
Ainu and many Gaijin. South Africa has the following groups.

13. This is South African money. It is called the
Rand. In South Africa there are a few rich people
but many many poor people who do not have
enough money for food.

14. Many South Africans live in shacks. They are
not safe! They leak and they burn down!

15. South Africa has 11 different official languages!
Everyone learns English at pre-school so we can
talk to each other.

16. South Africa’s national flower is called
the Protea.

17. This is our national bird, the Secretary
bird. It looks like it has quill (feather)
pens behind its ears, like a secretary in
an office.

18. South African people love to wear bright colours to
match our different skin colours!

19. South Africans’favourite food is meat!
We love to barbecue!

20. South Africa has really good weather all year round. We
like to spend time outdoors! Most houses have a veranda
(open area with a roof) where we eat, relax and spend time
with out friends and family.

21. •Now it is your turn!
•Make groups of four (4) people. You are going to tell me
about Japan.
•Make and use posters to plan a 5 minute presentation
about some aspect of Japan.
•Everybody in the group has to speak.
1.Please use the rest of this lesson to plan.
2.You will have one lesson next week to make the posters.
Please bring everything you need.
3.We will have one lesson to allow all the groups to give
their presentations.