Literary work with Katakana

This is a rough draft of a script about a kind of rude person entering the poetry club and reciting his haiku.




＊ズカズカ＊



ジャク：。。。

山田：こんばんは。山田です。おなまえは？

ジャク：ジャクです。はいくのクルブですか？

山田：ええ。はいくがありますか?

ジャク：。。。

＊シイン＊

山田：じゃ？

ジャク：。。。はい。

山田：ほんと？

ジャク：はい。ききませんか。

山田：ええ。

ジャク：　日ふたつ日　　
こおえんに　
どうしてですか。

山田：はいくはええです。

ジャク：どおも。

Composition 2

こにちはやまださん。
はじめまして。わたしは　ライト　ジョニ　です。
いちねんせいです。せがたかいです。そして、しずかです。
まいにち日本ごおべんきょうします。あおいおはながすきです。
じゃ、またらいねん。
ジョニ

Katakana Analysis Draft

キウィグミ is a phase that means Kiwi Gummy. I found it on a snack package from a grocery store. One effect may be to make the snack sound exotic, and to emphasize the main ingredients. I think the purpose is to draw attention to the snack, because the company wants to profit.

ハリーパットー is a loan word that means Harry Potter, a character from a famous book series. The purpose of his name being in katakana is because he is a foreigner, and the book series is also foreign. 


The first example text explaining katakana said they are usually used "for writing loanwords and foreign names." This text also describes katakana as having mostly straight lines. This description of katakana is for the purpose of a short summary and comparison with hiragana and kanji.
The next text explains katakana as being used mostly for words borrowed from other languages and words for sounds. This ext does not place much importance on katakana at all, instead going into a much more detailed description of hiragana. This is probably because the process of learning Japanese may be more focused on learning Japanese words specifically, so loan words are not as important.
The third excerpt of text emphasizes the phonetic nature of katakana, also saying they are typically used for foreign names and loan words. This is also a very brief mention mostly used to show the variety of alphabets used in the Japanese writing system.
The last text is the most in-depth and complete description of katakana out of the four. In addition to the information already mentioned in the other texts, there is a mention of how the katakana system can be used for words the writer wishes to emphasize. The influence in popular culture of the use of loan words is also discussed, which is important because it brings to light how commonly katakana are used, and the large number of katakana words that exist, so many that "entire dictionaries are devoted just to foreign words and to onomatopoeia words." This text definitely gives the most complete explanation of katakana. 

さん！

きょおわたしははちじにおきました。げつよおびときにょおびにわたしはくじからじゅういちまではたらきます。かよおびにくじからじゅうにまではたらきます。まいにちべんきょします。ごぜんじゅうにねます。

にい にい

こんばんは。
ほんとチョコレートがすきです。わたしはまいにちべんきょうします。わたしはまいにちチョコレートおたべません。

Anticipation

I was so excited when I registered for this class, my first one in Japanese. I have wanted to learn Japanese for a long time! I think it all started when I was an itty bitty kid watching Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon. So yes as common a reason as it may be, I want to learn Japanese so I can watch more anime and read manga. I also want to travel to Japan of course!
Japanese has been a lot of work so far, but I definitely think it is worth it!

いち

こんにちわ。わたしはじょにです。じゅうはっさいです。あめりかじんです。ころんびあのがくせいです。