Japanese

=[|Kids Web Japan]= In this section you can take Japanese lessons and try speaking the language. You can also learn the characters used to write Japanese. Why not do the lessons with a friend and try speaking Japanese to each other? =Digistore= Learning Languages - Japanese learning objects. [|Sugoi! About me (Japanese)] Listen to children giving their name, age and country of origin. Find out how to answer questions such as 'What is your name?', 'How old are you?' and 'Where do you come from?'. Listen to phrases and identify the speaker, their age or country. This learning object is a combination of three objects in the same series and is suitable for beginning students from primary through to secondary level.

[|Sugoi! Greetings (Japanese)] Listen to Japanese people saying hello, and asking each other how they are feeling. Notice that each person chooses words according to: who they are talking to, the time of day, and how many people there are. For example, a group of students choose phrases such as 「せんせい、おはようございます. 」showing respect for their teacher. Match a spoken phrase to the person likely to have said it. Score points for each correct answer. This learning object is a combination of three objects in the same series and is suitable for beginning students from primary through to secondary level.

[[[|http://www.tki.org.nz/r/digistore/protected/objects/?id=1458&%20vers=1.0|My] Family [Japanese] ]] Meet a Japanese family. Learn each person's age and family relationship. Identify relationships in a family tree. Meet other families and answer simple questions about family composition. Learn common numbers. Listen to spoken Japanese and look at translations in Hiragana, Romaji and English. A learning object suitable for lower and middle primary levels. Students use vocabulary and basic sentence structure to describe family relationships.

[[[|http://www.tki.org.nz/r/digistore/protected/objects/?id=1219&vers=1.0|Kite] kit: colour, shape and design: level 1 [Japanese] ]] Use and recognise simple words describing colour, size, shape and cultural images. Choose simple words to complete instructions for making a kite. Build another kite by following instructions given by a Japanese friend. Fly your kites in a range of places in Japan. Adjust compass directions, wind speed and flying height. Students learn language around “I want…” and interpret language via tone and gestures, and recognise and apply Japanese words and phrases associated with shape, size, colour, symbols and kite parts. This learning object is one in a series of three objects. A learning object suitable for lower and middle primary students.



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