Nihongo ga dekimasu ka. / Can you do Sports, Club (speak) Japanese? Activities at School. Hai, dekimasu. / Yes, I can. Iie, dekimasen. / No, I cannot. Traditional Japanese Hai, sukoshi dekimasu. / Yes, I can a little. Games: Kendama Listening, speaking, writing, (reading) Iie, amari dekimasen. / No, I cannot do it (stick and ball), exercises based on the above. very well. Spinning top, etc. Hiragana Practice Iie, zenzen dekimasen. / No, I cannot do it at all. Popular Japanese sports Baseball, Jouba ga dekimasu. / I can do horse-riding. – (I can ride horses.) Soccer, Sumo. Ryouri ga dekimasen. / I cannot do cooking. Origami making a (I cannot cook.) – Kendou ga dekimasen. / I cannot do paper crane (tsuru). kendo very well. (All Japanese kids learn and CAN do.) Student Dialogues Students work on a role play practising the questions/answers learned so far this year, and then Review perform in front of the class. Practise a sample before students create their 4 own. Film role Can be used as an assessment. 1-3 Study some kanji Chinese characters. Practise – reading and writing. Cultural activities: making Japanese food, Japanese anime, J-Pop, Japanese TV, Manga, Pen-pals?, Excursion, Incursion, etc. Weeks 4-6 Weeks 7-9 Japanese Film Festival Japanese kanji (Chinese characters) Japanese food, Japanese anime, Japanese TV, Manga
4 1-3 Weeks 4-6 Weeks 7-9 Listening, speaking, writing, (reading) exercises based on the above. Hiragana Practice Student Dialogues Students work on a role play practising the questions/answers learned so far this year, and then perform in front of the class. Practise a sample before students create their own. Film role Can be used as an assessment. Study some kanji – Chinese characters. Practise reading and writing. Cultural activities: making Japanese food, Japanese anime, J-Pop, Japanese TV, Manga, Pen-pals?, Excursion, Incursion, etc. Nihongo ga dekimasu ka. / Can you do (speak) Japanese? Hai, dekimasu. / Yes, I can. Iie, dekimasen. / No, I cannot. Hai, sukoshi dekimasu. / Yes, I can a little. Iie, amari dekimasen. / No, I cannot do it very well. Iie, zenzen dekimasen. / No, I cannot do it at all. Jouba ga dekimasu. / I can do horse-riding. (I can ride horses.) Ryouri ga dekimasen. / I cannot do cooking. (I cannot cook.) Kendou ga dekimasen. / I cannot do kendo very well. Review Sports, Club Activities at School. Traditional Japanese Games: Kendama (stick and ball), Spinning top, etc. Popular Japanese sports – Baseball, Soccer, Sumo. Origami – making a paper crane (tsuru). (All Japanese kids learn and CAN do.) Japanese Film Festival Japanese kanji (Chinese characters) Japanese food, Japanese anime, Japanese TV, Manga
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