Japanese Teaching Topic -
DIRECTIONS AND MY TOWN
Teaching ideas, arts and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic DIRECTIONS and MY TOWN みちをたずねます、わたしのまち、町.
Games
Direct the taxi around Kyoto
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/85213e9c-fc91-6b99-8dd4-79542524ada2/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Join a taxi service as a controller. Give directions to a driver as they pick up and drop off passengers.
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My town board game
Students roll the dice and practice common words for places around town.
| My town board game |
Lesson plans
Directions lesson plan
http://activity-resources.jpf-sydney.org/ar/ar_03/act1/1_1.htm
Students learn how to give directions in Japanese.
Where in the school Lesson Plan
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/exercises/list.php
Ask where places are in the school. Includes worksheets, downloadable MP3s and transcripts, online ICT activities.
To access this go to S-11 Where in School?学校の中
Listening MP3s
Getting lost
http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/english/learn/story/scene06/index.html
Listen to four short skits about getting lost and directions. Includes MP3 and transcript in Japanese and English.
Where is it?
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/japanese/listen/b031/b031ls.htm
Listen to a short conversation about where a place is.
Videos
VIDEO Directions in Japanese
Up, down, left, right, north, south, east, west
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=mx-CKMDRbwY
Websites
Intersection vocabulary
http://www.tokorozawa-stm.ed.jp/d_base/nihongo/html/japanese.html
Drag the mouse over the picture to learn the Japanese words for objects in an intersection. Practice pronunciation and writing of the words interactively online.
To access this go to No 6. こうつうあんぜん
Virtual neighbourhood
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/nalsas/explorers/explorers/japanese/www/expl_jp_nei/index.html
Explore a Japanese neighbourhood by reading and looking at photos of different entertainment, transport, shopping, food, people, and ceremonies.
Worksheets
Asking Directions
Students ask how to get to places around town.
| Asking directions |
Practice the verb ikimasu, ikimasen, ikimashita, ikimasendeshita with various places around town.
| ikimasu_pirates.doc |
Places in town わたしのまち
Label the pictures of some common places in a town in Japanese.
| My Town |
Places match ところ
Match the names of the places with the pictures.
| Places match |
