Japanese Teaching Topic - FOOD
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic FOOD たべもの.
Flashcards
Food flashcards
http://flashcards.jpf-sydney.org/
Download these flashcards as a free PDF. Includes picture and hiragana cards.
To access these go to Kotoba card 100 > Index (Topic A to I) > scroll down to No 2.
Games in class
Fruit Basket A Suzuki
Ss sit in a circle with one Ss in the middle. The Ss in the middle says a statement that reviews a target structure. Eg. 「バナナが好きです。」 Ss with the same opinion then they must stand and swap chairs. The last person standing becomes the new person in the middle. (To make this more challenging the Ss can’t take a seat that is next to them they must move at least two seats away.)
Games on line
Cooking
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/fff13533-5f5e-866d-0df9-0908f8626039/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Listen to the instructions and add them to the pictures of the boy cooking.
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Fruit shopping game
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/fff13533-5f5e-866d-0df9-0908f8626039/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Learn the names of fruit and go shopping. ～ありますか。あります／ありません。
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Ordering food
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/fff13533-5f5e-866d-0df9-0908f8626039/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Listen to the food order and match the picture. ～をください。
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Interactive stories
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/nalsas/explorers/scenarios/japanese/scenario_3/scenario/scenario_3.html
Makeover Camp explores the use of Japanese language in the context of a healthy lifestyle in Australia and Japan.
Practice 〜です／〜ます style sentence construction, likes/dislikes, eating and drinking, numbers
Vending machines game Learn about Japanese vending machines then ask three friends what they would like to eat or drink. Identify those foods or drinks in a vending machine. Use coins to buy the items. Several levels of games: select one:
Food only game
Drinks only game
Food and drinks game
Food and money game
Drinks and money game
Food, drinks and money game
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Start your own restaurant and serve customers different types of sushi.
http://www.candystand.com/play/youda-sushi-chef
Lesson plans
Food I like Lesson plan
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/exercises/list.php
Ask about food likes and dislikes.
Includes grammar, speaking activities, worksheets, listening with downloadable MP3s and transcripts, and online ICT activities.
To access this go to T-5 The food I like
Hamburger shop Lesson plan
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/exercises/list.php
Role play going to a hamburger shop and ordering food. Includes grammar, speaking activities, worksheets, listening with downloadable MP3s and transcripts, and online ICT activities.
To access this go to T-6 Hamburger shop
PowerPoints
Tabemono PowerPoint
A PPT discovering the differences between Western and Japanese food.
| Tabemono ppt |
Videos
How to eat sushi
Everything you need to know about the manners and customs for eating sushi in a restaurant. (In Japanese and subtitled in English.)
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=bc6v8IUe_0g
How to use chopsticks
A funny, little strange, yet informative video about how to use chopsticks. (In Japanese and subtitled in English.)
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=wEQlR2NxJWw
Webquests
Invite Japanese exchange students to the party
http://www.columbia.edu/~mf2249/webquest/webquest.html
Students chose appropriate dishes and recipes for a party for their Japanese classmates who are feeling homesick. Students will make a menu, present their recipes to their class and create a webpage with all of the dishes.
Websites
McDonalds (マクッド)
www.mcdonalds.co.jp
Download a McDonalds Japan menu.
Mos burger (モスバーガー)
http://www.mos.co.jp/menu/
Famous Japanese fast food restaurant
Ordering food
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/dc0d53ba-c11a-4837-292d-284ecbe667d4/2/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Order food from a Japanese restaurant interactively. Read hand written orders and match them up with the Japanese menu.
Tokyo food
http://www.bento.com/tokyofood.html
A complete guide to Japanese cuisine and eating in Japan. With great recipes, tours of Japanese markets, and tips on the best places to eat in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe.
Virtual food tour
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/nalsas/explorers/explorers/japanese/www/expl_jp_foo/index.html
Explore a variety of Japanese food including fast food, noodles, okonomiyaki, lunch boxes (obentou), convenience stores, vending machines, restaurants and Japanese sweets.
Worksheets
Eating habits
http://activity-resources.jpf-sydney.org/ar/ar_04/act4/4_1.htm
In pairs students find out how healthy their eating habits are.
Match the verb tabemasu and nomimasu to pictures then write sentences in hiragana.
| tabemasu or nomimasu |
Survey like and dislikes
Survey to encourage students to talk about their food likes and dislikes.
| Survey likes and dislikes |
