On line GAMES for teaching Japanese
Practice, review Japanese grammar and vocabulary with these online games and activities:
Basic games
http://www.ajalt.org/sfyj/index.html
Japanese for busy people 1 supplement learning materials. Listen, learn, practice games on numbers, telephone numbers, counters, time, money, shopping, verbs, adjectives and family.
Genki Exercises
http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/users/mpeek/japanwebpages/GenkiExercises.htm#Lesson1
Hundreds of vocabulary, grammar, hiragana, katakana quizzes.
Genki Japan
http://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/menu.htm
Games for learning: greetins, time, months, countries, left/right, seafood, shopping, body parts, directions, favourites, describing words, action words, katakana, hiragana.
Computer virus game
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/nalsas/explorers/tork2/site_files/centred_j_virus.html
Go through the spaceship and help fix the computer virus practice greetings, buying food from a vending machine, feeding the dog, building a pet, doing exercise, times around the world, weather and goodbyes.
Space voyager game
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/nalsas/explorers/japanese/games.html
Go through a voyage through space and practice greetings, personal information, illnesses, collect supplies from a convenience store and hardware store, pay taxes and say goodbye.
Interactive stories - Ancient Japan
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/nalsas/explorers/scenarios/japanese/scenario_1/scenario/scenario_1.html
Kasajizo is a fairytale/fable about an old couple in ancient Japan who have nothing to eat at New Year. Practice: 〜です/〜ます style sentence construction, dates, weather,
food, numbers, likes/dislikes.
Interactive story - Family life
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/nalsas/explorers/scenarios/japanese/scenario_4/scenario/scenario_4.html
Big Brother explores language in the context of family life in Australia and Japan. Practices 〜です/〜ます style sentence construction, self-introduction,
time, food, sport, likes/dislikes.
Interactive stories - Healthy life
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
Interactive story - Holidays
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/nalsas/explorers/scenarios/japanese/scenario_5/scenario/scenario_5.html
The Honeymooners uses the context of two holidays to explore the use of Japanese language. The holiday that starts disastrously turns out to be quite an adventure whereas the one that seemed so wonderful at the start goes off the rails. Practice 〜です/〜ます style sentence construction, numbers, food, likes/dislikes, hungry/thirsty, parts of the body, how to say it hurts.
Interactive story - Introductions
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/nalsas/explorers/scenarios/japanese/scenario_6/scenario/scenario_6.html
Speed Dating explores the use of Japanese language in interpersonal relationships in the context of popular culture. Practice 〜です/〜ます style sentence construction, likes/dislikes, self-introduction, Japanese zodiac, hobbies, family members.
Interactive stories - Samurais
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/nalsas/explorers/scenarios/japanese/scenario_2/scenario/scenario_2.html
Ninja Story engages students in the use of Japanese language in the context of a ninja adventure in the samurai era. Practice: 〜です/〜ます/〜ました/〜て sentence construction, colours, particles は、を、に, simple kanji, directions, い adjectives.
Kids Web Japan games
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/games/index.html
Spot the mistakes, mix and match, gesture game, hiragana picture matching, Japan puzzle, Japanese celebrations, pictures of Japan
Kids Web Japan quizzes
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/quiz/index.html
Read questions about daily life and cool stuff in Japan. Answer the questions correctly and learn more about the topic.
Animals, fruit/vegetables, numbers, greetings, days/months and other basic games.
http://www.digitaldialects.com/Japanese.htm
Language Plus
http://www.languageplus.com.au
Games on various topics: animals, numbers, countries, family, house, body, drinks, time, sport, months, school, town, colours, classroom, days, clothing, food, days, house items, routine, music, transport, weather. There is a free trial for twenty days before you have to pay $180 AUD for 50 students for one year.
Nifty Kids Japan
http://kids.nifty.com/game/index.htm
Games in Japanese: action, shooting, adventure, escape, sports, music, fighting, logic, find the mistake, puzzles, colouring, typing, party games.
Quia Quizzes
http://www.quia.com/shared/japanese/
A hundred quizzes on various topics from basic Japanese to upper intermediate level. Written by Japanese teachers. Make your own games too!
Vocababulary quizzes
http://iteslj.org/v/j/
English to Japanese, Japanese to English vocabulary quizzes. Topics include animals, school subjects, family members, common words, clothes, food, sports, etc.
Sugoi!
Restricted to The Learning Place members only. Access information here.
ANIMALS: japanese horoscopes, at the zoo, describing animals
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/5e432a65-6330-d58d-9a43-fd7fd5abbdb5/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
BODY: parts of the body, physical characteristics, at the doctor's
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/02a8d46f-ef51-3b30-a152-8dab708f1956/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
CLOTHES: naming clothes, coloured clothes, buying clothes
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/41b4cc28-338d-02c7-4123-ca25c18f08f6/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
COLOURS AND SHAPES:colours, personal possessions, shapes and sizes
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/03370931-e350-6eb1-f44b-0915ca58a5aa/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
COUNTING: counting 1 - 10, counting 11 - 100, how much things cost
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/a2d35e24-1da4-e579-9a55-8c5bb9cdf5e5/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
FAMILY: family members, introducing others, family occupations
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/afe3d8e8-badb-4e13-6aee-c5496faaf6f6/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
FOOD: eating and drinkgin, the fruit shop, what's cooking
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/fff13533-5f5e-866d-0df9-0908f8626039/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
GETTING AROUND: where are you going? how do you get there?
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/2cb63ae6-a185-d9fd-b217-e02e8218dcb1/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
GOING PLACES: places/week days, what you can & can't do, animals you see and hear http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/3b74516e-93f3-cf7e-a727-3ebddb82098e/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
GREETINGS:saying hello and goodbye, how are you, how do you feel
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/a4ef4adf-5cb0-9252-2303-f9c9cd97da84/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
HOUSE: contents and parts, where is the dog, where things are
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/5475c3fb-f321-2cf1-b314-a3a5b9131a2a/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
INTRODUCTIONS: what's my name? how old am I? where do I come from?
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/1913cb5d-75dd-ba3c-f769-742f5c4f7ded/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
LET'S PLAY: sports and games, what do you like to play? shall we go somewhere?
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/873fd1dc-50d9-d799-8901-a13647c888f8/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
MY DAY: what to do? who's doing what? what are people doing?
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/8576ca55-f77c-387c-1e7f-3812c240605e/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
TIME: the hours, hours and half hours, daily activities
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/c29734dc-515d-b008-30e0-e703ceccf029/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
WEATHER: today's weather, dressing for weather, weather in other countries
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/80267e8f-b0b2-8af0-2e4f-952174af4049/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close























