Japanese Teaching Topic -
INTRODUCTIONS AND GREETINGS
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic INTRODUCTIONS AND GREETINGS しょうかい、しごと、さい、げんき、あいさつ、なまえ、どこからきましたか、こんにちわ、おはようございます、さよなら、じゃまた、おやすみなさい etc.
Activities
After teaching introduction vocabulary and expressions use this activity to rehearse the new target language.
Give each student a famous person card. Make sure they know who the person is. Then put the group of students into two rows facing each other. Students introduce themselves as the famous person. Then after one minute the teacher rings a bell and all the students in one of the rows move down one seat (the student on the end of the row moves all the way to the back of the row). Each student should now have a new person to talk to. They introduce themselves. One minute passes and they move down to the next person again. They continue until they have introduced themselves to everyone in the row opposite.
| Famous people speed dating |
Students mingle around the room introducing their character (including name, nationality and job). As an extra activity: as they mingle they need to find people with similarities.
| introduction_cards.doc |
Booklets
Topics covered: Introductions, saying your name, numbers, phone numbers, age, hobbies and likes/dislikes.
| year8_booklet.docx |
Flashcards
Greetings flashcards
A4 flashcards of common Japanese greetings.
| Greetings flashcards |
Games in class
Aisatsu game
Students flip a coin and move one space for 'heads' and two spaces for 'tails'. When they land on an image they need to say the Japanese greeting. If the student can't they must go back two spaces.
| Aisatsu game |
Collect the meishi (name card)
Everyone has one めいし or name tag. When the teacher says ‘go’ students do jan ken with the nearest person. If you win, you receive that person’s name card/tag. The person with the most cards at the end is the winner. If you do not have any cards, you can still challenge other students to jan ken to win their cards (one card at a time). At the end, the teacher calls the names on the cards collected by the winner and those people must introduce themselves to the class.
Jiko Shokai Bingo
Students draw a bingo grid in their books with a suitable number of squares for the class (3x3 for a small class)(4x4 for a larger class). They write their own name into one of the squares. Students go around the class introducing themselves to other students in Japan and asking for their autograph. They write their names in Japanese in the other person’s bingo grid. Once most students have filled or mostly filled their grid, the teacher calls the group to stop. The person with the most names starts by calling out one of the names in their grid. They cannot call their own name. Whoever’s name is called must stand and introduce themselves to the class in Japanese (name and age, name and something they like – whatever is relevant to what they are learning in class). That person then calls the next name. Usual bingo rules apply.
Games online
Hello and goodbye
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/49ec35d4-2789-cc6b-17d7-72e29858dc55/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Listen to Japanese greetings ohayou, konnichi wa, sayonara, jya matta, oyasumi, konban wa and match them with people who would say them.
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Hello and good morning
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/a4ef4adf-5cb0-9252-2303-f9c9cd97da84/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Listen to Japanese people saying hello and good morning. Listen to Japanese phrases and match them with people who would say them.
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How old are you? game
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/1913cb5d-75dd-ba3c-f769-742f5c4f7ded/1/Sugoi%20About%20me.zip/index.html#
Listen to the ages of children in the playground. Find out how to answer the question 'How old are you?'. Listen to each age and match it to a numbered balloon.
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Interactive story
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.
What's your name? game
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/1913cb5d-75dd-ba3c-f769-742f5c4f7ded/1/Sugoi%20About%20me.zip/index.html#
Listen to the names of children in the playground. Find out how to answer the question 'What is your name?'. Listen to each name and match it to a named flag.
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Where are you from? game
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/1913cb5d-75dd-ba3c-f769-742f5c4f7ded/1/Sugoi%20About%20me.zip/index.html#
Listen to the countries of origin of children in the playground. Find out how to answer the question 'Where are you from?'. Listen to each country of origin and match it to a flag.
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Lesson plans
Personal details lesson plan
Listening, reading, writing and speaking activities, as well as grammar worksheets and ICTs on personal details.
Go to M1 Myself (Watashi)
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/exercises/list.php
Songs
Aisatsu song
Teach introductions using this worksheet and free to download MP3. The words have been put to Frere Jacques.
| Aisatsu Song |
| Aisatsu Song MP3 |
Greetings SONG
Learn basic greetings such as Konnichiwa, Genki etc. using this song based on hiragana.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=sdsr5iSsJiw&feature=related
Nan sai desu ka rap
Teach students how to say their age with this rap song.
| Nan sai desu ka rap |
Videos
Basic Japanese greetings
An introduction of basic greetings in English and Japanese.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=qDhW_BWXHTo&feature=related
Frank and Obaasan
Frank (an alien) and Obaasan in Japan meet for the first time. They introduce themselves in Japanese. Includes grammar explanation in English.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp_6i__2vjQ
Introductions
Video of people introducing themselves in various situations.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=oPhujM61Ipg
Nice to meet you
Short video of two students of Japanese introducing themselves.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv0rdeER7MQ
Websites
http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/main.html
Create your own Simpsons avitar and then describe what he/she is wearing, what he/she looks like, write a short introduction and much more!
A list of greetings said in 'slow' or 'fast' mode. Read by a native speaker.
http://webjapanese.com/sound/greetings/index.html
Worksheets
Japanese greetings in hiragana
Students practice writing basic greetings in hiragana.
| Greetings in hiragana |
Two dialogues practicing introductions with practice questions and activities.
| Dialogue 1 |
| Dialogue 2 |
Names list
A list of common western names translated into Japanese. Print and pass around the class, so students can learn how to write their names.
| Names list |
Needs Analysis
On the first day of the school year ask your students to complete this questionnaire about their Japanese learning needs. Paste it in your student files and adjust your lessons accordingly.
| Needs analysis |
