Teaching Japanese through music
Teach Japanese using songs, music, lyrics and music videos.
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Educational songs
Aisatsu song
Teach introductions using this worksheet and free to download MP3. The words have been put to Frere Jacques.
| Aisatsu Song | |
| File Size: | 123 kb |
| File Type: | doc |
| Aisatsu Song MP3 | |
| File Size: | 956 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |
Aiueo no Uta
A fun Japanese song for teaching hiragana. The words are:
KAnjin KAname ga KAKIKUKEKO
SAnzan SAwaide SASHISUSESO
TAishita TAido de TACHITSUTETO
NAni ga NAndaka NANINUNENO
HAnaHAda HAnpa de HAHIHUHEHO
MAnnaka MAruaki MAMIMUMEMO
YAke no YAnpachi YAIYUEYO
RAkudai RAkuchin RARIRURERO
WAke mo WAkarazu WAIUEO
Nnnnn !
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=crsG1TRpXZk&feature=rec-HM-r2
Counting things in Japanese SONG
Learn how to count hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu etc. with this funny song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsvM_J5j6Ek
Dates in Japanese SONG
Learn days and months in Japanese with this song to Queen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awcm7wsF1bI
Greetings SONG
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=sdsr5iSsJiw&feature=related
Learn basic greetings such as Konnichiwa, Genki etc. using this song based on hiragana.
Hiragana SONG
Learn hiragana with this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2rT8KhG8Cg
Games
Music game
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/7f13ec88-f31f-e5aa-7a8c-237cd3c66ce7/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Listen to Tomoko describe the instrument and match the picture and verb to her description.
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Interesting music videos
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (in Japanese)
Lyrics in romaji. (Note: contains some swearing)
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_OECaEub2f8&feature=related
Avril Lavigne - Hot
Avril Lavigne sining in Japanese
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ASEpWR2THGY&feature=related
Celine Dion and Ito Yuna - Anata ga iru kagiri
Celine Dion singing in Japanese!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SraODHRtStA
Japanese national anthem
Learn the words for the Japanese national anthem with this Youtube video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7KvgKqROy8
Jero - Enka
An african american singing Japanese Enka (traditional music).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma2wl4Qj13A
Love letter to Japan
Computer game addiction in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6rxbgAm-Do
My favourite things
Japanese version of my favourite things with lyrics. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ_IHLNVP1U
Silent night (in Japanese)
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=wLqlonAZ1Hs
FOR MORE CHRISTMAS SONGS CHECK OUT THE CHRISTMAS PAGE CLICK HERE!
Useful websites for teaching Japanese SONGS
Children songs
http://www.mamalisa.com/world/japan.html
List of traditional folk songs including koinobori, hinamatsuri, cherry blossum, sakura etc. Includes MP3, lyrics and sheet music.
How to teach Japanese through songs
http://www.japaneseteaching.org/projects/JLTNQ/songs/
A useful page describing how to teach Japanese through songs.
How to download songs from Youtube
www.dvdvideosoft.com
This is a freeware for downloading Youtube files to your computer. Easy to use. without any watermarks. (Its a good way to show useful Youtube videos if they are banned at your school.)
HMV Music Store Japan
http://www.hmv.co.jp/?lang=ja
What are the Top 10 J-pop songs? Check out HMV in Japan.
LOTE songs
http://www.wodonga-ps.vic.edu.au/lote/LOTE%20webpage/Songs/songs.htm
Songs with lyrics and music: Hiragana chart song, greetings song, counting song, I can sing a rainbow (Niji ga utaeru), Kobutanukitsuneko song.
Language songs
http://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/learnjapanesenumbers.htm
You-Tube songs on numbers, when/where/who/what song, days of the week, months, hiragana and katakana songs, adjectives, weather, mary had a little lamb
New song each month
http://www.nhk.or.jp/kids/okaa/
New song each month includes lyrics and singing. Children games too.
Nursery rhyme lyrics
http://www.mahoroba.ne.jp/~gonbe007/hog/shouka/00_songs.html
List of 100s of famous Japanese nursery rhyme lyrics (without MP3).
Songs by grammar
http://www3.u-toyama.ac.jp/niho/song/song_jplevel_e.html
Lenghty list of songs listed by grammar point including lyrics, MP3 with singing or no singing.
Tower Records Japan
http://www.towerrecords.co.jp/sitemap/CSfHome.jsp
Latest music, videos, DVDS in Japan
