Basic Japanese and Essentials
Japanese worksheets, handouts and useful teaching materials for Basic Japanese and the Essentials, fundamentals.
Booklets
Dictionary of Useful expressions
List of useful expressions including daily expressions, directions, permission, eating, drinking, coming, going, meeting, family life, asking about places, aches, pains, illnesses and numbers. (20 pages) Donated S Rowland
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Games
Vocabulary karuta
Basic vocabulary karuta including English and Japanese kana and kanji translations. Cards can be used to play memory games, bingo or snap type games. (10 pages) Donated by Kylie
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Vocabulary karuta 2
Set of karuta cards in romaji, kana and blank on topics: fruit, vegetables, sweets, japanese food, stationery, clothing, transport and sports. Ideal for snap, memory games etc. Donated by M Yamaguchi
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Placemats
Placemat Japanese Basics 1
Laminate this Japanese basics placemat. Ss keep it on their desk to help them remember their Japanese basics includes basic vocabulary, counting, dates, food, useful expressions. Donated by S Wardlaw
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Placemat Japanese Year 5
Laminate this Japanese basics placemat. Ss keep it on their desk to help them remember their Japanese basics includes basic stationery vocabulary, counting, jikoshoukai, hashi no mochikata, cultural dates, sports, hiragana, map of Japan, Japanese flag, money, useful expressions. Donated by A Huxley
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Placemat Japanese Year 6
Laminate this Japanese basics placemat. Ss keep it on their desk to help them remember their Japanese basics includes basic vocabulary, family members, colours, basic kanji, hiragana, katakana, weather, counting, useful expressions, self introductions. Donated by A Huxley
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Placemat Japanese Year 7
Laminate this Japanese basics placemat. Ss keep it on their desk to help them remember their Japanese basics includes basic vocabulary, basic kanji, hiragana, katakana, weather, useful expressions, self introductions, dates. Donated by A Huxley
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PowerPoints
Basic Japanese grammar
Overview of basic Japanese grammar and sentence structures. Created by I Foley
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Japanese sounds and pronunciation
Introduces the three types of writing and then looks at how romaji is written followed by pronunciation basics such as 'n', small 'tsu' and combination sounds. Created by I Foley
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Videos
Basic grammar videos
Nihongo Dokushuu is a website with a bank of basic grammar videos and activities including basics of hiragana and katakana, greetings, kore/sore/are, imasu/arimasu, time, directions, adjectives, ~tai, comparisons, likes, verbs present and past tense. http://el.minoh.osaka-u.ac.jp/flc/jpn/jpn_data/index.html |
Worksheets
Handy phrases cheat sheet
A handy little card reminding students of a basic range of conversation helpers, clarifiers and fillers. Can be economically laminated or pasted into students’ book. Donated by Leigh Vogelaar.
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Japanese sounds
Ss learn the basic vowel sounds in Japanese then practise by completing a gap fill of common Japanese words followed by pronunciation practise of these words. Donated by C Bateson
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Hiragana chart and Japanese basics
Hiragana chart including Japanese basics such as dates, counting and particles. Donated by K Brownlee
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Level check test
New students? Not sure how much previous knowledge students have obtained? Test your students Japanese general knowledge, including kana and grammar, with this level check placement test. Donated by L Avila
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Self check list - basic Japanese
Students use this self check list to see what they know in Japanese. Includes introductions, hiragana, greetings, numbers and colours. Donated by S Maybury
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