Role Play: World Events Report
Students prepare and perform a skit in which a TV show host asks for updates and events via satellite from several different journalists around the world. Language: Weather and time around the world
Skit: Hello Mr Lucky! Game Show
Students prepare a TV show skit where they practise introducing themselves and answering about their favourite fruit (or other category). There are 4 people per group.
Skit: The Whole Family is Sick
Students perform the sick family skit multiple times according to the Director’s instructions. He makes them do it “slower”, “faster”, “scarier” etc. There are 7 parts, including the Director.
Role Play: Asking for the Phone Number
By ringing directory assistance to get a telephone number, students practice greetings for telephone conversations, asking for and giving telephone numbers and asking for information to be repeated.
Grand Prix Quiz: House
Students form teams to answer questions about a Japanese house. They choose the room they wish to answer a question on and points are awarded if they answer correctly.
Rooms of a Japanese House: 3 Hint Game
Students work in teams to be the first to determine the room of the house described by the teacher. The teacher reads clues from the list provided.
Information Gap: Daily Routine
Students work through a series of information gap exercises on the topic of daily routine; what time different activities occur.
Information Gap: Family
Students match pictures of families to corresponding text or vice versa.
Japanese Obentō Activities
Students look at photos, video and a song to learn about the components of obentoo.They can also make a virtual obento using the link to the Erin site.
Art Speaks Japanese
The Japanese Collection at the Art Gallery is used as a stimulus for students to learn about Japanese culture and also read and create Japanese texts.
Movie: “Happy Family Plan”
The movie is accompanied by a Language Resource Kit which allows students to learn Japanese through film in four easy steps: Watch; Listen; Practise; Speak.
Survey: Daily Activities
Students circulate around the class asking questions of each other to find people who fit the description on the sheet. When found, students sign on the appropriate line.
Who Am I? Celebrity Game
Students label each other as a famous person and try to figure out who they are by asking about their nationality, physical appearance, job, hobbies etc.
Description Karuta Game
Students take turns reading descriptions and grabbing picture cards that match the descriptions.
Time Check with Clocks
Students work in pairs to set the clock at a particular time and converse in Japanese about what time it is.
Daily Routine
Students practice verbal expressions for daily activities and create a wheel showing the times and activities they do in a day.