Japanese

=The use of the computer in teaching Japanese= Japanese fits under the LOTE (Languages Other than English) department

__Teaching Japanese Year 10 students (basic level)were asked to find a picture on Google images of a person.They were asked to copy image and URL onto a publisher (some put it on word) page. They then had to write the Japanese words for head, eye, mouth, hand etc in a text box at the side and connect with arrows. Altogether class needs roughly 30mins by the time they find their picture, check its suitability with teacher and finish the exercise. Have additional exercises available for quick finishers. I didnt have any trouble with "inappropriate" pictures but one person decided to label a car picture with the same body parts - interesting. Some students found pictures of sumo wrestlers, geisha, anime stars, robots, Harajuki street fashion girl and animals eg polar bear and chimpanzee. (BW)
 * THEMES**__
 * Body Parts -

__**DOWNLOADS**__ This is a free download from Windows that is brilliant. Students can record their voices onto the programme and play back to listen to themselves. I have also saved recordings to Media Player and then burned a cd with it using this programme. (BW) [|http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows]http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows
 * Audacity

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ This site enables subscribers to make puzzles in English or Romaji such as Crosswords, Mazes, Cryptic messages, word searches etc.students can make their own crosswords etc and exchange with partners. (BW) http://www.eslhq.com/
 * __SUBSCRIPTIONS REQUIRED__**
 * Puzzlemaker - free subscription
 * Game Board Maker

This site enables subscribers (free) to make game boards on any theme. A picture gallery of icons and templates are provided. Choose the pictures for including onto a gameboard and a pdf is created with the game board. There are also a number of pre-made games available to choose from. I print out enough games for groups of 3 or 4 and use in class with dice (available at the same site). have students use pebbles, coins, or erasers as markers. (BW) > **//These work well for short bursts of work but require time for setting up etc. Have students write their initials in brackets at the end of each edit so that everyone can see who wrote what otherwise can get confusing! eg: (BW)//**
 * Using Wikis in class

http://www.yazoocity.k12.ms.us/highschool/USHistory/a_bomb/task.htm Hiroshima web quest (US site). I havent used this site with real students yet, but might be good for Aug 6th Peace Day - will trial it with Year 10s. (BW)
 * __USEFUL WEBSITES (NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER:__**
 * __Webquest__**

[|www.kanko-otakara.jp/en/about/index.html] The "Discover! Japan! Sightseeing Database" allows students to scan through and find things and places of interest in Japan. Site available in both English and Japanese. Useful for Stage 6 especially. (BW)
 * __Database__**

http://www.takase.com/Names/NameInJapaneseJ.htm write your name in katakana – can be used by anyone not familiar with Japanese (BW) http://www.kanjistep.com/en/online/hiraganasteps/print_a.html online practice hiragana and katakana… useful for all beginners (BW)
 * __Writing Skills__**

http://www.omoshiroigame.com/hiraganaquiz.htm hiragana-romaji recognition game. This site also has asteroids game. Suitable for intermediate students who already know hiragana and katakana. When you give out this website to students, be clear that they are only to work on sites that are language based ie hiragana, katakana or kanji (left hand column) as there are other general children's games on the website that they can stray onto if they are not forewarned. (BW)
 * __Reading Skills__**

http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/ultimate/hiragana.htm moving hiragana game. This game can be quite challenging for students but most of them like it. It is a good idea to have a hiragana chart available for them to see beside them. (BW)

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/sheaa/projects/genki/katakana-timer.html timed katakana and hiragana online testing – beginners (BW) This works like a charm. Beginners need about 30mins to do the task about 3 times. Get them to rule up a table in their notebooks with the URL above it for practice at home. In the table (11 columns; 2 rows) have them write the number of times practised eg 1-10 in top row and their finishing time for each in the bottom row. They will be so proud to see how fast they can improve with practice.(BW)

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/language/lls/hai/ NZ Board of Studies site – links to NZ resources – really good for games ideas etc stages 4 and 5 (BW)
 * __Fun stuff and Games__**

http://www.printout.jp/clipart/index.html various clip art - suitable for everyone but the menu is written in Japanese and so may be hard for students to navigate. Useful for teachers to illustrate hand outs. (BW)

http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/index.htm tongue twisters – intermediate and advanced learners (BW) Good for lessons requiring pronunciation brush-ups. (BW)

http://www.curriculum.edu.au/asobomanabo/ templates for cockroach stomp, dominoes and word cards etc under asobo manabo in lote link.. useful games etc for stages 4 and 5 (BW)

http://www.garfield.com/fungames/comiccreator.html This is a free website where students (and teachers) can select from a variety of comic sketch boxes of Garfield the cat and add their own texts into the textboxes. By putting the textboxes together, students can make a comic strip. I used this in a year 8 beginners exam for half yearly - provided the pictures with blank bubbles. I wrote the dialogs below in English and they had to write their translations into the bubbles. By the way, you can write in Japanese in the bubbles. (BW)

http://www.hellonavi.com/foldera/html/english.html excellent interactive site for greetings; school life; body; traffic safety; stage 5 (BW)
 * __General Study practice__**

http://www.thomsonlearning.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/Student.html Obento Deluxe link – online support to accompany this textbook but can be used by anyone –various themes treated - good for beginners (BW)

http://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/learnjapanesenumbers.htm interactive hip-hop version of Japanese numbers - beginners (BW)

http://jbs.plugjapan.com/watch/9318 teen news tbs – stage 6 (BW)
 * __Extension__**

http://www.kanjisite.com/html/about/site.html Good for students and teachers wanting to try the JLPT – stage 6 advanced (BW)

http://www.japaneselunch.com/kome.en.htm pictures showing how rice is grown and harvested etc (BW)
 * __Cultural__**


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