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Recent Additions to the Japan Foundation Library

Hiragana Bingo (811.5 MAD)

Produced by Megan Madden
Many teachers already know learning Hiragana is fun for school kids with this game.
The basic rule is the Teacher calls out one Hiragana letter, and students find the letter in their bingo cards. Once the students are used to the rule, you can invent variations, for example...
The winning student calls out Hiragana in the next game. Or the Teacher writes the corresponding Katakana symbol on the blackboard instead of calling it out.
The set consists of 30 student cards (Bingo cards), Small Hiragana call out cards (Bingo balls), 2 types of caller's cross out sheets & instruction sheet. Please use non-permanent OHP pen to mark the sheets.

"Getting Closer to Japan" series
Getting along with the Japanese / Kate Elwood (814 ELW)
Living in Japan / Andy D. Pala (302.1 PAL)
Working in Japan / Bruce Rutledge (336 RUT)

Living in Japan can be fraught with uncertainties in lots of situations even if your Japanese is good. Getting along with the Japanese shows 12 useful keywords to understanding the Japanese way of thinking in many situations in section 1. Section 2 explains "unwritten" conventions amongst Japanese people in specific situations such as age difference / going out to eat. Section 3 explains Important life events such as weddings /funerals that people normally don't encounter on a daily basis but require specific understanding of Japanese rituals. Each subsection has a useful Japanese glossary relating to the topic. 2 Other titles from the series are also available.

続　教科書をつくろうれんしゅう編 = Zoku kyokasho o tsukuro renshu hen
続　教科書をつくろう　せつめい編 = Zoku kyokasho o tsukuro setsumei hen
(810.72 JPF 2 )

Edited by The Japan foundation Japanese language Institute

These texts are copyright-free teaching samples so that you edit any part of these books to create your own teaching materials, but you need to send 3 copies of your teaching materials based on the books to The Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute.
Renshu hen gives you sample conversations, listening task sheets, picture cards for class activities etc. Setsumei hen explains grammar and structure of the sentences used in Renshu hen. Each section of the books has cross references for the user's convenience. The level of the study in this book targets Japanese proficiency test level 3 equivalent. Your own translation work is required if you want to put explanations in English since all text in the books is in Japanese. A cassette tape for Renshu hen listening tasks is also available.

Japanese : Preliminary and HSC continuers' course (810.7 AIS)

This resource has 50 listening texts based upon the NSW Board of Studies; Continuers Stage 6 Japanese Syllabus. The resource folder contains Student's comprehension question sheets, Teacher's set of transcriptions of listening texts with questions and answers, and 2 audio CDs.
The material allows teachers to use any part of this for various purposes such as assesment exercises or just listening practice. The teachers and students can start any part of the listening texts without the need to follow any determined sequence.
Listening texts are recorded at good pace to allow students to take notes or answer questions which give students the opportunity to demonstrate the Syllabus outcomes.

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