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Japanese Culture Resources and Activities
みんなの日本語初級1
こどものにほんご1・2:外国人の子どものための日本語
Feel & Touch Japan: School Excursion

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Japanese Culture Resources and Activities
CHANDLER, Karan
Nelson Australia, ISBN: 017009118x810.7 CHA
 
 
  Lots of ready to use fun activities for primary level students are introduced in this book. Several activities under each of the 11 categories are prepared for students of different levels, which cover topics such as the Geography of Japan, Customs and Sports. All pages from this book can be used as information and activity hand-out sheets to students, as they are all presented in English and Romaji except for some Hiragana introduction. Seasonal Japanese Festivals throughout the year such as New Year, Children’s day and Christmas take many pages in the last chapter of this book, including some colouring sheets and Romanised children songs, which are suitable for lower level students.

Copyright notes: Photocopying for classroom use is allowed within the purchasing institution.
   
 
  In Translation issue
  A language textbook series written for beginner adult learners of Japanese, adopting the format of the previous publication “新日本語(しんにほんご)基礎(きそ) ”, the series has 2 editions (Kanji-Kana and Romaji) and other publications of Translation/ Explanatory notes in various languages. While often used vocabularies and expressions suited for Technical Trainees from overseas, more common expressions based on Japanese social life are adopted in みんなの日本語初級(にほんごしょきゅう) with the same structure and order of studying items as 新日本語(しんにほんご)基礎(きそ). In the beginning of each lesson, new sentence structures are introduced then sample sentences using the structures, followed by a conversation, where students try to build up their own expressions by practicing drill works and questions. Dictation and reading comprehension are also tasked in a questionnaire to support listening and reading skills. 初級(しょきゅう) 2 series with the same components are also available at the library.
   
 
  In new word definitions  
  Originally designed for foreign children who live in Japan and are in need of Japanese language support at their primary schools. The contexts from each lesson follow school life at a Japanese primary school, and eliminate any topics that require higher math and social study knowledge. Although Hiragana is used from the beginning of volume 1, the number of Kanji used in the textbook is limited to 80 = Japanese primary year 1 equivalent in volume 1 and another 160 = year 2 in equivalent volume 2. Glossary is available with translation in three languages (English, Portuguese and Chinese) and a Teacher’s manual in Japanese is printed separately.
   
 
Feel & Touch Japan: School Excursion
Japan National Tourist Organization Sydney Office
JNTO Sydney Office, PAL approx 20 mins.
C143-PE
  JNTO is a Japanese governmental body established to further international exchange through tourism. JNTO has produced a semi promotional-documentary video program about a school trip to Japan. The video camera follows a small high school group from Australia which explores Japan and its culture. They travel to Kusatsu hot spa resort, Tokyo and Kansai area, and have some interesting Do It Yourself cultural experiences such as exploring Akihabara electrical shops and Making your own Okonomiyaki at a restaurant in Osaka. The scenes from this video are very new and good to show students both traditional and hi-tech scenes from Japan in a short time frame. A CD-ROM version of the program recorded in Windows/Mac movie files is also available from the library for loan (call number for CD-ROM is 374.46 JNT)
   
 
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