Gardenvale Primary School Japanese Language Program

Gardenvale Primary School
Japanese Language Program
NSJLE 2014 - Primary Panel
りんご
Kathleen Duquemin
duquemin.Kathleen.k@edumail.vic.gov.au
The Classroom
Getabako
Tatami corner - ‘tatami class’
kotatsu and zabuton
books, manga
Toys and puppets
ICT - IWB and iPads
Routine
Class dojo
Algorithm Taiso
song
flashcards
Language focus
sharing
By the end of Year 1:
Algorithm Taiso
Framy
123 is ichi ni san
Foundation and Year 1
Focus - songs, tongue-twisters, games, origami, kanji
Origami
Mary san no hitsuji
Genki disco warm up
http://www.origami-club.com/
Shape song
Number song (to 100)
Tentomushi
Katatsumushi
Buu buu buu
Oshiri Kanjiri Mushi
Harapeko aomushi
Shippo song
animal faces
Algorithm Taiso h.ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGIvZeQjB7U Sit down Stand up h.ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-­‐vPmoyoSgs Big Bird in Japan song h.ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4al06d9TqX8 easy fruits
insects
moving origami :
jumping fleas, crawling crows
Ai ai
Kaeru no uta
Musunde
Guu choki paa
Higejiisan
Atama kata hiza ashi
Weather song
Do re mi
Kira kira hikaru
Zou sann
Ookina kurino kinoshitade
Donguri korokoro
Various aisatsu songs
⼀一
⼭山
⼝口 上
⼆二
川
⺫⽬目 下
三
⽕火
四
⽔水
五
⽊木
六
林
七
⼋八
九
⼗十
百
千
⽇日
⽿耳 右
⼿手 左 ⾦金
⾜足
森
⽵竹
⾬雨
⽯石
雪
池
⽥田
⽉月
冬
中
⼟土
⽗父
⽝犬
⺟母
好
⾺馬
⼤大
⽺羊
⼩小
⽜牛
Hayakuchi Kotoba
あかぱじゃぱ、きぱじゃま、ちゃぱじゃま
すももももも
かえる　ぴょこ　ぴょこ
かもしかも　しかも
あかまきがみ、あおまきがみ、きまきがみ
なまむぎ、なまごめ、なまたまご
Year 2 - Year 6
Focus - hiragana, ACTLAN, reading, writing, sentence structure
⽂文法
ACTLAN - talking hands
〜～がすきです。
〜～の〜～です。
adj noun です。
ウイダー体操 h.ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wOz1eHubpU　〜～と〜～
Maru maru mori mori きょうは〜～でしょう。h.ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkUuGjagQG0 かぞくは〜～⼈人です。 Hiragana song これは〜～です。
Time に verb
〜～をください。
〜～をします。
Origami
http://www.origami-club.com/
camera
fuusen
sumo
jumping frog
h.ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IpHIUxhdaI&list=PLV22lJ\A2X1vOqC9_hDUpVPSdMGpreH5 Anime Nanami chan h.ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_0yodnegYU Yasai no yousei h.ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax7OkPIIdzo&list=PLB7E05E8B658E1516 Chi’s sweet home h.ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nan212PrGq4 〜～に　〜～で　いきます。
あります/います
Themed units
のうえに、のしたに
Pants: おにのぱんつ、だれのぱんつですか。　ぱんつはadjです。
〜～⼈人、〜～⽉月、〜～さい、〜～ぴき
Obake:adj+nounです。おばけの〜～はadjです。〜～時に〜～ます/まし
Competitions
Assembly, Newsletter, Blog
Japanese Day
Promotion Promotion Promotion
Texts
はらぺこあおむし h.ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y8tkJeuWJQ むかしばなし h.ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9b9vi03V6U　Shapes h.ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPhTuTbga5s Culture
Japan Tour
Since 2008
Visit English School in Japan
No homestay – all hotel/ryokan
JR Pass – no organised tour
March – most children under 12
3 staff to 15 students
Skype classrooms, siblings, assembly
Collect stamps at stations
Skyping
Practice self introductions
Play word games and quizzes – we speak Japanese, they speak English
Sing songs together – まるまるもりもり、アルゴリズムたいそう
Read stories – ちゃいろのくま
Write emails and make cards
Students sign up at the start of the year
3 – 4 skype sessions per term in class time
Curriculum Choices
Foundation and Year 1
Sing songs
Play games
⼿手遊び
Match Japanese and images
– no English translations
Origami
Kanji
Celebrate mistakes
Years 2 – 6
hiragana
katakana words in hiragana
themed units
Students discover grammar
patterns
Explicitly teach grammar
2-3 reading focus
4-5 writing focus
6 application
Drama and stories
to remember, to engage, to aid understanding
The tiger tora hole in my stomach
The bird lives in the tori
‘No’ it’s mine, ‘no’ it’s mine, ‘no’ it’s mine
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
Find all the verbs and underline in blue.
Find the character that says ‘o’clock’.
Find the verb that says ‘get up’.
What is the particle that follows the
time?
5.  Find the word for ‘half past’ and circle in
yellow.
6.  What patterns do you find at the end of
the sentences?
7.  What is the word for soccer?
8.  What is the word for homework?
9.  What particle is between the noun and
verb?
10. What doesしますmean?
11. Can you use します without a noun?
12. What word is in every English sentence?
Where is this in the Japanese
Lunchtime Clubs
Monday – Japan Tour Meeting
Tuesday – JS Anime Club –
Pokemon
Wednesday – Taiko
Thursday – SS Anime Club – Ghibli
and Anime
Friday – Speech Competition
practice
Special Lunchtime activities:
-  Origami
-  Manga drawing
ICT
IWB
-  Class dojo
-  Triptico
-  Powerpoint
-  Youtube clips
-  Kanagrams and other games
-  Sugoi interactives
iPads
-  hiragana writing/recognition/
karuta
-  kanji
-  Futaba
-  ebooks/tellagami/puppet pals
-  fun and games