Use these great picture flashcards to teach your students how to write and say different verbs in Japanese.

Have you ever used authentic manga in your Japanese class? Students are attracted to manga, which contain rich cultural information, but they may find the language levels too difficult. In this issue, we’d like to look at manga and show how they can be used as a teaching resource for your senior classes.

Use these game sheets to help students to become familiar with Japanese convenience stores and their products. Students will also be able to make simple statements about the content and functioning of a convenience store, and interact in the setting of a convenience store.

In this activity, students role-play in pairs, with one student acting as doctor and the other as patient. Patients pick up a card and get advice from the doctor according to their information. Doctors write the patient’s information on the consultation card as they get it, and refer to it to confirm and give advice. Roles can then be reversed, with doctor becoming patient and taking a patient card.

For this activity, students form groups of 4. Each group takes a sentence (cut into sections) and arranges the cards to reform the sentence. The group which completes their sentence first gets a point. The members of the group then mine the action in the sentence and the rest of the class guess what it is.

Play Sugoroku using vocabulary for products and services in a Japanese, asking for the price, counters, and related expressions.

his is a variation of the ‘3 Hint Game’. Students are divided into teams of 6. The teacher gives 3 hints about a room/space in a house, and students in their teams guess which room it is. They write their guess on a sheet of paper and hold it up. (Students can check the writing cooperatively, or take turns to do the writing.) The teacher may put a time limit on this process. The team, or teams, who gave the correct answer mark the room by sticking their coloured paper marker on the picture on the game sheet. The team that finishes with the most markers on the game sheet wins.

The resource contains hand sized cards of verbs suitable for primary schools. It has been produced in response to requests by primary teachers who needed verb and adjective cards which were appropriate for primary students. Some ideas for using these cards in the classroom are also included.

In this activity, each pair is given a Mystery Sentence slip and a map with the starting points marked. The object of the activity is to work out the mystery sentence. Students do this by looking at their map and the 4 sets of directions which have been displayed around the room. Each set of directions will lead them to a place on their map, and this word will help to complete the mystery sentence. Paris of students report to the teacher when they think they have completed the mystery sentence. The first pair to report the correct mystery sentence is the winner.

The resource contains hand sized cards of adjectives suitable for primary schools. It has been produced in response to requests by primary teachers who needed verb and adjective cards which were appropriate for primary students. Some ideas for using these cards in the classroom are also included.

This skit is based on the well-known fairy tale. Cinderella is living with her step- mother and two ugly sisters,who treat her like a slave. One day the local prince throws a ball (!), and the family is invited. Thanks to the fairy godmother's magic Cinderella is able to go, and the prince chooses Cinderella as his partner. But the magic only works till midnight, and she has to leave. Will the prince ever find her again?!

In this lesson, teacher and students discuss the current exchange rate of the dollar and yen, and relative costs in the two countries, to give students a guide for guessing prices. ‘The Price is Right’ (Pre-task 4) game can be played to familiarise students with price expressions. The teacher prepares item sheets, and copies of the price list to give to groups.

Use these great cards and games to teach your students household objects in Japanese.

Use this fun skit to teach your students: names of animals, counters, basic greetings and expressions, onomatopoeic expressions.

Art Speaks Japanese introduces 16 significant artworks from the Art Gallery of NSW Japanese collection, and draws on the expertise in Japanese language of the Japan Foundation, Sydney, and in arts education of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. In this resource, we will give you an overview of the resource, and suggest how this resource can be incorporated into your school teaching program.

The object of the activity is to find the other members of your family. Students are each given a family member card and allowed a little time to familiarize themselves with the details of their family and to think of questions. Make sure students can distinguish between male and female names. Students then move around the room asking questions to identify the other members of their family. Emphasise that students should not show each other their cards, and should try to find out ALL the information about a possible family member.

In this role-play, a customer rings directory assistance to get a telephone number.

Use this activity to learn how to count Japanese money and to learn how to ask/answer questions about the prices of items.

Use this resource to learn the vocabulary for items sold at convenience stores in Japan

In this activity, the teacher explains that he/she has hidden the above objects somewhere in the classroom. Students learn or review the words if necessary. Every student is given a copy Sheet (A). Students write the objects mentioned in the Item column of Sheet (A). Students then try to guess where each object is by asking yes/no questions. If the student guesses right, he/she gets a point. The teacher or student records the point. When each object is found, the student confirms the location by writing a statement about it in the Location column of Sheet (A).

In this activity, each student is given a card. Students circulate around the classroom reading the content of their card to each other to try to match the two sentences and to make sense. With the help of their newfound partner, students then make a sentence about their own future.