Japanese for Beginners || Week 1 of 10 || Greetings & Introduction

Week 1 of 10- An introduction to Japan, key vocabulary and greetings.

This product contains an 18-slide Teaching PowerPoint and worksheet that guides students through learning the basics about Japan and how to greet each other! The focus is on speaking and, thus, all vocabulary is taught in Romaji for this week! This product contains 5 activities, including:

• Making and exchanging Meishi (business cards)
• Finding Japan on a world map
• Researching Japan’s key facts
• Identifying Japanese vocabulary in the English language
• Speaking activities

This download includes:

• An 18-slide Teaching PowerPoint
• ‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
• PDF version of the meishi templates
• Word Document version of the meishi templates
• 2 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
• QR codes and hyperlinks to aid research
• A multi-language ‘dictionary’ for new vocabulary

Vocabulary Taught:
Konnichiwa, sayonara, arigatou, ohayou gozaimasu, konbanwa, oyasumi, sumimasen, meishi, sensei, gakko, namae, Ogenki desu ka, Hai, genki desu, anata wa, ja mata ne.

Beginner’s Japanese Resources

• Japanese for Beginners: Colors Workbook
• Beginner’s Japanese Course- Week 2: Numbers 0-20