Japanese

Konnichiwa!

Learning Japanese at Colonel Light Gardens Primary School is both a language learning and cultural experience. Students learn Japanese and about Japan through a variety of activities such as:

• Songs

• Games

• Interactive Whiteboard activities

• Speaking activities (individual and group)

• Listening activities

• Written work in the scripts of Hiragana, Romaji and basic Kanji

• Exploring Japanese culture i.e. real objects, photos, DVDs, CDs and Internet.

Each year level grouping has a focus topic for each term as well as regular focus activities on the script of Hiragana. (Hiragana is 1 of the 3 alphabets used in Japanese and has 46 characters)

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Some basic Japanese vocabulary for home: