Japan Quiz Grand Prix
Quizzes are great tools to engage students. Here are five PPT presentations on different themed quizzes, such as about Japan, Japanese expressions, Food, School and Sumo.
Fujisan
Students work through a series of activities on the theme of Mt Fuji with a focus on the environment and significant world heritage sites.
Developing Language through culture with YURUKYARA
Series of activities exploring the topic of Yuru-kyara, culminating with a creative writing task 'Create your own ゆるキャラ'
Quiz: About Japan
Students learn about Japanese language and culture through a quiz-style slideshow, which contains multiple choice questions with visual cues. Question and answer slides are followed by an explanatory slide which gives context and detail. Teachers’ notes provide further details.
Quiz: Japanese Food
Students learn about Japanese language and culture through a quiz-style slideshow, which contains multiple choice questions with visual cues. Question and answer slides are followed by an explanatory slide which gives context and detail.
Tokyo Sightseeing with Relative Clauses
Using sightseeing spots around Tokyo as the subject matter, students create complex descriptive sentences.
Tourists in Australia
Students answer questions giving advice for the situations described by the teacher.
Regional Specialities of Japan
Students complete an information gap task while they practise grammar involving how places seem/appear. The topic is major Japanese cities’ special attractions.
Directions Around Town
In pairs, students try to be the first to work out the mystery sentence by following directions. Using their map they go to different locations which have been allocated an area of the classroom.
BOARD GAME: Travel Around Japan
Students play a board game where they make their way around a map of Japan, practising inviting others to places by various means of transport.
Famous Places in Japan I
Students learn about the names of major cities and famous landmarks in Japan while they play card games.
Famous Places in Japan II
Students complete a map worksheet and/or a cultural information worksheet as they learn about famous cities and places in Japan.
My Holiday Suitcase
Students ask each other for various items so they can finish packing their suitcase. There are 12 items to obtain altogether.
Mystery Train Around Japan
Students become familiar with the names of major cities and famous mountains in Japan by filling out a worksheet which takes them all over the country. Students move around the classroom to find out what their next stop on the journey is.
Quiz on Japan
Students learn about the geographical position of Japan in relation to Australia, learn the names of Japan’s main islands and complete a true/false quiz with 15 questions about Japan and its culture.
Sealife Games
Students learn the words for 12 sea creatures as they play card games and observation games using the IWB.
Skit: Koala at Customs
Students prepare and perform a funny, short (1 page) skit that takes place in Japan. There are two parts: the Passenger and the Officer. The passenger is found to have concealed a live koala in their bag.
Travel Agent Activity
Students create simple statements about places where they would like to go and work co-operatively in groups to gather information and make decisions about the 4 travel destinations in Japan: Kyoto, Sapporo, Nikkoo and Hiroshima.Students create simple statements about places where they would like to go and work co-operatively in groups to gather information and make decisions about the 4 travel destinations in Japan: Kyoto, Sapporo, Nikkoo and Hiroshima.
Trip to Okinawa: Make a Brochure
Students learn about the geography of Okinawa and how to describe holiday activities in Okinawa in Japanese.
Using Transport to Go to Places
Students use this reading material as a reading task, card games and task sheets to learn the pattern 「TransportationでPlaceに いきます。」.