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Advocacy

This page provides a collection of videos and website links related to advocacy. Feel free to explore these resources and use them as a reference to deepen your understanding or support your initiatives.

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Advocacy Kit

The advocacy kit was created for teachers to use for promoting their Japanese language programs. It contains editable brochure, Powerpoint presentation, and lyer. Please feel free to use these during subject selection or when promoting Japanese at your school.
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TEACHING HIRAGANA AND KATAKANA

hiragana mini books

The Hiragana mini books allow students to effortlessly learn hiragana script in context through frequent reading.  Katakana mini books are also added to the series. Click on the images / the purple button to move to each main page.

Flashcards

Memory Hint Flashcards are designed to support teachers to introduce hiragana and katakana using mnemonic pictures. They link the shape and the sound of hiragana characters to a familiar word, image, and/or concept in English. Click on the purple button to move to each main page.

Worksheets

Memory Hint worksheets are designed to support teachers to introduce hiragana and katakana using mnemonic pictures. They link the shape and the sound of hiragana characters to a familiar word, image, and/or concept in English. Click on the purple button to move to each main page.

Support Resource

This simple kana game is designed to help students learn kana more effectively by working with someone who cannot read hiragana or katakana. A number coded system allows for the student to work with their helper to work through 70 hiragana and 70 katakana characters including include the ten-ten (゛) and maru (゜) voiced characters.

Effective Classroom Communication

It is the aim of all Japanese teachers to give their students a learning experience which they find enjoyable and satisfying. The learning experience occurs largely in the classroom, so we must look for the most effective ways of building meaningful communication within the classroom, in the hope that learners will extend their skills and understandings beyond the classroom.

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