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Advocacy Kit
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.
Creating Reading Resources with Generative AI
Have you ever thought about bringing texts on current topics in Japan into your classroom?
While it’s possible to find news articles online, it can be difficult to find ones that suit your students’ level, and rewriting them takes a lot of time and effort.
Using generative AI can help solve this issue. It allows teachers to save time and efficiently create authentic reading materials tailored to their students. You can produce a wide range of texts by entering a specific and well-defined prompt to suit learners at different levels.