Japanese Level 1, Activity #9: “Review Games” / “復習のゲーム” (Face-to-Face)
Description:
Students will start by listing as many words as they can regarding school, country, and food. They will then practice their vocabulary through a simple memory game with escalating difficulty.
Semantic Topics
Vocabulary practice, memorization, review games, images, pair-work, 語彙練習, 暗記, レビューゲーム, 画像, ペアワーク, Xがあります／います, Describing Where Things Are, 物がどこにあるかを説明する, Past Tense of です, ですの過去形, Past Tense of Verbs, 動詞の過去形, も, 一時間, たくさん, と
Products: Vocabulary
Practices: Reading words with simple Kanji
Perspectives: The meanings of word structures and word prevalence in society
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:
- Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversation, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken Japanese on a variety of topics.
- Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the Japanese language and their own.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- COMM 1.1 – Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
- COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
- COMP 1.1: Observe formal and informal forms of language.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can produce a variety of vocabulary words in relation to a given topic.
- I can recognize Japanese words from simple images.
- I can identify memorized vocabulary.
Materials Needed
- Google Presentation
- Ball
Warm-Up:
Last Student Standing
Students will be given a category on a presentation slide. For each category, the lab instructor will grab the ball and start by saying one word connected to that category (For example, if the category is “school”, then the lab instructor can say, pencil, textbook, teacher).
- 今から「最後の一人」ゲームをします。これはカテゴリーゲームです。
Have the students stand
- 皆さん、立って下さい。
Show the first category slide with 「くに」
- 国は、英語で何と言いますか？ (students respond) このラウンドのカテゴリーは国です。
Show the model slide for a bad example.
- 例えば、Aさんが「アメリカ」と言います。Bさんが「日本」と言います。Cさんが「アメリカ」と言ったらCさんはアウトです。
Now show the model slide for a good example.
- 次はAさんが「アメリカ」と言います。Bさんが「日本」と言います。Cさんが「カナダ」と言ったら大丈夫です。
Once you are finished showing the model slides, begin the round by holding the ball and saying a country.
- では、スタートします。
Pass the ball to another student. That student will shout a word related to the theme and throw the ball to another student. As each person catches the ball, they need to come up with another word that fits the theme in 10 seconds.
- 一人１０秒あります。
If a student repeats a word that has already been said or can’t think of a new one within a few seconds, they are out and must sit on the sidelines.
Main Activity:
Memory Challenge (With phrases and vocabulary words)
For the main activity, students will attempt to memorize as much vocabulary on the slide as possible, and then share what they remember with their partners. Then, the lab instructor will show the same slide again so students can see how many they got correct.
- 次はメモリーチャレンジです。メモリーチャレンジは英語でなんといいますか？
- students respond
Round 1: show the first slide of vocabulary to model the activity.
To show the students what they have to do, pretend as if you have to memorize the four items on the slideshow.
- これを見てください。メモリーチャレンジです。覚えてください。１分あります。 after 1 min ペアになってください。point at the slide これについて話してください。
Switch to the slide with the phrase “[english/word phrase]はにほんごでなんといいますか.” Leave this on while they speak in pairs. If they ask you something in English, point to the slide.
Point to the slide: 質問があったら、これを見て下さい。
Move to the review slide and say all the vocabulary aloud with the students.
では、復習します。point to each picture and ask これはなんですか？せーの keep saying せーの until every student says what it is. Move on to the next slide.
Have the students repeat this process for Rounds 2, 3, and 4. Give the students only 1 minute to try to memorize the contents of the slides.
- 次はラウンド２です。頑張ってください。
Wrap-Up:
- How was the memory challenge activity? メモリーチャレンジはどうでしたか？
- Was it easy? 簡単でしたか？
- Was it difficult? 難しかった？
- What (was easy/difficult)? 何が難しかった？何が簡単でした￥？
- Does anyone have any questions? 何か質問がありますか？
End of activity:
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate
their confidence.
できることを読んで、生徒に自信を評価 してもらいます。 - Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!
生徒に自己評価に正直になるように勧めます。このフィードバックを将来のラボに使用してください。
Cultural Notes
日本の祝日 Japanese National Holidays
Show students a list of Japanese holidays! Talk about how they compare with students’ holidays and traditions.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can produce a variety of vocabulary words in relation to a given topic.
- I can recognize Japanese words from simple images.
- I can identify memorized vocabulary.
