Japanese Level 4, Activity #10: “Directions” / “方向” (Online)
Description:
In this activity, students will practice talking about directions and how to get to and from places. They will discuss how to get to specific places on a map using directions in Japanese.
Semantic Topics:
Directions, places, map, location, Japanese, 道順,場所,地図,場所,日本語
- 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.
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.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can give and follow directions to locations.
- I can ask for directions using honorific forms.
- I can describe my intentions in my comings and goings.
Materials Needed:
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Warm-Up
Ask students what they plan on doing at specific locations using the pictures on the two slides.
- 「「場所」で何をするつもりだと思う？」
Students have to answer with ”〜つもり” or 〜予定。”
- 「「つもり」か「予定」を使ってください。」
Main Activity
Go over useful vocabulary in the slides, and make sure students understand the vocabulary before proceeding.
Students will take turns giving out directions to the rest of the students using the vocabulary they reviewed, and the others will try to guess which building they went to. Read the main activity instructions and example out loud to the students.
- 「一人が出発のためにビルを選んで皆さんにビルを告げてください。一人が道順を作って方向を説明する。皆さんが出発の場所をゲスする。」
- 例）「ホテルから始めている。ホテルから出ると、左に曲がって、最初の角を右に曲がって、踏切を渡って、左に曲がって、左にビルがある。ここはどこ？」
If it helps students, lab instructors can share their screen and have students use the annotate function so they can draw their route as the other person gives them the directions.
Wrap-Up
Ask the students the following questions to finish the activity:
Where would you like to go? What do you want to do there? Have you gone there and done that activity before?
- どこに行きたい？そこで何をしたいですか？行ってしたことがある？
End of Activity:
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate
their confidence.
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.) - Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can give and follow directions to locations.
- I can ask for directions using honorific forms.
- I can describe my intentions in my comings and goings.
