Japanese Language Lessons: Let’s Learn Japanese!

The Japanese exam will involve 4 skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening and it will cover the following topics and scripts.

Topics
Introductions (introduction, greetings and set phrases, numbers, I am from etc)
Myself and family (ages, family members, countries and nationalities, telephone numbers, occupations, animals, zodiac years)
Time (o’clock, am, pm, from, till, days of week, days of months, birthdays)
Shopping (numbers up to million, various nouns, Japanese foods, counters)
There is/are, exist (**** ga imasu/arimasu)
Adjectives (i-adjectives and na-adjectives, the best, more etc)

Scripts
All Hiragna Scripts and spelling rules
Kanji to write and read:
一、ニ、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十、才、百、千、万、円、日、月、火、水、木、金、土、時、分、半、本、日本、人、休、何、山、川、海、毎日、毎月、母、男、女、子、好きな
Kanji to recognise / read:曜

• ▼ 1. Japanese Writings
  • 1.1. General
  • 1.1. Hiragana
    

• ▼ 2. Beginner (GCSE 1)
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.1.1 Greeting&Number
  • 2.1.2. Myself
  • ▼ 2.1.3. Family
    • Animals
  • ▼ 2.2. Time
    • c. Exercises

  • ▼ 2.3. Shopping / Eating out
    • c. Counters
    • d. Exercises

  • ▼ 2.4. There is/are
    • c. Exercise
      

  • ▼ 2.5. Adjectives
    • c. Exercises

  • ▼ 2.6 Verbs
    • c. Vocabulary
    • d. Exercises

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Lesson 1 - 5 Japanese for Young People

Hiragana (a-to)　20 lettersLearn hiragana from あ to

See a list of terms used in these activities.

See a list of terms used in these activities.

Practice all Kanji.

一、ニ、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十、才、百、千、万、円、日、月、火、水、木、金、土、時、分、半、本、日本、人、休、何、山、川、海、毎日、毎月、母、男、女、子、好きな

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Please introduce yourself.

For instance,

-greeting
-tell your name
-from where you come from
-tell your age
-tell your school year
-greeting

Please input Japanese here, if you do not have Japanese input software on your computer.

Please listen to the sound file and answer following question in English.
1. What is the name of her father?
2. How old is he?
3. What is his nationality
4. When is his birthday? (Please answer this, if you have learnt time expressions)
5. What is his job?
6. What can he do? (Please answer this, if you have already learnt hobbies.)

 

 My father [0:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (57)

Please listen and answer the following questions.

1. What is his father’s name?
2. How old is his father?
3. What is his mother’s name?
4. How old is his mother?
5. How many siblings does he have?
6. Please write down all information about his siblings such as names, age, school year etc

 Family listening [0:44m]: (Protected Content)

Please tell me about your family in Japanese. Please leave your response as a voice or video message.

For instance, if you are telling about your father
-his name
-his age
-his nationality
-his zodiac year
-his birthday
-his job
-his hobbies~
-what he likes/dislikes
-what he can/cannot

Here is my example:

 

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http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/U2Act1.swf

http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/Unit2.html

 

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http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/U2Act2.swf

 

 Age Kanji Exercises: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (71)

http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/U3Act2.swf

 

 Countries Exercise: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (66)

http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/U3Act1a.swf

 

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http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/U3Act3a.swf

 

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http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/U4Act1a.swf

 

 Family Exercises 1: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (72)

 

 Pet Exercises: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (67)

 

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http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/U4Act2.swf

 

 Family Exercises: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (69)

http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/U5Act1.swf

 

 Pet Exercises: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (66)

http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/U5Act2a.swf

 

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http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/U6Act1.swf

 

 Food Exercises: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (51)

http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/U7Act1.swf

 

 Days of Month Exercises: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (46)

http://www.cengage.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/U7Act2.swf

 

 Kanji Days of Week Exercises: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (61)

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Reading Exam Practise

1. Greet appropriately. Then, introduce yourself using your name and the place where you come from.

2. Say “Nice weather, isn’t it?”
(hot, cold, bad weather)

3. なんさい　ですか。

4. なんねんせい　ですか。

5. あなたの　おたんじょうびは　いつですか。

6. ペット（ぺっと）が　いますか。

7. あなたの でんわばんごうは なんばんですか。

8. なにどし　ですか。

9. 何人（なんにん）かぞく　ですか。

10. おとうさんの　おなまえは　なんですか。

11. おとうさんの　おしごとは　なんですか。

12. おかあさんは　なんさいですか。

13. なんにん　きょうだい　ですか。

14. いま　何時（なんじ）ですか。

15. ひる休みは　何時（なんじ）から　何時（なんじ）までですか。

16. きょうは　何月（なんがつ）　何日（なんにち）ですか。
(あした、きのう）

17. きょうは　何曜日（なんようび）　ですか。

18. Ask how much is this pencil?　(that close to you, that over there)

19. Ask, “Do you have a cheaper desk?”

20. Say, “May I have three red papers?”
(blue, black, white, etc)

21. Ask, “Where is the nearest toilet?”

22. Ask the teacher if she is well. (How are you?)

23. Ask her if she is a Chinese?
(American, German, French, etc)

24. Order two big yakitori, three cheap sushi, and five small green teas.

25. あなたのまちは、どんなまちですか。

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Here are questions.

 

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