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Welcome to the London Language Centre Teaching Resources page!


The resources on this page are designed to be used in the UK Japanese classroom. All resources listed below have been created by JFLLC Japanese language advisors (For the few resources where this is not the case the resource creator’s name is given).You can download them and use them instantly with your class, or adjust them to your needs.

The JFLLC welcomes your feedback on any of the resources featured on the website. Please email your comments to info.language@jpf.org.uk. If you would like to share your own teaching ideas with members of the Japanese teaching community in the UK please click here.

The London Language Centre Advisory Teachers
The London Language Centre team of advisory teachers are work to support you with their extensive experience of teaching Japanese. They will be happy to advise you on any issues from selecting appropriate resources for your course to examination related queries.

You can make an appointment to visit them at the Centre by emailing info.language@jpf.org.uk.




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1. Japanese handwriting fonts - Install them here!


Copyright
The copyright for these fonts belongs to Techno Advance Ltd, Japan. The company has agreed to share these fonts with teachers of Japanese on the proviso that they are for educational use and no profit is made by the use of the fonts. The company has not agreed for these fonts to be used commercially so these fonts cannot be used in any publication that is to be sold. Techno Advance Ltd and Tadashi Sakai cannot take any responsibility for any damage caused by the use of these fonts.


2. Download the hiragana and katakana chart.

3. Hiragana and Katakana practice mat.

4. Games for reviewing Hiragana and Katakana. 5. Genkou Youshi Wizard
  • Click here to download a template for creating Word documents with Japanese written in vertical columns.
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BASIC


Click here for a selection of worksheets which can be used for WJEC and GCSE (including numbers, colours and verbs).


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PRIMARY

imageExtensive research into the Primary languages field in general and Japanese provision in particular provided the foundation for the Ready Steady NihonGO! Primary Japanese Course, a unique scheme of work for teaching Japanese at KS2, produced by the Japan Foundation London Language Centre (JFLLC) and Japan21. The scheme comprises 10, 45 minute lessons designed to be delivered by a Japanese native speaker teacher working with the class teacher. Each lesson is clearly structured, with comprehensive teachers' notes, National Curriculum Links and a set of accompanying Culture Notes. The course has been hugely popular during two successful trial periods with teachers and pupils alike who enjoyed the experience of working with an unusual language.
Ready Steady NihonGO! is available to use online from the Japan21 website.
The CD version will be available on 1 March 2007. See the Japan21 website for more information and to order your copy.


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GCSE



Tanabata Kamishibai and Resources

Click here for information about the Japanese GCSE Exam



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WJEC


Click here for information about the Exam



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AS


Click here for information about the Exam

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A2


Click here for information about the Exam



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Higher Education


Comparative analysis between the main textbooks used in the early stages of Japanese courses at UK Universities and GCSE/AS/A2 level syllabi.
The main purpose of these information sheets are for university techers to get to know what their students with secondary Japanese actually studied prior to entry to university. The following three textbooks are currently the most frequently used at the initial stages of university level Japanese courses in the UK:

•Japanese for Busy People (15 institutions, many of them are elective courses)

•Minna no Nihongo (14 institutions, many of them are degree courses)

•Genki (6 institutions)

Basic Kanji Book is also popular as supplementary material for kanji study.

Apart from 'Basic Kanji Book', the information sheets consist of 2 parts; Kanji and Grammar. JLPT stands for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.

In contrast to the Kanji sections, it is impossible to to make judgements of some of the grammar structures, since the styles of classification vary according to the textbooks.


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Teachers Pages in Mado newsletters


Mado
Issue
Number
Topic
(Teacher’s Page)
Level
Skill
KS2
KS3
KS4
AS
A2
HE
Adult
Reading
Writing
Listening
Speaking
1
 Teaching in the Target Language/ Tamagotchi lesson plan    
X
        
X
X
X
X
2
 Travel and Holidays
X
X
3
 Personal and Social life
X
X
X
X
4
 Food Health and Fitness
X
X
X
5
 Talking Timetables
X
X
X
X
6
 Omikuji
X
X
X
X
7
 Let’s Recycle
X
X
X
X
X
X
8
 Talking about Careers
X
X
X
X
X
9
 Kanji families
X
X
X
X
X
10
 Motivating through Manga
X
X
X
X
11
 Making a speech in Japanese
X
X
X
12
 Writing a Diary
X
X
X
13
 Teaching Japanese through Mathematics
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
14
 A place near me
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
15
 Haiku for the New Year
X
X
X
X
16
 Using ICT to keep up with current issues
X
X
X
X
X
17
 Plan your dream trip to Japan with Dragons, snakes and ladders
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
18
 Laughter brings good luck: fukuwarai
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
19
 Reading for A level
X
X
X
X
20
 Kanji Mix & Match
X
X
X
X
X
X
21
 CV for the future
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
22
 Haruko takes the train
X
X
X
X
X
23
 Dealing with Dilemmas
X
X
X
X
X
X
24
 Japanese Pronunciation
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
25
 Waste not want not- Mottainai!
X
X
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X

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Supplementary information for Mado newsletters


Mado Vol.25 Teacher’s Page

answers&questions

Mado Vol.23 Teacher’s Page
Answers to questions
answers&questions


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Class Acts


This excellent video created for Japan 2001 documents success stories from the UK Japanese classroom and demonstrates best practice in teaching Japanese in the UK secondary sector.


Feedback on Class Acts ...

  • Very useful to improve teaching and learning and to lobby for more support for the language."
  • One of the best tools for professional development I have ever seen."
  • We needed Class Acts - wonderful in content and timing."

Eligibility

If you are teaching at a school and are thinking of offering Japanese you may be eligible to receive a free copy of Class Acts. For more information please email info.language@jpf.org.uk



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