Getting students to work things out for themselves Inductive Learning Getting students to work things out for themselves

Deductive Inductive Teacher = Teacher = Guide by the Side Teacher gives examples Students come up with rules Teacher = Sage on the Stage Teacher gives rules Students come up with examples

Students work from…to… Examples Rules

Man library went woman sorry Match the words in the box with the Japanese below. Uketsuke = reception otoko no hito = toshokan = ikimashita = ona no hito = sumimasen = (Tips – two words have similar endings. –mashita is a suffix like –ed.)

Listen to the joke and answer the questions below. Where does the man go? What does he ask for? What does the woman say? What does he misunderstand?

Translate (don’t worry about translating each word, translate the idea) Aru hi, otoko no hito wa toshokan ni ikimashita So one day, this man went to a library right, Suru to, Uketsuke ni ikimashita  

Translate “Bigumaku hitotsu onegaishimasu”   Suru to, Kono toshokan no ona no hito wa “sumimasen koko wa toshokan des” Suru to, kono otoko no hito wa “sumimasen, gomen kudasai, Bigumaku hitotsu onegaishimasu”

Syntax Identify the subject, object and verb Aru hi, otoko no hito wa toshokan ni ikimashita English Syntax goes – S V O Japanese Syntax goes --

ni Identify the place and the verb toshokan ni ikimashita Uketsuke ni ikimashita

resutaran makudonarudo Japanese English resutaran ni ikimashita Went to (a)restaurant makudonarudo   e.g. object

toshokan ni ikimashita How would you say this in English? What is the translation of ni ? Where does ni come in the sentence? What kind of word is ni ?

Underline all the Subjects Aru hi, otoko no hito wa toshokan ni ikimashita Suru to, Uketsuke ni ikimashita “Bigumaku hitotsu onegaishimasu” Suru to, Kono toshokan no ona no hito hito wa “sumimasen koko wa toshokan des” Suru to, kono otoko no hito wa “sumimasen, gomen kudasai, Bigumaku hitotsu onegaishimasu” What is the function of wa?

Summary Japanese syntax – ni – wa –

Re-write the joke in Japanese Aru hi, otoko no hito wa toshokan ni ikimashita Suru to, Uketsuke ni ikimashita “Bigumaku hitotsu onegaishimasu” Suru to, Kono toshokan no ona no hito hito wa “sumimasen koko wa toshokan des” Suru to, kono otoko no hito wa “sumimasen, gomen kudasai, Bigumaku hitotsu onegaishimasu”

Japanese Writing (and pronunciation) 1. Look at – McDonalds – Makudonarudo Big Mac – Bigu Maku a. What is happening? Why?

マ ク ド ナ ル ド Ma ku do na ru do b. How many…? d. The romanisation ‘makudonarudo’ contains ________ letters e. The Japanese above contains ________ mora f. Japanese mora are made up of one ______________ and one ______________

g. How many mora? Koko Desu Tofu Kamikaze Sushi Sashimi Karate  Kono Koko Desu Tofu Kamikaze Sushi Sashimi Karate Teriyaki Judo Kimono sudoku

2. What’s different here? Sumimasen  Su mi ma se n Ramen  Mirin  Manga  Bento  Shogun  Kendo  Zen 

3. What’s different here? Origami  o ri ga mi Arigato  Umami  Haiku  Bonsai  Karaoke  Koi  Sensei 

Look back at tasks 1 to 3. What rules did you work out? 1. 2. 3.

Summary The teacher provides examples, designs tasks and functions as a guide The students work together and complete tasks to help them work out the rules