1. Study of Japanese

2. Kishihara Sensei きしはら せんせい 岸原 先生
Sensei = Teacher

3. What do you know about Japan?

4. WALT:
To introduce yourself and talk about yourself in Japanese.
PURPOSE or WILF:
What am I looking for:
Students using their Japanese language skills to communicate ideas relating to their personal identity.

6. What are other reasons to study Japanese?
… Japan looks cool!
What are other reasons to study Japanese?

7. Japan & Australia are close friends
It is easy to travel to Japan (only nine hours by plane). There is no visa required and the time difference is only one hour behind Australia!
Many exchange programs have already been set up through education, art, sport, business, sister school and sister city relationships …

8. Japanese is spoken worldwide
It is also used in Hawaii, Peru and Brazil and taught in many schools in Korea, China, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. The aqua shaded areas show where it is a minority language.
Did you know Japanese is spoken by over 127 million people living in Japan?

9. Learning Japanese can build great job skills!
Developing
Japanese along with your other skills …
… could help build a rewarding career in so many areas!

10. Japanese is easy to pronounce …
Japanese is a phonetic language, which means it is easy to pronounce. There are three scripts used. Hiragana represents the sounds of Japanese. Once you have learned the hiragana sounds, you can pronounce any word.
Kanji
Hiragana
Katakana
Rōmaji
English 私
わたし
ワタシ
watashi
I, me
Katakana is used for words from other countries and Kanji (borrowed Chinese characters) is used for concepts and words.

11. Australia Japanese culture
OISHII!
(YUMMY!)
I want to learn about this cool, cute, yummy, INTERESTING
culture!
KAKKOII!
(COOL!)
KAWAII!
(CUTE!)

13. Summary Next week: Introducing yourself in Japanese.
I learned that names are written in different scripts in Japanese. The sound system of names is really unique.
It is clear that the Japanese language has been influenced by other languages and cultures over time.
Next week:
Introducing yourself in Japanese.

14. Japanese Book
Title page
2018 Japanese
Nihongo
Kishihara Sensei