Japanese Lesson for Beginners

Session 98.Dec.2014

Kana Shimohigoshikshimo@essex.ac.uk

Today’s Activities

- Japanese Bingo

- Japanese Culture Quiz

- Playing with Origami

Have fun!!

- Questionnaire

Japanese Bingo

• Choose Japanese words from the list and

fill the grid

• Japanese supporters call words out randomly

• Make a horizontal, diagonal or vertical line

to get a BINGO

• Win a prize by getting a BINGO first

・あお(ao)

・いす(isu)

・うし(ushi)

・えいご(eigo)

・おいしい(oisii)

・かさ (kasa)

・きかい (kikai)

・くさ (kusa)

・けいさつ (keisatsu)

・こえ (koe)

・さとう (satou)

・しお (sio)

・すいか (suika)

・せかい (sekai)

・そば (soba)

・たね (tane)

・ちず (chizu)

・つな (tsuna)

・てつ (tetsu)

・とけい (tokei)

・なす (nasu)

・にし (nishi)

・ぬの (nuno)

・ねこ (neko)

・のうか (farmer)

・はは (haha)

・ひ (hi)

・ふた (futa)

・へそ (heso)

・ぼうし (boushi)

Japanese Culture Quiz

・ Fun trivia quizzes regarding Japanese culture!

・ 10 questions with 4 multiple choices

・ Choose the correct answer

・Win a prize if you get the highest score

Japanese Culture Quiz

The population of Japan 2014 is…?

1. 97 million

2. 116 million

3. 130 million

4. 142 million

Answer: 3

Japanese Culture Quiz

Japan is nicknamed the…?

1. Land of the Rising Sun

2. Land of the East

3. Land of the Sushi

4. Land of the Volcanoes

Answer: 1

Japanese Culture Quiz

The national sport of Japan is…?

1. Karate

2. Sumo

3. Judo

4. Kendo

Answer: 2

Japanese Culture Quiz

Japanese people never eat…?

1. Raw chicken

2. Raw horse meat

3. Raw beef

4. Raw pork

Answer: 4

Japanese Culture Quiz

The world’s most punctual Japanese Railways will firstly educate their staffs to…?

1. Keep a timetable

2. Cram passengers inside

3. Control train cars

4. Speak English

Answer: 2Do you wanna see the "chaos"??

Japanese Culture Quiz

The number of vending machine is about?

1. 1 million

2. 3 million

3. 6 million

4. 8 million

Answer: 3

Japanese Culture Quiz

Japanese high-tech toilets cannot offer you…?

1. Bidet

2. Reclining

3. Seat Warming

4. Deodorization

Answer: 2

Japanese Culture Quiz

The most popular face-booking topic is…?

1. Friends

2. Relationship

3. Food

4. Pets

Answer: 3

Japanese Culture Quiz

Japanese restaurants will not give you free…?

1. Green tea

2. Sweets

3. Moist towels

4. Tissues

Answer: 4

Japanese Culture Quiz

On Christmas eve, Japanese people visit…?

1. Church

2. Temple

3. Shrine

4. KFC

Answer: 4

No kidding, Christmas = KFC

Christmas in JPN

Let’s try Origami

Hiragana Table

Voiced Consonants and ‘P’

GU

GE

ZADA

BO

BE

BU

BI

BAPA

PI

PU

PE

PO

JIDZIZUDZU

DE

DO GO

JI

ZU

ZE

ZO

GI

GA

Hiragana Table with stroke orders

Thank you soooo much!!

ありがとうございました！

よいおとしを！

Have a lovely Christmas and New year!!

Looking forward to seeing you the next term!!