Useful Links for 6th/7th beginning class

 

I.  Before Hiragana

How to read Romaji.  After you open this site, click on the top tab portion (brown) to read basic romaji.

 

II.  Hiragana Help

a.  Listen to Hiragana

Talking Hiragana Chart (this one is very cute!)

http://www.languageguide.org/im/alpha/jp/hiragana.jsp

 http://www.tokyowithkids.com/fyi/hiragana_chart.html

 

-Hiragana pronunciation & vocabulary

1:  a-o, 2:  ka-ko, 3:  sa-so, 4: ta-to, 5:  na-no, 6:  ha-ho, 7:  ma-mo, 8:  ya-yo, 9:  ra-ro, 10:  wa-n

 

b.  Check stroke order

c.  Listen to Hiragana song!

d.  Hiragana Games

e.  Hiragana Quiz

f.  Hiragana Recognition  Average Japanese native speakers can recognize the letters within 0.4 intervals.  Can you beat them?

g.  Hiragana Matching

h.  Ultimate Kana Challenge!

 

II.  Hiragana, Karakana, and Obentoo Vocabulary & Grammar exercises with Flashcards

6th grade materials: http://quizlet.com/group/104604/

(for your reference and if you want to study further)
7th grade and 8th grade 2nd year materials: http://quizlet.com/group/104605/
8th grade 3rd year materials: http://quizlet.com/group/104606/

 

III.  Other sites related to 6th/7th beginning classes

<Unit1>

Greetings & other expressions video

Greetings

 Greetings game

First-meeting greetings video

 

<Unit 2>

Country names game

 

<Unit 3>

Numbers

 Number song

Number game

 

<Unit 4>

Where are you from? song

<Unit 5>

"Counting people" song

Game on family

Interactive Story:  Big Brother Swap

 

<Others>

a.  WH-Questions song

b.  Learn cool phrases!

c.  Lots of Japanese phrases

d.  Obentoo deluxe

e.  Kanji sites

f.  English-Japanese Vocabulary Quiz