This resource comprises a large double-sided game sheet and a teachers’ handbook containing ideas for games on the themes of コンビニ(convenience store) and 日本のいえ(Japanese house), aimed at upper primary and junior secondary students.

Games help to engage learners’ interest and promote learning, provided learners are involved in the task. They encourage cooperation, while motivating through competition. They are well suited to multi-level classes. This resource is designed to enable the teacher to involve the whole class in games in a controlled way, while giving individual students the opportunity to use the target language. The giant game sheet can be visible from all areas of the classroom and can thus become a focus of attention for all the students. We hope that it will help to motivate students to participate more fully in classroom activities.

A3 versions of the 2 game sheets are also included in this booklet for use by small groups. You will notice that the two game sheets use different words for Start and Finish; for コンビニ we have used いりぐち(entrance) and でぐち(exit), and for 日本のいえ we have used the traditional ふりだし and あがり. We have done this to reflect the traditional and modern aspects of the two themes.