Objectives
  • Students will become familiar with Japanese houses and their contents
  • Students will be able to make simple statements about Japanese and western style rooms
  • Students will be able to interact in the setting of a Japanese house
Language & Culture
  • Vocabulary and background information relating to Japanese houses
  • Variety of patterns used in the context of a Japanese house
Suggested Pre-tasks
1.

どこですか?

  Learning the rooms of a house by miming and guessing
The teacher or students mime an action, and students guess in which room the action takes place.
2. いえのなかのもの
  Household objects vocabulary
Choosing from the picture cards on pages 28-30 , teachers can introduce the vocabulary for objects found in a Japanese house. Teachers may ask if students have certain objects in their home, or what objects they have in their home.
 

T: 〜さんのうちに、.............がありますか?
T: 〜さんのうちに、なにがありますか?

  In order for the students to become familiar with the words, the word and the picture can be separated by cutting along the dotted line, and ‘Match up’ or Karuta (Grab) can be played.
When students have become familiar with the various objects, the teacher can ask students which room/s the object belongs in, and if they answer correctly, students stick the picture card on the appropriate place on the game sheet with Blu-Tack.
 

T: これはどこにありますか。
S: ふろばにあります。

Suggested post tasks & extension tasks
1.

Students draw and describe their house, or a りそうのいえ(dream house).

2.  Students fill out a chart describing similarities and differences between a Japanese and an Australian house.
eg.
日本のいえはよく...............  オーストラリアのいえはよく...............
3. Students conduct a class survey on their houses and what they contain.
4. Students role-play a home stay situation such as an overseas visitor coming to a Japanese home for the first time, including greetings and gift giving customs.
5. Students do a research project on the Japanese garden. Alternatively, students design a Japanese garden, making a はこにわ with a cardboard box, pebbles and sand.
6. Students conduct research on types of Japanese houses, eg. アパート, でんとうてきないえ,モダンないえ, looking at number of rooms, size etc., and make comparisons with Australian dwellings.
 
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