The Effective Use of PowerPoint Presentation

in Teaching Japanese

Hamilton Girls’ High SchoolMasa Ogino

A starting point: What is the major difference between OHT/flash cardsand PowerPoint presentation?

Vocabulary&

PowerPoint

いす かみ ちず

でんき つくえ とけい

i su ka mi chi zu

de n ki tsu ku e to ke i

chair paper map

light desk clock/watch

I: inputR: recognitionD: discriminationP: production

I: R:D: P:

IRDP

isu

kami

chizu

denki

tsukue

tokei

a

e

b

d

c

f

After-IRDP &

PowerPoint

Kore wa nan desu ka

Sore wa isu desu

This + wa + what + is + ?　

It + wa + chair + is

Q: Kore wa nan desu kaA: Sore wa ??? desu

Sore wa beechi desu

Shonan Coast beach in summer The Shonan Coast faces Sagami Bay, and during the swimming season in July and August beaches are packed with families and young couples. The colorful swimwear and beach umbrellas brighten up the long stretch of sand.

Q: Kore wa nan desu kaA: Sore wa ??? (use an English word here) desu

Q: Kore wa nan desu kaA: Sore wa ??? desu

Q: Kore wa nan desu kaA: Sore wa ??? desu

What is the major difference between OHT/flash cards and

PowerPoint presentation?

Visual Resources

TOPIC 4SCHOOL LIFE

eigo 　　 suugaku 　 rika 　　 shakai

taiiku kateika chiri rekishi

bijutsu ongaklu

Challenge 1: What are the two subjects written in Roomaji? Write your answer in English.

eigo

rika

eigo

suugaku

shakai

rika

rekishi

Challenge 2: What are the five subjects written in Roomaji? Write your answer in English.

おんがく

Challenge 3: Write down the subject you can recognise in Hiragana.Answer in English.あ

This is an example

すうがく

ちり

Challenge 4: Write down the TWO subjects you can recognise in Hiragana. Answer in English.

えいごりか

Challenge 5: Write down the THREE subjects you can recognise in Hiragana. Answer in English.

しゃかい

えいごびじゅつ

りかちり

Challenge 6: Write down the FIVE subjects you can recognise in Hiragana. Answer in English.

しゃかい

What is the major difference between OHT/flash cards and

PowerPoint presentation?

Movement

Hiragana &

PowerPoint

46 Hiragana characters

あいうえお　かきくけこさしすせそ　たちつてとなにぬねの　はひふへほまみむめも　や　ゆ　よらりるれろ　わをん

にChallenge 7: What is this Hiragana?

ほChallenge 8: What is this Hiragana?

んChallenge 9: What is this Hiragana?

ごChallenge 10: What is this Hiragana?

migihidari

SummaryPowerPoint can be an effective tool beyond OHT & flash cards in teaching a language.Some of the key features to make the most of PowerPoint presentations in teaching languages are

•Visual resources•Movement

Thanks.Three more days to go!

Kanji&

PowerPoint

月 金火 土水 日木

Mon FriTues SatWed SunThurs

ようび： Days of the Week

月日水木土金

火

Challenge 19: Kanji for the days of the weekWrite the day of the week you see in English

3 月

1 日2 水

5 木

4 土

6 金7 火

Quick Recognition: Answers

Kanji number　＆

PowerPoint

三四

一

五

二

九八

六

十

七34

1

5

2

98

6

10

7

三 四

一五

二

九八六

十

七

Challenge 15: Which number is missing?You only have three seconds to look. Write it down.

三 八

一五二

九四

六

七

Challenge 16: Which two numbers are missing? Write them down.

十

三 八

一二四

七

Challenge 17: Which three numbers are missing? Write them down.

十 五 九六

八九十四五六一

Challenge 18:Which three numbers are missing?

三二 七

Say the colourIn Japanese

Say the colour of the words

you seein Japanese

green

red

black

Say the colour of the words

you seein Japanese

みどり

あ　か

く　ろ

きいろ

あ　お

よくできました

Read and Look-up reading/Shadowing

＆ PowerPoint

わたしは　まいあさ　七じに　おきます。

八じに　バスで　がっこうに　いきます。

四じに　あるいて　うちに　かえります。

五じに　テレビを　みます。

六じに　ばんごはんを　たべます。

シャワーのあとで　しゅくだいを　して　ねます。　

ノートに　かいて　ください。

わたしは　まいあさ　七じに　おきます。

八じに　バスで　がっこうに　いきます。

四じに　あるいて　うちに　かえります。

五じに　テレビを　みます。

六じに　ばんごはんを　たべます。

シャワーのあとで　しゅくだいを　して　ねます。　

いってから　もういちど　いってください。 Repeat after the teacher and then say it again.

わたしは　まいあさ　七じに　おきます。

八じに　バスで　がっこうに　いきます。

四じに　あるいて　うちに　かえります。

五じに　テレビを　みます。

六じに　ばんごはんを　たべます。

シャワーのあとで　しゅくだいを　して　ねます。　

したのぶんを　よんでください。Read aloud the following sentences.

わたしは　まいあさ　七じに　おきます。

八じに　バスで　がっこうに　いきます。

四じに　あるいて　うちに　かえります。

五じに　テレビを　みます。

六じに　ばんごはんを　たべます。

シャワーのあとで　しゅくだいを　して　ねます。　

　 I every morning 7 o’clock+at wake up

8 o’clock+at bus+by school+to go

4 o’clock+at on foot home+to return

5 o’clock+at TV watch

6 o’clock+at dinner eat

Shower+after, homework do, sleep

Extra slides

えいご　　すうがく　　りか　

たいいく　かていか　ちり　　　　びじゅ

つ　

The memory gameHere are 7 words. Look at them for 30 seconds, then write down all the words in Hiragana.

Hatcho Dejima Peninsula, Lake Chuzenji, Nikko What looks like a sock knitted with different colors is actually a small peninsula jutting into Lake Chuzenji, in Nikko. Autumn is special at Nikko, and the lake is high on the list of local tourist spots, along with Nikko Tosho-gu Shrine (a World Heritage Site), and the switchbacks on Iroha Slope.

これは　なんですか。（それは、、、）

Windbreak trees in Nakashibetsu-cho Astronauts say this unusual checkerboard pattern in Hokkaido can be seen even from orbit. The sides of the squares are each about 3 to 4 km long, and the total length of all sides is 648 km. The lines for the squares are actually trees used as windbreaks (width: 180 meters) sheltering people and farmland from strong winds and snow. Thanks to the trees, the land now produces bumper crops. (Photo: Tokai University Research and Information Center)

Q: Kore wa nan desu kaA: Sore wa ??? desu

Kansai International Airport is the world’s first ocean airport, built on a landfill island in Osaka Bay, Japan. Opened in 1994, Kansai International Airport was a modern engineering marvel, built entirely as an artificial island. The Kansai terminal is 1.7 kilometers long and linked to the mainland by a 3.7-kilometer bridge,

かんさいくうこう

これは　なんですか。（それは、、、）

ごみばこ

Q: これは　　なん　ですか。A: それは　　？？　です。

     

おりがみ　の

　か

mosquito

えいご　　すうがく　　りか　　しゃかい

たいいく　かていか　ちり　　　れきし

びじゅつ　おんがく

Challenge 7: Which subject is missing?You have only 10 seconds to see the icons.

Write your answer in Hiragana. 　　　

すうがく

Challenge 8: Which subject is missing? 　　　

びじゅつ

Challenge 3: Which subject is missing?　

Some subjects have more than one icon. 　　　

しゃかい

Challenge 9: Which subject is missing? Some subjects have more than one icon. 　　　

おんがく