Make a deck of cards with each card featuring one kana.
It's probably best to have two cards for each kana. But don't use ん
Students play in groups of 3 to 5 (more are possible, but waiting for your turn to come around get to be a bit long in the tooth).
Each student is dealt five cards.
The remaining cards are placed face down in a stack, and the top card from the stack is placed face up (beginning a new stack)
The first player can discard any card in his hand that matches either the 行 or the vowel sound of the face-up card.
Example: if the face up card is か, then the player can play any card from the か行: か き く け or こ, OR may play any "ah" sound kana: あ か さ た な は ま や ら or わ
If the player cannot play a card, then he or she must draw a card from the face-down deck. (I usually play with the rule that a drawn card may be played in the same turn).
The next player does the same thing, based on the previous player's card.
The goal is to discard all of you cards, and the first player to do so "wins". (really, its the player who learns the most that wins)
Usually, when a player is left with only one card after discarding, he or she must say "ICHI!" before the next player plays. If he or she fails to do so then he/she must draw four cards as penalty.
Other variations include:
-a player may play multiple cards of the same 行 in the same turn.
-cards of a particular 行 may have special characteristics: "reverse" "draw 2", etc.
It's a lot more fun than writing かかかかかかかかかかかかかかかかかかか time and time again, and a bit more effective I think. It engenders a lot of discussion about the subject, such that students learn "hey, I'm not the only person who confuses ぬねれ and わ", rather than struggling in isolation.
[J Dunn]
=-=-=-=-= more variations -- though not the first time. [R. Young]
1. Make an "n" card. It is a Wild Card and can be played on any card. The player names it (i.e. assigns it a kana value).
2. Playing a "ten-ten" or "maru" variant card (ga, gi, gu, etc.) automatically reverses the direction of the play.
3. The student has to say the name of his/her card aloud as she plays it. (Failure to do so... well, if you want to play hard... the player has to take his/her card back.)
4. A player who places a card that ends a word based on the previous card can say the word and its English meaning. This allows him to have another player of his choice to draw an extra card. For example: placing a "ba" after a "ka" makes "kaba" (hippo) or "shi" after "su" =
"sushi."
5. Instead of calling out "ICHI" when one card remains, how about "ICHIMAI!"
2009-04-21
Tale of Genji - online samples
in the interest of Cultural "literacy" for Japanese language and society, please note this new project of the United Nations.
U.N. Launches Library of World's Knowledge
U.N. Launches Library of World's Knowledge
A globe-spanning U.N. digital library seeking to display and explain the wealth of all human cultures is in operation on the Internet for students around the world. ...a collection of primary documents and authoritative explanations from the planet's leading libraries.
The site (www.wdl.org) has put up the Japanese work that is considered the first novel in history, along with .....In addition to UNESCO and the Library of Congress, 26 other libraries and institutions in 19 countries have contributed to the project.
showing samples, Tale of Genji
in the interest of Cultural "literacy" for Japanese language and society, please note this new project of the United Nations. --- GP Witteveen, sjmiAT hotmail.com
U.N. Launches Library of World's Knowledge
Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. Check it out.
U.N. Launches Library of World's Knowledge
A globe-spanning U.N. digital library seeking to display and explain the wealth of all human cultures is in operation on the Internet for students around the world. ...a collection of primary documents and authoritative explanations from the planet's leading libraries.
The site (www.wdl.org) has put up the Japanese work that is considered the first novel in history, along with .....In addition to UNESCO and the Library of Congress, 26 other libraries and institutions in 19 countries have contributed to the project.
Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. Check it out.
2009-04-19
teachers recommend YouTube for Japanese language
[preview for age suitability, though]
...list of YouTube videos recommended by the Japanese language teachers at the Nihongo Memo Web site, under "Sharing Resources" http://www.nihongomemo.com/sharing.htm#You [direct link]
...contributed by the teachers of Japanese who enrolled in the correspondence course "2009 How to Create Web Pages/Web Sites."
...list of YouTube videos recommended by the Japanese language teachers at the Nihongo Memo Web site, under "Sharing Resources" http://www.nihongomemo.com/sharing.htm#You [direct link]
...contributed by the teachers of Japanese who enrolled in the correspondence course "2009 How to Create Web Pages/Web Sites."
2009-04-15
vivid use of "Urashima Taro" story
Probaby best for intermediate/advanced, but even beginners can enjoy the voice patterns and Aizuchi here. These one minute introductions to a Japanese podcast come from the sponsor, Murata, and is shared with senseionline with their permission. Since the podcast is about science and scientists, the comical introduction demonstrates how to have a curious mind. Find the podcast series at iTunes/podcasts, "science talk"
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