Teaching Plans and Materials for “Minna no Nihongo” Lesson 11: How to teach “Counters” ★
This lesson seems difficult because of the counters.
are just a part of all the counters.
“hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu, yottsu, itsutsu…"
You just have to memorize them with determination!!
“ichinen," “ikkagetsu," and so on for “one year," “one month," etc.
“To use various counters."
“To say the number of times something happened and the duration of activities."
Counters (~枚)
(Draw a picture of a person finishing a report on the whiteboard and prompt them to say the sentence)
(Draw a speech bubble with “3" on the picture of the report)
Check the sounds for 1 to 10.
Make them aware that the “counter" goes before the verb.
Also, remind them that particles do not attach after the “counter."
レポート を ３まい かきました。
てがみ を ２まい おくります。
かみ が ９まい あります。
How Many Sheets (何枚)
(Pointing at the desk)
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Teacher Everyone, how many sheets of paper are on the desk? There are 5 sheets.
学生さん |
Practice Q&A with flashcards.
Q：つくえ の 上 に かみ が なんまい ありますか。
A： ５まい あります。
Q：てがみ を なんまい おくりますか。
A： ２まい おくります。
~ Machines (～台)
(Draw a picture of a room with a computer and prompt them to say the sentence)
(Add 3 more computers to the drawing)
Practice counting cars and other electronic devices using flashcards.
Check the counting for 1 to 10
へや に パソコン が ４だい あります。
わたし は くるま が ２だい あります。
How Many Machines (何台)
(Add a question mark to the previous drawing of the computers)
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Teacher How many computers are in the room? There are 4 computers.
学生さん |
Practice Q&A with flashcards
Q：へや に パソコン が なんだい あります か。
A： ４だい あります。
Q：Aさん は くるま が なんだい あります か。
A： ２だい あります。
~ People (～人)
(Draw a picture of multiple men and women in a room on the whiteboard)
There are three women in the room.
(Show a picture of a family structure)
I have two siblings.
※ It’s more natural to say “There are ~ people in my family" with “です". “I have ~ siblings" sounds more natural with “います".
Also, note that “There are ~ people in my family" includes oneself, but “I have ~ siblings" does not include oneself.
へや に おとこのひと が ふたり います。
わたし の かぞく は ごにん です。
わたし は きょうだい が ふたり います。
How Many People (何人)
(Draw a question mark on the previous picture of the people in the room)
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Teacher How many men are in the room? There are two men.
学生さん
Teacher How many women are in the room? There are three women.
学生さん |
Practice asking about the number of people in the actual classroom, family, and siblings.
Q：おとこ の ひと が なんにん います か。
A： ふたり います。
Q：おんな の ひと が なんにん います か。
A： さんにん います。
Hitotsu, Futatsu, Mittsu…
(Draw a picture of a person eating an apple)
(Increase the number of apples)
Check the counting for 1 to 10 and note that “つ" is not added after 10.
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Teacher There are desks in the classroom… There are 11 desks.
学生さん
Teacher There are doors in the classroom… There are two doors.
学生さん |
Practice with flashcards
りんご を みっつ たべました。
つくえ が じゅういち あります。
ドア が ふたつ あります。
How Many (いくつ)
(Add a question mark to the previous drawing)
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Teacher How many apples did you eat? I ate two apples.
学生さん
Teacher How many desks are there in the classroom? There are ten desks.
学生さん |
Practice Q&A with flashcards
Q：りんご を いくつ たべました か。
A： ふたつ たべました。
Q：つくえ が いくつ あります か。
A： とお あります。
First, let’s practice making basic sentences!!
You can download the materials here
Now let’s practice Q&A
You can download the materials here
Please look at the second half later.