Teaching Plans and Materials for “Minna no Nihongo” Lesson 7: How to teach “With tools” and “With language” ★
The expressions we’re dealing with in this lesson are…
They look tough.
“To be able to express how to do something."
“To be able to use giving and receiving expressions."
With (Tool)
(Draw a picture of a person eating sushi with chopsticks on the whiteboard)
(Circle the chopsticks part on the whiteboard.)
(Draw a picture of a letter on the whiteboard)
教師 With a ballpoint pen… Write a letter with a ballpoint pen.
学生さん |
Review and practice sentence patterns with flashcards
はし で すし を たべます。
ボールペン で てがみ を かきます。
はさみ で かみ を きります。
Why (Verb)?
(Draw a picture of a fish on the whiteboard and put a question mark on the tool part)
教師 Why do you cut the fish? Cut it with a knife.
学生さん |
(Draw a picture of a report on the whiteboard)
教師 Why do you send the report? Send it by email.
学生さん |
Practice making Q&A with flashcards
Practice in pairs
Q:なんで さかなを きりますか。
A:はさみで きります。
Q:なんで れぽーとを おくりますか。
A:メールで おくります。
With (Language)
(Write “Thank You" on the whiteboard)
Practice with flashcards, real words, and classroom items
“Thank you" is in Japanese “ありがとう".
It is in Malay “Terima Kasih".
It is in Chinese “謝謝".
What is it in (Language)?
(Write “Chinese: ?" under “Thank You" earlier)
教師 What is “Thank You" in Chinese? It is “謝謝".
学生さん |
(Point to the clock…)
教師 What is that in Japanese? It is “時計".
学生さん |
Practice combining various things and languages
「ありがとう」 は えいご で なん です か。
「Thank you」です。
これ は にほんご で なん です か。
とけい です。
Various materials for Japanese grammar “with languages"
The second half is about “giving and receiving expressions".
It’s going to be tough!!









