The Effective Use of PowerPoint Presentation
in Teaching Japanese
Hamilton Girls’ High School
Masa Ogino
A starting point:
What is the major difference
between OHT/flash cards
and PowerPoint presentation?
Vocabulary
&
PowerPoint
いす
i su
かみ
ka mi
ちず
chi zu
chair
paper
map
でんき
de n ki
つくえ
tsu ku e
とけい
to ke i
light
desk
clock/watch
IRDP
I:
R:
D:
P:
input
recognition
discrimination
production
isu
kami
chizu
denki
tsukue
tokei
a
b
c
d
e
f
After-IRDP
&
PowerPoint
Kore wa
nan desu ka
This + wa + what + is + ?
Sore wa
isu desu
It + wa + chair + is
Q: Kore wa
A: Sore wa
nan desu ka
??? desu
Q: Kore wa nan desu ka
A: Sore wa ??? (use an English word here) 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 swimwea
and beach umbrellas brighten
up the long stretch of sand.
Q: Kore wa
A: Sore wa
nan desu ka
??? desu
Q: Kore wa
A: Sore wa
nan desu ka
??? desu
What is the major difference
between OHT/flash cards and
PowerPoint presentation?
Visual Resources
TOPIC 4
SCHOOL LIFE
eigo
suugaku
taiiku
kateika
bijutsu
ongaklu
rika
chiri
shakai
rekishi
Challenge 1:
What are the two subjects written in Roomaji?
Write your answer in English.
eigo
rika
Challenge 2:
What are the five subjects written in
Roomaji? Write your answer in English.
eigo
shakai
rekishi
suugaku
rika
Challenge 3: Write down the subject
you can recognise in Hiragana.
Answer in English.
あ
おんがく
This is an example
Challenge 4: Write down the TWO
subjects you can recognise in
Hiragana. Answer in English.
ちり
すうがく
Challenge 5: Write down the THREE
subjects you can recognise in
Hiragana. Answer in English.
えいご
しゃかい
りか
Challenge 6: Write down the FIVE
subjects you can recognise in Hiragana.
Answer in English.
びじゅつ
えいご
しゃかい
ちり
りか
What is the major difference
between OHT/flash cards and
PowerPoint presentation?
Movement
Hiragana
&
PowerPoint
46 Hiragana characters
あいうえお
さしすせそ
なにぬねの
まみむめも
らりるれろ
かきくけこ
たちつてと
はひふへほ
や ゆ よ
わをん
Challenge 7: What is this Hiragana?
Challenge 8: What is this Hiragana?
Challenge 9: What is this Hiragana?
Challenge 10: What is this Hiragana?
hidari
migi
Summary
PowerPoint 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
ようび：Days of the Week
月 Mon 金 Fri
火 Tues 土 Sat
水 Wed 日 Sun
木 Thurs
Challenge 19: Kanji for the days of the week
Write the day of the week you see in English
土
金
月
水
木
日火
Quick Recognition: Answers
1日
2水
3月
4土
5木
6金
7火
Kanji number
＆
PowerPoint
1
2
3
4
5
一 6
二 7
三 8
四 9
五 10
六
七
八
九
十
Challenge 15: Which number is missing?
You only have three seconds to look.
Write it down.
三
四
十
二
八
六
一
七
九
五
Challenge 16: Which two numbers are
missing? Write them down.
六
三 十 八
二
五
四
一
七 九
Challenge 17: Which three numbers
are missing? Write them down.
三
六
四
八 七
十 五 九
二 一
Challenge 18:
Which three numbers are missing?
八九十四五六一
二 三 七
Say the colour
In Japanese
Say the colour
of the words
you see
in Japanese
green
red
Say the colour
of the words
you see
in Japanese
みどり
あ か
きいろ
あ お
よくできました
Read and Look-up reading/
Shadowing
＆
PowerPoint
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
八じに
まいあさ
バスで
七じに
おきます。
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。
がっこうに
いきます。
八じに
バスで
四じに
あるいて
うちに
五じに
テレビを
みます。
かえります。
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。
わたしは まいあさ 七じに おきます。
I every morning 7 o’clock+at wake up
八じに バスで がっこうに いきます。
8 o’clock+at bus+by school+to go
四じに あるいて うちに かえります。
4 o’clock+at on foot home+to return
五じに テレビを みます。
5 o’clock+at TV
watch
六じに ばんごはんを たべます。
6 o’clock+at dinner
eat
シャワーのあとで
しゅくだいを
して
ねます。
Extra
slides
The memory game
Here are 7 words.
Look at them for 30 seconds, then write down all the
words in Hiragana.
たいいく かていか ちり
びじゅつ
えいご
すうがく
りか
これは なんですか。（それは、、、）
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.
Q: Kore wa
A: Sore wa
nan desu ka
??? desu
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
これは なんですか。（それは、、、）
かんさいくうこう
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,
ごみばこ
Q: これは
A: それは
なん ですか。
？？ です。
おりがみ
の
か
mosquito
えいご
すうがく
りか
たいいく かていか ちり
びじゅつ おんがく
しゃかい
れきし
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