Wombat's Trip To Japan: JAPANESE SCRIPT ONLY
Wombat is going to Japan! Follow her exciting plans and see which famous Japanese places she visits. As you read you can learn about different types of transport. Where would you choose to go on your trip to Japan and how would you like to get there?
Teacher Note: Read this story to young students and encourage them to learn to say the key words. With a range of scripts presented throughout, all with furigana included where necessary, students will develop an early understanding that Japanese can be written in different ways. The cultural content in this book will encourage students to become curious about this new and different culture with many opportunities for discussion.
General Vocabulary
ゆきまつり
おんせん
ふじさん
じんじゃ
えま
ねこ
かざん
さかな
いるか
Transport Vocabulary
ふね
しんかんせん
くるま
でんしゃ
じてんしゃ
へ り こ ぷ た ー
ひこうき
With free access to a bilingual and a Japanese-only audiobook and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for Primary or Entry Level secondary beginners of Japanese, (ideally Foundation to Year 2 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for beginners in Year 3 and 4 or Entry 7 and 8).
Each colourful page is presented in hiragana only until the end of the story. Once the story is complete, there are easily identifiable white pages with the English meaning, clearly linked to the matching kanji page number, so that students are able to refer to this page when they are unsure of meaning as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind. Additional purchase of the PDF Digital Copy of this book is also available.