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Animals Teaching Suggestions 日本語
Animals
Teaching Suggestions
Animal Noises:
Introduce animals with gestures and noises. Let the kids guess the animal. If you have not found out already, Japanese animal noises sound completely different than what you are used to hearing, such as frogs say, "kero kero," dogs say, "wan wan" and cows say, "mo mo."
Your Country's Animals:
While you should mostly use generic animals, think about using a couple of animals specific to your country. For example, an Australian might use koalas, kangaroos or penguins, while an American from the Northwest might use wolves or moose. Word of caution, if the animal is translated into Japanese in katakana, prior to class, explain the animal to the HRT to avoid embarassing classroom situations where you are telling the teacher, "A moose is like the result of a caribbou having sex with a horse."
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