Meiwa Lesson 1: Greetings
From Mie Guidebook
Contents
Grammar
Greetings, "My name is ..."
Game
Snap
Structure
- Begin with by introducing yourself as a demonstration. I tend to say something like "Good morning everyone. My name is <name>. Nice to meet you. I'm from <country>. This year we will be learning English together. Wakatta?". I find it fun to put the students off a little at the start. The unexpected tends to be fun. I then repeat the intro sentence by sentence, translating to Japanese as I go. At the end of the lesson I repeat the first part of the intro, though by then they can understand it and it serves to build up their confidence that English isn't so hard after all. At the end I say "Good morning everyone. My name is <name>. Nice to meet you." All of which they've learned that lesson.
- I go through greeting flashcards with the students. I first get them to repeat the names in Japanese, so they are 100% clear on the meaning of the pictures. "Asa, o-hiru, yuugata, yoru". I then comment on how good their Japanese is! We then do the words in English. I'll say "good" after each word is done, then I'll introduce the word "good". Once we've done the words, I'll explain that greetings (aisatsu) are made by adding "good" to the time of the day. We then practice the greetings of "good morning" etc.
- Play karuta with the cards in groups of 3 to 5. Call out the English and have the students "snap" the equivalent Japanese cards (2 of each for each group).
- Teach the students "What's your name?", "My name is..." and "Nice to meet you". Go around the class and ask students their names, then shake their hands and say "nice to meet you".
- Use the last 15 minutes of the lesson (or first 15) to introduce yourself, your country and whatever you want (self introduction).
