Microteaching Lesson Plan

LESSON PLAN: How to write your name in Japanese

Time: 10 min

Objectives: 

• Learn Japanese pronunciation
• Understand Japanese kana and rules with changing sounds
• Be able to write your name in Japanese 

Materials:

• Whiteboard & markers (teacher)
• Pen & paper (students)

Beginning (1 min)

• Greeting and objective in Japanese then English
• Ask anyone if they know what language I am speaking/writing
• Mention Japanese has 3 writing systems; we use katakana for foreign words
• Tell students to consider how their name is pronounced, not spelled

Middle (6 min)

• Go over the katakana chart
• Explain how to pronounce each sound (emphasize 'f' & 'r')
• Talk about voiced sounds ('g', 'z', 'd', 'b', 'p')
• Mention blended sounds (*ya, *yu, *yo) giving examples
• Explain double consonants (tt* = ッ*) and vowel prolongation (horizontal bar ー)
• Indicate what to do with single consonants (* = *u, except for special cases 'n' & 'r')
• Talk about special cases with no Japanese equivalent sound ('v' = ヴ, 'l' = 'r', 'w' = ウ)

Ending (3 min)

• Ask students to get out a pen and a piece of paper
• Have the students write their name using transliteration
• Assist students having issues