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  • CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
    • REI - STARTING THE LESSON
    • THINGS STUDENTS SAY
    • THINGS TEACHERS SAY
    • CLASSROOM OBJECTS
  • YEARS 7 & 8
    • WEATHER AND FEELINGS >
      • KIMOCHI - FEELINGS
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • LANGUAGE REFERENCE - WEATHER AND FEELINGS
  • YEAR 9
    • AISATSU - GREETINGS
    • GREETINGS ANIME
    • JIKO SHOUKAI - SELF INTRODUCTION
    • NAMAE - NAMES
    • BANGOU - NUMBERS
    • NAN SAI? - HOW OLD ARE YOU?
    • KUNI - COUNTRIES
    • WHERE WE LIVE
    • LIKES AND DISLIKES
    • KAZOKU - FAMILY
    • TABEMONO - FOOD
    • TENKI - WEATHER
    • KYOUKA - SUBJECTS
    • SUBEJECT LIKES AND DISLIKES
    • GAKKOU - SCHOOL
    • HIRAGANA
    • YEAR 9 STUDENTS
  • YEAR 10
    • KAZOKU - FAMILY >
      • TANGO - VOCABULARY
      • NAN NIN? - HOW MANY PEOPLE?
      • DARE GA IMASU KA -WHO IS THERE?
      • DESCRIBING APPEARANCE
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • SHIGOTO - JOBS
    • KAIMONO - SHOPPING 1 >
      • SHOPPING CONVERSATIONS >
        • ONIGIRI SAN KO - THREE ONIGIRI
      • COUNTERS
      • NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
      • AKAI NO GA HOSHII - I WANT THE RED ONE
      • IKURA - HOW MUCH?
      • SORE WO KUDASAI - THAT ONE PLEASE
      • FUNNY JAPANESE COMMERCIALS
    • HOUSING >
      • AROUND HOME - VOCABULARY
      • WHAT'S IT LIKE? - DOU DESU KA?
      • ARIMASU-THERE IS/THERE ARE
      • HITOTSU ARIMASU-THERE IS ONE
      • IN/ON/UNDER - PREPOSITIONS
      • DESCRIBING WHERE THINGS ARE
      • KORE/SORE/ARE - THIS/THAT
    • SEIKATSU - DAILY LIFE >
      • VERBS - DAILY ACTIVITIES
      • HOW OFTEN?
      • TOMORROW - FUTURE TIME WORDS
      • PAST ACTIVITIES
      • YESTERDAY - PAST TIME WORDS
      • JIKAN - TIME
      • YOUBI - DAYS OF THE WEEK
    • YEAR 10 GAKKOU >
      • KYOUKA - SUBJECTS
      • SCHOOL VOCABULARY
    • DOUBUTSU - ANIMALS >
      • STORIES AND SONGS >
        • Zou no hana - The Elephant's Nose
        • Kobutanukitsuneko
    • YEAR 10 KANJI
  • YEAR 11
    • WATASHI-TACHI NO MACHI - OUR TOWN >
      • THINGS AROUND TOWN
      • NANI GA ARU? - WHAT IS THERE?
      • MAE / YOKO / USHIRO - Locations
      • ADJECTIVES - REVIEW
      • CHIISAKUTE, FURUI - Small and old - Joining adjectives
      • EKI GA ATTE, BENRI DESU - Forming compound sentences
      • IROIRONA MACHI - Descriptions of various towns
      • TARI-TARI - Do things like...
      • KARA - from, because, after >
        • KARA = FROM
        • KARA = BECAUSE/SO
        • KARA = AFTER
      • DOU YATTE IKU? - Giving Directions
      • NANI GA DEKIRU? - WHAT CAN WE DO THERE?
      • ASOBI NI KITE - COME AND VISIT
      • MACHI KANJI
      • MACHI ONLINE READING LINKS
    • KURISUMASU - CHRISTMAS >
      • NANI GA II - WHAT WOULD BE GOOD?
      • NI SHIMASU - EXPRESSING A DECISION
      • TO OMOU - I THINK
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • GIVING & RECEIVING - AGERU KURERU MORAU
      • OISHISOU - LOOKS DELICIOUS
      • TABETAI - WANT TO EAT
      • DESCRIBING PEOPLE
      • CHRISTMAS KANJI
    • KISETSU TO TENKI - SEASONS & WEATHER >
      • KISETSU - SEASONS
      • NARIMASU -BECOME
      • USING と FOR IF/WHEN
      • NO - NOMINALISING ADJECTIVES
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • AME GA FUTTE IMASU - IT'S RAINING
    • Y11 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • SUGIRU - Too much
      • NAGARA - While doing
      • TE MO II - PERMISSION
      • PRESENTATIONS - Oral language features
      • VERBS >
        • 1 Dan Verbs
        • 5 Dan Verbs
        • Common Irregular Verbs
      • CONNECTIVES - Joining words
    • Y11 LANGUAGE INDEX
  • YEAR 12
    • YEAR 12 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • ~NO HOU GA - COMPARISONS/ MORE ~ THAN
      • ICHIBAN~ - COMPARISONS/THE MOST
      • HODO. . . NAI - COMPARISONS/ NOT AS~AS
      • ONAJI GURAI - COMPARISONS/ SAME AS
      • DOUSHI - VERBS
      • KOTO GA DEKIRU - CAN DO
      • KOTO NI SURU - DECIDE TO DO
      • -TA ATODE - AFTER WE'VE DONE
      • CHIISAI TOKI - WHEN I WAS LITTLE
      • -TE MIRU - TRY SOMETHING AND SEE
      • NOMINALISERS - NO/KOTO
      • RELATIVE CLAUSES
      • DOU YATTE - HOW TO
      • YARIKATA - HOW TO
      • KOTO GA ARIMASU KA - HAVE YOU EVER...
      • TARA - IF
      • TABETE SHIMAIMASHITA - ENDED UP EATING
      • NANI KA/DARE KA - SOMETHING/ SOMEBODY
      • NANI MO/DARE MO - SOMETHING/ NOTHING
    • YEAR 12 KANJI >
      • HOMESTAY KANJI
    • ONLINE READING LINKS
    • YEAR 12 VOCABULARY >
      • HOMESTAY UNIT VOCABULARY
  • STUDENT BLOGS
    • YEAR 9 BLOGS >
      • ALBAN
      • AUSTIN
      • JAMIE
      • JANE
      • JASON
      • JORDAN
      • KOUSHI
      • MIA
      • OLIVIA
      • PAIGE
      • TANE
      • TEAGUE
    • YEAR 10 BLOGS >
      • エイデン
      • エリース
      • オスティン
      • カーラ
      • コーバン
      • コナーF.
      • コナーT.
      • サム
      • シャンテル
      • ニック
      • ハナ H.
      • ハナ M.
      • パトリック
      • マギー
    • YEAR 11 BLOGS >
      • トム
    • YEAR 12 BLOGS >
      • ホリー
  • LINKS AND RESOURCES
    • VIDEO RESOURCES
    • LISTENING RESOURCES
    • ONLINE COURSES
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Minna
​kikimashou!

Listen up everyone!

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Sensei ga yoku iu koto :: Things teachers often say


TEACHER TALK :: STARTING THE LESSON
  • ​Suwarimashou
    すわりましょう
  • ​Sit down
  • Shizuka ni
    しずか に
  • ​Quietly
  • ​Kikimashou
    ききましょう
  • ​Listen up
  • Ema san wa doko?
    えま さん は どこ?
  • ​Where's Emma?
  • Ema san wa oyasumi?
    えま さん は おやすみ?
  • ​Is Emma away?
  • ​Bobu san wa iru?
    ボブ さん は いる?
  • Is Bob here?
  • Bobu san wa inai
    ボブ さん は いない
  • ​Bob's not here

TEACHER TALK :: ​MANAGING THE LESSON
  • Tatte (kudasai)
    たって ください
  • ​Stand up (please)
  • Te wo agemashou
    て を あげもしょう
  • ​Hands up
  • Pasokon dashite
    パソコン だして
  • Take your laptops out 
  • ​Pasokon shimatte
    パソコン しまって
  • ​Put your laptops away
  • ​Nooto ni kaite
    ノート に かいて
  • ​Write it in your exercise book
  • Kaban ni irete
    かばん に いれて
  • ​Put it in your bag
  • ​E wo kaite
    え を かいて
  • ​Draw a picture
  • Mou ichi do
    もう いち ど
  • Once more
  • ​Ripiito shimashou
    リピート しましょう
  • ​Repeat it
  • Minna, chotto urusai yo!
    みんな、ちょっと うるさい よ
  •  A bit too noisy, everyone
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CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR TEACHER SAYS AT THE START OF THE LESSON?
​TEST YOURSELF ON QUIZLET!

TEACHER TALK :: ​ASKING FOR FEEDBACK
  • Dou desu ka?
    どう です か
  • ​How's that?
  • ​Wakaru?
    わかる?
  • ​Do you understand?
  • Ii desu ka?
    いい です か
  • ​Ready?
  • ​Mada?
    まだ?
  • ​Not yet?
  • ​Dekita?
    できた?
  • Have you done it?
  • ​Owatta?
    おわった?
  • ​Have you finished?
TEACHER TALK :: ​GIVING FEEDBACK
  • Sugoi!
    すごい
  • ​Amazing!
  • ​Kirei
    きれい
  • ​Tidy
  • Motto kirei ni shite
    もっと きれい に して
  • Do it more tidily
  • Subarashii
    すばらしい
  • ​Wonderful
  • ​Yoku dekita
    よく できた
  • ​Well done
  • Yoku ganbatta
    ​よく がんばった
  • You tried hard
  • Mou chotto ganbatte
    もう ちょっと がんばって
  • ​Try a bit harder
  • Jouzu
    じょうず
  • ​You're good at this
  • Omoshiroi
    おもしろい
  • That's funny :-D
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CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHEN YOUR TEACHER GIVES YOU FEEDBACK?
TEST YOURSELF ON QUIZLET!

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  • CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
    • REI - STARTING THE LESSON
    • THINGS STUDENTS SAY
    • THINGS TEACHERS SAY
    • CLASSROOM OBJECTS
  • YEARS 7 & 8
    • WEATHER AND FEELINGS >
      • KIMOCHI - FEELINGS
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • LANGUAGE REFERENCE - WEATHER AND FEELINGS
  • YEAR 9
    • AISATSU - GREETINGS
    • GREETINGS ANIME
    • JIKO SHOUKAI - SELF INTRODUCTION
    • NAMAE - NAMES
    • BANGOU - NUMBERS
    • NAN SAI? - HOW OLD ARE YOU?
    • KUNI - COUNTRIES
    • WHERE WE LIVE
    • LIKES AND DISLIKES
    • KAZOKU - FAMILY
    • TABEMONO - FOOD
    • TENKI - WEATHER
    • KYOUKA - SUBJECTS
    • SUBEJECT LIKES AND DISLIKES
    • GAKKOU - SCHOOL
    • HIRAGANA
    • YEAR 9 STUDENTS
  • YEAR 10
    • KAZOKU - FAMILY >
      • TANGO - VOCABULARY
      • NAN NIN? - HOW MANY PEOPLE?
      • DARE GA IMASU KA -WHO IS THERE?
      • DESCRIBING APPEARANCE
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • SHIGOTO - JOBS
    • KAIMONO - SHOPPING 1 >
      • SHOPPING CONVERSATIONS >
        • ONIGIRI SAN KO - THREE ONIGIRI
      • COUNTERS
      • NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
      • AKAI NO GA HOSHII - I WANT THE RED ONE
      • IKURA - HOW MUCH?
      • SORE WO KUDASAI - THAT ONE PLEASE
      • FUNNY JAPANESE COMMERCIALS
    • HOUSING >
      • AROUND HOME - VOCABULARY
      • WHAT'S IT LIKE? - DOU DESU KA?
      • ARIMASU-THERE IS/THERE ARE
      • HITOTSU ARIMASU-THERE IS ONE
      • IN/ON/UNDER - PREPOSITIONS
      • DESCRIBING WHERE THINGS ARE
      • KORE/SORE/ARE - THIS/THAT
    • SEIKATSU - DAILY LIFE >
      • VERBS - DAILY ACTIVITIES
      • HOW OFTEN?
      • TOMORROW - FUTURE TIME WORDS
      • PAST ACTIVITIES
      • YESTERDAY - PAST TIME WORDS
      • JIKAN - TIME
      • YOUBI - DAYS OF THE WEEK
    • YEAR 10 GAKKOU >
      • KYOUKA - SUBJECTS
      • SCHOOL VOCABULARY
    • DOUBUTSU - ANIMALS >
      • STORIES AND SONGS >
        • Zou no hana - The Elephant's Nose
        • Kobutanukitsuneko
    • YEAR 10 KANJI
  • YEAR 11
    • WATASHI-TACHI NO MACHI - OUR TOWN >
      • THINGS AROUND TOWN
      • NANI GA ARU? - WHAT IS THERE?
      • MAE / YOKO / USHIRO - Locations
      • ADJECTIVES - REVIEW
      • CHIISAKUTE, FURUI - Small and old - Joining adjectives
      • EKI GA ATTE, BENRI DESU - Forming compound sentences
      • IROIRONA MACHI - Descriptions of various towns
      • TARI-TARI - Do things like...
      • KARA - from, because, after >
        • KARA = FROM
        • KARA = BECAUSE/SO
        • KARA = AFTER
      • DOU YATTE IKU? - Giving Directions
      • NANI GA DEKIRU? - WHAT CAN WE DO THERE?
      • ASOBI NI KITE - COME AND VISIT
      • MACHI KANJI
      • MACHI ONLINE READING LINKS
    • KURISUMASU - CHRISTMAS >
      • NANI GA II - WHAT WOULD BE GOOD?
      • NI SHIMASU - EXPRESSING A DECISION
      • TO OMOU - I THINK
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • GIVING & RECEIVING - AGERU KURERU MORAU
      • OISHISOU - LOOKS DELICIOUS
      • TABETAI - WANT TO EAT
      • DESCRIBING PEOPLE
      • CHRISTMAS KANJI
    • KISETSU TO TENKI - SEASONS & WEATHER >
      • KISETSU - SEASONS
      • NARIMASU -BECOME
      • USING と FOR IF/WHEN
      • NO - NOMINALISING ADJECTIVES
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • AME GA FUTTE IMASU - IT'S RAINING
    • Y11 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • SUGIRU - Too much
      • NAGARA - While doing
      • TE MO II - PERMISSION
      • PRESENTATIONS - Oral language features
      • VERBS >
        • 1 Dan Verbs
        • 5 Dan Verbs
        • Common Irregular Verbs
      • CONNECTIVES - Joining words
    • Y11 LANGUAGE INDEX
  • YEAR 12
    • YEAR 12 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • ~NO HOU GA - COMPARISONS/ MORE ~ THAN
      • ICHIBAN~ - COMPARISONS/THE MOST
      • HODO. . . NAI - COMPARISONS/ NOT AS~AS
      • ONAJI GURAI - COMPARISONS/ SAME AS
      • DOUSHI - VERBS
      • KOTO GA DEKIRU - CAN DO
      • KOTO NI SURU - DECIDE TO DO
      • -TA ATODE - AFTER WE'VE DONE
      • CHIISAI TOKI - WHEN I WAS LITTLE
      • -TE MIRU - TRY SOMETHING AND SEE
      • NOMINALISERS - NO/KOTO
      • RELATIVE CLAUSES
      • DOU YATTE - HOW TO
      • YARIKATA - HOW TO
      • KOTO GA ARIMASU KA - HAVE YOU EVER...
      • TARA - IF
      • TABETE SHIMAIMASHITA - ENDED UP EATING
      • NANI KA/DARE KA - SOMETHING/ SOMEBODY
      • NANI MO/DARE MO - SOMETHING/ NOTHING
    • YEAR 12 KANJI >
      • HOMESTAY KANJI
    • ONLINE READING LINKS
    • YEAR 12 VOCABULARY >
      • HOMESTAY UNIT VOCABULARY
  • STUDENT BLOGS
    • YEAR 9 BLOGS >
      • ALBAN
      • AUSTIN
      • JAMIE
      • JANE
      • JASON
      • JORDAN
      • KOUSHI
      • MIA
      • OLIVIA
      • PAIGE
      • TANE
      • TEAGUE
    • YEAR 10 BLOGS >
      • エイデン
      • エリース
      • オスティン
      • カーラ
      • コーバン
      • コナーF.
      • コナーT.
      • サム
      • シャンテル
      • ニック
      • ハナ H.
      • ハナ M.
      • パトリック
      • マギー
    • YEAR 11 BLOGS >
      • トム
    • YEAR 12 BLOGS >
      • ホリー
  • LINKS AND RESOURCES
    • VIDEO RESOURCES
    • LISTENING RESOURCES
    • ONLINE COURSES