Japanese/English Primary School Reader Series Level 4: A Dangerous Meeting – Hiragana Only

Description

With online audio.

Students in Year 3 and 4 are now exposed to social media very early. This picture book very clearly demonstrates the importance of knowing who a friend is or isn’t on the internet. Following the story of a naive raccoon who befriends a ‘fox’ she has never met in person, children will learn that this can lead to very dangerous real life situations. Readers will additionally start to learn common Japanese phrases and also see how language use when texting between friends becomes informal.

With free access to a bilingual audiobook and hiragana chart bookmark to assist with decoding, this 20 page picture book has been written for primary aged 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). (See specific Content Descriptions below).

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 children 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.