Japanese/English Primary School Reader Series Level 2: Ocean, Ocean, How Are You? – Hiragana Only

Description

With online audio.

How does the ocean feel? Combining sustainability and the environment with the basic question, ‘Ogenki desu ka?’ (How are you?), this story explores how the ocean ‘feels’. As the ocean explains its different feelings depending on its state, children can reflect on why the ocean feels this way for each page and then begin using the key vocabulary to describe their own emotions in Japanese.

With free access to a bilingual audio book and hiragana chart bookmark, this 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 Content Descriptors 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.