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October 18, 2005
Japanese worksheets?
This evening someone emailed me and asked, "Do you know where I can find Japanese worksheets for beginners?" My reply email bounced, so I'll post it here instead.
I think that someone has developed kana worksheets, but I'm not sure about grammar or vocabulary. I haven't used worksheets in a long time.
Here's an idea: make up some worksheets covering your topic(s) of interest. The exercise of building the worksheets will probably make you learn the topics more than following someone else's worksheets would. Then you can publish the worksheets on the web and earn the gratitude of many other learners, or publish them in a book and earn enough money to finance your trip to Japan.
Hmmm. That isn't a half-bad idea.
Permalink | Posted by Joe at October 18, 2005 10:31 PM
Comments
yeah! it is a brill idea!
earthcallingdavid has worksheets, and they are handy. esp the verbs, which is good for me.
http://earthcallingdavid.com/page1/Files.html
your idea that you learn more making the learning materials is even proven by research. there's nothing to say that you have to be a native speaker or expert in order to make contributions.
go for it! :)
Posted by: heather at October 20, 2005 09:31 AM
Thanks heather. I'm going to check out David's worksheets myself. Extra practice is always nice.
Yep, I remember from education classes many years ago that the most effective learning method is teaching: making up worksheets, teaching others, or even simply going through the exercise of explaining something to yourself forces you to understand the material better than simply listening or taking notes. If only I could remember to do that consistently.
Posted by: Joe at October 20, 2005 10:21 AM
yeah, i think there was a debate going on at kenkyuukai about whether or not one is qualified to make materials.
bummer i can't find the link, since the site is down at the moment.
Posted by: heather james at October 20, 2005 05:27 PM