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Have
you ever used authentic manga in your Japanese class? Students
are attracted to manga, which contain rich cultural information,
but they may find the language levesl too difficult. In this
issue, we’d like to look at manga and show how they can be used
as a teaching resource for your senior classes. |
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Did you know that the 3rd November is Manga Day as well as Culture
Day in Japan?
Manga are widely read not only by children but also by adults.
40 % of magazines and books sold in Japan are manga. Manga come
in the form of books, or as weekly or monthly magazines (週刊マンガ/月刊マンガ
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and you may be surprised to see businessmen in suits reading
manga magazines on the train. Manga cover a wide range of topics,
and target specific reader groups. For example, 少年マンガ
(boys’ manga) are full of action, with common themes related
to sports and school life, and 少女マンガ
(girls’ manga) contain themes related to romance and friendships.
Popular manga sell out quickly, and increasingly, girls are
reading boys’ manga. |
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Many manga are currently available in Japanese, English and
bilingual versions. You may choose different versions for different
teaching purposes. Here are some suggested tasks and activities.
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Introducing
Japanese youth culture |
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Manga
contain a wide range of daily life settings. By reading the
English version, students can learn about Japanese youth culture.
Students can compare and contrast aspects of culture by discussing
topics such as friendship, fashion, sport and romance in Japanese.
Students can also introduce and describe each character in Japanese
and draw a character map. |
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Introducing
onomatopoeia |
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Manga
is a great resource for showing students how onomatopoeia and
mimetic words are used in an authentic Japanese context. Many
of these expressions appear in Japanese in the English versions.
Students can read a manga in English, find onomatopoeic expressions,
make a list of these and give English meanings. |
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Teaching
speech styles |
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Students
can learn casual speech style by reading manga. They can first
read the English version of a manga to get to know the story
beforehand, and then read the Japanese version to pick up specific
examples of speech in Japanese. Students can also white out
the bubbles and put in their own words. |
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The
Japan Foundation Sydney Language Centre has a number
of suitable manga in Japanese, English and bilingual versions.
Please see "Manga for loan" below
for further information. You can also contact the library, or
visit their website:
http://www.jpf.org.au/library/lindex.html |
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 We
have created a 2 page story 「さくら学園」
to help you introduce manga to your students. Here is a diagram
showing how manga are read:
Manga is read from right to left.
Start at the top right panel and
read to the left as shown >> |
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Tasks |
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- Cut the manga
story into frames, mix them up and put them in the right
order.
- Find the following
onomatopoeia and mimetic words in the story and guess the
meanings.
a.ザワザワ b.ポン c.パシッ d.シーン e.ポッ f.ダッ g.キャーキャー h.ガーン
 Draw
a map of the characters showing their relationship to one
another.- Write a sequel
to the story.
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This
section co-ordinated by HimikoNegishi-Wood
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