Quirky comics: Japanese – poor Yūko, level 1
This beginner text is about a girl who encounters a sequence of bad events while trying to get to school.
This Quirky comics video 'Japanese – poor Yūko, level 1' supports the teaching of 'Understanding texts' outcomes in the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus. This can be done in many ways, including:
- Students can use the provided transcripts to read the stories aloud and record themselves perform the stories as plays.
- They can summarise, sequence, extend and change the beginning or ending of the stories.
- They can write profiles of the characters and then put them in different situations.
The text can also lead to communicative 'Interacting' or 'Creating texts' tasks, such as, telling a nurse why you don’t feel well or writing an invitation to a birthday party.
Watch 'Japanese – poor Yūko, level 1', Japanese title 'かわい そうな ゆうこ' (1:17)
Frame 1-1
Yuuko
ろくӶɡょはやくがっこういくĂ
Rokuji. Kyoo hayaku gakkoo iku.
Frame 1-2
Yuuko
かばんど°
Kaban doko?
Frame 1-3
Yuuko
ない。
Nai.
Frame 1-4
Yuuko
ない。
Nai.
Frame 2-1
Yuuko
ɡたĂ
Atta.
Frame 2-2
Yuuko
ǴDzԴڳܰ〶すくない。
Koonfureeko sukunai.
Frame 2-3
Yuuko
Miruku すくない。
Miruku sukunai.
Frame 2-4
Yuuko
Toosuto おいしくない。
Toosuto oishikunai.
Frame 3-1
Yuuko
なに？？？はえ！！！いや！
Nani??? Hae!!! Iya!
Frame 4-1
Yuuko
いってきます！
Itte kimasu!
Frame 4-2
Yuuko
いや！くさい！
Iya! Kusai!
Frame 5-1
Yuuko
いや！
Iya!
Frame 5-2
Yuuko
まって！
Matte!
Frame 5-3
Yuuko
ɡいていく。
Aruite iku.
Frame 6-1
Yuuko
へえ？
Hee?
Frame 6-2
Yuuko
せいとたちど°
Seitotachi doko?
Frame 6-3
Man
きょうにちようび。
Nichiyoobi.
Frame 6-4
Yuuko
にちよび！！！！
Nichiyoobi!!!!
[End of transcript]
Syllabus
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Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from © NSW vlog Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2019