Theame: Shopping, Japanese Money and Counting
Outcomes: By the end of this unit, learners will be able to
Ask how much for things
Ask for things to buy
Take out correct amount of money from a wallet
Have increased language and cultural awareness
Know that counting things is not the same as counting people
Know that there is a denomination for 10,000 in Japanese
Know that there is nothing like 'cent' in Japanese currency
Learning How to learn: Easier to put comma after every 4 zeros when
counting in Japanese. e.g. 1,0000 (ichi man) instead of 10,000.
1 Use realia to practice counting money.
2. Take out correct amount from a wallet exercise.
3. Money Match Up
4. Discuss and guess, based on their knowledge, if asking for discount is
ok or not. (In English)
5. Discuss or multiple question quiz, if tips are required or not
6. Compare costs of living in Japan and Australia using supermarket /real
estate / car dealers/ fast food restaurants/ brochures.
7. Tell your friend what you want to buy and get him/her to make a
shopping list for you.
8. Ask how much your partner is wearing today.
9. Shopping song
10. Make a second verse to the shopping song
11.Games
Llistening: Listen to your sensei and,
*Circle the correct picture, number words and sentences.
*Write how much the items were and how many were bought.
Speaking: Check list to be checked by me, my friend and then my teacher.
Role - Play
Reading and Writing: Budget Shopping
With a budget of 5,000 yen, you must buy at least 10 items
from the list.
