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How to Build a Japanese Language Portfolio

🚀 New Blog Post! 🚀 Want to create a Japanese Language Portfolio? Learn how the Passport, Biography, and Dossier sections track progress & showcase skills! 📖✨ #MyNihongoLessons

Imagine you or your student confidently flipping through a beautifully crafted portfolio, showcasing their Japanese language journey like a world traveler stamping their passport. A well-structured language portfolio doesn’t just document progress—it transforms learning into a personal and meaningful adventure! Why Every Student Needs a Japanese Language Portfolio A language portfolio is like a…

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Nihongo Dreams Worksheets

I love exploring Japanese through a multi-literacy experiences. Check out this activity for ALL level of Japanese language learners. Let me know what you think.

I love exploring Japanese through a multi-literacy experiences. Regardless of your level of Japanese, you will be able to gain something in lessons based on the multi-literacy approach. This worksheet ties in with the Nihongo Dreams post from a few days ago. If you haven’t read about the BAKU yet, please start there. Step 1: Watch this video from my post Nihongo Dreams Step 2: Download & print…

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6 Kinds of lucky days on Japanese calendars

6 Kinds of lucky days on Japanese calendars

I’m setting up my Hobonichi calendar for the new semester. I use an A5 Hobonichi Cousin Avec, which means the year is separated into two books. I prefer this for scheduling the semester classes that I teach. Each daily page contain a quote from a book or other source in Japanese, and also shows the moon phase, kanji version of the date, and holiday.The month pages show major Japanese holidays…

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Sketching Me as a Japanese language user - Worksheet with Authentic Resources

My favorite session for discovering your Possible Selves as a Japanese language user! What does your Possible Selves Tree look like?

If you have been working through these worksheets, you will have written about your strengths, interests, hopes, expectations and fears about being a Japanese language user, as well as someone with a career and as a good human. This unit makes this visual. This step was a key turning point for me when I was first researching student motivation in less commonly taught languages. I saw a…

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Thinking about the Japanese - Worksheet with Authentic Resources

Today's worksheets lead you to create your own Maneki Neko that represent you hopes, expectations of being a Japanese language as well as fears that are holding you back

I want to take you down the path of thinking – thinking about your hopes, expectations and fears – not only in the Japanese language, but in other areas of your life where Japanese may come into play. Note to reader: This lesson is usually taught in mid February. Currently I am posting writings from my graduate program in preparation for a speech in November. This is UNIT 3 in the Possible…

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Whew! 疲れている!

Summer course grading is done! I’m taking break today, but tomorrow I will begin posting portions of Unit 3 of my motivational curriculum. It’s all about thinking of ourselves as Nihongo Users, adjectives, and Maneki Neko おやすみなさい

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Discovering from Authentic Resources Worksheet

Today's worksheets will help you identify your strengths and visualize what you will do as a Japanese language user in the near future. Click on the image to take a look!

I want to take you on a journey of discovery – a discovery of your strengths and interests, not only in the Japanese language, but in other areas of your life where Japanese may come into play. If this is your first visit to my site, please start at Unit 1 Nihongo Dreams and don’t forget the Unit 1 Nihongo Dreams Worksheets. If you are returning for Unit 2, there will be 4 posts, total.Unit 2…

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Nihongo Dreams

What is your Nihongo Dream? Why are your studying Japanese? PLUS learn about BAKU & how to use lyrics to create your own power lesson.

For most of my life people have asked me “Why are your studying Japanese?” As a language professor at an art college I’m constantly confronted by non-artists asking “Why do artists need to learn languages?? My answer is usually “Why not?!” My Nihongo Dreams have change through the years (as they should). be an exchange student ✅get a job in Japan✅work as an actor in Japanese✅promote Japan-US…

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Hajimemashite! Hello!

I finally started the blog about Japaense Language Learning. Please subscribe!

はじめまして。Tracieです。どうぞよろしく。 Hello!  I’m Tracie!  Finally I’m jumping in and starting this blog that I have been threatening to do for so many years.   I’m a lifelong Japanese language learner.  Since I was quite young, I have had a passion for learning to communicate in Japanese.  I grew up in rural Nebraska… pre-internet….  and yet I was able to make it happen.   1997 Nagano Binzuru Festival as…