Name of teaching material
Action-word picture cards self-made product
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| Target |
Children who are able to read and write hiragana letters, but speak only single words (nouns such as names of things) and want to learn two-word (verb/noun) phrases including action words (Kindergarten, Elementary, Lower Secondary, and Upper Secondary Departments: 3 to 17 year olds) Children who want to increase their vocabulary of words commonly used in daily life |
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| Disability category | mentally challenged |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | Japanese activities for independent living instruction for living skills |
| Specific purposes |
To enable children to: --learn two-word phrases including action words, such as “sit on-the-chair” --improve their everyday communication skills |
| Considerations for disability characteristics |
Illustrations are employed to explain in simple terms what is being done, and to make it easier for the children to speak, using visual information. Small cards with a missing action word and a velcro patch are used, so the target terms can be easily affixed and removed. |
| Expected effects and results | Children can use two-word phrases including action words, and speak more frequently in everyday life. |
| How to use |
◯ Considerations in producing the teaching material ◯ Laminated cards are used, for repeated use. Appropriate non-action terms are written on each picture card (e.g., “on-the-chair”, for “sit”), with a Velcro patch in the space reserved for the missing action word. ◯ Procedure ◯ (1) The teacher shows a picture card and affixes the appropriate action-word card, then reads aloud the full phrase. (2) The teacher places several picture cards side by side, and the child selects the appropriate action-word card and affixes it in the proper place. (See the illustration below.) Note: The teacher gives a picture card to the child beforehand. From several small action-word cards, he/she selects the appropriate card and affixes it to the picture card. This teaching material can be applied to any task. The children can learn in variety of ways. |
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- Informant Special Needs Education School for the Mentally Challenged, University of Tsukuba
- Keywords Picture card, action word, two-word phrase
- Created 2017-11-09 15:13:36
- Updated 2023-12-08 17:18:09