Quirky comics: Japanese – What for... 1
This beginner text is about a young man who receives a mysterious phone call that leads him to different places.
The Quirky comics video texts support 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 texts 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 'What for... – Level 1' (2:37)
(Duration: 2 minutes 37 seconds)
Frame 1-1
Man: もしもし
Moshi moshi
Frame 1-2
Woman on phone: にじにきっさてんにいって！
Niji ni kissaten ni itte!
Frame 1-3
Man: え？だれ？もしもし！
E? Dare? Moshi moshi!
Frame 1-4
Man: わかりません。きっさてん？にじ？おかしいね！なに？
Wakarimasen. Kissaten? Niji? Okashiine! Nani?
Frame 2-1
Woman orange hat: けんじくん？
Kenji kun?
Frame 2-2
Man: はい、ぼく、けんじ。
Hai, boku, Kenji.
Frame 2-3
Woman orange hat:てがみ。どうぞ。
Tegami. Doozo.
Frame 2-4
Man: あれ？よしこさん？
Are? Yoshikosan?
Frame 2-5
Woman orange hat: いいえ、ちがう。よくよんで！
Iie, chigau. Yoku yonde!
Frame 2-6
Man: びよういんにいって！
Biyooin ni itte!
Frame 2-7
Man: え？
E?
Frame 3-1
Woman with glasses: けんじくん？
Kenjikun?
Frame 3-2
Man: はい、ぼく、けんじ。よしこさん？
Hai, boku, Kenji. Yoshikosan?
Frame 3-3
Woman in glasses: いいえ、ちがう。すわって！かつらをつけて！
Iie, chigau. Suwatte! Katsura o tsukete.
Frame 3-4
Man in wig: わあ！おとうさんみたい。
Waa! Otoosan mitai.
Frame 3-5
Woman in glasses: よくきいて！ようふくやにいって！
Yoku kiite! Yoofukuya ni itte!
Frame 3-6
Man in wig: でも。。。
Demo…
Frame 3-7
Woman in glasses: はやく！
Hayaku!
Frame 4-1
Woman pink wig: ああ、けんじくん？
Aa, kenjikun?
Frame 4-2
Man in wig: あれ？よしこさん？
Are? Yoshikosan?
Frame 4-3
Woman pink wig: いいえ、ちがう。どうぞ。Kootoをきて！
Iie, chigau. Doozo. Kooto o kite!
Frame 4-4
Man in wig: どうして？
Dooshite?
Frame 4-5
Woman pink wig: しんぱいしないで！はやくきて！
Shinpai shinaide! Hayaku kite!
Frame 4-6
Woman pink wig: ああ、ちょうどいい。
Aa, choodo ii.
Frame 4-7
Man in wig: え？なにが？
E? Naniga?
Frame 4-8
Woman pink wig: もうひとつ。Depaatoにいって！
Moo hitotsu. Depaato ni itte!
Frame 4-9
Man in wig: え？どうして？
E? Dooshite?
Frame 4-10
Woman pink wig: はやく！
Hayaku!
Frame 5-1
Woman patch: けんじくん？
Kenjikun?
Frame 5-2
Man wig: あっ、よしこさん！
A, Yoshikosan!
Frame 5-3
Woman patch: いいえ、ちがう。はやく！これ！めがねをかけて！
Iie, chigau. Hayaku! Kore! Megane o kakete!
Frame 5-4
Man glasses: なに？
Nani?
Frame 5-5
Woman patch: しんぱいしないで！ごかいまでerebeetaaにのりましょう！はやく！
Shinpai shinaide! Go kai made erebeetaa ni norimashoo! Hayaku!
Frame 5-6
Man glasses: え？ごかい？なに？
E? Gokai? Nani?
Frame 6-1
Elevator: うえにまいります。
Ue ni mairimasu.
Frame 6-2
Elevator: にかい
Ni kai
Frame 6-3
Elevator: さんがい
San gai
Frame 6-4
Elevator: よんかい
Yon kai
Frame 6-5
Elevator: ごかいでございます
Go kai de gozaimasu
Frame 6-6
Everyone: おたんじょうびおめでとう！
Otanjyoobi omedetoo!
[End of transcript]
Syllabus
Please note:
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Languages K-10 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2019