Primary School - Grade 5 ! Yeah !!
In Japan, where I am teaching, from April 2009 the government has done another revamp of the curriculum for this grade,
or perhaps I should say, has begun to use a curriculum for this grade.
The new curriculum is based on the ESL textbook English Note 1 and 2. The book company, Kairyudo, was good enough to provide, free of charge,
very basic translations of the lesson plans taken from sections of the accompanying teachers guide book. The Grade 5 lesson plans can be found
here on the companies website. Whether this new curriculum is better, or lagging in
what was being taught around schools prior will be a topic of discussion around Japanese primary schools in 1 years time.
No doubt, teachers will take on board areas which they think are good, and work around the rest.
Here is the curriculum translated by Blue Jeans Egg into English, for the convenience of us English Speakers.
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The original transcript, in Japanese, can be found here.
This transcript comes from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology - Japan home page. Though this document can
only be found on pages written in Japanese, there is also an English language area which has various education related documents which may
be of interest to you.
Blue Jeans Egg has done his best to translate the meaning of this document. If however, you have
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The copyright ownership is held by the book company Kairyudo.
Blue Jeans Egg translated this page for the benefit of Assistant Language Teachers (ALT's) working in schools in Japan.
A basic summary of the lesson plans has been kindly translated and provided by the book company
Kairyudo.
A printable version of the curriculum below, translated by Blue Jeans Egg, can be found here.
| A Primary School ESL Curriculum - Grade 5 Speaking/ Communication Component |
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| Unit | Lesson Number |
Topic | Example |
| Unit 1 Greetings of the World |
1.1 | Greetings from different languages around the world. | "G'day mate", "Bonjour",... |
| 1.2 | Greeting manors. To greet and exchange names in a positive way. |
A: "Hi." B: "Hi." A: "My name's Yuki." B: "My name's Taro. Good to meet you." B: "Good to meet you, too." ... etc. |
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| 1.3 | Greet friends and exchange pre-prepared name cards. | As above, but perhaps more formally. Like a preparing for business greetings course in Japan using English. | |
| Unit 2 Let's use Gestures |
2.1 | Express conditions, emotions or feelings and associated gestures. | A: "How do you feel?" B: "I'm happy." ... etc |
| 2.2 | Why are gestures important? Communication exchanging gestures. |
As above | |
| 2.3 | Communication exchanging gestures with a partner. | As above | |
| 2.4 | Communicating conditions or feelings using expressions and gesture. | As above | |
| Unit 3 Let's play with numbers! |
3.1 | Understanding there are different ways of counting around the world. 1 to 10. | English - counting 0 to 10. French - counting 0 to 10. etc. |
| 3.2 | Understanding their are different ways of counting around the world. 0 to 20. | English - counting 0 to 20. French - counting 0 to 20. etc. |
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| 3.3 | Answering questions about quantity. 0 to 20. | A: "How many?" B: "Five." |
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| 3.4 | Play games with friends using numbers | A: "How many cows?" B: "Five." |
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| Unit 4 Let's introduce ourselves ! |
4.1 | Likes and dislikes, listening comprehension. | "I like tomato." "I don't like baseball." |
| 4.2 | Communicating with a friend about likes and dislikes. | As above | |
| 4.3 | Enquiring about a friends likes and dislikes. | A: "Do you like apples?" B: "Yes, I do."/ "No, I don't." |
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| 4.4 | Giving self introductions about likes and dislikes. | "Hello, my name is Yuki. I like tomatoes, ... "etc | |
| Unit 5 Clothing from different countries |
5.1 | To learn about clothing around the world and their English names. | "Dress", "shoes", ... |
| 5.2 | Being aware of and expressing opinions used when clothes shopping. | "I like red. I don't like blue." | |
| 5.3 | Giving clear customer requests and using helpful, polite shopkeeper language. | A: "Can I help you?" B: "Do you have a red cap?" A:"Yes, I do. Here you are." |
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| 5.4 | Giving a speech presentation about what students bought. | "Hello. My name is Mai. I have a blue T-shirt, red socks,..." | |
| Unit 6 Foreign words used in the Japanese language |
6.1 | Foreign loan words, their origins and the differences in their pronunciation. | "tomato", "bus", etc |
| 6.2 | When enquired, responding by requesting wants. | A: "What do you want?" B: "Melon, please." |
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| 6.3 | Search and ask for fruit to make a 'fruit buffet' from fruit the students like. | as above | |
| 6.4 | Give a speech presentation about the 'fruit buffet' each student made the week before. | "I have pineapple, ..." | |
| Unit 7 Quiz Show ! |
7.1 | Learning some interesting or useful (non-loan) words in English. | "Bag", "lolly", "cow", ...etc. |
| 7.2 | Knowing the answering to and answering the question "What's this?" | A: "What's this?" B: "It's a cow." |
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| 7.3 | Learn the names of animals in English. | A: "What's this?" B: "It's a cat." ...etc |
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| 7.4 | Hold a fun quiz contest with students asking and answering questions to each other about the name of objects. | as above | |
| Unit 8 Let's make a school timetable ! |
8.1 | Learn what primary school students study in foreign countries, and their English names. | "Science", "history", "maths", ... etc. |
| 8.2 | Play a game using the days of the week and school subjects. | "Science",..etc. "Monday",..etc. |
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| 8.3 | Describe to a friend a self-made school timetable. | "I study science." ...etc. | |
| 8.4 | Participate enthusiastically in a quiz contest. | as above | |
| Unit 9 Let's make a lunch menu ! |
9.1 | Learn about differences between a Japanese breakfast and breakfast in other countries. | Various breakfast food names. "Cereal", ... etc. |
| 9.2 | Learn the names of different foods in English. | Expanding on above | |
| 9.3 | Using polite language, ask and answer questions about food wants. | A: "What would you like?" B: "Bacon and eggs, please." |
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| 9.4 | Asking a friend what they like and making them a special lunch. | as above | |
Butter should be spread on toast while it is hot.