• All in one book is no fuss for teachers and students as it is easy to learn and study from, prepare for tests and assignments and for finally
  having just one book to carry.
• Grammar, vocabulary and activities are clear and purposeful.
• It is well structured from beginning to end and flows well into topics which are relevant and interesting to the students.
• It has great graphics (funky manga characters and vocabulary pictures) which students love.
• The more capable and advanced students can go ahead in the book without teacher assistance as it is so clearly laid out and simple to follow.
• Students have a sense of achievement after each unit is completed, as it is full of their own work!
• Students can write notes and highlight over the pages we are working on.

 
TEACHER: Vanessa Guild
(Immanuel Lutheran College, Maroochydore, QLD)

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• As a teacher of Japanese in both the primary and secondary sectors, I have used and been exposed to a large variety of Japanese textbooks and workbooks. Whilst they are great to a point, they are often not relevant to modern Japan and many do not link to the Australian Curriculum making it difficult to ensure that assessment is relevant.
  
  I love that Dan Dan Japanese uses authentic Japanese Anime characters that students quickly become to know and love. I like that the program is not just a few activities or suggestions here and there, instead you receive full units of work that link together as students’ progress from belt to belt. There are even specific resources or links that are connected with each unit and these are available as well.
  
  Each unit of work is scaffolded and the large range of activities in each unit is designed to cater to the varied needs of students. More importantly each unit of work is aligned with the Australian Curriculum and very easy to adapt to the 2017 Victorian Curriculum F-10. I would highly recommend the Dan Dan Japanese program!

 
TEACHER: Teacher Pay Teachers customer
(Victorian Japanese teacher)
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“The Dan-Dan Japanese book is interesting and well written.  It is chockablock with fun and colourful explanatory activities, which teach young children all they want to learn about the Japanese language.  Throughout the book there are stories about real people and the time they spent in Japan and what they learnt.  The book is set out to interest children and make learning Japanese really fun and I think it does that with all the colourful pictures and interesting facts about Japan”. 

 

STUDENT: Tiarn Rose
(Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosa, QLD)

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"Students love the vibrant and cute illustrations on the flashcards.  The font of the words is large, clear and easy to read which make them useful for whole class reading practice, activities and games.  As a language teacher, we all know good flashcards are time-consuming to make and very expensive to print in colour, so these flashcards are certainly the most economical and well-used resource I have purchased all year!"

 

TEACHER: Kylie Smith
(Dripstone Middle School, Darwin NT)

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The workbook is easy to use and provides a wide variety of activities for the students to complete.
They are well presented and set out with an easy to follow approach. I really found the booklet very useful as there is
nothing currently available in Japanese teaching resources which provide such a variety of activities for students.
I highly recommend this work book to Japanese language teachers.

 

TEACHER: Samantha Williams

(Maryborough West State School)

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The Flash Cards

• Great pictures which the students love.
• Great to have the Japanese words written in a clear font.
• The flash cards definitely reinforce learning vocabulary and can be used to play games and substitute in grammar explanations.

 

TEACHER: Jodie Hyde

(St. Luke's, Bundaberg, QLD)

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• I can say with confidence and experience that learning Japanese with Dan-Dan Japanese is the easiest and most enjoyable way to go! I went through high school using these booklets and they kept me on track with the lessons and the content, and the use of crosswords and other fun activities in the booklets made learning so much easier. I would 10/10 recommend Dan Dan Japanese to a friend who wants to learn the language.

Year 12 graduate [used DDJ throughout High Schooling]

(Ipswich Girls Grammar, QLD)

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“The Dan-Dan Japanese book is well set out and interesting.  The book makes it easier to learn and I like that there are pictures and fun activities.  It is cool how there are stories in it about how people spent their time in Japan.  There are lots of fun activities where students can practice Japanese characters”.

 

STUDENT: Georgia-Rose Ashton
(Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosa, QLD)

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"I was taught by Toriyabe Sensei and Bailey Sensei since Grade Nine and found their teaching style and resources very easy to understand and to use. The sentence structure explanations are clear and easy to understand, and the examples and exercises that follow allow you to apply the new material across a wide range of real world situations. The kanji and vocabulary also come up at relevant times and the tasks throughout the units allow you to practise them constantly and become confident with using them.

My time studying Japanese was the highlight of my schooling as it was not only fun, but challenged me and gave me an insight into Japanese culture. The resources used undoubtedly helped my achieve a VHA10 at Senior Exit and prepared me very well for Japanese at University level. I have found that I can easily understand the higher level material much more readily than others. I would highly recommend Dan-Dan Japanese to any student or teacher."

 

STUDENT: Matthew Hollindale
(Pacific Lutheran College, Caloundra, QLD)

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What a fantastic resource and guide to teaching the Japanese language, making it easy and fun to learn! The Dan-Dan Japanese textbook is a great way to engage students with its modern font, great icons and graphics, and its easy and logical lesson and unit layout. Using this text in my class has taken the pressure off the everyday demands of teaching, allowing me the scope to expand and explore the topics whilst catering for the needs of my individual classes and students.

Positives include:

• Invaluable teaching  and learning resource
• Fantastic flash cards with  great icons and font which is a fabulous help for vocabulary retention, not to mention engaging the students  and making Japanese fun
• The activities have great checklist/marking tables which makes marking and recording results a breeze
• A definite plus is the ease at which a relief teacher (even if they are not language trained) can continue with the content and language learning for the students.

This resource comes highly recommended!

 

TEACHER: Nicole Notting
(Kawana Waters State College, Kawana, QLD)

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• This Brown Belt booklet was very helpful as it was an activity book and textbook in one. I especially appreciated the sentence structures and the situational examples, as well as the normal examples.
• The layout of the booklet including the manga-style images made it interesting and easy to use.
• The mix of speaking, reading and writing tasks was definitely useful.
• The grammar patterns were extremely useful for Senior Japanese and helped me receive an A in speaking!

STUDENT: Liene Reiher, Year 12
(Unity College, QLD)

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• The playing with connectors page was fantastic and great idea.
• My students loved the different activities to help them revise their kanji.
• The booklet explained grammar patterns and provided a number of tasks to help reinforce student learning.
• Cultural notes were excellent throughout the booklet.
• Font was easy to read in English and Japanese.
• Graphics were entertaining and relevant.

TEACHER: Peta Hearn
(Townsville State High School, QLD)

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• I enjoyed the chapter speech bubbles/tips, I found them helpful.
• I really like how the textbook and activity book have been combined into one - keeps all the information and activities together.

STUDENT: Rebecca Thorpe, Year 12
(Unity College, QLD)

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• It was useful to have reference pages at the beginning of the booklet for particles and for changing verbs and adjectives.
• Great variety of activities to practice new vocabulary and sentence structures.
• Relevant and useful kanji and cultural points for the topic.

TEACHER: Fiona Scarth
(Beaudesert State High School, QLD)

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• Activity and text book in one was very good.
• More casual approach, not as regimented!
• The images were cute!
• So much grammar content - so good!
• Reading and writing tasks were challenging but good, very helpful.

STUDENT: Emma Connell, Year 12
(Unity College, QLD)

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• Dan-Dan Japanese Black Belt was very useful in exploring vocab and introducing new kanji and kanji practise.
• The sentence patterns were very helpful when using them in exams.

STUDENT: Shannon Cooper, Year 11
(Unity College, QLD)

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• Dan-Dan Japanese's layout was very clear, due to the large writing, it allowed for easier retainment of sentence patterns.
• Cultural readings were useful for Senior Japanese.
• The layout gave clear, concise and easy to read sentences.

STUDENT: Vincent Holliday, Year 12
(Unity College, QLD)

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