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General SurveyofJapanese Class at Roppongi Junior HighSchoolWelcome to Roppongi J.H.S!

The Japanese Class atRoppongi Junior High School
6-8-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku,Tokyo 106-0032
ＴＥＬ 03（3404）8855 (Teachers’ office)03（3404）8500 (Direct Line)ＦＡＸ 03（3404）8856

Students Studying Japanese in Our Class (As of April 1, 202３)① Grade and Sex② First Language
1st2nd

3rdTotal

Tagalog254

1116

Chinese143

888

English420

625

36Kazakh

1102

Arabic0101Indonesian

1001

Ukrainian

0101Uzbek

1001

German0101

Persian

1001

Malayalam

0101

Romanian

0011

Russian

1001

Total

1216836

Grade(Age)MaleFemale

Total

1st(12-13)

57

12

2nd(13-14)

610

3rd(14-15)

0Total11③ Learning Materials
These are the learning materials students mainly use.
＜For Learning Sentence Patterns＞
・「みんなの日本語Ⅰ・Ⅱ」
・「日本語学級１・２」＜For Reading Practice＞
・「楽しく読もうⅠ」
・「みんなの日本語初級Ⅰ・Ⅱ 初級で読めるトピック２５」＜For Writing Practice＞
・「ひろこさんのたのしいにほんご１ ぶんけいれんしゅうちょう」
・「ひろこさんのたのしいにほんご２ ぶんけいれんしゅうちょう」
・「みんなの日本語初級Ⅰ・Ⅱ 書いて覚える文型練習帳」＜For Practicing Kanji＞
・「BASIC KANJI BOOK VOL.1,VoL.2」
・「かんじだいすき（一）～（六）」・「１日１５分の漢字練習上・下」・「隂山式漢字練習帳」「漢字マスター」＜For Listening Practice＞
・「みんなの日本語初級Ⅰ・Ⅱ 聴解タスク２５」

１．About Our Class⑴ Date Our Class Started
April 1, 2019
＊Tsukyu style : Students come to our class keeping enrolled intheir schools⑵ Students Who Our Class Is For
Students who are related to foreign countries and enrolled in a
public junior high school in Minato-ku.
⑶ Teachers
Principal
Vice-principal
Teacher

Tomoko Matsushima (松島 智子)
Takashi Higuchi (樋口 貴志)
Tomoki Kiminami (君波 友樹)
Takumi Soma（相馬 拓実）
Ria Abe（阿部 理亜）
School Support Staff Koji Morimoto（森本 耕司）

２．What Our Class Is For
School should be a place where students can study with
fun and get lots of knowledge and things they need in theirsocial lives. Living life with fulfillment makes their mind
and body better and healthier.
However, students who speak languages other thanJapanese as their mother tongues are sometimes having a
hard time understanding and talking in Japanese in theirschool life.
Our class supports them so that they can learn Japanesesmoothly to enjoy their school lives in Japan. The othergoal for us is to support the students to learn Japanese toenter high schools in Japan.

３．Who Our Class Is For
Our Japanese class is for students who are related to foreigncountries, enrolled in public schools in Minato City, and feelingdifficulties in understanding Japanese in their daily lives. Parents,
the principal of their enrolling school, and the principal of our school
discuss it before lessons start.

４．Aims of Our Class(1) To enhance students’ positive attitude to study Japanese andcommunicate in it.
(2) To enhance students’ positive attitude to respect the culture of
their countries and also accept Japanese culture.

５．Outline of Our Japanese Lessons(1) The number of lessons will be decided in a conference among thestudent, the homeroom teacher of his/her enrolling school, and theteacher of the Japanese class with consideration of his/herJapanese ability. We consider the schedule of his/her enrollingclass as much as we can.
(2)

We teach Japanese as an additional language.
① To develop skills to talk in Japanese in their daily lives.
② To develop skills to study school subjects, read, and express
themselves in Japanese.
③ To develop skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing ina good balance.

(3)

We support the students’ daily lives.
① We support their school lives.
② We support their social lives.
※ We offer learning contents and materials that aresuitable for each student. The lessons will be held insmall groups.

６．Visiting and Application
Visiting our class and consultation is available at any time.
【Procedure to Join Our Class 】① Parent talks to the homeroom teacher and the principal of theschool which the student is enrolled at about joining our class.
②The principal of the school which the student is enrolled inassesses the properness of the student ’ s necessity to theJapanese class. The principal fills out an application form for ourclass and send it to the principal of Roppongi J.H.S. (Theapplication is needed only at joining our class.)③ The student and his/her parent come to Roppongi J.H.S. and havea conference with the principal and the teacher of the Japaneseclass.
④ We discuss and decide what days and periods the student comesto our class with the homeroom teacher of the enrolling school.
⑤ After all the procedure is done, the student starts commuting.
※ Basically, the students can study in our class for up to 2 years
after he/she starts attending our class.
※ The transportation fee to commute is NOT provided.