Obento Deluxe Teacher Toolkit

Obento 5e is the market-leading Japanese series for Years 7–10 students in Australia. This fifth edition is revised and updated with greater explicit alignment to The Australian Curriculum: Japanese, greater support for the acquisition of Japanese script, streamlined and high-calibre digital content and a more cohesive 7–10 series.

The Obento Deluxe Teacher Toolkit provides structured and explicit connections to The Australian Curriculum: Japanese, saving teachers' time and supporting those less experienced or new to the series. At the back of the text are workbook pages with overprinted solutions and audio transcripts from the workbook. For schools that Booklist or class set this resource, you can contact your local learning consultant for access to the NelsonNet Teacher website to use NelsonNet unit tests and solutions, worksheets, grammar PowerPoint presentations and curriculum grids.

Key Features:

• Retains approach of the previous editions with improved and updated content to fully address The Australian Curriculum: Japanese.
• Strong emphasis on cultural and intercultural teaching and learning carefully integrated in a communicative approach
• Opportunities that cater for a range of different learning styles and abilities
• Updated digital content to provide a comprehensive range of quality resources
• All audio recorded by native speakers of Japanese

About the Authors

Peter Williams enjoyed an extensive teaching career before he joined the Western Australian School Curriculum and Standards Authroity (2006-2016) where he managed standards development across P–12. He is now developing curriculum management software for the K–12 market.

Sue has authored a number of published works, including the Obento Snack Pack and Obento Deluxe series. Sue has vast experience in teaching, writing and presenting Japanese language learning material. Sue has recently retired after 35 years teaching Japanese at primary and secondary levels, most recently at St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill in Sydney. Sue has managed The Nihongo Tanken Centre and she has also lectured in Languages Education at the University of Technology, Sydney and Sydney University.

Kyoko is an experienced Japanese teacher of long standing. Over a period of two decades she has taught the Japanese language to primary and secondary students, including mature age students. Kyoko currently teaches at Santa Sabina College, Sydney, NSW and has extensive experience as Senior Marker, Supervisor of Marking and as a judge of HSC NSW. She has served as a committee member and presenter for the Japanese Teachers' Association, JTAN, has completed a Masters in Education, and has qualifications in NAAFTI Japanese translation and interpreting. Before her teaching career, Kyoko was an editor of children's educational books in Japan and her extensive educational experience has been invaluable in her role as co-author of both the Obento Deluxe andSupreme series.