Look them up on Amazon?How to reliably find Japanese names for English books?
He can read and so can I and good deal in Kanji- for me many grades of . It is really remembering the irregular Kanji compounds and correct use of Katakana and actually remembering to write the katakana instead of hiragana that concerns me and for me it is better to include context (rather than the often abstract use in worksheets and tests)Cloa,
Can your son read and write hiragana and katakana? More importantly, can you read and write hiragana and katakana? Can you read some picture books to him that are written in hiragana and katakana?
How to reliably find Japanese names for English books?
correct use of Katakana
He has lots of English books that only reads when strongly incentivized. His teacher got he to write out the katakana syllabary and he wrote five of them in hiragana- his Japanese mother throws away all test papers.Are you in or near Tokyo? Have you been to the large bookstore named Kinokunia in Shinjuku, Tokyo? If I remember correctly, the entire top floor was devoted to English books. Please feel free to ask for directions to the store.
Can you give us some examples of katakana usage that are difficult?
He has lots of English books
You didn't acknowledge my response and example but to be clear, I looked up Hungry Caterpillar on Japanese Amazon and it automatically figured out the Japanese title はらぺこあおむし. That should work for most popular books.Unless you know their names then you can't find them.
I was looking A big ball of String by Marion Holland as far as I can tell never been translated.You didn't acknowledge my response and example but to be clear, I looked up Hungry Caterpillar on Japanese Amazon and it automatically figured out the Japanese title はらぺこあおむし. That should work for most popular books.
He doesn't really like reading period.The idea is to choose an English book he likes, find the Japanese version of the book, read it to him, then eventually have him read it to you. Which English books does he especially like? This could even be expanded into choosing phrases in the Japanese-version of the book, discussing the difficult/fascinating/intriguing ways some English words and phrases are translated into katakana Japanese. (One of my favorites is "open car" to mean a car that is a convertible.)
He doesn't really like reading period.