Visual Aids - Rap on Youtube

 Japanese Rap for Days of the Month (Irregular ones only)

I watched this in my 3rd Japanese Lesson. This one is...really something. Several strength it exhibited were:

1. It's a powerful visual aid. The fact that it is created by non-native Japanese speaker who are speaking fluent Japanese was very inspiring and motivating.
   
   
2. It's also a very good conversation-generator. We were chit-chatting about how creepy the girl was, how good their Japanese was, how perfect the rhythm for days of the month was...etc.
   
   
3. It creates a fun atmosphere in the classroom. It relaxes the teacher and students, and helps build the bonds between teachers and students.
   
   
4. It helps the students to drill and memorize the irregular days of the month.
   
   
5. It makes a hard and boring topic easy and interesting. The days of the month that are irregular are: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 20th, and 24th (so basically that's what they are rapping; it doesn't sound so cool in English, but it sounds so cool in Japanese. That's cultural difference right there! Haha). It's a lot, and can really overwhelm students, but if you try to memorize it in terms of a rap then it is not long at all, and it's kind of cool.