| The current project introduces useful materials and lesson plans for teaching the Japanese particles de, ni, e, o, wa and ga to early elementary students learning Japanese as a heritage language (JHL). The materials and lesson plans provide JHL children with opportunities to revise and reshape their hypotheses regarding the usage of the particles de, ni, e, o, wa and ga. Unlike the textbooks for teaching/learning Japanese as a mother tongue or those for teaching/learning as a foreign language, which either lack sufficient materials or include exercises which JHL children may not need, these materials and lesson plans are designed to provide students with extensive exercises focused on acquisition of the particles. They also promote students' inductive learning. |
