Nihongo: Introduction to Japanese Language 2020-2021 Course Outline Nihongo Levels I & II - Virtual (ONLINE) Class

Required Textbooks: Japanese for Busy People I Kana Version & Kana Workbook (Revised 3rd Edition)

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Level & Outline Sunday, October 4, 11, 18, Sunday, January 3, 17, 24, 31, Sunday, March 7, 14, 21, 28, Time 25, November 1, 8, 15, 22 February 7, 14, 21, 28 April 11, 25, May 2, 9 Writing & Hiragana - 1 Hiragana - 2 Hiragana - 3 I Reading Unit 1 Meeting People Unit 2 Shopping Unit 4 Weekend Excursion 1:00 Unit / Lesson (Lessons 1 & 2) Unit 3 Getting Around Unit 5 Dining Out – (Lessons 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7) (Lessons 8, 9, 10, 11) 2:00 Writing & Katakana - 1 Katakana - 2 Katakana - 3 II Reading Unit 6 Visiting a Japanese Unit 8 On Business Unit 10 Getting Around Home Outside Tokyo Unit 11 Socializing 2:10 Unit / Unit 7 Going to a Festival Unit 9 Seeing a Museum (Lessons 22, 23, 24, & 25) – Lesson 3:10 (Lessons 12, 13, 14, 15, & 16) (Lessons 17, 18, 19, 20, & 21)

Nihongo Level I, II, & III Intensive Workshops* Workshop I-A Workshop I-B Workshop II 12:00 Dates Saturday, October 24 & Saturday, January 9 & 30, 2021 Saturday, February 13 & 27, 2021 - November 7, 2020 4:00 Same content and texts Same content and texts Same content and texts as Level I Content as Level I Part 1 as Level I Part 2 Part 3 * These workshops can be taken in lieu of their corresponding class parts as a set, or individually to catch up with the subsequent class session. Please note that for Workshop I-B, students must continue to Workshop II as it overlaps with the Part 2 class. Students who have completed Workshop III (Level I Part 3 class) may go on to the Nihongo Level II class in Part I of the following season. Nihongo Levels III & IV

Required Textbooks: Japanese for Busy People II Kana Version & Workbook (Revised 3rd Edition)

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Level & Outline Sunday, October 4, 11, 18, Sunday, January 3, 17, 24, Sunday, March 7, 14, 21, 28, Time 25, November 1, 8, 15, 22 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28 April 11, 25, May 2, 9 Writing & Kanji from Lessons 1, 2, & 3 Kanji from Lessons 4, 5, & 6 Reading 1. Review of Hiragana & Katakana III 2. Reading words from Book Unit 1 Unit 2 I in Kanji Asking Advice about a Gift Clocking in Early 3:20 Unit / 3. Introduction to learning Choosing a Yukata Inviting a Colleague to a Hot Spring – Lesson writing Kanji Searching for a Lost Item Clocking Out Early 4:20 4. Overview of Kanji to be (Lessons 1, 2 & 3) (Lesson 4, 5, & 6) learned in Book II

Writing & Kanji from Lessons 7, 8, & 9 Kanji from Lessons 10, 11, & 12 Kanji from Lessons 13, 14, & 15 Reading IV Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Greeting a New Employee Asking for Time Off Talking about Productivity 4:30 Unit / Running into an Old Selecting a Vacation Plan Computer Trouble – Lesson Acquaintance Reserving a Room at an Inn Giving Directions 5:30 Joining a Civic Orchestra (Lessons 10, 11 & 12) (Lessons 13, 14 & 15) (Lessons 7, 8 & 9) Please Note: Students MUST take all 3 parts of a level before moving on to the next level unless approved by the instructor. Japanese for Busy People I & II Textbook Overview (from AJALT.org)

General Language & Textbook (Revised 3rd Edition) Structural Goals Function Goals Grammar Goals

Japanese for Busy People I  "Survival  Simple sentences (noun  Essential everyday situations, Japanese"-the phrases, verb phrases, including shopping, ordering at absolute minimum adjective phrases) restaurants, using public of Japanese transport, greetings, and ability to live in  Minimum amount of simple conversation Japan vocabulary, expressions, and  Speaking and sentence patterns dealing with needed for survival different situations  Reading and writing hiragana and katakana

Japanese for Busy People II  General  Forming complex  Typical everyday situations, communication sentences (including such as planning a trip and skills attributive modifiers, choosing a gift, etc. tenses, and conditions)  Ability to have  Familiarity with  Talking about oneself conversations frequently used about day-to-day vocabulary and activity and about sentence patterns- oneself Basic  Reading and writing basic kanji-Basic

Japanese for Busy People Kana Workbook Core Points

 Effective mastery of hiragana and katakana

• Fully integrated with Japanese for Busy People I Textbook

 CD enhances oral fluency

Japanese for Busy People II Core Points Workbook 1. Improves oral fluency and enables nonnative students to speak Japanese at normal conversational speed 2. Can be used for homework and self-review 3. Coordinated with the exercises and quizzes

• Complex sentence patterns • Expands vocabulary and increases sentence patterns and expressions • Fully integrated with Japanese for Busy People II Textbook  CD enhances oral fluency