ALTEC Language Class: Japanese Beginning II Class duration: 10 weeks, January 28–April 7, 2020 (no class March 24) Class meetings: Tuesdays at 5:30pm–7:30pm in Hellems 145 Instructor: Megan Husby, [email protected] Class session Resources before coming to Practice exercises after Communicative goals Grammar Vocabulary & topic class class Talking about things that you Verb Conjugation: Past tense Review of Hiragana Intro and あ column Fun Hiragana app for did in the past of long (polite) forms Japanese your Phone (~desu and ~masu verbs) Writing Hiragana か column Talking about your winter System: Hiragana song break Hiragana Hiragana さ column (Recognition) Hiragana Practice クリスマス・ハヌカー・お Hiragana た column Worksheet しょうがつ 正月はなにをしましたか。 Winter Sports どこにいきましたか。 Hiragana な column Grammar Review なにをたべましたか。 New Year’s (Listening) プレゼントをかいましたか/ Vocab Hiragana は column もらいましたか。 Genki I pg. 110 スポーツをしましたか。 Hiragana ま column だれにあいましたか。 Practice Quiz Week 1, えいがをみましたか。 Hiragana や column Jan. 28 ほんをよみましたか。 Omake (bonus): Kasajizō: うたをききましたか/ Hiragana ら column A Folk Tale うたいましたか。 Hiragana わ column Particle と Genki: An Integrated Course in Japanese New Year (Greetings, Elementary Japanese pgs. 24-31 Activities, Foods, Zodiac) (“Japanese Writing System”) Particle と Past Tense of desu (Affirmative) Past Tense of desu (Negative) Past Tense of Verbs Discussing family, pets, objects, Verbs for being (aru and iru) Review of Katakana Intro and ア column Katakana Practice possessions, etc. Japanese Worksheet Counters for people, animals, Writing Katakana カ column etc. System: Genki I pgs. 107-108 Katakana Katakana サ column (Recognition) Practice Quiz Katakana タ column Counters Katakana ナ column Furniture and common Katakana ハ column household items Katakana マ column Katakana ヤ column Katakana ラ column Week 2, Feb. 4 Katakana ワ column Verbs for Existence Family Animals Occupations Counting Samurai (People) Song Basic Counters Jingle Household Items Describing Adjectives in the present and Japanese Intro to Kanji Adjective Conjugations Week 3, things/people/events past tenses Writing and Practice Feb. 11 System: Kanji: Person Radical Introduction to I-Adjectives Present Tense Genki I pgs. 132-134 Kanji Adjective Conjugations Practice Quiz Adjectives Present and Past Parts of the Parts of the Body body Describing emotion Adjectives (2) Kanji: Go (to do) something Genki I pg. 174 Doing something with a Verb stem + にいく Emotions Expressing Happiness Practice Quiz purpose: Let’s go eat sushi! Week 4, Sushi Varieties Expressing Sadness Omake (bonus): Japanese Feb. 18 Emoticons Expressing Frustration Sushi Vocab Talking about desires (what ~ga hoshii desu or Adjectives for Adjectives for Taste Genki II pgs. 54-55 you want, what you want to ~wo hoshigatte imasu (for taste do) other people) Adjectives Modifying Nouns Genki I pgs. 254-255 ~mono/~koto Describing nouns ~shitai (desu) /~shitakunai Food Practice Quiz (desu)/~shitakatta (desu)/shitakunakatta (desu) Drinks Week 5, or Feb. 25 ~shitagatte imasu (for other Expressing Desire people) Expressing Desire (2) Adjectives modifying nouns Colors Clothing Making polite requests (please ~te form conjugations (verbs) Action Verbs Te-form Song Genki I pgs. 150-151; ~) 152-153; 170-172 Verbs for Week 6, Describing a sequence of events cooking Practice Quiz Mar. 3 Talking about actions that are Verbs for Omake (bonus) Vocab— in progress making things Kitchen Tools Describing ~te form conjugations More Plain Style Speech Genki I pg. 173 things/people/events using a (adjectives) adjectives sequence of adjectives Plain Style Adjective Practice Quiz Short (plain) form adjective Conjugations Week 7, Holding casual conversations conjugations in present and Mar. 10 past tenses Response WordsExpressing Response words (aizuchi) Thoughts/Opinions Expressing Emotional Reactions Holding casual conversations Casual conversation I think~ (~to omoimasu) Genki I pgs. 190-193 (2) ~to omoimasu Quotations (~to iimasu) Practice Quiz Week 8, Stating thoughts and opinions Mar. 17 ~to iimasu/iimashita/itte Quoting people imashita Asking someone not to do ~naide (kudasai) More verbs I have the experience of_ing Genki I pg. 194; 256 something (negative requests) ~ (verb in past tense short Japanese places Practice Quiz Discussing past experiences form) koto ga aru/nai (shrines, Week 9, (things you’ve done before or temples, Mar. 31 never done before) mountains, hot springs, etc.), foods, and experiences Talking about what you like ~(verb in present tense short More verbs Making verbs into nouns Genki I pgs. 194-195; doing or don’t like doing form) no/koto ga suki 195-196 (desu)/kirai (desu) Week 10, Talking about what you can do Apr. 7 ~(verb in present tense short form) koto ga dekimasu Particle が .