ALTEC Language Class: Japanese Beginning I Class duration: 10 weeks, September 9 – November 11, 2019 Class meetings: Mondays at 5:30pm – 7:30pm in Hellems 191 Instructor: Megan Husby, [email protected] Google Folder with Class Materials Class session Resources before Practice exercises Communicative goals Grammar Vocabulary & topic coming to class after class Introduction to the Japanese Basic Japanese sentence Japanese Writing Hiragana Intro and あ Fun Hiragana app for Language structure: The copula 〜 System/Sounds: column your Phone desu. Hiragana あ、か Introducing Yourself Hiragana か column Hiragana song Animals Greetings & Common Self-introduction in Genki: An Integrated Expressions The numbers 0-10 Japanese Course in Elementary Japanese pgs. 24-31 Greetings & Common (“Japanese Writing Expressions System”) Week 1, Sept. 9 Animals Omake (bonus)— Japanese Business Manners Omake (bonus)— Tsukimi (Moon- viewing) Background Omake (bonus)— Tsukimi Song Introduction to the Japanese Basic Japanese sentence Japanese Writing Hiragana さ column Genki: An Integrated Language (part 2) structure: System/Sounds: Course in Elementary -X wa Y desu/ Hiragana さ、た Hiragana た column Japanese pgs. 48-49; Asking/Telling Time: -X wa Y janai desu. 57 Week 2, Sept. 16 Ima nanji desuka? __ ji desu. The numbers 0-100 How to Visit a -Question Sentences Japanese Home Omake (bonus)— Visiting a Japanese Home Tour of Japanese Home (1) Omake (bonus)— Tour of Japanese Home (2) Omake (bonus)— Tour of Kyoto Machiya Asking for/Giving Personal Nouns modifying nouns Japanese Writing Hiragana な column Genki: An Integrated Information (Nationality, using the particle no (の): System/Sounds: Course in Elementary occupation, age, phone #, noun 1 の noun 2 Hiragana な、は Hiragana は column Japanese pgs. 44-45 etc.) Occupations, Occupations Names and Titles Nationality, Family Week 3, Sept. 23 Nationality Questions using “who” (dare) and “whose” (dare Family no) Phone Numbers Asking for Prices of Items Ko-so-a-do Series (1): Japanese Writing Hiragana ま column Genki: An Integrated ie. “How much is X?” “Kore wa nan desu ka?” System/Sounds: Course in Elementary (__ wa ikura desuka?) “Kono hon wa ikura Hiragana ま、や Hiragana や column Japanese pgs. 62-64; desuka?” 68-69 Requesting/ordering items: Numbers Over 100 Big Numbers “Give me ___, please.” ( ___ Week 4, Sept. 30 kudasai/ onegai shimasu.) Items and Colors “How much is it?” Clothing Colors Ordering Food Ko-so-a-do Series (1), Japanese Writing Hiragana ら column Genki: An Integrated cont.: System/Sounds: Course in Elementary Week 5, Oct. 7 Discussing Likes and Hiragana ら、わ、ん Hiragana わ column Japanese pgs. 62-64 Dislikes “Kore wa nan desu ka?” Food & Drinks Ordering Hiragana Practice-- Reading Japanese Children’s “Kono hon wa ikura Children’s books read Books desuka?” Ordering Skit out loud (1) ~ga suki desu./~ga kirai Food Hiragana Practice— desu. Chilren’s books read Drinks out loud (2) Likes/Dislikes More useful phrases for dining in Japan Omake (bonus)— Japanese Supermarket Tour Omake (bonus)— School Lunches Asking/Giving Basic Ko-so-a-do Series (2) Japanese Writing Katakana Intro and ア Genki: An Integrated Directions: “Where is X?” “Ginkou wa doko desu System/Sounds: column Course in Elementary ka?” Katakana ア、カ Japanese pgs. 62-64 “It’s over there/to the right Katakana カ column of Y, behind Z…” Places/Rooms Week 6, Oct. 14 Places (1) Location Words Where is ___? Location Words Polite Sentences using Verb Conjugation: Japanese Writing Katakana サ column Genki: An Integrated ~masu & ~masen endings (1) Present tense System/Sounds: Course in Elementary Katakana サ、タ Katakana タ column Japanese pg. 90 Asking Questions using Particle を (object Week 7, Oct. 21 “what” (nani/nan) marker) Basic Verbs and Verb Conjugations Frequency Adverbs Sports Activities/ Hobbies Polite Sentences using Particle に (goal of Japanese Writing Katakana ナ column Genki: An Integrated ~masu & ~masen endings (2) movement AND time System/Sounds: Course in Elementary reference); へ (goal of Katakana ナ、ハ Katakana ハ column Japanese pgs. 91-92; Questions using “where” movement only) 127 (doko), and “when” (itsu) Days of the Week Particles に, へ Week 8, Oct. 28 Talking About Dates/Special Months & Years Days of the Week Occasions: Song (One Week) “When is your birthday?” (Tanjoubi wa itsu desuka?) Months of the Year Days of the Month Polite Sentences using Particle で (location of Japanese Writing Katakana マ column Genki: An Integrated ~masu & ~masen endings (3) action AND “by means System/Sounds: Course in Elementary Asking Questions using of”) Katakana マ、ヤ Katakana ヤ column Japanese pg. 90 “where” (doko de) and “how” (nani de) Word Order Places (2) Places (2) Omake (bonus) Week 9, Nov. 4 Vocab—Kitchen Transportation Transportation Tools Utensils Particle で for “by means of” Making offers: “How about Topic particle は Japanese Writing Katakana ラ column Genki: An Integrated ____?” System/Sounds: Course in Elementary (Dou/ikaga desu ka?) Particle も (“also”) Katakana ラ、ワ、ン Katakana ワ column Japanese pg. 65; 93-94 Kou, Sou, Aa, dou Making Suggestions: “Let’s Japanese Animal Bonus—Kaeru no ___!” (~mashou!) Sounds gasshou Song Week 10, Nov. 11 Singing a Japanese Song Omake (bonus)—The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Japanese .