In this introductory unit, you will be reviewing concepts introduced in Japanese 10,20,30 as well as learning Japanese language and culture associated with Social Relationships. In particular, by the end of this unit, you should be able to speak in plain tense, speak about/with friends and family members and explain what your friends and family do By the end of this unit, you will be able to use the following structures:
- Particle “no” as a relationship marker: ane no yoshiko
- I-Adj –Ku/Na – Adj –ni + V masu V nakatta
- N da/data N to N to dochira ga Adj. desu ka?
- N no hou ga Adj. desu
- (tabun) N deshou
- Nai form
- V naide form V ta form
- V Dictionary form
- Conjunctive particle kara for reason
- Particle wa: for contrast
- Teacher: Corbin Musselman
In this unit, you will to be able to talk and write about Leisure Activites, specifically etiquette and language surround work, home, school and ceremonies. We will also continue to learn Kanji to help be able to carry out basic functions such as reading the News or stories surrounding these topics. The grammar focus points are:
- Adjective + Sugimasu : to express excessiveness
- V + Yasui/nikui desu: to describe difficulty or ease of an action
- Plain Volitional Vよう・おう (To express what you will do or make suggestions/invitations)
- Conjunctions: まず、つぎに
- Connecting form of Adjectives
- Expressing ability with Potential verbs
- Vたら どう です か。
- Period に かい
- まえ、あと、てから
You will need to have the Japanese keyboard installed in the language settings of your computer at home.
- Teacher: Corbin Musselman
In this unit, you will to be able to talk and write about Leisure activities, as well as build our vocabulary through reading and comprehension skills.Japanese. We will also continue to learn Kanji to help be able to carry out basic functions such as reading the News or documents surrounding these topics. This unit is to be completed over a period of three weeks to stay on track. By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
- Increasing Kanji knowledge
- Practice listening skills and increasing vocabulary
- Reading and deriving meaning from short texts
- express their views on a variety of topics within their direct experience
- use the language for personal enjoyment; e.g., listen to favourite songs/movies in Japanese
- understand a variety of short oral texts on unfamiliar topics, in guided and unguided situations
- understand a variety of short written texts on familiar topics, in guided and unguided situations
You will need to have the Japanese keyboard installed in the language settings of your computer at home.
- Teacher: Corbin Musselman
In this unit, you will to be able to talk and write about Healthy Living and Travel in Japanese. We will also continue to learn Kanji to help be able to carry out basic functions. The grammar focus points are:
- Quantity + dake
- Quantity gurai
- Interrogative nouns: doregurai
- V nakereba narimasen/nakutewa ikemasen
- V(dic.)+tsumori desu
- Particle ya: mikan ya ringo
- V Ta koto ga arimasu
- V te mimasu
- Interrogative nouns + demo ii desu
- V(dic.)+koto ga dekimasu
* some of these grammar points are expected to be learned as MODELLED, some are expected to be learned as STRUCTURED and some are expected to be learned as INDEPENDENT. Your teacher will guide you on this.*
- Teacher: Corbin Musselman