Level 1 Goals/Objectives
By the end of each lesson, students will be able to...
Fall Semester (August - December)
Japanese Writing Systems and Pronunciation
Lesson 1: Hello!
Lesson 2: Japanese Classroom
Lesson 3: Family
Lesson 4: Everyday Life
Spring Semester (January - May)
Lesson 5: Hobbies
Lesson 6: Characteristics
Lesson 7: Saturday
Lesson 8: School
Japanese Writing Systems and Pronunciation
- Identify three writing systems in Japan
- Read and write Hiragana
- Read and write Katakana
Lesson 1: Hello!
- Introduce yourself
- Recognize the Japanese sound system
- Greet others at different times of the day
- Start and end class using Japanese
- Count to 100 and give phone numbers
- Express agreement and disagreement
- Talk about the weather
Lesson 2: Japanese Classroom
- Recognize and respond to classroom expressions in the affirmative and negative
- Identify and indicate the location of classroom objects belonging to you or your classmates
- Ask how to say something in Japanese
- Make requests
- Ask someone when their birthday is
- Tell someone the time and the date
Lesson 3: Family
- Say your age, name of school, grade
- Introduce your family members (number of people, age,grade, job, nationality)
- Ask about someone else's family (name, age, job)
- Introduce a friend (name, age, grade, school)
Lesson 4: Everyday Life
- Ask what languages someone speaks
- Say where you do an activity
- Discuss what you do every day
- Discuss what you did in the past
- Discuss food and meals
- Describe doing an action with someone
Spring Semester (January - May)
Lesson 5: Hobbies
- Share your hobbies
- Communicate your like and dislikes (food, sports, colors)
- Communicate your strengths and weaknesses
- Express the degree of your likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses
Lesson 6: Characteristics
- Identify body parts in Japanese
- Describe physical characteristics of yourself and others
- Describe your own personality and those of others
Lesson 7: Saturday
- Tell someone the time in house and minutes
- Describe your daily schedule
- Tell how you commute to and from school
- Invite someone to do an activity
- Suggest doing a certain activity
- Negotiate day and/or time of an activity
- Accept/decline an invitation
- Give details of a trip you have taken
Lesson 8: School
- Ask where certain objects or people are
- Describe where certain objects or people are
- Describe your school
- Describe your house
- Describe your room