Japanese Year System on the Emperor Look at the prices of common products in – cheap and expensive (Yoshinoya, melons, apples, Countries, Cities, Nationalities strawberries!! And Learn some country and city names in reasons why.) Japanese. Students guess the English names (based Asking Someone Comes 7-11 on the Japanese). From/Lives & Responding + Nationalities 3 Learn/write the kanji for Japan. Doko kara kimashita/desu ka. / Learn how to say nationalities especially Where are you from? – those of students and their parents. O-sutoraria (no Pa-su) kara The Listening and speaking exercises based on the kimashita/desu. / I am from in) origin/meaning of above. Australia. Students learn how to ask where someone Watashi/Boku ha O-sutorariajin (Talk about lives and respond. Conversation practise/activity. desu. / I am Australian. Cherry Use real addresses/maps to locate buildings Doko ni sunde imasu ka. / Where blossoms/Hanami – addresses are based on numbers, not street names, do you live? around the End of so this reinforces numbers and (the possessive Pa-su/Butler ni sunde imasu. / I live March/Start of April “no” pronoun). in Perth/Butler. in Japan. Show (Jusho ha nan desu ka.) / (What is Japanese TV your address?) coverage/obsession with the Cherry blossoms.) Japanese homes, Japanese addresses, Convenience Stores, Trains in Tokyo (housing locations are described in terms of how many minutes by foot they are from the nearest Adjectives train station – 2 Learn some common adjectives and how to numbers practise) use them to describe things. Using Adjectives to Describe Listening, speaking, writing, (reading) People, Things 5 1-2 exercises based on the above.
7-11 2 1-2 Countries, Cities, Nationalities Learn some country and city names in Japanese. Students guess the English names (based on the Japanese). Learn/write the kanji for Japan. Learn how to say nationalities – especially those of students and their parents. Listening and speaking exercises based on the above. Students learn how to ask where someone lives and respond. Conversation practise/activity. Use real addresses/maps to locate buildings – addresses are based on numbers, not street names, so this reinforces numbers and “no” (the possessive pronoun). Adjectives Learn some common adjectives and how to use them to describe things. Listening, speaking, writing, (reading) exercises based on the above. Asking Someone Comes From/Lives & Responding + Nationalities Doko kara kimashita/desu ka. / Where are you from? O-sutoraria (no Pa-su) kara kimashita/desu. / I am from in) Australia. Watashi/Boku ha O-sutorariajin desu. / I am Australian. Doko ni sunde imasu ka. / Where do you live? Pa-su/Butler ni sunde imasu. / I live in Perth/Butler. (Jusho ha nan desu ka.) / (What is your address?) Using Adjectives to Describe People, Things Japanese Year System on the Emperor Look at the prices of common products in – cheap and expensive (Yoshinoya, melons, apples, strawberries!! And reasons why.) The origin/meaning of (Talk about Cherry blossoms/Hanami around the End of March/Start of April in Japan. Show Japanese TV coverage/obsession with the Cherry blossoms.) Japanese homes, Japanese addresses, Convenience Stores, Trains in Tokyo (housing locations are described in terms of how many minutes by foot they are from the nearest train station – numbers practise) 3 5
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