Assignments
Each chapter covered will have both assignments from the accompanying workbook (focus on forms, grammar practice) and a more communicative practice homework (focus on form, integrated skills practice).
Evaluation Criteria:
Attendance: 10%
Language Lab Participation: 10%
Homework: 15%
Quizes (10%) and Tests (20%): 30%
Presentations: 15%
Final Examination: 20%
Week 1
Theme: Introduction: Greetings
Class 1: Due: Needs Analysis
Class 2: Due: Workbook p 11 + 12 (focus on basic greetings), Create a viologues account and try to comment on a clip
Class 3: Due: Hiragana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols)
Week 2:
Theme: Self-introduction
Class 1: Due: Watch youtube clip and comment on three aspects of what the speakers are saying (what you hear, what their names are).
(see sample lesson plan)
Class 2: Workbook p 13, 14, 15 (focus on numbers and grammar points learned in this week: XはYです)
Class 3: Due: Hiragana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols)
Due: Upload self recorded self-introduction response to youtube clip (include salutation, name, 3 things about yourself, and closing salutation)
Week 3:
Theme: Meeting New Friends
Class 1: Due: Upload response to another student’s self-introduction (include salutation, name, comment on the other student’s greeting, 2 things about yourself, and closing salutation)
Class 2: Due: Workbook p 16, 17 (focus on numbers and grammar points learned in this week: Question sentences)
Class 3: Due: Hiragana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols)
Week 4:
Theme: Going to a Supermarket
Class 1: Due: Communicative priming HW (similar to Week 2, class 1’s assignment)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: location + の grammar point)
Class 3: Due: Hiragana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols)
Due: Communicative Assignment: Recording of making a grocery list
Week 5:
Theme: Going to a Flea Market
Class 1: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: だれのnoun, nounを)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: nounじゃないです, 〜ね/〜よ)
Class 3: Due: Hiragana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols)
Week 6:
Theme: Inviting Someone Out
Class 1: Due: Communicative priming HW (similar to Week 2, class 1’s assignment)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: verb conjugation, particles, time reference)
Class 3: Due: Katakana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols for foreign words)
Due: Communicative HW (Write a list of places you think it would be fun to go)
Week 7:
Theme: Setting Up Appointments
Class 1: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: word order)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: adverbs of frequency)
Class 3: Due: Katakana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols for foreign words)
Due: Communicative HW: Make a google voice phone call inviting a friend out.
Week 8:
MIDTERM
Class 1: Review
Class 2: Review
Class 3: Midterm
Due: Katakana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols for foreign words)
Week 9:
Theme: Showing A Friend Around Town
Class 1: Due: Communicative priming HW (similar to Week 2, class 1’s assignment)
Class 2: Due: Workbook: (focus on forms: describing where things are, past tense)
Class 3: Due: Katakana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols for foreign words)
Due: Communicative HW: Make a map of town (describing locations)
Week 10:
Theme: The First Date
Class 1: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: も particle)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: time and と particle)
Class 3: Due: Katakana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols for foreign words)
Due: Communicative HW: Introduce a location in town and post to youtube.
Week 11:
Theme: Expressing Interests
Class 1: Due: Communicative priming HW (similar to Week 2, class 1’s assignment)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: What they like, adjs)
Class 3: Due: Kanji practice (focus on writing Chinese characters)
Communicative HW: Revisit initial self-introduction
Week 12:
Theme: Revisiting Self-introduction
Class 1: Due: Workbook: counting
Class 2: Due: Communicative HW: Respond to somebody’s self-introduction like in Week 3
Class 3: Due: Kanji practice (focus on writing Chinese characters)
Due: Communicative HW: Respond to somebody’s self-introduction like in Week 3
Week 13:
Theme: Talking About Manners
Class 1: Due: Communicative priming HW (similar to Week 2, class 1’s assignment)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: てform)
Class 3: Due: Kanji practice (focus on writing Chinese characters)
Communicative HW: Make a list of rules at home (things can and can’t do)
Week 14:
Theme: Describing Daily Situations
Class 1: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: から)
Class 2: Prepare for presentations
Due: Workbook (focus on forms: ~しましょうか)
Class 3: Prepare for presentations
Due: Kanji practice (focus on writing Chinese characters)
Week 15:
Presentations
Class 1: Peer feedback on presentations/Review for the final
Class 2: Peer feedback on presentations/Review for the final
Class 3: Peer feedback on presentations/Review for the final
Week 16:
Final Examination
Class 1: Final Review
Class 2: Final Review
Class 3: (No HW, final class)
Evaluation Criteria:
Attendance: 10%
Language Lab Participation: 10%
Homework: 15%
Quizes (10%) and Tests (20%): 30%
Presentations: 15%
Final Examination: 20%
Week 1
Theme: Introduction: Greetings
Class 1: Due: Needs Analysis
Class 2: Due: Workbook p 11 + 12 (focus on basic greetings), Create a viologues account and try to comment on a clip
Class 3: Due: Hiragana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols)
Week 2:
Theme: Self-introduction
Class 1: Due: Watch youtube clip and comment on three aspects of what the speakers are saying (what you hear, what their names are).
(see sample lesson plan)
Class 2: Workbook p 13, 14, 15 (focus on numbers and grammar points learned in this week: XはYです)
Class 3: Due: Hiragana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols)
Due: Upload self recorded self-introduction response to youtube clip (include salutation, name, 3 things about yourself, and closing salutation)
Week 3:
Theme: Meeting New Friends
Class 1: Due: Upload response to another student’s self-introduction (include salutation, name, comment on the other student’s greeting, 2 things about yourself, and closing salutation)
Class 2: Due: Workbook p 16, 17 (focus on numbers and grammar points learned in this week: Question sentences)
Class 3: Due: Hiragana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols)
Week 4:
Theme: Going to a Supermarket
Class 1: Due: Communicative priming HW (similar to Week 2, class 1’s assignment)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: location + の grammar point)
Class 3: Due: Hiragana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols)
Due: Communicative Assignment: Recording of making a grocery list
Week 5:
Theme: Going to a Flea Market
Class 1: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: だれのnoun, nounを)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: nounじゃないです, 〜ね/〜よ)
Class 3: Due: Hiragana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols)
Week 6:
Theme: Inviting Someone Out
Class 1: Due: Communicative priming HW (similar to Week 2, class 1’s assignment)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: verb conjugation, particles, time reference)
Class 3: Due: Katakana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols for foreign words)
Due: Communicative HW (Write a list of places you think it would be fun to go)
Week 7:
Theme: Setting Up Appointments
Class 1: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: word order)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: adverbs of frequency)
Class 3: Due: Katakana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols for foreign words)
Due: Communicative HW: Make a google voice phone call inviting a friend out.
Week 8:
MIDTERM
Class 1: Review
Class 2: Review
Class 3: Midterm
Due: Katakana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols for foreign words)
Week 9:
Theme: Showing A Friend Around Town
Class 1: Due: Communicative priming HW (similar to Week 2, class 1’s assignment)
Class 2: Due: Workbook: (focus on forms: describing where things are, past tense)
Class 3: Due: Katakana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols for foreign words)
Due: Communicative HW: Make a map of town (describing locations)
Week 10:
Theme: The First Date
Class 1: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: も particle)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: time and と particle)
Class 3: Due: Katakana practice (focus on writing Japanese phonetic symbols for foreign words)
Due: Communicative HW: Introduce a location in town and post to youtube.
Week 11:
Theme: Expressing Interests
Class 1: Due: Communicative priming HW (similar to Week 2, class 1’s assignment)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: What they like, adjs)
Class 3: Due: Kanji practice (focus on writing Chinese characters)
Communicative HW: Revisit initial self-introduction
Week 12:
Theme: Revisiting Self-introduction
Class 1: Due: Workbook: counting
Class 2: Due: Communicative HW: Respond to somebody’s self-introduction like in Week 3
Class 3: Due: Kanji practice (focus on writing Chinese characters)
Due: Communicative HW: Respond to somebody’s self-introduction like in Week 3
Week 13:
Theme: Talking About Manners
Class 1: Due: Communicative priming HW (similar to Week 2, class 1’s assignment)
Class 2: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: てform)
Class 3: Due: Kanji practice (focus on writing Chinese characters)
Communicative HW: Make a list of rules at home (things can and can’t do)
Week 14:
Theme: Describing Daily Situations
Class 1: Due: Workbook (focus on forms: から)
Class 2: Prepare for presentations
Due: Workbook (focus on forms: ~しましょうか)
Class 3: Prepare for presentations
Due: Kanji practice (focus on writing Chinese characters)
Week 15:
Presentations
Class 1: Peer feedback on presentations/Review for the final
Class 2: Peer feedback on presentations/Review for the final
Class 3: Peer feedback on presentations/Review for the final
Week 16:
Final Examination
Class 1: Final Review
Class 2: Final Review
Class 3: (No HW, final class)