Japanese Level 1, Part 2

By studying Japanese Level 1, you will be able to communicate in very basic everyday-life situations, including greetings, daily activities, finding your way, telling the time and date, making simple purchases, ordering a meal, etc, be able to understand very simple oral and written texts and ascertain specific information on simple topics and have developed an insight into Japanese-speaking life, culture and society.

Part 2

• Revision of Part 1

• Genki I [Third Edition] Lesson 3 and 4

Topics

• Daily activities
• Invitations
• Food and drink
• Days, week, months, and years
• Japanese houses
• Japanese holidays

Functions

• Talking about daily activities
• Inviting someone
• Accepting and declining an invitation
• Ordering food / drinks
• Locating people / objects
• Talking about events

Grammar

• Present and past tense of verbs
• Particles, e.g. ‘O’, ‘DE’, ‘NI’, ‘E’
• 〜 ‘MASEN KA’
• ‘ARIMASU, IMASU’

Orthography

Hiragana & Katakana

When Japanese Level 1 is complete, you will achieve the equivalent of A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), entry level of the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).

*The above is an indication of content that may be covered over the duration of the course but it could vary depending on the level and progress of students in the class.