Lesson 7 (11/26/12)

Goal Today: You can go to the restaurant!!

[Contents]
◆Review
 -Practice pronunciation of Hiragana [あ-ん]
 -Numbers and BINGO
-Basic greetings


◆Dialog: What is this? (See attached Lesson7 Agenda)

◆Participants: 3

[Documents]
Lesson7_agenda

[Reference video]
-Sushi-go-round :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b17N-OJPzg&feature=fvwrel 

Lesson 6 (11/05/12)

Goal Today: You can go shopping and talk to the shop stuff!

[Contents]
◆Review
 -Practice pronunciation of Hiragana [あ-ん]
 -Basic sentence; X is Y, Is X Y?, Noun1 of Noun2


◆Dialog: How much is it? (See attached Lesson6 Agenda)

◆Participants: 4

[Documents]
Lesson6_agenda

[Reference video]
-Japanese market: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nYCFOZk7sQ

Lesson 5 (10/29/12)

Goal Today: You can go shopping and talk to the shop stuff!

[Contents]
◆Review
 -Practice pronunciation of Hiragana with Diacritical marks
 -Listening mini quiz of "What time is it?"

◆Practice writing system
 -Pronunciation of Hiragana (Transcribing contracted sounds)
 -Writing practice (さ to と)

◆Dialog: How much is it? (See attached Lesson5 Agenda)

◆Participants: 1

[Documents]
Lesson5_agenda

[Reference video]
-Geisha:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AubpOOlC4KU&feature=relmfu

Lesson4 (10/01/12) and (10/08/12)

Goal Today: Review and practice what we covered!

We covered exactly the same thing on 10/08/12.

[Contents]
◆Lesson 1, 2, 3 Review
 -Practice pronunciation of Hiragana (あ to ん)
 -Mini quiz about Greetings
 -Number game

◆Practice writing system
 -Pronunciation of Hiragana with Diacritical Marks
 -Writing practice (あ to こ)

◆Dialog: What is your phone number? (See attached Lesson4 Agenda)

◆Participants: 2

[Documents]
Lesson4_agenda

[Reference video]
-Aoi Matsuri (Hollyhock Festival): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4jlv825WDg&feature=relmfu

Lesson3 (09/24/12)

Goal Today: Ask and answer what time it is in Japanese

[Contents]
◆Lesson 1, 2 Review
 -Practice pronunciation of Hiragana
 -Greetings
 -Self Introduction

◆Dialog: What time is it? (See attached Lesson3 Agenda)

◆Participants: 3

[Documents]
Lesson3 agenda

[Reference video]
-Cherry Blossoms in Kyoto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i23fDJAvd2U

Lesson2 (09/17/12)

Goal Today: Introduce yourself in Japanese

[Contents]
◆Lesson 1 Review
 -Practice pronunciation of Hiragana
 -Greetings

◆How to pronounce Hiragana [continued from last week]
 -は:ha ～ん:n (See attached Hiragana Table)

◆Dialog: Basic Introduction (See attached Lesson2 Agenda)

◆Participants: 2

[Documents]
Lesson2_Agenda
Hiragana_table

[Reference video]
-Introduction of Kyoto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4u5JSzEDns
-Pronunciation　of Hiragana http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve2VhrpLoUg

Lesson1 (09/10/12)

Today's lesson

◆Japanese basic writing system

• Hiragana: represents sound
• Katakana: represents sound, used for the words that come from other countries
• Kanji (Chinese character); represents sound as well as meaning by itself

◆How to pronounce Hiragana (see attached "Hiragana table")

◆Basic Greetings (see attched agenda)

◆Participants: 3

[Documents]

• Lesson1 agenda
• Hiragana_table
• Hiragana_practice