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