Japanese
Module 1: Topics & Vocabulary
- Introduce yourself with greetings in Japanese
- Exchanging business card in Japanese
- Asking about of services in stores
- Shopping
- Describing about the whereabouts of things and people
- Transportation
- Time and numbers – telling and asking the time, counting cardinal numbers
- Everyday objects
- Places – shops, important buildings
- Daily life – routines, free time
- Job
- Home
- Culture
- Existence of People and Things
- Ordinal numbers
Module 2: Grammar
- Basic Japanese grammar rules – particles : か (ka), は (wa), の (no), と (to), を (o),に (ni),も(mo), が (ga), や (ya) .
- Present, Past, Future
- Pronouns – subject, object, possessive
- Singular vs. Plural
- Word order – sentence, question, negative
- Question formation
- Modal verbs
Module 3: Cultural Content
- Three writing systems in Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji)
- How to bow
- Japanese currency
- Shops in Japan
- Transportation
- Excursions to Japanese spas (温泉onsen)
Module 4: Skills Work
- Lots of speaking-inc. situational exercises & interaction
- Basic pronunciation rules
- Listening activities
- Numbers and Counters rules
- Writing practice (Hiragana)