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Goal: At this level the learner can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and basic sentences aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type: shopping, visiting somebody, understanding an invitation; can interact in a simple way provided the other person speaks clearly and slowly and is prepared to help.

Topics:
accommodation and a visit; hobbies and leisure time; in a city; shopping

Linguistic Goals:
to give information about one’s accommodation/ hobbies; to make an appointment; to indicate the way; to express a wish, to express preferences

Structural Goals:
Katakana and Hiragana writing systems and to learn additional Kanji-ideograms; “X ga arimasu”, “X ga imasu” – to describe that something/ someone exists; “X ga suki desu” – to express one’s preferences; adjectives and participles (te-forms) – to describe where someone lives; “tai desu”- to express one’s intention; “mashita” – to talk about past events

interactive language instruction

written and oral

midterm test (testing of listening comprehension, speaking and Katakana syllabary) and final test (testing of writing, listening and reading comprehension and speaking/dialogues)

Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture, Starter A1- Coursebook for communicative language activities, Katsudo and Rikai, Lektion 7, 8, 11-18

Katsudo: ISBN 978-3-87548-707-7

Rikai: ISBN 978-3-87548-708-4

Knowledge of Hiragana; the learner can introduce him-/herself and others and can provide personal information and interact in a simple way.