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Goal:

At this level the learner can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance - e.g. personal and family information, shopping, work, immediate environment; can communicate in routine situations of information exchange on familiar and routine matters; can describe in simple terms aspects of their background, education, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need. Introduction to calligraphy on request

Topics:
going out in the evenings; languages and cultures; to prepare a picnic

Linguistic Goals:
to arrange something; to apologise;to give reasons for something; to offer someone help; to describe people/ objects/ situations with more than one attribute; to describe an action that continues; to ask someone for help

Structural Goals:
“tai“- to express the speaker´s desire to do something; “mashoo“- to invite the listener to do something with the speaker; “toki“ - to connect two sentences and to express the time when the state or action described in the main sentence exists or occours; participle (te-form) of copula, verbs and adjectives; different applications of the te-form - to describe actions that continue, to ask for something; different applications of the verb stem

interactive language instruction

written and oral
midterm test (testing of  listening comprehension, speaking and Kanji characters) and final test (testing of writing, listening and reading comprehension and speaking/dialogues)

Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture Elementary 1 A2. Coursebook for communicative language activities (A2 Katsudoo); units 7-12
ISBN 978-3-87548-713-8

The learner can understand everyday expressions and simple sentences about the daily routine, leisure and profession and can carry out simple chores, e.g. while shopping or travelling.