LFU:online

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
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, units 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.