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Goal:

At this level the learner can understand everyday expressions and simple sentences aimed at the satisfaction of simple needs of a concrete type; he/she can introduce himself/herself and others and ask questions about personal details - e.g. where they live, whom they know and what things they own - and can answer questions of this kind; he/she can communicate in a simple way if the other person is sympathetic and speaks slowly and carefully. Introduction to Kanji characters.

Topics:
my family; seasons and weather; my town

Linguistic Goals:
to introduce oneself and others; to talk about hobbies; to indicate the way; to give reasons for something; to recommend something to someone

Structural Goals:
nominalisation of verbs; “naru” - to indicate changes in quality; ”x ga arimasu“, “x ga imasu“ - to describe the existence of someone or something; participle (te-form) of copula, verbs and adjectives and applications - to connect verb sentences and to describe actions that continue and a state which results from a certain action in the past; ”kara“ - to connect two sentences and denote a causal relationship

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 1-6
ISBN 978-3-87548-713-8

The learner can introduce himself/herself in simple sentences and describe people und things. He/She has knowledge of Hiragana und Katagana syllabary.