This week we covered:
shopping - asking for bigger/ smaller/ cheaper things (adjectives)
making reservations in a hotel
We did all the exercises on pages 63 and 72. There is a power point of adjectives on blackboard, take a look at that for extra vocabulary input. I also handed out a worksheet about adjectives which is on BB.
Make sure that you complete all the exercises for ch 7 and the checkpoint 2.
We have 2 teaching sessions left, then the oral assessment will be on Dec 16th. Portfoilios due by 12:00 noon on the Friday of that week.
If you would like a tutorial to talk about the portfolio or any other aspect of the course, email me and we can arrange a time.
Asssesment: Last night we completed 2 parts of the final assesment - a reading exercise and a listening exercise. If you were absent, please contact me to arrange a time to come and do these exercises. They both form a required part of your final work and you will lose marks if they are not completed.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
week 8
Topics for this session were:
We completed the section from the green book on page 62 about buying things at the post office.
As is explained briefly in the book , Japanese has a system of counters which vary depending on the size and shape of the object being counted. See these articles for more detail: http://japanese.about.com/library/bllesson11.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_counter_word
I liken this the collective nouns in English " a charm of swallows" " a flock of sheep" - not exactly the same but the similarity lies in the fact that there are loads of different ones and pedantic people take pride in getting the right one for the right noun! I handed out my worksheet counters in class but the version on BB has had the mistakes removed!
Families and hobbies
These are topics that will certainly come up in the oral exam so worth getting to grips with.
The power points and worksheets are on BB.
See the Vocabulary building folder - describing relationships and how many in your family.
Also Hobbies, likes, dislikes and Hobbies, verbs.
Try writing out a paragraph on these topics for your portfolio. This will be a good reference when you are preparing for the oral exam.
Assessment:
Next week (week 9) you will have a small part of your final assessment during class time. This will comprise a listening exercise and a reading exercise.
The reading exercise will be similar to the reading we did a couple of weeks back - extracting information from a sign or notice, and also reading a short paragraph or some sentences and answering questions in English. There are some passages written in hiragana on BB for you to practice reading sentences. The assessment passages will NOT be that long!
The listening will involve listening to me read a passage and you have to write down as much information as you can from it.
If you are absent, there will be a chance to do it again the following week. If you don't do these parts of the assessment, you will lose marks as they are requirements.
Tutorials:
As assessment time draws closer, this is the time that people start thinking they want a tutorial - if you have any worries or just need reassurance that you are on the right track please book a tutorial.
Please come along to the tutorial hour next Tuesday 3-4 in skell 130 and bring your portfolio. If you can't make it, email me for an appointment either before or after class time.
- talking about families
- talking about hobbies / expressing likes/dislikes
- counting/ shopping
We completed the section from the green book on page 62 about buying things at the post office.
As is explained briefly in the book , Japanese has a system of counters which vary depending on the size and shape of the object being counted. See these articles for more detail: http://japanese.about.com/library/bllesson11.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_counter_word
I liken this the collective nouns in English " a charm of swallows" " a flock of sheep" - not exactly the same but the similarity lies in the fact that there are loads of different ones and pedantic people take pride in getting the right one for the right noun! I handed out my worksheet counters in class but the version on BB has had the mistakes removed!
Families and hobbies
These are topics that will certainly come up in the oral exam so worth getting to grips with.
The power points and worksheets are on BB.
See the Vocabulary building folder - describing relationships and how many in your family.
Also Hobbies, likes, dislikes and Hobbies, verbs.
Try writing out a paragraph on these topics for your portfolio. This will be a good reference when you are preparing for the oral exam.
Assessment:
Next week (week 9) you will have a small part of your final assessment during class time. This will comprise a listening exercise and a reading exercise.
The reading exercise will be similar to the reading we did a couple of weeks back - extracting information from a sign or notice, and also reading a short paragraph or some sentences and answering questions in English. There are some passages written in hiragana on BB for you to practice reading sentences. The assessment passages will NOT be that long!
The listening will involve listening to me read a passage and you have to write down as much information as you can from it.
If you are absent, there will be a chance to do it again the following week. If you don't do these parts of the assessment, you will lose marks as they are requirements.
Tutorials:
As assessment time draws closer, this is the time that people start thinking they want a tutorial - if you have any worries or just need reassurance that you are on the right track please book a tutorial.
Please come along to the tutorial hour next Tuesday 3-4 in skell 130 and bring your portfolio. If you can't make it, email me for an appointment either before or after class time.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Week 7
The topics for this week were mostly based around numbers so if you haven't got your head around the numbers, that is something you need to work on.
We did exercises about days of the week, times, dates and prices. There are sheets on blackboard with all the relevant vocab on them in the dates times numbers folder
We reviewed giving directions - see DirectionsEx in the Asking the way folder.
Then we did page 55 about what day of the week things are open.
We also looked at the Opening times exercise (dates, times folder) which is a reading exercise. The purpose was to show how you can get information from a poster (for example) by guessing the meaning from context without actually being able to read every kanji. You will need to recognise days of the week and dates (month and day) in kanji to do the exercise.
Staying with the kanji we learnt the kanji for 1 to 10. This is also on BB in the kanji folder.
We then moved onto ch 7, page 60 working with larger numbers. Make sure that you can say any number up to 9,999.
HOMEWORK
Your second piece for assessment is due next week - the topic is shopping or eating out, write a dialogue using as many different phrases as you can, not only what we have covered with the book but using other resources as well.
If you are reasonably confident with hiragana, please write it in hiragana ( see the notes on writing conventions on BB) if not, write it in romaji but also submite at leat part of it written in hiragana.
Use the square writing paper (also on BB) to write the hiragana version on.
COURSE DATES
I have only just realised that this semester we have a total of 12 weeks - 11 weeks of teaching and oral assessment in week 12. So the oral test will take place on Dec 16th (times to be arranged at a later date)
As part of your oral assessment you also have to do a listening test. This will take place in week 9, so please be sure to come to that session. If you are absent, we can do it after class on week 10 or 11. It is worth 10% of the mark so quite a big chunk (the difference between an A and a B grade!)
We will practice the week before just so that you know what to expect.
We did exercises about days of the week, times, dates and prices. There are sheets on blackboard with all the relevant vocab on them in the dates times numbers folder
We reviewed giving directions - see DirectionsEx in the Asking the way folder.
Then we did page 55 about what day of the week things are open.
We also looked at the Opening times exercise (dates, times folder) which is a reading exercise. The purpose was to show how you can get information from a poster (for example) by guessing the meaning from context without actually being able to read every kanji. You will need to recognise days of the week and dates (month and day) in kanji to do the exercise.
Staying with the kanji we learnt the kanji for 1 to 10. This is also on BB in the kanji folder.
We then moved onto ch 7, page 60 working with larger numbers. Make sure that you can say any number up to 9,999.
HOMEWORK
Your second piece for assessment is due next week - the topic is shopping or eating out, write a dialogue using as many different phrases as you can, not only what we have covered with the book but using other resources as well.
If you are reasonably confident with hiragana, please write it in hiragana ( see the notes on writing conventions on BB) if not, write it in romaji but also submite at leat part of it written in hiragana.
Use the square writing paper (also on BB) to write the hiragana version on.
COURSE DATES
I have only just realised that this semester we have a total of 12 weeks - 11 weeks of teaching and oral assessment in week 12. So the oral test will take place on Dec 16th (times to be arranged at a later date)
As part of your oral assessment you also have to do a listening test. This will take place in week 9, so please be sure to come to that session. If you are absent, we can do it after class on week 10 or 11. It is worth 10% of the mark so quite a big chunk (the difference between an A and a B grade!)
We will practice the week before just so that you know what to expect.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Week 6
Last night we covered most of chapter 6 - talking about hotel factilities and asking the way.
We also had a look at the kanji in chapter 6 and days of the week.
Handouts are on blackboard - look in "times,dates, numbers" and then "Dates-romaji" for the handout about days of the week and dates - take a bit of time to learn these words.
Also see "Hotel facilities" in the "Vocabulary building" folder.
If you were absent - make sure that you do all the exercises in that chapter at home.
If you haven't yet handed in your written piece for feedback let me have it next week.
Try to start writing your dialogues in hiragana/katakana - see the notes about "Writing conventions" in the hiragana folder on BB for more info about writing sentences. Have a look at the Hiragana reading file for some reading practice.
Ganbatte kudasai.
We also had a look at the kanji in chapter 6 and days of the week.
Handouts are on blackboard - look in "times,dates, numbers" and then "Dates-romaji" for the handout about days of the week and dates - take a bit of time to learn these words.
Also see "Hotel facilities" in the "Vocabulary building" folder.
If you were absent - make sure that you do all the exercises in that chapter at home.
If you haven't yet handed in your written piece for feedback let me have it next week.
Try to start writing your dialogues in hiragana/katakana - see the notes about "Writing conventions" in the hiragana folder on BB for more info about writing sentences. Have a look at the Hiragana reading file for some reading practice.
Ganbatte kudasai.
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