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.