High School Japanese 2A and 2B
This two semester course is a continuation of the beginning course in Japanese language and culture. Students will learn learn to give and understand information on a variety of topics, including past activities, school classes, health and sickness, shopping, eating out, and invitations. Information about Japanese culture is integrated throughout the course. The course will cover the 2nd half of the textbook, Adventures in Japanese 1.
Prerequisite: High School Japanese 1B or approval by BSN Instructor
Enduring Understanding
To deepen students’ knowledge of the basics of the language and culture of Japan. At the end of this course students will be able to communicate information about school, sickness, and past activities.
Assessments
There will be a variety of assessments used in this course. Homework will be assigned daily and will be approximately 40% of the total grade. There will be frequent quizzes on vocabulary and Japanese characters, and unit tests at the end of each chapter. The quizzes and chapter tests will be combined for about 40% of the grade. At the end of Lesson 12 and Lesson 16, there will be an exam. Each exam will be 10% of the term grade.
Additional Resources Needed
Required Textbooks:
- Adventures in Japanese I Textbook (2007) 3rd Edition Peterson & Hirano-Omizo
Paperback ISBN 978-0-88727-549-4
Hardcover ISBN 978-0-88727-575-3 - Adventures in Japanese I Workbook (2004) 3rd Edition Peterson & Steverson
ISBN 978-0-88727-450-1
All can be found at cheng-tsui.com
Required Technology:
- Computer that meets the minimum system requirements listed on the Live Classroom page
- Internet connection (Broadband preferred)
- Headset with microphone combination
- E-mail account (recommended)
- Printer
- Scanner
- DVD Player (in PC or consumer player)
- Web camera for computer (recommended
- Writing tablet (recommended)- Bamboo [Small] Pen tablet with pen only - $70 - from Amazon.com
Content Topics
Unit 1
Conversation Topics: Past events at home and in school, past tense events at home and in school, locations of people, animals, and objects. Grammar: Past tense of verbs and adjectives and Location with imasu/arimasu.
Unit 2
Conversation Topics: Locations of people, animals, and objects, describing outdoor scenes, and describing indoor spaces. Grammar: Location with imasu/arimasu, Counters for machines, birds, small animals, and long cylindrical objects.
Unit 3
Conversation Topics: Birthdays, describing teachers, classes, and grades, expressing wants and describing quantities. Grammar: Days of the month, particles kara and made, giving reasons with kara, using adjectives hoshii, ooi, and sukunai.
Unit 4
Conversation Topics: Describing symptoms, expressing sympathy, winning and losing; seasons, invitation to a sports event. Grammar: Using V~tai to express wanting to do something, using adjectives in front of nouns, using expressions for before and after; particle de
Unit 5
Conversation Topics: Polite requests, What I want to buy; asking prices, Describing goods and prices. Grammar: V~te in polite requests, Forms of or. Permission with V~te. Counters for U.S. and Japanese currency.
Unit 6
Conversation Topics: I’m hungry. Ordering food, Eating utensils, Describing food and drink, Describing a series of actions. Grammar: Already and not yet. Connecting sentences with de, More uses of particle de. Counters for cupfuls, Using the ~te form of ~i adjectives, Connecting sentences with V~te form and Kanji: Numbers 6–10
Unit 7
Conversation Topics: Congratulations, receiving presents, giving presents, and party invitations, addresses and phone numbers and party activities. Kanji: Days of the week, Verbs of giving and receiving, Verbs of giving and receiving