 Numbers and Time
Days, Months and Calendar
Classes, Schedules and Supplies
Japanese 1 > School Life
Numbers and Time
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about age.
- Ask and answer questions about street addresses and telephone numbers.
- Ask and answer questions about time and scheduled activities.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Interpret a time schedule (bus, train, class, movie listing, or TV guide).
Oral and Written Presentation
- Explain a schedule of activities.
- Present information about ages, phone numbers, addresses, and class schedules.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss the way numerals are written in Japanese.
- Discuss a typical day’s schedule in Japan (meal times, etc.).
- Discuss the metric system.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Explain the use of the metric system.
- Do simple mathematical computations in Japanese.
- Discuss temperatures.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Discuss the concept of time in Japan.
- Compare the 24-hour clock used in Japan to the American system of a.m. and p.m.
- Discuss the use in Japanese when using numbers (ichi-man).
- Discuss the use of the metric system.
- Compare Japanese time expressions to English expressions such as quarter-past, half-past, noon, and midnight.
Communication Across Communities
- Interpret a time schedule in Japanese.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Vocabulary related to numbers
- Word order in expressing time
Japanese 1 > School Life
Days, Months, and Calendar
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about days of week, dates, and months.
- Ask and answer questions about birthdays and celebrations.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Identify dates of events and celebrations.
- Comprehend simple announcements that include dates.
- Understand written numerical information as used in newspapers, announcements, letters, brochures, etc.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Prepare and present a weekly activities calendar.
- Present important dates and celebrations.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Identify holidays and/or celebrations in Japan.
- Relate different products to celebrations such as New Year's Day (oshoogatsu), Star Festival, Japanese All Soul's Day (obon), New Year's Eve and others
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Make connections with historical events from Japanese culture that involve or related to the United States, such as Commodore Perry's visit to Japan, Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Recognize that the Japanese calendar starts on Monday.
- Compare Sweet 16 celebration to Japan's Coming of Age Celebration (seijin shiki).
- Recognize that the order in saying and writing dates is different in Japanese (day, month, and then year).
Communication Across Communities
- Use community resources to identify cultural celebrations within the student’s own community.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Phrases for asking and telling the date
- kanji for numbers 1-10
Japanese 1 > School Life
Classes, Schedules and Supplies
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions related to class schedules and school subjects.
- Ask and answer questions about school supplies, furnishings, and rooms.
- Ask and answer questions related to a typical school day and routine.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Understand simple instructions related to classroom commands or procedures, and basic computer technology.
- Comprehend a class schedule, opinions of classes, and locations in the school.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Prepare and present a class schedule.
- Describe a class schedule and necessary materials for various classes.
- Identify in which rooms classes are held.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss the courses taken at various grade levels in Japan, including the quantity of courses and frequency of class sessions.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Compare names of courses in English with the names in Japanese.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Compare education systems in the U.S. and in Japan.
- Compare a typical school day in the U.S. with those in Japan.
- Compare grading scales in the U.S. and in Japan.
- Compare typical study hours spent outside of school (Juku evening schools and home tutoring).
Communication Across Communities
- Interpret a school schedule of a student from Japan.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Vocabulary related to school schedules, rooms of the school and classroom objects
- Vocabulary related to telling time
- Question formation and interrogative expressions
- Adverbs of frequency
- Use of definite articles with class subjects
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