Cities, Places, Activities and Transportation

Shopping

Restaurants

Japanese 1 > Community Life

Cities, Places, Activities, and Transportation

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

• Ask and answer questions about a city.
• Ask and answer questions regarding modes of transportation modes in a city.
• Ask about and give directions to a site within a town or city.
• Ask and answer questions about when and where activities and/or celebrations take place.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

• Identify locations on a map.
• Identify locations where activities take place.
• Find a location based on verbal directions.

Oral and Written Presentation

• Describe a day’s activities, including locations.     
• Give directions to a city location or activity.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

• Discuss the layout and characteristics of cities and towns in Japan, including castle towns.
• Discuss cities and regions in Japan.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Identify geographic locations and/or features of Japan.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Compare the use of mass transit in Japan and the United States.
• Analyze social issues relating to city life in the U.S. and in Japan (night life, etc.)
• Identify cognates and false cognates related to locations in a city, transportation, and directions.
• Compare one verb for "to be" in English vs. two verbs in Japanese (ira, aru).

Communication Across Communities

• Identify activities, celebrations and locations in Japanese cities.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Vocabulary for giving directions
• Geography vocabulary
• Particles/relationals of location
• Question formation and interrogative expressions
• Commands

Japanese 1 > Community Life

Shopping

Person-to-Person Communication

• Ask and answer questions about stores and types of merchandise.
• Discuss shopping experiences.
• Ask for or give the description of an item being purchased.
• Ask and answer questions regarding where items can be purchased and how much they cost.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

• Identify items for sale in an advertisement.
• Identify locations where specific items can be purchased.

Oral and Written Presentation

• Describe an item for sale in a store.
• Tell about the purchase or sale of an item.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

• Discuss products unique to Japan.
• Discuss the differences in shopping customs between the U.S. and Japan, including the custom of daily food shopping in Japan.
• Discuss the importance of small and medium-size stores and department stores in Japan.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Convert foreign currency to U.S. dollars.
• Compare merchandise prices in the U.S. to those in Japan.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Identify cognates and false cognates related to shopping.

Communication Across Communities

• Identify merchandise available on the Internet, through catalogs, and/or in advertisements from Japan.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Types of stores
• Courtesy expressions (irasshaimase, maido arigatou gozaimasu)
• Numbers
• Vocabulary for shopping

Japanese 1 > Community Life

Restaurants and Food

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

• Ask and answer questions about food.
• Ask and answer questions about a meal or restaurant experience.
• Order or take an order for a meal at a restaurant or café.
• Ask and answer questions regarding items on a menu.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

• Identify grocery and food items in an advertisement, menu, recipe, etc.
• Identify locations where specific foods can be purchased.
• Comprehend written and oral information about items in a market.

Oral and Written Presentation

• Describe a meal in a restaurant.
• Present descriptions and opinions about food.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

• Discuss the cuisines and eating customs of Japan.
• Discuss shopping for food in Japan.
• Identify food served at celebrations in Japan (osechi cuisine, rice with red beans, broiled sea bream with head, etc.).
• Discuss typical mealtime schedules.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Discuss the influence of Japanese foods and cuisine in the United States.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Discuss the differences between Japanese and American cuisine.
• Compare the role of food in celebrations in the U.S. and Japan.
• Identify Japanese foods commonly used in the U.S.

Communication Across Communities

• Demonstrate an understanding of recipes and/or menus from Japan, either via the Internet or at local restaurants.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Shopping for food
• Expressions for ordering a meal
• Present tense of kudasai, onegaishimasu
• Courtesy expressions Itadakimasu and Gochisoosamadeshita
• Familiar and formal commands
• Counting units for various types of food

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