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Japanese

Classes and and School Routines

School-Related Activities

Health and Fitness


Japanese 2 > Student Life

Classes and School Routines

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about classes and school routines.
  • Give and understand basic instructions on class and school procedures.
  • Exchange information about past, present and future school plans.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Understand announcements related to the school day and schedule.
  • Understand procedures for using the computer.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Produce spoken and written presentations in relation to classes and school routines.
  • Present rehearsed and unrehearsed material, such as role-plays, skits, poems, plays, short narratives, and songs.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

  • Identify some aspects of school systems of Japan.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Identify educational and vocational options for students in Japan.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast school routines in the U.S. and in Japan.

Communication Across Communities

  • Describe school routines of teenagers in Japan.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Computer terminology

Japanese 2 > Student Life

School-Related Activities

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about school-related activities.
  • Exchange information about past school-related activities compared to current school-related activities.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Interpret spoken and written presentations about school-related activities.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Produce spoken and written presentations in relation to classes and school routines.
  • Present rehearsed and unrehearsed material, such as role-plays, skits, poems, plays, short narratives, and songs.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

  • Describe school-related activities in Japan.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Identify after-school activities and extracurricular sports available in Japan.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast the popularity of school-related activities such as yearbook, band, and theater in Japan and in the U.S.
  • Identify katakana (foreign loan) words related to school activities.

Communication Across Communities

  • Identify activities offered through community clubs in Japan.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Past tenses
  • Sequencing vocabulary (conjunctions and Te-form connectives)

Japanese 2 > Student Life

Health and Fitness

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about fitness and exercise.
  • Ask and answer questions about a nutritional diet.
  • Exchange information about maintaining good health.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Understanding directions of a fitness or diet plan.
  • Comprehend information advocating a healthy lifestyle.
  • Identify body parts based on oral or written information.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Produce spoken and written presentations about health and fitness.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

  • Discuss the importance of health and fitness in Japan.
  • Discuss Japanese traditional alternative medicines and methods.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Discuss health and fitness issues as presented in P. E. class.
  • Express height and weight using the metric system.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

  • Compare and contrast what is perceived as a healthy lifestyle in Japan and in the U.S.
  • Compare fitness activities and sports complexes (such as gyms) in Japan and the U.S.
  • Compare structures used to express pain and injury in Japanese and English.
  • Compare the use of reflexive and nonreflexive verbs to discuss health conditions in Japanese and English.

Communication Across Communities

  • Interpret authentic Japanese language material related to health and fitness.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary for giving advice for good health
  • Commands

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Last Updated
September 1, 2008


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