Level 6 Classes: This course is a continuation of Level 5 and is for students who have taken around 100 hours of teaching, are at mid-beginner level Japanese and would like to consolidate their understanding of grammar whilst focusing on how to talk about topics relevant to daily life. All four skills (reading, writing in kana and some simple kanji, speaking and listening) are practised with a greater emphasis on conversational skills. By the end of the course, you will be able to formulate sentences to describe more varied and complex situations and express your opinions and intentions, using the appropriate register (formality/informality). Students must have learnt ‘te-form'.
Term duration 10 x weekly 2-hour classes, Wednesday evenings, 6:15pm to 8:15pm
Key Language (subject to change)
Connecting related sentences or adjectives 「~で/くて」
e.g.バスは べんりで やすいです。
Describing a state in effect 「~ています」
たなかさんは ぼうしを かぶっています。
Talking about past experiences 「~た ことが あります」
e.g. 日本にほんに 行った ことが あります。
Asking for and offering explanations 「~んです」
e.g. ふじ山さんに のぼったんですか。はい、先月せんげつ あにと のぼったんです。
The particle も which emphasizes a large amount 「~も」