Japanese Year 2 (Lower Intermediate)

What will I learn?

Please note that some topics of Japanese Year 1 will be revised at the beginning of the academic year. The course outline below is only a guide and topics will be studied according to students' needs and progress.

Term 1

Term 1 will cover topics from the textbook Minna no Nihongo I (Lessons 8-14). We will quickly revise grammar points from Japanese Beginners (Year 1) and then develop more communication skills in Japanese. The textbook only uses Japanese characters, so you will need to be able to read and write in Japanese (Hiragana & Katakana) before joining this course; or you will need to catch up during this term.

Grammatical structures
N はadjective です。
N は どうですか。
N が 好きです/上手です
N 1(place)にN2があります/います
N が あります/わかります
N 1はN2よりadjective です
N 1とN2とどちらがadjective ですか
N がほしいです
Vます-formたいです
N (place)へVます-formに行きます。
Verb て-formください

Learning Objectives

o Talk about the characteristics of things and people
o Existence of People and Things
o Numbers and counters
o Expressions how often you do something
o Talk about what you want to do
o Ask someone to do something for you
o Verb conjugation / Verb groups / Verb て-form
o Ask someone to do something for you
o Introduce 40 kanji

Term 2

Term 2 will cover topics from the textbook Minna no Nihongo I (Lessons 15-20). We will learn colloquial form in order to talk with your Japanese friends more naturally.

Grammatical structures
Verb て-form はいけません
Verb て-formいます
Verb て-form、Verb て-form
い-adj(without~い)->~くて、~
N or な-adj(without~な)＋で、~
V1て-fromから、V2
N1はN2がadjective
Vない-formなければなりません
Vない-formなくてもいいです
V dictionary form ことができます
わたしの趣味はV dictionary form ことです
Vた-formことがあります
Vた-formり、Vた-formりします
い-adj(without~い)->~くなります

Learning Objectives
o Talk about weekend plans and travel plans
o Ask permission to do something at someone's house
o Forbid someone from doing something
o Expresses ability or possibility
o Describe what one has experienced in the past
o Conversation in the plain style
o Introduce 30 kanji

Term 3

Term 3 will cover topics from the textbook Minna no Nihongo I (Lessons 21-25)
You will do more listening practice from oral conversations, from films and drama in natural speed.

Grammatical structures
Plain form と思います
Plain form と言います
Plain form でしょう
V dictionary form 時間 / 約束 / 用事
How to use とき
Verb て-form＋あげます / もらいます / くれます
Plain past form ら、~
Verb て-formも、~

Learning Objectives
o Express your opinion
o direct speech and reported speech
o How to express when
o Noun modification by sentences
o Talk about getting on and off means of transportation
o Learn the statements involving receiving or giving actions
o Conditional expression
o Introduce 30 kanji