Advancing Japanese 2
In this weekly semester, small group class, learners will build vocabulary through playing games, target language interactive skits, and hands-on activities in addition to Hiragana Read A-Long Practice, songs and stories.
Amy Nishikata
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(300)
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What's included
14 live meetings
10 hrs 30 mins in-class hoursAssessment
Informal assessments are an ongoing part of the class content via review and recall, interactive speaking, matching, and other interactive games.Class Experience
US Grade 1 - 3
Beginner Level
Konnichiwa. Welcome to Advancing Japanese Basics 2. This class is designed to be hands on, fun, and highly interactive to reinforce vocabulary naturally while building what we know into longer sentences. We will draw, write, play games, and have individual speaking practice targeting new vocabulary and grammar, as well as social sharing time at the end of class. This small group lesson will meet for 45 minutes and will include Mini-Read-Along stories written in Hiragana.
I will incorporate lots of humor, kindness and support in this class. Come be yourself, and improve your Japanese.
Ganbarimashou!
Week 1: Calendar, Weather, Season-Happy New Year! あけましておめでとう!
Tatsudoshi! Year of the Dragon! Counting by 100's and 1000's
What is a Nengajou? (New Year's Card)
Creating a Nengajou! Drawing the Squishmallow Dragon
Carin.
Practicing Descriptive words as we draw:Big, Small, Round,Long, Red, Blue, White, Black
and Parts of the Body and Face
Trace and Review Hiragana: Akemashite Omedetou! あけましておめでとう
Week 2: Calendar, Weather, Pronouns I, You, He, Her
Making sentences using Pronoun, Object, Verb.
Vocabulary Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Particles wa, wo
Verb: To Eat, To Drink
Week 3: Calendar, Weather, Pronouns: Watashi no shumi wa...
Introducing Hobbies
VR Japan:Japanese Traditional Arts: Ikebana, Shodo, Karate, Judo, Kendo, Taiko
Particles wa, ga, no
Verbs: To Do, To Like
Using and (と) to connect nouns
Week 4: Calendar, Weather-Review Hobby Words
Watashi no shumi
Setsubun!
Week 5: Calendar, Weather-About Me drawing. Name, Hobby, Age, A food I like. An animal I like. A color I like. Something I dislike. Something I love.
Week 6: Calendar, About Me; Part 2. Speaking Practice.
Week 7: Drawing, Describing, and Speaking Practice.
Week 8: i-Adjectives, i Adjective Negative form
Week 9: Verbs with particle wo (Object Vocabulary)
Week 10: Verbs with particle (de,ni)
Week 11: Review Activity and Storytime
Week 12: My Family Activity-Age, Hobbies
Week 13: Review Game
Week 14: End of Year Origami Party and Kodomo no Hi!
Please check the classroom for printouts to be fully engaged in this class. There will be weekly printouts for hands on activities. Please print out so your learner can fully participate.
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Please have a pencil, printouts, and crayons or colored pencils available for each class. The standard 8 pack of crayons will have all the colors you need or colors we may use: red, blue, yellow, orange, green, pink, purple, black, brown.
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Content may be adjusted depending on the needs of learners.
Kindly, Amy senseiOther Details
Parental Guidance
Fluent U and Canva will be shared showing images showing child appropriate images for hobbies in Japan. Kendo, Karate, Judo, Taiko, Ikebana, Shodo. FluentU has child appropriate Japanese language videos shared to enhance listening exposure.
Supply List
Weekly Printouts Pencil Drawing Materials Origami Paper in Week 10
3 files available upon enrollment
Joined October, 2020
5.0
300reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from University of California, Los Angeles
Hello Everyone,
I am Amy Nishikata. I can't wait to meet you and be a part of your child's learning team.
I specialize in two areas on Outschool.
~Teaching small group and private online Japanese language lessons.
~Teaching young learners how to read in English aligned with Montessori individualized learning and the Science of Reading.
I hold a Bachelor's degree in Japanese from UCLA and I lived and taught in Japan for more than ten years.
I am an AMS certified Montessori Teacher. I hold additional certifications in Early Childhood Science of Reading and Montessori Applied to Children at Risk.
All combined I have more than 30 years of lead classroom teaching experience in the US and Japan and four years of online teaching experience.
My Japanese lessons incorporate games, songs, puppets, drawing, speaking, writing, reading, VR trips to Japan, videos, and storytelling.
Online learning can be dynamic! My online classroom is brightly lit and I use a high quality HD camera and top of the line microphone and side cameras to create a clear and more immersive experience for learners.
All of my classes are designed to touch the heart and mind of the child. My teaching style is joyful, kind, flexible, and observant. I support intrinsic learning and your learners ideas.
"The child is truly a miraculous being" ~Maria Montessori
CLASS PREPARATION POLICY:
My classes will have printouts provided on a weekly basis. Please print out so your learner can fully participate. I will notify you beforehand so you will have time to print. I cannot offer refunds on classes due to unpreparedness.
However, I understand things sometimes do happen. In the case of an emergency or event out of your control a refund may be issued on a case by case basis. Please message me if you feel like your case fits this policy. For my classes with young learners who need assistance, as per Outschool policy, thank you for sitting to the side, off camera to support your child with the computer and any materials when needed. In my classes, your child will need a writing surface and space to move. I will send a short materials list so you will have what you need for each class. Ideally, even the youngest learners can learn to mute and unmute their own devices. Thank you.
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SIBLING POLICY:
If you have more than one child that is interested in taking my classes you will need to make sure you pay for each child to be enrolled separately. However, once you have enrolled each child separately your children are more than welcome to share a device screen to complete the class. If you are wanting a private class for siblings, please contact me so I can send you a private link that I will adjust to allow for more than one child/ren within the same family to enroll.
よろしくお願いします。
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Live Group Class
$18
weekly1x per week, 14 weeks
45 min
Completed by 22 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-9
2-6 learners per class
