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Let's Learn Japanese 2.4: Travel and Transportation

In this 8 lesson course, students will learn common Japanese phrases they will encounter while traveling and using public transportation!
Kate McMahan
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Class

What's included

8 live meetings
7 hrs 20 mins in-class hours
Homework
1-2 hours per week. I will make and provide worksheets after most classes for students to practice what they learned. We will go over these worksheets as a class during the review portion of the following lesson. The worksheets are usually 2-3 pages long.
Assessment
A written report can be made available at the end of the course upon request (but please let me know if this is what you want before the classes begin, so I can be better equipped to give more detailed feedback).

Class Experience

Intermediate Level
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Note: 
First-time students please read!! This is the course-flow of my “Let’s Learn Japanese” series:
1.0---> So You Want to Learn Japanese? (optional)
1.1---> Let’s Learn Japanese: Hiragana
1.2---> Let’s Learn Japanese: Introducing Yourself
1.3---> Let’s Learn Japanese: Katakana
1.4---> Let’s Learn Japanese: Everyday Activities
1.5---> Let's Learn Japanese: Likes and Dislikes
1.6---> Let's Learn Japanese: Friends and Family
1.7---> Let's Learn Japanese: Shopping
1.8---> Let's Learn Japanese: Places and Directions
1.9--->Let's Learn Japanese: Making Plans
2.0--->Let's Learn Japanese: School Life
2.1--->Let's Learn Japanese: Folktales
2.2--->Let's Learn Japanese: Thoughts and Predictions
2.3--->Let's Learn Japanese: At Home
2.4-->Let's Learn Japanese: Travel and Transportation

This is course 2.4 in the “Let’s Learn Japanese” series. This course assumes that students have already learned the Hiragana and Katakana writing systems along with a fair amount of Kanji characters. It also builds upon Japanese grammar and phrases learned from previous classes. For new students that have already spent a little time learning Japanese, please contact me beforehand so I can give you a recommendation on where to start. For absolute beginners, I recommend taking my “Let’s Learn Japanese 1.1: Hiragana” course first. Please see the link below for more information:
https://outschool.com/classes/lets-learn-japanese-hiragana-VBROYw56?usid=qS2CkSiB&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

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Over the course of 8 lessons, students will learn phrases they are likely to encounter while doing several travel-related activities in Japan-- such as air travel, checking in a hotel, making a restaurant reservation, and navigating a train/subway station. Through all of these sub-topics we will specifically look at how to understand a new polite level of Japanese speaking known as 敬語 (keigo). Relevant cultural topics about keigo and travel in Japan will be worked into a few lessons. 19 new 漢字 (Kanji) characters will be introduced and several older characters will be reviewed.

Lesson 1:
-Kanji (旅、荷)
-Vocabulary for packing for a trip
-Grammar (〜のために)
-New vocabulary practice

Lesson 2:
-Worksheet review
-Kanji (足、酒、禁)
-Vocabulary for common Japanese street signs/public rules signs
-Culture (street etiquette, common signs to recognize, bonus section on badly translated signs)
-street sign matching activity

Lesson 3:
-Worksheet review
-Kanji (内、際、便)
-Vocabulary for air travel (part 1)
-Culture ("uchi" vs "soto", what is "keigo"?)
-Grammar (briefly review useful sentence patterns from previous units asking where things are)
-activity using Japanese airport realia (boarding passes and flight information billboards)

Lesson 4:
-Worksheet review
-Kanji (発、到、席)
-Vocabulary for air travel (part 2)
-Culture (the different "keigo" levels)
-Grammar (important keigo conjugations/sentences to know for air travel)
-PA flight announcement listening activity

Lesson 5:
-Worksheet review
-Kanji (受、付)
-Vocabulary for hotels
-Grammar (important keigo conjugations/sentences to know for checking into a hotel)
-Check-in listening and role-play

Lesson 6:
-Worksheet review
-Kanji (予、約、様)
-Vocabulary for restaurant reservations
-Grammar (review date/time expressions, review counting number of people)
-Making a reservation listening and role-play

Lesson 7:
-Worksheet review
-Kanji (線、乗、側)
-Vocabulary for traveling by train/subway
-Culture (train etiquette)
-Grammar (important keigo conjugations/sentences to know for train travel)
-Using a train map to navigate, listening practice

Lesson 8:
-Worksheet review
-Review practice and games!

This course will primarily be presented in PowerPoint format. The beginning of each class is usually spent reviewing characters and worksheets.  Next, we learn new kanji characters, vocabulary words, and sentence patterns. When necessary, time is also spent on grammar to help students understand the structure of new sentence patterns. Learning will be supplemented with activities such as conversation practice, role-playing scenarios, listening exercises, and information-gap/ memory games.
Learning Goals
-Packing vocabulary
-Air travel vocabulary
-Hotel check-in vocabulary
-Train station vocabulary
-Reading common street/travel signs
-Common Keigo expressions
-Travel-related cultural notes
-19 Kanji characters
learning goal

Other Details

Pre-Requisites
This course assumes that students have already learned the Hiragana and Katakana writing systems along with a fair amount of Kanji characters. It also builds upon Japanese grammar and phrases learned from previous classes.
Supply List
Students should come to each class with something to write with and something to write on. For students that are more serious about taking all of my courses, I strongly recommend using folders or a binder to organize printouts and notes between each class section. 
Students should ideally have access to a printer as well for the worksheets. If this is not possible, they could work around this by writing down worksheet answers in their notes.
 4 files available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined September, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from Elizabethtown College
I have a Bachelor's degree in Japanese and East Asian Studies. While working on my degree, I completed a study program abroad at Nihon University in Tokyo. After graduation I lived and worked in Hokkaido, Japan for 3 years. My job was primarily teaching ESL (English as a Second Language), but I occasionally did some local work as a translator and interpreter. I am currently working towards receiving an N2 certification in the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test).

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$12

weekly or $95 for 8 classes
1x per week, 8 weeks
55 min

Completed by 5 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
2-6 learners per class

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