Ready to speak Japanese?! In this 10-week class, students will start speaking Japanese from day one! We will meet once a week, and by the end of the ten weeks, students will be able to introduce themselves, count in Japanese, say color names, and much more! Students will also be exposed to the Japanese hiragana system. They will see the vocabulary in both English and Japanese script and romaji (using Roman letters to write Japanese words). Furthermore, they will learn phonetic pronunciation. In Japanese 1, students will learn to read the hiragana characters from the hiragana chart up until the 5th row. There are ten rows in the hiragana chart, and we will do the first five. Students will also practice writing the hiragana characters. It is vital that students feel welcome and excited about learning. While having fun, we will also practice good classroom etiquette. The class will be interactive, and students will get a chance to speak with one another and do so in an orderly fashion. Let’s get ready to learn and have fun!

Week 1 - Introduction; Row 1 of the Hiragana Chart 
Week 2 - Greetings; Practice Reading Row 1 Hiragana
Week 3 - Phrases; Row 2 of Hiragana Chart
Week 4 - Command Phrases; Practice Reading Row 2 Hiragana
Week 5 - Numbers (1-10);  Row 3 of Hiragana Chart
Week 6 - Numbers (10-100); Practice Reading Row 3 Hiragana
Week 7 - Colors; Row 4 of Hiragana Chart
Week 8 - Days of the Week; Practice Reading Row 4 Hiragana
Week 9 - Months of the Year; Row 5 of Hiragana Chart
Week 10 - Review