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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.