Lesson 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Lesson 1: Time
- tell the time
- say what time you do an activity
- use other words indicating time
- say where you do an activity
- invite someone to do something and respond to an invitation
- recognise and write the kanji characters 何, 時, 分 and 半
Lesson 2: Location
- say that something or someone is there
- say where something or someone is
- describe what something is like
- describe what is in your room
- recognise and write the kanji characters 上, 下, 中 and 前
Lesson 3: School
- talk about school grades
- talk about school subjects
- use から and まで when talking about specific times
- use the negative
- compare things (say the best and the most)
- give reasons
- write an article about your school, teachers and friends
- recognise and write the kanji characters 学, 校, 年 and 生
Lesson 4: Season
- talk about seasonal activities
- say you are going to do an activity
- describe the weather
- say what the weather was like
- predict the weather
- discuss temperature
- say what you want to do
- recognise and write the kanji characters 春, 夏, 秋 and 冬
Lesson 5: Price
- count to a million
- ask and say how much an item costs
- ask for an item（これ、それ、あれ）
- ask and say which one（この、その、あの）
- ask someone to do something
- recognise and write the kanji characters 百, 千, 万 and 円
Lesson 6: People
- describe someone’s physical appearance
- describe someone’s personality
- join いadjectives in extended descriptions
- join なadjectives in extended descriptions
- contrast characteristics using ‘but’
- describe what someone is wearing
- recognise and write the kanji characters 手, 目, 耳 and 口
Lesson 7: Food
- ask what someone is doing at the moment and respond
- ask and say how many general items you want
- ask and say how many items (in glasses or cups) you want
- recognise and use common expressions at restaurants
- use the てform of verbs in new ways
- use counters for common items
- recognise and write the kanji characters 食, 飲, 行, 買, 安, 高, 大 and 小
Lesson 8: Request
- ask for and give permission to do something
- refuse permission to do something
- ask someone to do something for you and respond when asked
- ask the reason why and respond when asked
- recognise and write the kanji characters 私, 男, 女, 書, 見, 聞, 父, 母
Lesson 9: Direction
- ask where something is
- give directions (going straight ahead, crossing, turning, getting there)
- say when/if you do something and what happens next
- join two or more sets of actions
- show the order of actions
- ask how long it takes to go somewhere or do something, and respond
- recognise and write the kanji characters 右, 左, 入, 出, 東, 西, 南, 北
Lesson 10: Interest
- make the dictionary form of verbs
- say that you like or dislike doing things
- say that someone is good at or not good at doing something
- say that you can, cannot, could or could not do something
- conduct an interview in Japanese
- recognise and write the kanji characters 毎, 今, 週, 先, 来, 住, 好, 名
Lesson 11: Job
- describe things you do in non-sequential order
- say what you want to become
- compare two things and give your opinion
- read and write a modified curriculum vitae in Japanese
- prepare for a job interview in Japanese
- participate in a job interview
- read and write a job application letter in Japanese
- recognise and write the kanji characters 語, 英, 家, 友, 会, 社, 間, 町
