???NOW! NihonGO NOW!

Performing Japanese Culture – Level 1 Volume 1 Activity Book

Mari Noda, Patricia J. Wetzel, Ginger Marcus, Stephen D. Luft, Shinsuke Tsuchiya, Masayuki Itomitsu

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781138304314, 9781138304277
• eBook ISBN: 9781351397285
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

NihonGO NOW! is a beginning-level courseware package that takes a performed-culture approach to learning Japanese. This innovative approach balances the need for an intellectual understanding of structural elements with multiple opportunities to experience the language within its cultural context.

From the outset, learners are presented with samples of authentic language that are context-sensitive and culturally coherent. Instructional time is used primarily to rehearse interactions that learners of Japanese are likely to encounter in the future, whether they involve speaking, listening, writing, or reading.

Level 1 comprises two textbooks and accompanying activity books. These four books incombination with audio files allow instructors to adapt a beginning-level course, such as the first year of collect Japanese, to their students' needs. They focus on language and modeled behavior, providing opportunities for learners to acquire language through performance templates. Online resources provide additional support for both students and instructors. Audio files, videos, supplementary exercises, and a teachers' manual are available at www.routledge.com/9781138304147.

NihonGO NOW! Level 1 Volume 1 Activity Book provides a wealth of communicative exercises and assessment tools for students working through the first semester of the NihonGO NOW! course.

第だい1いち幕まく

Act 1
よろしくお願ねがいします。

Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
Nice to meet you.

◆ Scene 1-1 練れん習しゅう Renshuu Practice

理り解かい練れん習しゅう Rikai renshuu Comprehension practice

1-1-1C Identifying the actors (BTS 2)

Identify the two speakers in each exchange. If the speaker says a full name, write the full name using the same order for surname and first name as the speaker. The first speaker is male; the second speaker is female.

実じつ演えん練れん習しゅう Jitsuen renshuu Performance practice

1-1-2P Checking if everybody is here (BTS 1, 2)

You are an intern at a company and have been asked to take attendance at a meeting. Say each name on the attendance sheet below aloud and then listen for a response. Use ◯ to indicate that the person is present, and X to indicate absent. Pause the audio if necessary to give yourself time to say each name correctly.

Ex. 1.
You	神かん田ださん。	Kanda-san.	Kanda-san.
Ms. Kanda	はい。	Hai.	Here!
Ex. 2.
You	白しら井いさん。	Shirai-san.	Shirai-san.
Mr. Shirai	はい。	Hai.	Here!

1-1 腕うで試だめし Udedameshi Tryout

Call your Japanese teacher by name to get his/her attention, then greet your teacher.

◆ Scene 1-2 練れん習しゅう Renshuu Practice

理り解かい練れん習しゅう Rikai renshuu Comprehension practice

1-2-1C What’s going on? (BTS 1, 3)

How is hai はい used in each of the following conversations? Select from:

1. Affirmative response (‘that’s right’)
2. Handing something over (‘here you go’)
3. Accepting something handed to you (‘got it’)
4. Showing you are in attendance (‘here’ or ‘present’)

In this exercise, you may hear unfamiliar words, just as you would when speaking Japanese outside of the classroom since others won’t know what you’ve studied. This is a chance for you to practice using what you do know to get an idea of what’s going on.

Ex. 1.	This conversation occurs at a welcome party.	b
Ex. 2.	This conversation occurs in a classroom.	c
3.	This conversation occurs at a welcome party.	__________
4.	This conversation occurs in a classroom.	__________
5.	This conversation occurs in an office.	__________

実じう演えん練れん習しゅう Jitsuen renshuu Performance practice

1-2-2P What would you say?

Imagine what you would say in each situation and say it aloud. Then, listen to the audio and put a check next to the option that best matches what you came up with.

Ex. 1.	Your pen ran out of ink, but your friend Amy came to the rescue with one of her pens. You want to thank her as you return her pen to her.	a._____ b._____ c._____ d.✓
Ex. 2.	You invited your friend over, and your friend has j...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• 序じょ幕まく Jomaku Introduction
• Act 1 よろしくお願ねがいします。 Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Nice to meet you
• Act 2 大だい丈じょう夫ぶです。 Daijoobu desu. It’ll be fine27
• Act 3 何なん時じですか? Nan-ji desu ka? What time is it?
• Act 4 連れん絡らく来きました？ Renraku kimashita? Did they get in touch?
• Act 5 お願ねがいしてもいいですか。 May I ask a favor of you?
• Act 6 いつもお世せ話わになっております。 We always appreciate your helpfulness
• Appendix A: Symbol practice
• Appendix B: Assessment answer sheets
• Appendix C: Spotlight on form! Act 2: Negative-nai desu forms
• Appendix D: Spotlight on form! Act 3: -mashoo forms; Noun-ja nai forms
• Appendix E: Spotlight on form! Act 4: Negative-nakatta desu and Noun + datta forms
• Appendix F: Spotlight on form! Act 5: ～て forms
• Appendix G: Answer keys