日本語NOW! NihonGO NOW!

Performing Japanese Culture - Level 1 Volume 1 Textbook

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

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781351397520
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Filología
• Subtopic: Idiomas

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 1comprises two textbooks with accompanying activity books. These four books in combination with audio files allow instructors to adapt a beginning-level course, such as the first year of college 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 Textbook is ideally accompanied by the Level 1 Volume 1 Activity Book, which provides core texts and additional practice for beginning-level students.

序じょ幕まくJomaku
Introduction

Instructional expressions part 1

Listen to the audio files and practice responding to these instructions with an appropriate action. You need not learn to say these expressions yourself, but need to react promptly when you hear your instructor say them.

はい。	Ha⸣i.	Okay.
始はじめましょう。	Ha⸢jimemasho⸣o.	Let’s begin.
聞きいてください。	Ki⸢ite kudasa⸣i.	Please listen.
言いってください。	I⸢tte kudasa⸣i.	Please say it.
答こたえてください。	Ko⸢ta⸣ete ku⸢dasa⸣i.	Please answer.
もう一いっ回かい言いってください。	Mo⸢o ik-kai itte kudasa⸣i.	Please say it again.
みんなで言いってください。	Mi⸢n’na⸣ de i⸢tte kudasa⸣i.	Please say it all together.
一ひと人りずつ言いってください。	Hi⸢tori-zu⸣tsu i⸢tte kudasa⸣i.	Please say it one at a time.
もっと大おおきな声こえで話はなしてください。	Mo⸣tto ⸢o⸣oki na ⸢ko⸣e de ha⸢na⸣shite ku⸢dasa⸣i.	Please talk louder.
本ほんを見みないでください。	Ho⸣n o ⸢mi⸣nai de ku⸢dasa⸣i.	Please don’t look at the book.
携けい帯たいを見みないでください。	Ke⸢itai o mi⸣nai de ku⸢dasa⸣i.	Please don’t look at your phone.
書かいてください。	Ka⸣ite ku⸢dasa⸣i.	Please write it.
終おわります。	O⸢warima⸣su.	That’s all for today (used at the end of a class).

Basic greetings

Work with the audio files until you are able to use these phrases intentionally and you are comfortable responding to others appropriately when you hear them use the phrases.

おはようございます。	O⸢hayoo gozaima⸣su.	Good morning (formal).
こんにちは。	Ko⸢n’nichi wa.	Hello.
こんばんは。	Ko⸢nban wa.	Good evening.
ありがとうございました。	A⸢ri⸣gatoo go⸢zaima⸣shita.	Thank you (for what you have done).

Basic greetings

1. Ohayoo gozaimasu is the first greeting of the day. If you know the person well, ohayoo is fine. You should always greet your teacher or other superiors with the full form, ohayoo gozaimasu, because it is more polite. It is also expected that lower-ranking people initiate the greeting (speak first) to their superiors.
2. Konnichi wa is used at other times of the day, before evening. But konnichi wa is not used between family members or friends. (See otsukaresama in Act 1 Scene 11.)
3. Konban wa is the standard greeting when you meet people in the evening.
4. Arigatoo gozaimashita is used to thank someone for what they have done. This is an appropriate thing to say to your instructor after class, before leaving the classroom.

お辞 儀ぎ Ojigi Bowing

All languages have gestures and body language that are peculiar to the culture. Japanese are well known for bowing—when they are introduced, when they say goodbye, and when they leave a room or office. Depending on the gravity of the situation, the bow might be a quick nod of the head (acknowledging a colleague in the hall) or a formal bow (when meeting a superior for the first time; when accepting a diploma). It is important to remember that your eyes should look down, not at the person you are addressing.

拡かく張ちょうKakuchoo Expansion

1. Observe someone bowing, either as they interact with you or with someone else. Pay attention to how deeply they bow, how many times they bow, the social situation (i.e., the type of relationship that the people who are bowing have with each other), and the immediate situation (i.e., why they are interacting with each other; for example, thanking, apologizing, greet...