???NOW! NihonGO NOW!

Performing Japanese Culture – Level 1 Volume 2 Textbook

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

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9780367483210, 9780367483241
• eBook ISBN: 9781000078466
• 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 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 2 Textbook is ideally accompanied by the Level 1 Volume 2 Activity Book, which provides core texts and additional practice for beginning-level students.

Appendix A
Japanese-English glossary in Gojuuon order

List of abbreviations

• N = Noun
• V = Verb
• Adj = Adjective
• Sp. Exp. = Special Expressions

	あ、	あ、	Sp. Exp.	Oh	1	10
	ああ	ああ	Sp. Exp.	ahh, oh	2	7
	あいきどう	合気道	N	aikido (martial art)	6	1
+	あいだ	会田	N	[family name]	10	9R
	あいだ	Amount of time 〜間	Sp. Exp.	number of hours, days, weeks, years	6	2
	あいだ	間	N	interval, space between	7	6
	あいだ	X と Y の間	Sp. Exp.	between X and Y	7	6
	あいだ	間	N	during; between	8	6
	あいづち	相槌	N	back-channeling (nods, interjections and the like that indicate one is paying attention)	11	6
+	あいづちをうつ	相槌を打つ	Sp. Exp.	provide back-channel comments and nods	11	6
+	あいてぃー	IT	N	IT	9	3
+	あいまい	曖昧（な）	N	ambiguity (BTS 12)	4	2
+	あう	会う（-U; 会った）	V	see, meet	3	4
+	あお	青	N	blue, green	6	3
+	あおい	青い	Adj	blue	3	5
+	アオイしゅっぱん	アオイ出版	N	Aoi Publishing	3	1
+	あか	赤	N	red	6	3
	あかい	赤い	Adj	red	3	5
	あかいの	赤いの	Sp. Exp.	the red one	3	5
+	あかちゃん	赤ちゃん	N	baby	7	2
	あがる	上がる (-U; 上が った)	V	rise, go up, enter a house	8	3
+	あかるい	明るい	Adj	light, bright	7	1
+	あき	秋	N	autumn, fall	8	6
+	あきらめる	諦める (-RU; 諦 めた)	V	be reconcile...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Act 7 びっくりしました 。 I was surprised
• Act 8 おめでとうございます 。 Congratulations
• Act 9 一いち番ばん好すきなのは…… 。 My favorite one is
• Act 10 次じ回かい、頑がん張ばろう。 Let’s do our best next time
• Act 11 どうしたらいい？ What shall I do?
• Act 12 母ははが送おくってくれたんだけど…… 。 My mom sent it to me
• Appendix A: Japanese-English glossary in gojuuon order
• Appendix B: Japanese-English glossary by Act and Scene
• Index