日本語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
- 330 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
日本語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
About This Book
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.
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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... |