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 2 Activity Book provides a wealth of communicative exercises and assessment tools for students working through the second semester of the NihonGO NOW! course.
Listen to Yamada-san express her opinions on various matters, then select the quality being compared from the options below and mark the one that she says has more of that quality.
Convenient
Spacious
Hot
Available
Dark
New
Big
Easy
Inexpensive
Lonely
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7-1-2P Suggesting otherwise (BTS 1)
Your friend, Mizuno-san, seems to think that another friend, Ito-san, is not very proactive. Gently suggest that Ito-san probably does all the things that Mizuno-san thinks she doesnât.
7-1-3P Reassuring that you are adjusting well (BTS 2)
Youâve just begun to work at a new company. Taguchi-san, your new colleague, is concerned about various aspects of your new environment. Reassure her that you have gotten used to them.
Well, Iâve already gotten used to the smallness of the apartment, so âŠ
7-1-4P Specifying the extent with a comparison (Act 6 BTS 24)
When Tamura-san, a co-worker, asks you a question, provide a comparison to show the extent to which she would be correct. The item for your comparison is provided below.
Ask some acquaintances who recently moved somewhere if theyâve gotten used to things yet.
Ask a couple of your friends what type of things/times/places they find stressful, pleasing, sad, easy to do, they want to do, etc. You may not understand all of what they say in their response. Try to pick one word that catches your attention and ask what it means (recall Act 3 Scene 1).
Find out from your Japanese friends and/or associates what sorts of things come to mind when they hear descriptive words such as ăăăă, ăăłăă, etc. You can do this by asking, f...
