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.
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.
ćźæŒç·Žçż 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.
Call your Japanese teacher by name to get his/her attention, then greet your teacher.
â Scene 1-2 ç·Žçż Renshuu Practice
çè§Łç·Žçż Rikai renshuu Comprehension practice
1-2-1C Whatâs going on? (BTS 1, 3)
How is hai ăŻă used in each of the following conversations? Select from:
Affirmative response (âthatâs rightâ)
Handing something over (âhere you goâ)
Accepting something handed to you (âgot itâ)
Showing you are in attendance (âhereâ or âpresentâ)
In this exercise, you may hear unfamiliar words, just as you would when speaking Japanese outside of the classroom since others wonât know what youâve studied. This is a chance for you to practice using what you do know to get an idea of whatâs 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.
__________
ćźæŒç·Žçż 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.â
Ex. 2.
You invited your friend over, and your friend has j...
