EQ: What customs are seen in our homes? Starting Points Plain past negative verbs ～なかった Culture Point: When entering the げんかん of a Japanese house, it is customary to remove your shoes and slid into a pair of slippers. Also remember to line your shoes up neatly pointing outward toward the door. Slip-on shoes are quite …
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EQ: What can we do to protect the earth? Starting Points Make a polite request using ～てください Culture Point: Earth Day has been celebrated on April 22 around the world since 1970. The Earth Day Tokyo started in 2001 and is located in Yoyogi Park. This two-day event features ways to create a sustainable society. …
EQ: What customs are seen in our homes? Starting Points plain past negative verbs ～なかった When entering the げんかん of a Japanese house, it is customary to remove your shoes and slid into a pair of slippers. Remember to also line your shoes up neatly pointing outward toward the door. Slip-on shoes are quite common …
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EQ: In what ways do Japanese schools build community? Lesson Goals In this lesson, you will learn how to state an activity that you like to do. In Japanese secondary schools, there is typically a 10-minute break between classes. Since students stay in the same classroom throughout the school day, they are able to use …
EQ: How does technology affect travel in Japan? Starting Points invite someone to go somewhere politely accept or decline an invitation start learning katakana days of the week As technology advances, using travel applications to plan for a trip is quite common. For travel, there are apps that can assist with airplane and flight reservations, …
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EQ: What is the typical lifestyle of the Japanese high school student? Starting Points noun + ‘to do’ verb します particle も to indicate ‘also’, ‘too” Messaging apps have become increasingly popular throughout the world. One that has become extremely popular in Japan is LINE. It was created by the internet company Naver after 2011 …
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EQ: What is the typical lifestyle of the Japanese high school student? Starting Points particle に to indicate location The school day for middle school students in Japan is typically from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM, about 7.5 hours a day. After classes, students are required to clean the school, and many students stay after …
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EQ: What is the typical lifestyle of the Japanese high school student? Starting Points particle に to indicate time non-past positive verbs ～ます In Japanese, there are polite and casual form verbs. Polite form verbs are also referred to as ます form verbs. In level 1 of this course, you will learn the ～ます form …
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れんしゅう: Odette and Ravi are looking at pictures of things on exhibition at different museums uploaded in a travel app. Listen to the two conversations and answer the comprehension questions about each conversation.
れんしゅう: Justin’s class will visit an automobile museum on Wednesday. The students will go to the exhibitions based on their interests. Students were assigned to write down their top five exhibitions and which floor they are on. Justin has written down the exhibitions in the order he wants to visit them. Help him by filling …