Week 1 Introductory lesson - course organization. Greetings. Introductions. Introduction to the Japanese writing system. Hiragana - a, ka, sa, ta, na rows. Conversation - introducing oneself, "what is this", "how are you". Expressions of gratitude. Questions and answers - what is in the room. The verb "to be". Week 2 Hiragana - ha, ma, ya, r, wa, and n rows. Writing and reading. Animals. Numbers from 1 to 10,000. Week 3 Lesson 1 (in the textbook Japanese, hereinafter referred to as L 1) - Mr. Kučera's and Mr. Yamakawa's family, time, fruit, vegetables. Hiragana - nigori, maru nigori, contracted sounds (digraphs), and other specifics of hiragana. Sentence structure. The particle wa. Week 4 L 1 - other particles, nationalities, and languages. Katakana - a, ka, sa, ta, na rows. Deriving words from English - loanwords. Verbs - basic form, polite form. The verb "to like". Week 5 Katakana - ha, ma, ya, ra, wa, and n rows. Shopping - basic conversation. How much things cost. L 1 - completion. Week 6 L 2 - At the airport - further polite phrases, persons (pronouns). Katakana - nigori, maru nigori, other specifics, writing proper names. of verbs. Week 7 Review. Midterm test. Week 8 Days of the week, time, clothing. L 2 - particles mo, yo, ne, to. The Kanji writing system. Week 9 L 3 - where is it? Particles of place. Description of a room. City and transport, asking for directions. Kanji. Week 10 Japanese realia - culture, points of interest, history and mythology, anime, manga, food, holidays (all briefly). Week 11 Hobbies. Summary and review. Week 12 Final test. Week 13 Test correction. Evaluation.
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