Continue building your Japanese with our Beginner Japanese: Course 2, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner Japanese: Course 1 or have approximately 20 hours of prior study. You will learn to talk about your home, daily routines and everyday schedules. You will learn to describe rooms and furniture, talk about what is present in different spaces, ask and tell the time, and discuss when you are available to make simple arrangements.

You will develop your Japanese through useful vocabulary and beginner-friendly sentence patterns, including あります／います, location particles, descriptive adjectives and time expressions. You will also practise the 〜ます verb form for talking about routines and 〜から〜まで for expressing time spans.

DELIVERY MODE

Language courses are offered in two delivery modes:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: via Zoom or Microsoft Teams

Please check the delivery mode listed before enrolling, as some classes are face-to-face and others are online.

TEXTBOOK

• Marugoto 1 / A1 Introduction Rikai Coursebook, (Sanshusha Publishing Co., Ltd., 2013), ISBN: 9784384057539

Suggested Textbook Suppliers: Abbey's Bookshop · Intext Book Company / Language International Bookshop · The Language People

The textbook is not included in the course fee. Please check textbook availability with the supplier and wait until your course is confirmed before purchasing. WEA Sydney cannot accept responsibility for textbook purchases if a course is cancelled. Courses are confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days before the start date.

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

• Describing your home and rooms
• Talking about what exists in a space
• Describing daily routines
• Asking and telling the time
• Making arrangements and discussing availability

Grammar

• Using the existence verbs あります and います
• Using the location particles に and で
• Describing people, places and things with _い_- and _な_-adjectives
• Using time expressions and counters
• Using the 〜ます verb form to talk about routines
• Expressing time spans with 〜から〜まで

Vocabulary

• Homes, rooms and furniture
• Everyday objects
• Daily routine activities
• Time expressions and days of the week
• Places and basic locations

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Describe their home, rooms and everyday surroundings, including what exists in different spaces.
2. Talk about daily routines, ask and tell the time, and describe when activities take place.
3. Make simple arrangements and discuss availability using basic Japanese time and location structures.