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1 | 1 | · Expressing Suppositions & Wondering Aloud: でしょう、だろう deshō, darō でしょうか、だろうか deshōka, darōka · Expressing Impressions (1): よう、みたい yō, mitai · Conveying Information Gained Elsewhere: そう sō · Describing Actions Done or to Be Done in Preparation for the Future ~ておく~teoku · Asking about Something You Do Not Understand · Pointing Out Something You Noticed · Presenting Knowledge You Have Acquired · Explaining Preparations and Procedures · Kanji Practice: 音声味鳥住所最近様主 |
2 | · Expressing Certainty: はず hazu · Expressing Beliefs or Expectations Based on Information Gained Elsewhere: らしい rashii · Expressing Impressions (2): そう sō · Expressing Ideas that Run Contrary to Expectation (1): のに noni · Pointing Out Something You Think Is Strange · Making Suppositions · Stating Your Impression Based on How Things Appear · Kanji Practice: 知品開閉犬魚低体同服 |
3 | · Expressing Causes of or Reasons for Situations or Outcomes: ため(に) tame(ni) · Describing Change (1): Changes Coming into Effect ようになるyōninaru · Describing Change (2): Continuous Changes: ~ていく ~teiku · Talking about Changes in Everyday Life · Talking about Things You See around Town · Talking about Changes While Referring to a Graph · Reading a Short Passage (about 250 characters) · Kanji Practice: 全家庭族門物病院有場 |
2 | 4 | · Nominalizing Sentences: こと koto · Indicating Means or Attendant Circumstances: ~て/~で、~ないで/~ずに ~te/~de, ~naide/~zuni · Describing Deliberate Effects: ~てある ~tearu · Expressing Purpose (1): ように yōni · Soliciting and Stating Opinions · Explaining Procedures · Talking about How Facilities Are Used · Kanji Practice: 野菜教質問無農使広業 |
5 | · Expressing Completion/lncompletion of Past, Present, or Future Actions ~ている、~ていた ~teiru, ~teita · Describing Change (3): Effected Changes ~く/にする ~ku/nisuru · Expressing Purpose (2): ため(に) tame(ni) · Describing Simultaneous Actions: ながら nagara · Telling News · Explaining about Careers · Asking for Reasons or for an Explanation of How a Situation Came to Be · Kanji Practice: 料理悪晩勉強法力地切 |
6 | · Expressing Ideas that Run Contrary to Expectation (2): ~ても ~temo · Expressing Lack of Obligation: ~なくてもいい ~nakutemoii · Giving Examples of Events or Actions: ~たり、~たり ~tari, ~tari · Stating Decisions: ことになる、ことにする kotoni naru, kotoni suru · Making Suggestions Based on Supposition : なら nara · Talking about the Weather and Its Effects · Talking about Global Warming · Talking about Environmental Problems · Reading a Short Passage (about 350 characters) · Kanji Practice: 球化世界題温以起台風 |
3 | 7 | · Describing the Actions of Giving and Receiving Services: ~てもらう、~てくれる、~てあげる ~temorau, ~tekureru, ~teageru · Expressing Intention (I): つもり tsumori · Using Passive Structures:~れる/られる ~reru/rareru · Expressing Intention (2): ~う/ようとする ~u/yōtosuru · Indicating a Span of Time During Which an Action or Event Occurs: あいだ(に) aida(ni) · Asking Someone to Do Something for You · Expressing Gratitude for a Service · Making Excuses · E-mail · Talking about Awful Experiences · Explaining Circumstances · Talking about Things that Trouble You · Kanji Practice: 商代貸借送映画写真歌 · Kanji Practice: 券席乗走説明通訳死建 |
8 | · Using Passive Structures: ~れる/られる ~reru/rareru · Expressing Intention (2): ~う/ようとする ~u/yōtosuru · Indicating a Span of Time During Which an Action or Event Occurs: あいだ(に) aida(ni) · Talking about Awful Experiences · Explaining Circumstances · Talking about Things that Trouble You · Kanji Practice: 券席乗走説明通訳死建 |
9 | · Using Causative and Causative-passive Structures: ~せる/させる ~seru/saseru · Talking about Education · Asking for Permission to Do Something · Talking about What You Wish Your Spouse/ Partner Would Do · Reading a Short Passage (about 400 characters) · Kanji Practice: 件持育道考歩習運転注 |
4 | 10 | · Honorifics (1): Key Expressions: いらっしゃる irassharu · Honorifics (2): Basic Patterns: お~になる、お~する o~ninaru, o~suru · Honorifics (3): Honorific Verbs for Giving and Receiving: ~ていただく、~てくださる、~てさしあげる ~teitadaku, ~tekudasaru, ~tesashiageru · Greeting People; Introducing People · Expressing Gratitude · Apologizing · Kanji Practice: 黒米英楽色赤青銀茶工 |
11 | · Leaving and Relaying Messages: ~ように言う ~yōni iu · Using Plain Imperatives: Do and Don’t ~行け ~ike · Honorifics (4): Auxiliary Honorific Verbs: ~行かれる ~ikareru · Leaving Messages · Giving and Quoting Commands · Kanji Practice: 連絡伝医者遠研究室図 |
12 | · Explaining Reasons: (~は)~からだ (~wa) ~karada · Understanding Written Styles · Understanding Spoken Styles · Talking about Events · Engaging in Conversation With Friends · Reading a Short Passage (about 500 characters) · Reading about Customs and Special Occasions · Kanji Practice: 性慣洋割増兄姉弟妹曜 |
5 | 13 | · Talking about Reasons: ~わけ ~wake · Describing Phases of Action ~ところ ~tokoro · Complaining · Making and Responding to Apologies · Asking For and Responding to Explanations · Reading about the Reasons behind Customs · Kanji Practice: 記早心重正元不牛肉飯 |
14 | · A FEW WORDS FROM THE HOST · Formal Invitations Casual Invitations · RSVP Postcards E-mail · Writing & Reading Simple Speeches · Reading Practice 1-6 · Kanji Practice: 忙表集海漢文字紙計町 |
15 | · AT A RECEPTION · Expressing Modesty · Expressing Gratitude · Apologizing · Introducing People · Asking How Someone Is Doing |