授業計画 | テーマ | 内容 | 授業を受けるにあたって |
第1回目 | Greetings, Introductions and Classroom Management (rules). | Focus on Description: Who am I? Who are you? Why I/You came to Tamagawagakuen? Nice to meet you/It’s a pleasure to meet you. | * Complete written homework over any handout
* Complete any Grammar Book assignment
* Review vocabulary from handouts and grammar book |
第2回目 | My Neighborhood/ My hometown in Japan. | Focus on Description and use of adverbs: My neighborhood has one movie theater behind the old tatami mat shop. | 〃 |
第3回目 | How I plan to use English in my life. What can I do/ should I do with English? | Focus on verb tense forms: I plan to/ I will/ I am going to/ I am thinking of/ I may/ I might/ I should. | 〃 |
第4回目 | My favorite memory from childhood. | Focus on past tense verb forms simple past and past perfect: when I was a child, I did, I rode/ I once had flown a kite over the Tama river. | 〃 |
第5回目 | How do I get around Tokyo? How do I get to Tamagawagakuen? | Focus on giving directions and appropriate replies: How do I get to the/How do I find/ where is/ how far/how close/how many blocks? | 〃 |
第6回目 | What are the best places to visit in Tokyo? In Japan? The best deals? | Focus on superlatives and giving directions with maps: which train lines/ which hotels/ which sites/which shops/which bargains/which flea markets? | 〃 |
第7回目 | My ideal night out on the town. | Focus on use of modal auxiliary verb forms: We would walk along Omotesando Lane to see the holiday lights in Harajuku. | 〃 |
第8回目 | My mystery date. | Focus on description and relative pronouns: use of who/whom/that/which. | 〃 |
第9回目 | Shopping: What’s My Style/ What’s Your Style? | Focus on understanding sizes,patterns, and fabrics: Do you have a size six in red silk? | 〃 |
第10回目 | At the hair salon/ At the barber. | Focus on giving instructions and imperative forms: Cut it short/Color it purple! | 〃 |
第11回目 | Let’s have a party! | Focus on tag questions in reference to invitations and party plans: We should invite Tom, shouldn’t we? We invited Mary, didn't we? | 〃 |
第12回目 | My favorite movie/my favorite television show /My favorite New year’s TV Show in Japan? | Focus on summarizing content and applying knowledge of grammar forms used in this class: review of grammar forms taught this term. | 〃 |
第13回目 | My Japan: Something that has disappeared from Japan: a memory of life as it once was in your hometowns. | Focus on past tense. | 〃 |
第14回目 | My Japan: Japan is changing: a belief about what you think will happen in Japan in the future. Make predictions about the future. | Focus on the future tense | 〃 |
第15回目 | Review of material and grammar points for final exam | Review | Prepare for final exam |