Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• read 86 new kanji characters
• Describe things using adjectives
• Explain one’s likes and dislikes
• Suggest a plan of action
• Write a Japanese address on a Japanese postcard
• Make requests
• Ask and grant permission
• Deny permission
• Explain reasons
• Offer assistance
• Talk about an ongoing action or state
• Talk about one’s marital status, location of residence, and place ofemployment
• Talk about one’s family
• Give a description of a person
• Count people
• Explain the purpose of going to a certain location
• Connect two sentences into one
• Address and write a postcard and a letter
• Use the informal speech style for casual conversations
• Make a guess about a person, place, or an item
• Report what someone was saying
• Ask someone not to do something
• Talk about what one is good at or poor at