Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• read 59 new kanji characters
• Use the informal speech style to talk about a past event
• Make a guess about someone’s childhood
• Quote what someone else has said
• Talk about an action you have done already
• Talk about an action you have not done yet
• Order at a fast-food restaurant
• Count small items
• Write a thank you letter
• Compare two or more things
• Talk about one’s future plans
• Talk about a change of situations and conditions
• Talk about means of transportation
• Write about one’s memory of a holiday
• Talk about one’s past and present desires
• Describe someone else’s past and present desires
• Mention multiple actions as examples
• Talk about an experience that one has had in the past
• Write a want-ad
• Ask for clarification and explanation
• Make explanatory statements
• Talk about one’s health
• Give advice
• Talk about obligatory actions
• Make predictions