Learn and Practice Hiragana

Learning Japanese is fun and rewarding.  You are not only learning a new language that has its own unique writing system, you are learning about a culture and way of thinking that, quite naturally, is foreign to the average Canadian.  Here are some of the things you will be able to do by the end of Japanese 9:

            -  understand and use common greetings.

             -  understand and use simple introductions.

            -  understand and use family member terms.

            -  talk about time using the Japanese terms for hour, day, week,                       etc.

            -  talk about your home and school routine.

            -  talk about methods of transportation.

            -  read and write ROOMAJI (the Japanese use of the Roman                              Alphabet)

            -  read and write HIRAGANA (one of the four Japanese writing                             systems)

            Some time will be devoted to studying Japanese culture and life.