ABSTRACT
NihonGO NOW! is a beginning-level courseware package that takes a performed-culture approach to learning Japanese. This innovative approach balances the need for an intellectual understanding of structural elements with multiple opportunities to experience the language within its cultural context.
From the outset, learners are presented with samples of authentic language that are context-sensitive and culturally coherent. Instructional time is used primarily to rehearse interactions that learners of Japanese are likely to encounter in the future, whether they involve speaking, listening, writing, or reading.
Level 1 comprises two textbooks with accompanying activity books. These four books in combination with audio files allow instructors to adapt a beginning-level course, such as the first year of college Japanese, to their students’ needs. They focus on language and modeled behavior, providing opportunities for learners to acquire language through performance templates. Online resources provide additional support for both students and instructors. Audio files, videos, supplementary exercises, and a teachers’ manual are available at www.routledge.com/9781138304147.
NihonGO NOW! Level 1 Volume 1 Textbook is ideally accompanied by the Level 1 Volume 1 Activity Book, which provides core texts and additional practice for beginning-level students.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Act 1|38 pages
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Nice to meet you.
section ♦|31 pages
Hanasu/kiku Speaking and listening
chapter Scene 1-6|2 pages
いただきます。 Itadakimasu. I humbly receive. (Ritual expression used before meals)
section ♦|5 pages
Yomi-kaki Reading and writing
part Act 2|46 pages
Daijoobu desu. It’ll be fine.
section ♦|32 pages
Hanasu/kiku Speaking and listening
section ♦|12 pages
Yomi-kaki Reading and writing
part Act 3|58 pages
Nan-ji desu ka? What time is it?
section ♦|40 pages
Hanasu/kiku Speaking and listening
section ♦|16 pages
Yomi-kaki Reading and writing
part Act 4|44 pages
Renraku kimashita? Did they get in touch?
section ♦|37 pages
Hanasu/kiku Speaking and listening
section ♦|5 pages
Yomi-kaki Reading and writing
part Act 5|45 pages
May I ask a favor of you?
section ♦|30 pages
Speaking and listening
section ♦|13 pages
Reading and writing
part Act 6|53 pages
いつもお世話になっております。 We always appreciate your helpfulness.
section ♦|35 pages
◆話はなす・聞きく Speaking and listening
chapter Scene 6-1|6 pages
留りゅう学がく生せいセンターせんたあで勉べん強きょうしています。/I’m studying at the Internationa, Student Center.
section ♦|16 pages
Reading and writing