Contents

W 1

REGISTRATION WEEK

W 2

Minna no Nihongo I L5, 7,11&12

Covering some expressions up to L11 which are not in JBPI

• Saying nowhere, nothing, etc.
• Completion of the action
• Frequency in a week, month, etc
• Something is not much (only ~)

Revision of level 1 grammar (Present tense of Adjectives)

Guidance on the module

Kanji 1. Number (1)

W 3

Minna no Nihongo I L12

Describing things/people in comparison

• Something/someone is ~ more than ~
• Something/someone is the most ~ among ~

Revision of level 1 grammar (Past tense of Adjectives)

Kanji Homework Guidance

W 4

Minna no Nihongo I L13, 14 & 15

Stating purpose of going somewhere

Revision of level 1 expressions

• Asking to do something
• Stating action in progress

Revision of level 1 grammar (Te form of Verbs)

Kanji 2. Number (2)

W 5

Minna no Nihongo I L15 & 16

Giving permission

• You may ~

Expressing prohibition

• You must not~

Revision of level 1 expressions

• A state resulted from a certain action in a past eg. I am married
• Connecting sentences which end with verb (eg. I read a book and write a letter)

Expressing a sequence of events

Kanji 3. Day of the week

W 6

Minna no Nihongo I L16 & 17

Describing things/people using particle ‘ga’

Describing things/people

• Connecting sentences which end with adjective (eg. This cake is nice and cheap.)

Revision of level 1 grammar (Nai form of Verbs)

Kanji Revision

W 7

Minna no Nihongo I L17

Expressing the necessity

• I have to ~

Expressing the unnecessity

• You don’t have to ~

Revision of level 1 grammar (Dictionary form of Verbs)

Kanji 4. Position/Nature

W 8

Minna no Nihongo I L18

Stating ability and hobby

• Using Dictionary form of verbs

Expressing a sequence of events

• I do ~ before ~

Kanji 5. Body

W 9

Review

Expressing something is not easy to do

• I can hardly do ~

Expressing to emphasize hope and request: (Eg. Please do come and visit us)

Saying how to do things(Eg. Can you tell me how to use computer, please?)

Practice for Reading Test

W 10

Test 1

• Assessed – Reading with Grammar & Kanji (No dictionary)
• Non-assessed – Writing (No dictionary)　　

If you are ill on the day, please get a doctor’s note and contact your tutor

Contents

W1

Minna no Nihongo I L19

Talking about past expreience

• I have done ~ (in the past)

Expressing some events from the list

• I do things like ~ and ~ and so on.

Ta form

Kanji 6. People

W 2

Minna no Nihongo I L19 & 20

Describing a change in a state

• Something/someone becomes ~

Plain form of Verbs and I-adjectives

W3

Minna no Nihongo I L20

Plain form of Existence and State

• There is/are~, has been ¬ing

Plain form of other verbs

• Can, wanto to~, ect.

Plain form of some expressions

• Please, have to~, ect.

Summary of Plain form

Kanji 7. Time(1)

W 4

Minna no Nihongo I L21

Stating opinions

• I think ~

Indirect quotation

• Someone said ~

Comfirming an agreement

• ~, isn’t it ?

Saying number in total (eg. It 500 yen in total.)

Kanji 8. Time(2)

W 5

Minna no Nihongo I L22

Modifying clauses

• Something which ~, Someone who ~

Kanji 9. Adjectives

W 6

Minna no Nihongo I L23

Expressing the time when the action has taken place

• I did ~ when ~

Expressing natural or habitual results

• ~ will happen if/when you ~

Kanji 10. Verb

W 7

Minna no Nihongo I L24

Giving and receiving

• Someone gave me ~

Doing a favour

• I/Someone does ~ for someone

Kanji 11. Other(1)

W 8

Minna no Nihongo I L24

Receiving a favour

Someone does ~ for someone (from receiver’s point of view)Someone does ~ for me

Kanji 12. Other (2)

W9

Review

Practice for Listening examination and Writing test

W 10

Test 2

• Assessed – Writing with Grammar & Kanji (No dictionary)

Listening Exam

• Listening

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• If ~

• I will do ~, when/if ~
• I will do ~, even if ~

• Reading　(No dictionary)　
• Writing (No dictionary)