Today is the last day for TERM 1!!!

みなさん　こんにちは！！！！

You did it!!! Today is the last day of the term.

Lots of people came to hand in their late homework and also to retake quizzes. I could see lots of improvement!! Good job, guys!!!

Japanese 1

Finished Chapter 1 and 2 and they have learned all the Hiragana!!! We just had our last Hiragana quiz and the average was 12 out of 15!!!! I am so proud of you guys!!!!

Japanese 2

Finished Chapter 1, learned Kanji for numbers and days of the week and took the big test and you guys did pretty well. The average was 25 out of 30!!!!!!

Japanese 3

Finished Chapter 1, learned the difference between informal and formal Japanese, took the big Kanji test (All the Kanji from Japanese 2, total 121 Kanji) and the big Chapter 1 test.
They learned 12 new Kanji from Chapter 1 and lots of new and hard grammar.

Average for Kanji Test 32 ou of 40.
Average for Chapter 1 test 31 out of 40.

1/3 of the class skipped Japanese 2 and most of them are following pretty well. Those who feel that you are still struggling, make sure to come and talk to me before class so that we can come up with some learning strategies. I am here to help you guys!!!!!!!!! I'd love to help ANYONE who wants to learn!!

Japanese 4

Since we just got our textbook end of September, we did lots of review from Japanese 3, practiced Kanji from Japanese 2 and 3 (total 219 Kanji), did some practice using AP tests exercises and watched Japanese drama. We finally started Chapter 1 from our book and they learned the 3 types of KEIGO (Polite Japanese) and the difference between there. Japanese 1 & 2 focuses on Desu & Masu style, Japanese 3 informal Japanese and Japanese 4 Business Japanese.

Average for Big Kanji test 34 out of 42

I know that it has been a big step to some of you guys, but I can see that everyone is trying very hard to suceed in this class. Thank you for all your example!!!


ESL

After observing and testing everyone, we divided our class in low and high intermediate.
They presented about a movie they liked everything in English and we discussed a little about each movie.


THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR WORKING SO HARD DURING FIRST TERM!!!!!

SOME ADVICE FOR TERM 2

1) WHEN YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SOME PARTS, TRY TO DO IT!!!! NEVER GIVE UP!!! REMEMBER THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS TO SEE EVERYONE TRYING AND NOT TO DO THE HOMEWORK PERFECTLY. IF YOU DON'T TRY YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. SOMETIMES YOU THINK YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS SOME THINGS YOU KNOW.

2) TURN IN ANY ASSIGNMENT ON TIME!!!!!!!

3) CHECK OUR BLOG DAILY TO SEE YOUR HOMEWORK!!!!!

4) BRING YOUR BOOKS, NOTEBOOKS AND PENCIL/PENS. THOSE COUNT TOWARD YOUR DAILY GRADE.

5) TAKE NOTES IN CLASS! AS I MENTIONED IN CLASS, THE EXPLANATION YOU HAVE IN YOUR BOOK SOMETIMES IS COMPLICATED, SO WRITE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK THE WAY YOU UNDERSTAND FROM WHAT I EXPLAINED IN CLASS.


がんばってください！！！！！　(Good luck)