Welcome to JPN 113 Section 1/ 8:30-9:45
おはようございます！
Ohayoo gozaimasu
Good morning- (polite)
Welcome to JPN 113
Elementary Japanese 1
Section 1/ 8:30-9:45
BEH212
Instructor: Sachie Horita
• Japanese 113 is an elementary course, designed for beginning-level students. This course covers Lesson 1,
2, 3 and part of Lesson 4 of the “Genki I” textbook.
• Refer to me as ほりたせんせい or Miss Horita
• This is my first year teaching at UNLV
• High School Japanese teacher for about 7 years in Los
Angeles (Torrance), CA
• Born in Osaka, Japan and raised in Torrance, CA
• Studied Japanese at UCSB
• I love Hello Kitty
（出席をとる）
Today’s Objectives:
• Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
1. Understand rules and procedures of this course.
2. Introduce yourselves to people who you met for the first time.
3. Write and read Hiragana あーこ
• Please DL and print out all handouts used today and on Wednesday (ie. course syllabus,
Hiragana chart) from the foreign language department website.
• My personal email account and webcampus will be ready shortly.
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Students who have studied Japanese in high school or another institution MUST take the placement exam to take JPN 114 or higher.
Classroom Greetings
Ｃｌａｓｓ ｒｏｕｔｉｎｅ
① When class starts: se n see
せんせい
(Teacher)
: ga ku see
がくせい
（ Students)
:
おはようございます。
おはようございます。
se n see
せんせい
(Teacher)
: ga ku see
がくせい
（ Students):
:
はじめましょう。
おねがいします。
② When class is over: se n see
せんせい
(Teacher)
: おわりましょう。 ga ku see
がくせい
(Students)
: ありがとうございました。
③ When you leave the classroom: se n see
せんせい
(Teacher)
: さようなら。 ga ku see
がくせい
(Students)
: しつれいします。
ha ji me te no a I sa tsu
はじめての あいさつ
Greeting Phrases
Self Introduction
Self introduction
ha ji me ma shi te de su
Person A: はじめまして。 name です。
ha ji me ma shi te de su
Person B: はじめまして。 name です。
yo ro shi ku o ne ga I shi ma su
Both A & B:
よろしくおねがいします。
Translation- How do you do? I am _________.
Nice to meet you.
** Walk around the room and greet eachother!
Asking for names
su mi ma se n. o na ma e wa.
A: すみません。おなまえは。
Excuse me, what is your name?
desu. na ma e wa, desu.
B: ＿＿です。 ( なまえは、＿＿＿です。 )
It is __________. (My name is ________.) desu. Ha ji me ma shi te
A: ＿＿です。はじめまして。
Yo ro shiku o ne ga I shi masu.
よろしくおねがいします。
It is______. How do you do? Nice to meet you.
• Talk to your neighbors. Collect as many names as you can.
• Memorize them!
あいさつ
Ｇｒｅｅｔｉｎｇｓ kyo u ka sho
きょうかしょ ｐ。３４－３５
Textbook
About
ひらがな
Writing system
• 3 writing systems in Japanese: Hiragana ( ほりたさちえ
), Katakana ( ホリタサチエ ) and Kanji ( 堀田幸江 ).
• Hiragana is used for words created by Japanese
• Katakana is used for foreign loan words
• Kanji are used for writing content words such as verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc. They usually represent meaning as well as sound.
ははははです。
母は歯です。
歯は母です。
私の名前は ギブソンゆみこです。
Pronunciation
• Japanese pronunciation is relatively easy compared with English or Chinese:
• (1) There are only five vowels in Japanese: あ
/a/ い /i/ う /u/ え /e/ お /o/
• (2) A Japanese consonant is usually followed by a vowel to make a unit of sounds which is usually called a mora or syllable, and consonants are usually not grouped together.
ひらがな
あーこ
Ｈｉｒａｇａｎａ
Ａ－Ｋｏ
Announcement
•
• For next class:
• Please choose the “Lesson 1, Greeting/Class expression, Hiragana” folder and print out Hiragana
Practice Sheet (Lesson 1) and Additional Greetings and
Classroom Expressions Handout. (PDF files)
• Print out the “Syllabus and Schedule.” You must read everything and sign your name on the Student
Information Sheet. (The Student Information Sheet is due with HW#1.)
• Do Greeting….
• See you on Wednesday!
