Bost Language Learning: Last class at Findley

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Last class at Findley

I wanted to post a few of the phrases we've tried to learn these past few weeks at Findley Elementary. These are things you can quiz your kids on over the winter break to keep their memories fresh.

-What's your name? Onamae wa nandesuka?

-How old are you? Nansai desuka?

-What is this? Kore wa nandesuka?

-What color is it? Nani iro desuka?

-Please sit. Suwatte kudasai

-Please stand. Tatte kudasai.

-Please laugh! Waratte kudasai!

-Please eat. Tabete kudasai.

-Do you like it? Suki desuka?

-Do you dislike it? Kirai desuka?

I would encourage you to borrow from the library some books with either hiragana or katakana scripts to further introduce your students to the Japanese written language. Someday soon, maybe they'll be devouring kanji dictionaries!

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Welcome to Bost Language Learning. This site is the organizational space of my tutoring business. I teach beginner's to intermediate Japanese right now, but plan to have English and German classes in the future. My philosophy is, you can't learn a new language by attending a class once or twice a week. The more you immerse yourself in, and continually practice the target language, the easier it will be for your brain to automatically recall the words and phrases that you've learned. That's the reason for this website- to provide motivation for students to keep their brains working!
I teach classes in the Portland, Oregon area, with class sizes ranging from one person to a group of fifteen. I post assignments and schedules on this site, as well as the occasional quiz or game. Students can post their answers in the comments section of a particular post, and parents of younger students can post feedback about their students' progress. Check back often for updates, and thanks for visiting!

Current Assignments

Individual Tutoring Class
Adventures in Japanese Textbook:
Chapter 4 overview, workbook starred exercises.

Continue Hiragana and Katakana flash card practice.

Try to use a couple longer sentences with your parents. Remember how to say, "my sister does not speak Japanese very well, but my father speaks very well."

Findley Beginners Class
We've now learned a few more verbs, so parents, try asking your student to tell you what to do! In Simon Says, they've learned "please stand, please sit, please laugh, please dance." We'll keep adding more verbs as we go. They've also learned how to say if they like or dislike something. They should be able to count to at least ten now, and some of them can count to 20. We'll try to learn some simple writing next week.

Adult Beginners Class
End of term test review
Noun lists: p28-31, 34-37, 42-44, 72-75
Adjective lists: p47-52, 68
Question sentences: p59-61
Verb lists: p77-85

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Last class at Findley

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