Quiz on Thursday

In quiz Thursday, I am going to ask you the meaning of 12 verbs in
Lesson 3. Given verbs (dictionary form) in hiragana, make sure you can
say the meaning in English.

Course caldendar

I want to point out one more time that we have our course calendar on the right in this blog. Please look at it regularly, especially for what homework is assigned each day.

Video of your recommendation

You should know by now that I love YouTube. It even provides a lot of great learning materials.
If you know any online video that can be useful for you and your friend's Japanese language learning, let me know by email. I would like to make a list of online videos recommended by you guys in this blog. It will be anonymous if needed.
I may consider giving an extra credit to a very good one.

Yotsuba PDF file uploaded

PDF file of Yotsuba manga where people are using a ます form is ready to download at eLearning Commons.

Digital flashcard

Please look at the link to the PDF file explaining how to download and use Anki software (digital flashcard software that I mentioned in class).
http://tonysensei.com/sites/default/files/Getting%20started%20with%20Anki.pdf
provided by Tonysensei.com

Thank you for asking, Lauren.

Monday quiz

In quiz Moday, I am going to ask you to write Kanji for 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Also, I am going to ask you to conjugate u-verbs and ru-verbs. The format will be "Here is a ru-verb. Conjugate it into the polite form (or the polite negative form.)"

トレーナー

In case you are wondering, トレーナー looks like this.

Time to choose your performance

We have about 2 weeks before midterm. Please remember it's the time to decide what you will do in your oral performance.
Let me know if you have any concern about that assignment.

Course calendar available here

Please note that our course calendar (public google calendar) is available under "Link" on the right.

Tuesday we have a review day for Lesson 2. Please bring your questions to class. If we run out of questions, I would like to start talking about Lesson 3 materials.

In the next quiz, I am going to ask you about ko-so-a-do expressions. Make sure you can make simple sentences using ko-so-a-do. Also I am going to ask you about "Useful Expressions" on page 53. Make sure you can write and read those expressions in hiragana.