iiTomo Student 1 - Units 4 & 5 Overview

Katakana Scripts (Katakana chart)

• Katakana is one of the three Japanese writing systems, alongside Hiragana and Kanji.
• Katakana is used for words borrowed from foreign languages and often for emphasis.
• Each Katakana character represents a syllable.

iiTomo Student 1 – Unit 4 (My Town)

• Learn how to ask and tell others where you live.
• Describe your town and places in Japan using adjectives.
• Practice asking for and giving information about places.
• Learn the Kanji for "big" (大, おお, きい) and "small" (小, ちい, さい).

iiTomo Student 1 – Unit 5 (My week)

• Learn how to talk about activities you do on specific days of the week.
• Practice using negative forms to express what you don't do on certain days.
• Learn how to express liking and loving something using "I like ---" and "I love ---".
• Study the following verbs: します, たべます, のみます, ききます, よみます, かきます, かいます, ならいます, いきます.
• Learn the Kanji for the days of the week: 月, 火, 水, 木, 金, 土, 日.
• Learn the Kanji for "like" (好き) and "love" (大好き).

iiTomo Student 2 – Unit 1 (Daily routine)

• Learn how to ask and tell the time (including using "half" and "minutes").
• Practice talking about your daily routine.
• Learn the Kanji for "time" (時), "half" (半), "minute" (分), and "school" (学校).
• Understand the present, past, present negative and past negative forms of verbs.
• Review basic adjectives from previous units: かわいい, おもしろい, あかるい, かっこいい, やさしい, あたまがいい, たのしい.
• Review family terms, both humble and general, from previous units.

Yearly Examination Preparation Strategies

• Review practice written texts provided by your Sensei in class.
• Watch videos embedded in your notification.
• Work on vocabulary lists on Education Perfect.
• Revise basic vocabulary, expressions and sentence patterns you've learned before.
• Practice reading passages in iiTomo Student Book 1 (pages 56, 58, 65, 69, 72-73) and iiTomo Student Book 2 (pages 5, 10, 14).
• Review vocabulary listed on pages 60, 74 (iiTomo Student Book 1) and page 16 (iiTomo Student Book 2).
• Use the Grammar summary on pages 102 to 104 (iiTomo Student Book 2).