For Elementary Schools

＜Communication Skills For 1st Graders＞

10/31/97　Nakamura

1st Term
　Nonverbal response

April May June July
1st week 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

1.Response in Japanese. (in group)

2.Response by action. (in group)

3.Response in Japanese or by　action. (in person)
1.kon-nichi-wa, sayonara 1.kore, are 1.kon-nichi-wa, sayonara
2.hai, iie 2.dame, yorosii 2.hai, iie
3.arigato 3.wakari-masen 3.kore, are
4.〜shitai-desu 4.dame, yoroshii

2nd Term
　A single word (in group)

September October November December
13th　week 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th

4.Identifying. (I./You.)

5.Instructing or directing others to do　something. (verbs)

6.Expressing agreement and disagreement. (Yes./No.)
1.Name (teacher's name) 1.Motion (stand up, sit down) 1.Number (11-20)
2. 〃 (one's own name) 2. 〃 (come, stop, go) 2.Quantity (all, more)
3.Sex (boy/girl, group, 1-10) 3.Parts of the body (head, back, arm, hand, foot) 3.Color (blue, black, green, red, white, yellow)
4.Demonstration (show) ／Expression (tell) 4.Shape (square, circle, triangle, rectangle) 4.Nationality (Japan, Japanese, etc.)
5.　〃　 (write, say) 5.Direction (right, left, forward, back)
＊To greet people. (Hello.)／When taking leave. (Good-bye.) ＊School furniture (chair,desk,board)／Stationery (pencil,eraser,scissors)

3rd Term
A single word (in person)

January February March
27th week 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th

7.Types of food and drink (food, eat, drink, rice, egg, fish, meat, soup, bread, water, sugar, salt, etc.)

8.Expressing pleasure,liking. (Good.)
1.Requesting others to do something. (Please.) 1.Audibility (sound,loud,soft,listen)
2.Expressing gratitude. (Thank you.) 2.Taste (sweet,bitter,nice,bad)
3.Expressing agreement and disagreement. (OK.) 3.Smell (pleasant,nice,bad)
4.Expressing approval. (Good.) 4.Texture (hard,soft,rough,strong)
5.Apologizing. (Sorry.)

＊Asking.(What?)／Requesting assistance.(Help)

Units composed of language functions.
Units composed of specific notions.

Fonts are used as Gothic＝Language functions
 　　　　　　　　　　　 Normal＝General notions
　 　　　　　　　 　　　　Italic＝Specific notions

＊Marked materials have to be learned through the terms or the unit.

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