COM: Overview

Community

How often do you go to specialty shops just to buy things like fish, vegetables, and kitchen utensils? In Japan, people do shop at supermarket and department stores, but they still enjoy going to specialty shops to obtain the freshest, the tastiest, and the most popular items. As you walk down small streets in residential areas, you might find a tofu shop, kimono shop, bakery, tatami mat shop, bicycle shop, and on and on. Whether you want to make one stop at 10-story department store or many stops to specialty shops, this module will help you get where you need to go.

Essential Questions:

• How do you identify certain places in the community?
• How do you ask and state the location of places in the community?
• How do you ask and tell about the existence of places in a community?
• How do you ask about and describe spatial relationships?
• Can you read and write in katakana ラリルレロ＆ワヲ？
• Can you explain about Japanese shops and public places?

Key Terms

Your key terms for this module will appear in the content pages that follow. Be sure to ask your instructor if you have any questions.

Goals

By the end of this module, for listening and speaking skills, you will be able to identify certain places in the community, ask and state the location of places in the community, ask and tell about the existence of places in a community, and ask about and describe spatial relationships. For reading and writing skills, you will learn to read and write katakana ラリルレロ＆ワヲ , and comprehend novice level written materials containing hiragana, katakana, and kanji on the topic of community. For cultural understanding, you will learn about shops and public places in Japan.

Japanese II Standards

• Japanese II Standards - Community Links to an external site.
• National Technology Net Standards Links to an external site.

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