Let's Find a Job! - Review

A Japanese help wanted sign looking for staff for a restaurant In this lesson, we'll wrap up our discussion of the reading passage. Download an annotated copy of the Let's Find a Job! text and review it carefully before moving on.

Image note: The image shows an actual help wanted sign posted for a restaurant in Tokyo. Can you use what you learned in this lesson to help read the sign? What differences do you notice when comparing the example ad from the lesson to this real life ad?

Remember, you will check your prior learning as follows:

Diagnose
Relearn
Develop ownership

Complete the following exercises and become familiar with the new material.

Review Exercise 1: Vocabulary

Directions: When you see the words in Japanese, listen to the recorded sounds and repeat each reading aloud. Think of the meaning in English and click to see if you are correct. In your notebook, spell out the words you missed and write their meanings. This will become your personalized ‘handout.’ Review your notebook, read the words aloud, and practice writing them to relearn.

Read the words out loud and click to check their meaning.

Review Exercise 2: Verbs

Directions: When you see the words in Japanese, listen to the recorded sounds and repeat each reading aloud. For this exercise, you will see various forms of the verb - we will be reviewing nonpast and past forms in the affirmative (1-4) and negative (5-8)! Think of the meaning in English and click to see if you are correct. In your notebook, spell out the words you missed and write their meanings. This will become your personalized ‘handout.’ Review your notebook, read the words aloud, and practice writing them to relearn.

Read the words out loud and click to check their meaning.

Review Exercise 3: Sentence Practice

Directions: Select the most appropriate response to match the English sentence. Your response will fill in the blank to complete the Japanese sentence.

After checking the answers, listen to the audio, repeat it aloud to model and reproduce it. Next, listen to the audio without looking at the sentences to understand what they say.

Final Thoughts: Review

Please continue to add new pages to your notebook, and at the end you will have your own personalized glossary. In these review lessons, you checked your prior knowledge (diagnosed), relearned those that you forgot, and practiced until you felt comfortable with them (developed ownership).

These are your tools and you own them. Keep them sharp and ready so you can use them on demand.

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