1. ようこそ日本・日本語のクラ スへ Welcome to Japanese Class! Transition Year 2011

2. 嵐のようこそ日本 Arashi / Massage from Japan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgRvqhEX2gQ

3. 何を学ぶ？ Japanese Culture Basic Japanese Japan Facts What are we going to learn?

4. 日本文化 Japanese Culture Traditional Culture Pop Culture Modern Culture

5. 日本語の基礎 Greetings Introduce yourself Talking about hobbies Likes/dislikes Alphabets Basic writing Basic Japanese

6. Japan Facts What do you know about Japan?

7. 日本はどこにある？ Where is Japan?

8. みんなが知っている日本 The Japan you know

9. 日本語ってどういう言葉？ Spoken by over 130 million people Grammar is almost identical to Korean Very different from Chinese but use some similar writing Pronunciation is easy for English speakers Writing is challenging What is the Japanese language?

10. 日本語のクラスを楽しもう！ AKB48 Let’s enjoy the Japanese class!

11. 一年間よろしくお願いします。 Ichinenkan Yoroshiku Onegai shimasu Japanese Instructor Mariko Takishita-O’Keeffe