Japanese Now : : Teacher's Manual — Volume 4 / / Esther M. T. Sato, Masako Sakihara.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Sato, Esther M. T.,; Sakihara, Masako,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Japanese Now
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Japanese Now is a popular four-year learning program used in numerous American secondary schools and universities. The first two years emphasize oral-aural skills; the third and fourth years offer reading selections while expanding vocabulary and grammatical patterns through conversation and discuss...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Section I. General Objectives and Suggestions
• Section II. Lesson Presentation and Procedures
• Introductory Lesson. How to Use a Kanji Dictionary
• Lessons
• Lesson 1. Japan and Its Climate
• Lesson 2. Japan before the Advent of Buddhist Culture
• Lesson 3. The Importing of Chinese Culture
• Lesson 4. The Nara Period
• Lesson 5. The Heian Period (A): The Life of the Aristocrats
• Lesson 6. The Heian Period (B): From Chinese Civilization to Japanese Civilization
• Lesson 7. The Kamakura and Ashikaga Periods
• Lesson 8. Guns and the Unification of the Whole Country
• Lesson 9. The Edo Period (A): Isolationism and the Social System
• Lesson 10. The Edo Period (B): Learning, Industry, and the Culture of the Townspeople
• Lesson 11. The Meiji Period Following the Meiji Restoration
• Lesson 12. Modern Times
• Lesson 13. The Constitution of Japan and Democratic Government
• Lesson 14. Industrial Development and Foreign Trade
• Lesson 15. School Life
• Lesson 16. The Modernization of Lifestyle and the New Life for Women
• Lesson 17. Traditional Culture in a Modern Society
• Appendixes
• Translations of Reading Selections
• Resource Materials on Japan
• References
• Answer Keys to Exercise Sheets