Reflection 9

1. A crazy amount of grammar points, as well as new kanji and vocabulary.
2. Probably reading the new book. I really like it since it has more in-depth sentences and makes me feel confident when I read it.
3. Learning the new grammar points and understanding the book. Because the book is 90% Japanese, it feels cool to read it and understand it.
4. Probably keeping track of all the kanji and new vocabulary. I have a feeling every chapter is going to build on the last, so if I don't keep up with all the kanji/vocab I won't be able to read the next chapter.
5. Study.
6. Sa turns adjectives into nouns. You just attach sa to the end of the stem. It's the equivalent of -ness in English. Nifty.
Suggestions: Unlike Genki, Tobira has more grammar points per chapter than Genki, and all are necessary to read the chapter text. Therefore the best approach to grammar would be to give a light overview first so that everyone can read the text on their own time, then go over about 1/4 of it every day while going in-depth on the grammer points used in that portion. This way no one gets overloaded, but if they want to read the text on their own they have an overview. If they run into problems reading ahead, they can just listen when we go over it in class. I would go over the kanji and vocabulary as they are used in the text, and read slowly so we can follow along. In short, the best approach is to divide everything up so that we can go over it bit by bit without being overwhelmed.