What is your major (in Japanese)?

あなたの せんもんは なんですか？= What is your major?

If you'd like to answer your major in Japanese, the following site may help you to find the Japanese name of your major.
http://www.chonmage-eigojuku.com/tangohen/tango20.html

or find your major in the "List of academic disciplines (Wikipedia)," click your major, and change the language to Japanese, "日本語"（にほんご). I hope this information will help you. :)
Now you can answer,
わたしの せんもんは ○○です。= My major is ○○. 

Beginners 1 on 03/09/10

Number of students: 11 including 1 new student
Summary
(1)Hiragana reading practice
・names of a part of a face (あたま、かお、くび、まゆげ、め、まつげ、はな、くち、etc.)
・common Japanese names (たなか、すずき、きくち、みやざき、まつもと、etc.)
・days of a week
・names of family and some jobs

(2)Lesson 1: じかん・とし（Time / Age） (Genki text p.29, p21)
    - じかん（Time）：Add じ（ji） after numbers.
　　　・ごぜん（gozen） = a.m. / ごご（gogo） = p.m.
　　　・ex) ごぜん ７じ です。（gozen shichi ji desu.） = It's 7 a.m.
    - とし（Age）：The counter suffix ～さい is used to indicate "-years old."

(3)Lesson 1: Questions for Numbers (Genki text pp.15-16)
  1).いま、なんじですか。（Ima, nan ji desu ka.） = What time is it now?
     - ７じ です。（Shichi ji desu.） = It's 7 o'clock.

  2).メアリーさんは なんさい ですか。（Mary san wa nansai desu ka.） = How old is Mary?
     - 19 さい です。（juu kyuu sai desu.） = She is 19 years old.
     - おいくつですか。（oikutsu desu ka.） = How old are you? (more polite than "なんさいですか.")

  3).たけしさんは なんねんせい ですか。（Takeshi san wa nan nensei desu ka.） = What year is Takeshi in college?
     - 2ねんせい です。（Ni nensei desu.） = I am a sophomore.
     - だいがく 3ねんせい です。（Daigaku san nensei desu.） = I am a junior in college.
     - しゅうし 1ねんせい です。（Shuushi ichi nensei desu.） = I am the 1st year of the Master.
     - はくし (or はかせ) 4ねんせい です。（Hakushi (or Hakase) yo nensei desu.） = I am the 4th year of the Ph.D.

  4).でんわばんごうは なんですか。（Denwabangou wa nan desu ka.） = What is your telephone number?
     - 123 - 4567です。（Ichi ni san no yon go roku nana desu.） = It's 123-4567.

(4)Lesson 1: Review Exercises (Genki text p.27)

Homework
(1)a Hiragana practice sheet (I gave you in today's class)
(2)Review today's lesson (ひらがな、カタカナ、Numbers, Questions for numbers)!!
     
We won't have a class next week (March 16th) because of Spring break.
Happy Spring Break! （たのしい はるやすみ を！）

See you on March 23rd!!

Beginners 1 on 03/02/10

Number of students: 8 including 1 new student
Summary
(1)Writing Hiragana and Katakana, らりるれろ, わをん, ラリルレロ, and ワヲン.
(2)Similar Hiragana
    - I gave a handout for similar hiragana.
(3)Lesson 1:  Reviewing a particle 「の」

(4)Lesson 1:  Numbers (0-100) (Genki text p.20)
    -You can see Japanese numbers in this website.
      http://japanese.about.com/od/japanesevocabulary/a/numbers.htm
      http://www.ajalt.org/sfyj/index.html
    - Exercise p.20 A,B, and C
    <how to pronounce +, -, =  >
     ・   +   たす（tasu）
     ・   -    ひく（hiku）
     ・   =   は（wa）
     ex.1)  4 + 5 = 9 　よん たす ご は きゅう. (yon tasu go wa kyuu)
     ex.2)  7 - 7 = 0 　なな ひく なな は れい. (nana hiku nana wa ree)

Homework
(1)Review ひらがな, カタカナ, Numbers.
    Practice numbers with these websites!
      - Numbers Listening Quiz
        http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self/site/gakusyu/number.html
      - Number song (kids like this ;))
        http://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/learnjapanesenumbers.htm

Next Week
(1)Time (p.21)
(2)Time (minutes) and Age (p.29)
(3)What time is it? / What is your cellphone number? / What year are you in college (or high school)? / How old are you? (p.16)
(4)Interviewing game (p.27)
(5)(if we have time) more exercises (some pages from pp.22,23)

Please print out Lesson 1 of Genki textbook and bring them to the class!!!

See you next week!!