Tasks

Asking Questions

1. Question intonation 1-10 (BTS 19)
2. か (2-1 BTS 3; questions without か 4-4 BTS 15)
3. Questions with falling intonation (2-5 BTS 21)
4. [Noun + Phrase Particle] as a question (4-2 BTS 7)
5. Questions without か 4-4 BTS 15
6. Embedded yes/no questions (12-2 BTS 4)
7. Embedded information questions (12-3 BTS 6)

Assumption

1. Adjective んです (6-5 BTS 19)
2. More on んです (7-1 BTS 4)
3. つもり to indicate assumption (15-5 BTS 11)

Expressing opinions

1. Sentence + でしょうか (4-1 BTS 2)
2. Sentence でしょう？ (5-2 BTS 2)
3. Sentenceと思う (7-4 BTS 12)
4. 優しそう Appearance (8-5 BTS 12)
5. だろう (8-5 BTS 13)
6. Advice and suggestions: 〜た方がいい (13-1)
7. Agreeing and disagreeing: Sentence + 通り（に）/その通り（に）(13-3 BTS 9)
8. Sentence + かと思う：無理かと思う (14-1 BTS 2)
9. Sentence + かと思った (14-5 BTS 16)
10. Sentence + じゃない（いいじゃない）(14-5 BTS 17)
11. Non-past affirmative Sentence + べき (16-1 BTS 1)
12. Expressing an opinion: Sentence + ように思う (16-6 BTS 11)
13. Sentence + はず (17-2 BTS 3)

Comparison

1. Contrast/Background information (2-4 BTS 16)
2. Contrast (2-6 BTS 22)
3. Comparison: Noun + と + Sentence (6-6 BTS 25)
4. Comparison of two items より and ほど(6-6 BTS 24)
5. Comparison of three or more things: 一番 (9-4 BTS 10)
6. Comparison of two activities (10-6 BTS 12)

Giving a self-introduction

1. 自己紹介 (1-4 BTS 7, 8, 9)
2. Repeating your name in a self-introduction (1-10 BTS 20)
3. 自己紹介 (6-1 BTS 4)
4. Name + といいます・おっしゃいます・申します (6-2 BTS 8)
5. Workplace self-introduction (discourse structure) (24-5 BTS 10)

Giving a speech

1. Structure of a simple gratitude speech (24-1 BTS 1)
2. Leading a toast (discourse structure) (24-2 BTS 2)
3. Formal speech when moving on (discourse structure) (24-3 BTS 5)
4. Impromptu farewell speech structure (24-4 BTS 7)

Giving explanations

1. 〜から　Reasons (5-5 BTS 12)
2. Adjective んです (6-5 BTS 19)
3. Giving an explanation: Sentence ので (10-1 BTS 3)
4. どうして・なぜ〜んですか・なんで〜んですか (9-3 BTS 8)
5. だって（さ） + Sentence (9-5 BTS 13)
6. Giving personal reasons: もん・もの (9-5 BTS 14)

Giving advice

1. Advice and suggestions: 〜た方がいい (13-1)
2. Prohibition: affirmative Verb 〜ては・ちゃ＋いけない・ダメ・よくない・まずい (13-2 BTS 7)
3. Requirement or necessity: negative 〜なくては・なくちゃ＋いけない・ダメ・ならない・よくない・まずい (14-6 BTS 18)
4. Non-past affirmative Sentence + べき (16-1 BTS 1)
5. Negative Imperative (23-2 BTS 2)
6. Affirmative Imperative (23-2 BTS 3)

Hypothesizing

1. Conditional〜たら + non-past Sentence (11-1 BTS 1)
2. Conditional〜たら+past Sentence 知っていたら (11-4 BTS 9)
3. Affirmative non-past Sentence1とSentence2 (12-4 BTS 13)
4. もしかしたら・もしかすると (12-6 BTS 20)
5. Hypothetical statements: 〜としたら
6. Provisional form: 〜ば (16-2 BTS 4)
7. たとえ……〜ても (18-6 BTS 13)
8. 〜れば……ほど (20-5 BTS 7)
9. Noun + さえ〜ば (22-3 BTS 8)

Inviting

1. Negative Questions as Invitations (2-3 BTS 11)
2. Declining invitations (16-1 BTS 2)

Listing

1. あと+ Noun (4-2 BTS 11)
2. Noun, Noun, それから Noun (7-2 BTS 5)
3. 例のNoun (13-3 BTS 8)
4. 〜たり〜たり (13-6 BTS 16)
5. XかY (21-4 BTS 10)
6. など (22-2 BTS 5)
7. Listing Things: XにYに (24-2 BTS 2)
8. Xはもとより、Y、Z (24-2 BTS 5)
9. X始め、Y、Z (24-3 BTS 7)
10. X、またはY (24-4 BTS 12)

Reporting

1. Quotation with と・（っ）て (7-3 BTS 9)
2. Hearsay: Sentence + そう (14-2 BTS 4)
3. Relaying information: Sentence + とのことです (15-3 BTS 5)
4. Noun + によると (17-4 BTS 8)
5. Sentence + らしい (18-2 BTS 6)

Requesting

1. お願いします (1-3 BTS 6)
2. Request (5-1 BTS 2)
3. Polite requests 持ってきていただけますか (5-3BTS 5-3)
4. Thanking 呼んでくださってありがとうございます (5-5 BTS 11)
5. Negative commands and requests: 急がないで (8-2)
6. Verb 〜てほしい (12-17 BTS 17)

Planning

1. つもり to indicate intention (15-1 BTS 2)
2. Collaborative planning (15-6 BTS 12)