A. Context	What you do	Purpose
1	Predict information about the family from photos. Share your predictions in class.	Focus on the topic. Start learning by using the language you already know.
2	Listen to introductions to the family.	Find out about the families with whom you will be communicating. Develop strategies to understand authentic casual conversation.
3	Do listening tasks about the host family.	Demonstrate how well you have understood the family introduction.
4 Optional. Units 1,4,5 only	Listen to interviews with family members.	Further develop listening skills and strategies. Become more familiar with some of the speakers who will be giving their opinions in step 5.
B. Choices and perspectives
1	Listen to the description of the context. Reflect on and write what you would say in this situation. Share what you have learnt with others.	Become familiar with the situation. Demonstrate listening comprehension skills.
2	Listen to and understand the variety of possible choices. Study the language in the choices. Learn Key expressions	Learn or revise the words, expressions, and grammar in the choices. Understand that a range of structures can be used to express the one function.
3	Rate the choices on the table according to the code. O ∆ X Option: Add more choices yourself in the その他（た）row. Predict likely consequences and make notes for reference in the table. Compare your ratings and reasons with classmates.	Appreciate that we make choices depending on the context. Appreciate that there are many possible choices including a typical and safe choice. Appreciate the consequences of the linguistic choices you make. Appreciate that the ratings may differ depending on the different perspectives of the individuals.
4 Teachers refer to Teacher Notes in each unit.	Compare your ratings and reasons with those of the course writers and or your teacher. Write their ratings in the 教師 （きょうし）column.	Understand the perspective of Japanese language educators.
5.	Listen to 生の声or “Live Voice” interviews and understand the gist of what was said. Make notes of any opinions or perspectives given by the speakers in the 生の声 column. Discuss what you have understood as a class.	Become familiar with the opinions and perspectives of host family members and others. Further develop strategies to understand the gist of authentic conversation. Learn new vocabulary and patterns. Prepare for class discussion. Consolidate what you have learnt.
6	Learn essential vocabulary that you have heard in the生の声（なまのこえ）	Better understand the 生の声. Learn vocabulary and colloquialisms used in authentic casual conversation.
7	Listen to 生の声again and complete tasks about What did they say?	Demonstrate that you have understood what the speakers said.
8	Listen to 生の声again and complete tasks about How did they say it?	Understand the range of strategies these speakers use. In the broader sense, begin to understand the social purpose of strategies used in spoken language.

Rate choices:

O まる: A safe and a typical response.

∆ さんかく: Possible depending on other variables such as the degree of familiarity with the speaker, type of relationship, identity of the speaker or listener etc.

Ｘ ばつ Not recommended, except in unusual circumstances, or grammatically incorrect.

Pre-learn some of the Key expressions used throughout the text.