This is a very practical Japanese communication course for total beginners. A communicative method is applied in this course and you will enjoy speaking Japanese from the very first day! A lot of interactive activities and actual classroom communication are used to develop your communication skills.

The course contents of Part 1 (the first 8 weeks) are listed below. You will also learn reading/writing of Hiragana in Part 1. The Japanese cultural information relevant to language use is provided throughout the course.

Course Outline:

• Introduction of Japanese Language – Writing system, pronunciation, loan words, characteristics of Japanese sentences
• Greeting and thanks & sorry
• Introducing self & others
• Exchanging personal information – job, nationality/home town, home, telephone number, age
• Dealing with communication problem
• Reading & writing of Hiragana
• Japanese cultural information

Please note the course schedule and outline might be adjusted according to the learner’s progress.

What to bring:

• Pen and paper

Language Bundle:

• All language classes/levels are delivered as Part 1 and Part 2 across two terms. To maximise your chance of learning we recommend enrolling into both parts 1 and

Other Information:

• To ensure resources are ready for you at the start of your course, we ask you ideally enrol at least one week before the course commences.
• All courses need a minimum number of students to run ("we try our hardest to get those") . If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled before the commencement and you will be informed.