Japanese Language Course

JLPT/NAT Test Preparation Course

Term: 3.5 months
Text: MINNANO NIHONGO 1 & 2
Syllabus: Lesson1~25+ KANJI (N5)

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Topics & Vocabulary:

• Introduce yourself with greetings in Japanese
• Exchanging business cards in Japanese
• Asking about services in stores
• Shopping
• Describing the whereabouts of things and people
• Transportation
• Time and numbers – telling and asking the time, counting cardinal numbers
• Everyday objects
• Places – shops, important buildings
• Daily life – routines, free time
• Job
• Home
• Culture
• Existence of People and Things
• Ordinal numbers
• Invitations
• Talking about plans
• Making a request
• Holidays
• Hotels & restaurants
• Exchanging
• Town & Country

Grammar I:

• Basic Japanese grammar rules – particles : か (ka), は (wa), の (no), と (to), を (o),に (ni),も(mo), が (ga), や (ya) .
• Present, Past, Future
• Pronouns – subject, object, possessive
• Singular vs. Plural
• Word order – sentence, question, negative
• Question formation
• Modal verbs

Grammar II:

• Understand the Japanese aspect and use ‘give’ and ‘receive’ verbs
• Making Suggestions -including acceptance and refusal
• Use general action verbs to describe habits
• Use verbs with negative, past, and past negative sentences
• Basic Japanese grammar rules – particles を (o), と (to), に (ni), で (de), も (mo).
• Adjectives: past negative, negative past using both -い (-i) and な (na) adjectives.
• Numbers and Counters rules

Cultural Content:

• Three writing systems in Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji)
• How to bow
• Japanese currency
• Shops in Japan
• Transportation
• Excursions to Japanese spas (温泉onsen)