Japanese Language Courses

Japanese Class Levels

There are multiple levels for beginner through advanced Japanese students. We have developed our own curriculum based off of standards and best teaching practices.

Beginner Japanese

Students learn the basics of Japanese such as greetings, classroom phrases and conversational skills. They also learn how to shop, order food and discuss in detail their schedules and activities.

They can form basic sentences and also be able to read and write Hiragana, Katakana and some Kanji.

Adv Beginner 

Japanese students go more in depth with everyday life skills in Japanese. They start out by discussing one's home and giving commands, then traveling and giving directions, and finally they can discuss their experiences and hobbies. Students start to learn how to do more advanced discourse. 

Pre-Intermediate 

Students start out with phrases and vocabulary to discuss their travels in depth. Included in this is discussing experiences abroad, but also descriptors on recommendations and making appointments.

Pre-Intermediate 2 enables students in depth to go shopping and go to restaurants, moving beyond basic vocabulary that was covered in Beginner 2. Pre-Intermediate 3 teaches students how to address needs in the doctor's office, and describing in general your body and feelings.

Pre-Intermediate 4 introduces students to the formal language in Japanese, all its conjugations and uses in the business context. Level 5 is movies, and Level 6 is technology and change, where students can discuss their lives and how technology and change affects them. 

Intermediate 

Students will work to expand their speaking, reading, listening and writing skills. Intermediate students can communicate about themselves fluently, have mastered all basic grammar and vocabulary from the beginner and pre-intermediate levels.

Intermediate students learn how to navigate situations outside themselves, where they need to communicate and get around in all difficult situations. In the higher intermediate levels, students will challenge themselves to communicate outside of everyday situations. 

Upper-Intermediate 

Students are trying to prepare to work and function like advanced students. Students start to move beyond just speaking in concrete terms and instead get used to speaking in abstract terms about language.

Topics such as community, current events, history, and other subjects are brought up and discussed. Students also start focusing much more on real-world resources and materials, dramas, tv shows, music, and other materials created for Japanese native speakers.